US590004A - Storm or screen frame - Google Patents

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B. J. DANIELSON.` VSTORM 0R SCREEN FRAME.

No. 500,004. Patented Sept. 14,1897.

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BERNHARD J. DANIELSON, OF MILWAUKEE, VISOONSIN.

STORM OR SCREEN FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 590,004, dated September 14, 1897.

i Application filed ruiy 31,1896. 4serial No. 601,172. ou model.)

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Beit known that l, BERNHARD J. DANIEL- soN, of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaui kee and State of Wisconsin, have invented a newand useful Improvement in Storm or Screen Frames, of which the following is a de scription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of this specication.

My invention has relation toimprovements in storml or screen frames.

The primary objectof the invention resides in the readiness and facility with which" the frame can be swung open to admit of the proper ventilation without danger of contact of any of the part-s with the curtain, and hence preventing tearing of the curtain.

Vith the above primary object and other incidental objects in view the invention consists of the devices and parts or their equiva lents, as hereinafter morefully lset forth. Y

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view'on the line 1 1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a front elevation, looking from the inner side, with parts broken away. Fig. 3 is an elevation of a fragment of the window-casing and my improved frame, looking from the outside. Fig. 4 is a view taken on a plane indicated by the dotted line 4 4. of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a view of the outer edge of theupper portion of the storm or screen frame. Fig. 6 is a horizontal section on the line 6 6` of Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7 7 of Fig. 1; andFig. 8 is Va'sectional view through the lower portion of the storni or screen frame, showing a modified form of fastening device, said device engaging a catch on the.

sill of the window-casing.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral@ indicates a window-casing of ordinary construction. Fitted within this casing is my improved storm or screen frame, (indicated by the numeral 10,) the upper side edges of this frame having secured thereto plates 11 11. These plates at their upper outer edges project outwardly slightly beyond the face of the frame and are formed with lateral outwardly-extending trunnions or pivots 12 12. Secured to opposite points of the inner edges of the window-casing are plates 13 13, which are provided with outwardly-projecting curved lugs 14 14, in which the projecting ends of i the trunnions l2 fit and turn, whereby apivotal connection between lthe frame and window-casing is secured. e

.Pivoted tothe opposite side strips of the frame, near the lower ends thereof and upon `the inner side of said frame, are rods`15 15. The pivotal connection is advisably formed by meansof plates 16 16, secured to the side strips of the frame and provided with projecting lugs 17 17, between which the ends of the rods are received andl turn upon bolts 1S.

. Secured to the inner side edges of the windowjamb are swiveled sleeves 19 19. The` swiveling is preferably secured by providing `the sleeves with inwardly-projecting stems 2O 20, which pass into recesses 21 21, formed in the groove-strips of the window-casing.

These recesses are covered by plates 22 22, through which the stems also of course pass in their passage tothe recesses. In order to prevent the stems from being pulled out of the recesses, theyare provided upon their inner ends within the recesses with enlargements or nuts 23 2S. p p p Fig. 1 of the drawings shows in dotted lines the storm or screen frame as forced outwardly to a partial open position, this being accomplished by pushingv the rods through the sleeves. In order to bring the storm or screen frame to the closed position indicated by full lines in Figs. 1 and 2, the rods are pulled inwardly through the sleeves. From the fact that the sleeves are swiveled, and are therefore capable of vfree turning, the rods are permitted to describe an are of a circle, which of course is `necessary to successful operation in view of the fact that the storm or screen frame is pivoted at its upper end to the window-casing. In order to retain the storm or screen frame in an open position, it is necessary to lock the rods 15 15 in the position to which they have been necessarily adjusted in order to hold the lower end of the frame outwardly. This is preferably accomplished by forming the sleeves with laterallyextending ears 24 24,'between which cams 25 25 are eccentrically pivoted. These cams are formed with suitable handles 26 26 for convenience in operating the same. The sleeves are also formed with openings 27, through which the cams extend when the handles are thrown upwardly, theed ges of said cams then IOO - lower end of the storm or screen sash.

bearing against the rods and iirml y wedging them in adjusted position.

Vhen the storm or screen frame is completely closed, the sleeves 19 and the rods passing therethrough are necessarily turned to a vertical position. It is then advisable that some means should be provided for locking the rods in such position. For this purpose I have shown pins 28 28, extending inwardly from the groove-strips of the windowcasing. The rods are simply forced in front of these pins, and are consequently thereby locked in adjusted vertical position. The upper ends of the rods may be provided with handles 29 29 to facilitate the disengagement of the rods from the pins, which handles are preferably removably secured to the upper ends of the rods.

In Fig. 8 of the drawings a modified form of lock is shown. This consists in a springactuated latch 30, pivoted between ears 31, extending from a plate 32, secured to the The latch is preferably in the form of a bell-crank lever, and its horizontal arm is provided with a shoulder which is adapted to normally engage an upwardly-extending lug from a plate 33, secured to the sill of the window-frame.

. VVhen it is desired to release the latch, all

that is necessaryis to press outwardly on the upwardly-extending member thereof, against the pressure of the spring, and thereby release the shoulder of the horizontal member from engagement with the lug of the plate 33.

In the present illustration of myinvention I have shown two sashes arranged within the storm or screen frame. This is the preferable arrangement, although it will be readily understood that one continuous sash may be adj usted to the frame 10. Two separate sashes, however, are preferable, inasmuch as they are much lighter and can therefore be more readily and easily removed than a single or continuous sash.

The lower sash is indicated by the numeral 34 and the upper sash by the numeral In Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings the lower sash is shown as a storm-sash, while the upper is illustrated as a screen-sash. Secured to the lower corners of the storm and screen frame 10 are angular strips 36 36, the horizontal members of which are provided with upwardly-extending lugs 37 37. The lower sash 34 is adapted to lit into the frame 10, its lower strip being received back of the lugs 37. The upper end of the lower sash is held in place by means of turn-buttons 3S 38, secured to the side strips of the storm and screen frame 10 and adapted to be turned inwardly, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The upper corners or angles of the lower frame 34 are also provided with angular strips 259 39, which are formed with upwardly-projecting lugs 40 40. The lower edge of the upper sash 35 is adapted to fit back of these lugs, and the upper edge of said upper sash is held in place by means of turn-buttons 41 41, adapted to be turned down to the position shown in Fig. 2.

In order to remove the two sashes, it is ob` vious that all that is necessary to do is to iirst turn the buttons 41 and then remove the upper sash and finally turn the buttons 3S to permit of the removal of the lower sash. The upper sash may be provided with a knob 42 for convenience in removing the same, and the storm or screen frame lO may be provided at its lower end with a similar knob 43 for convenience in removing said sash.

If desired, the storm and screen frame may be left permanently in the window-casing without the necessity of removing the same for the purpose of changing a storm-sash to a screen-sash, or vice versa. This latter, as is well known, entails considerable labor, which is obviated by the use of my device, inasmuch as after a winter season the storm sash or sashes can be removed and screen sash or sashes readily substituted without the necessity of disturbing the storm or screen frame. If, however, for any reason it is required to remove said screen or storm frame, it is swung outwardly until the rods 15 are free of the sleeves 19, the handles of said rods having been first removed, when of course the trunnions or pivots 12 can be readily raised out of engagement with the outwardlyextending lugs 14.

Another advantage of my invention to which attention is directed is the fact that as the storm or sash frame is swung inwardly for the purpose of closing the same the rods 15 describe the arc of a circle, and consequently the inner ends thereof will not strike against the curtain, and thereby all danger of tearing the curtain is avoided.

Then a single storm or screen sash is employed instead of two separate sashes, as shown, the lugs of the angular strips 36 of course hold the lower edge of said sash in place, while the upper turn-buttons 41 hold the upper end of said sash.

lVhat I claim as my invention is 1. The combination, of a window-casing, a frame for a storm-sash, screen-sash, blind, or analogous device, said frame pivoted at its upper edge to the upper edge of the windowcasing, a rod pivoted at or near the free end of the frame and adapted to swing up and down on its pivot, a sleeve having a horizontal pivot or swivel-point, said pivot or point extending into a bearing in the inner side of the side piece of the window-easing, said sleeve adapted to have the rod pass therethrough, and to Vdescribe an arc of a circle with the rod as the frame is swung in or out, the sleeve and the rod being disposed at an incline when the frame is swung out, and disposed in a vertical plane adjacent to the inner side of the frame, when said frame is swung in to a closed position, the are of the circle described by the rod being such that the end of said rod is prevented from contact- IOO ing with the shade or curtain of the window, and means for holding the rod in adjusted position within the sleeve.

2. The combination, of a window-casing, a frame for a storm-sash, screen-sash, blind, or analogous device, said frame pivoted at its upper edge to the window-easing, rods pivoted at opposite sides of the storm or screen frame at or near the free end of said frame, sleeves having horizontal pivots or swivelpoints said pivots or points extending into bearings in the inner sides of the side pieces of the window-@asin g at opposite points, said sleeves adapted to have the rods pass therethrough, and to describe an are of a circle Wi th the rods as the frame is swung in or out,

the sleeves and `their rods being disposed at an incline when the frame is swung out, and disposed in a vertical plane adjacent to the inner side of the frame, when said frame is swung in to a closed position, the arc of the circle described by the rods being such that the ends of the rods are prevented from oontacting with the shade or curtain of the window, and means for holding the rods in adjusted position within the sleeves.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BERNHARD J. DANIELSON. \Vitnesses:

ARTHUR L. MoRsELL, 1 ANNA V. FAUsT.

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