US623385A - Fireproof awning and curtain - Google Patents

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No. 623,385.. Patented Ap r. is, I899. J. A. SPBINKEL.

FIREPBOOF AWNING AND CURTAIN.

(Applicttionflcqi Aug. 22, 1898.)

(No Model.)

Ihvrrnp STATES PATENT FEICE.

JAMES A. SPRINKEL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FIREPROOF AWNING AND CURTAIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 623,385, dated April 18, 1899.

Application filed August 22, 1898. Serial No. 689,228. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES A. SPRINKEL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fireproof Curtains and Awnings, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to that class of devices which are used for the protection of buildings from fire and also from burglars. It also combines with such protective features the qualities of an awning, as will hereinafter more fully appear. It may be applied to windows on the exterior of buildings and may be applied to windows or to doors within a building, and will serve to prevent the spread-of fire within a building and also to prevent contact from a burning building with the woodwork surrounding the window.

In the drawings which form part of this application, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a window having myinvention applied thereto, the device being raised and in position for use as an awning. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a detail showing in section the telescopic parts of my device.

The window-frame is represented by parts a, I), and c, a being the window-sill, b thewindow-cap, and c the side pieces of the frame.

. Let into the sill and cap are small pulleys a less wire cord or cable d.

and b, which are provided with suitable housings. Traveling over these pulleysis an end- Pivoted in suitable brackets e, secured to the sides 0, is a rod f, to which is secured the curtain g, preferably made of asingle piece of sheet metal. The piece g is wide enough to cover the open space between the sides 0 c and long enough to cover one-half the height of the window when said piece is in a vertical position. Hinged to the lower edge of the sheet 9 is a section It, having inwardly-bent flanges h, Slidingly secured Withinthese flanges is a section 2', the lower end of which is provided with an eye-hook 1;. Then the sections 1' and h are in a vertical position, they cover the lower half of the space between the sides 0 c. Suitably secured to the edge of the section i is the cord or cable (Z. It will be seen that by causing the cord (1 to travel rearwardly over the pulleys a and Z) the section 1 will be elevated and willpush out from the window section hand the section gin the position shown in Fig. 2. The angles at which the sections g, 72., and 2' will be held will be determined by the running of the cord, as stated. The angle at which the section 9 may be held from the. window is also effected by the adjustment of the section '1; within the section It. This is controlled by a friction thumb-nut j, as will be readily apparent.

To provide for the locking-of the curtain on the inside, I have secured to the bottom section 0 of the window-frame a suitable hook it, which engages the eye 1" on the curtain when the latter is down. It will be noticed that the pulley a is set below the section 0 of the frame and the latter perforated for the passage of the cable d, a construction which is preferable, because it serves to keep out snow and dirt from the pulley-housing- It will be noted that my construction above described serves as an awning, which is supplied by the section g, and the supports therefor are formed by the sections 71 and h.

I do not limit myself to the employmentof only two telescopic sections in the lower part of my curtain or to the relative proportions of the sections shown.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a combined awning and curtain, an upper section hinged to the upper part of a window or door frame and lower sections hinged to the upper section and forming a brace for thelatter, and an endless cord or belt for elevating and lowering said sections, substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

2. A combined awning and curtain, formed of an upper section hinged to a window or door frame, the lower sections hinged to the upper sections and telescopically arranged, and an endless belt or cord for raising and lowering said sections, substantially as de scribed. 1 I

3. In an awning and curtain, the combination of an upper section hinged to the upper part of the window or door frame, lower sections hinged to the upper sections, and telescopically arranged, means for locking said sections in-position and means for raising and tially as set forth.

and means for locking the curtain down, snb- I0 stantially as described.

4. In an awning and curtain, the combina- In testimony whereof I aflix my signature tion of an upper section, a; middle section 5 in presence of two witnesses. hinged thereto, a third section slidlngly se- I JAMES A SPRINKEL- lowering said curtain and awning, substancnred in the middle section, means for locking said third section in position, an endless 'WVitnesses: belt or cord for raising and lowering said sec- B. SINGER, tions, pulleys over which said belt travels, L. HANKE.

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