US624735A

US624735A - Window-curtain

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Publication number: US624735A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1899-05-09
Anticipated expiration: 1916-05-09

Description

No. v624,735; V Patented May 9, I899.

, W. S. BARTHOLON EW & P. G. EMERY.

WINDOW CURTAIN.

(Application and 28b. 11', 1899.)

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No. 6 24.,735. I Patented May 9, F899.

W. S. BARTH0L0MEW & P. G. EMERY.

' WINDOW CURTAIN.

(Application filed Feb. 17, 1899.)

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W. S. BARTHULUMEW G. P. GQEMERY.

wmnow CURTAIN. (Application mm Feb. 11, 1898. (No Model.) 4 Shank-Sham 3.

45 form of shade. on the line 3'5 of Fig.1, showing the shade. illustrated in Fig. 2 and the window sash in UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE.

WILLIAM S. BARTI'IOLO MEW AND PLATC G. EMERY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORS TO THE ADAMS'& WES'ILAKE COMPANY, .OF ILLINOIS.

WINDQW-C URTAIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 624,735, dated,May 9, 1899. Application filed Pastr 17, 1899. Serial N... 705,838. on model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we,WILLIAM S. BARTHOLO- MEW and PLATO G. EMERY, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have in,-

5 vented certain new and useful Improvements in Window-Curtains, of which the followingis a specification, reference being had to the accompan yin g drawings and tothe numerals of reference marked thereon. to Our invention relates to such curtains or shades as are designed for use in railway-cars, more especially of the type known as open or summer cars.

As is Well known, inconvenience is experienced by passengers when the curtains or shades of an open or summer car are drawn down or closed by reason of the exclusion of light and the inability of the passengers to look out to determine their locality, so as to in- 2o dicate to the conductor when to stopthe car.

To obviate such inconvenience, we in carrying out our invention insert in the frame or between the uprights or posts of such a car, near the top, a glazed window-sash adapted to have 2 5 free vertical movement and remove that seetion of the curtain or shade which would be opposite said window-sash when the curtain or shade is drawn down to its lowest limit. The construction and arrangement are such that when the curtain is run up the window sash or frame is suitably engaged, as by the curtain-stick, and lifted until concealed Within the casing of the car.

In the further description of ourinvention 3 5 which follows reference is made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a 'view of our invention as seen from the outside of the car, the curtain being drawn down to its lowest limit and the windowqosash in position to admit light to the interior ofthe car. Fig. 2 is a similar view from the interior of the car, a portion of the framing being removed to betterillustrate the parts. Fig. 2 isa similar View showing-a modified Figs. 3, 4, and 5. are sections different positions. Fig. 6 is a horizontal section on the line 6 '6 of Fig. 1.

5o Similarnumerals of reference indicate simi- .lar parts in the several figures.

l 1 represent the side posts, uprights, or

frames of acar, preferably of the summer or open type'or other structure, to which our invention may be applicable.

2 is a curtain or shade of any suitable material or construction, the one here shown being of the well-known Acme type, which is used with a spring or IIartshorn roller 4 and in which the curtain-stick 3 is retained in parallelism with the roller by means of guiding-cords 5. It is obvious, however, that the invention is adapted to a curtain or shade of different description.

I In the form of invention preferred and here shown each end of the curtain-stick 3 is pro vided With a lug 6, extending outwardly, as illustrated in Figs. 1, 3, 4, and 5, the function of which lugs will be hereinafter described.

Between the uprights or posts 1 and near the top of the car is arranged, so as to move freely in vertical guides, a glazed windowsash 7, its extreme length being. preferably equal to the width of the opening between the uprights and the width of the glazed portion about six inches, more or less. Attached to each post or upright 1, near its upper end, is

a plate 8, having a rib 9 projecting inwardly therefrom, as shown more particularly in-Fig. 6, andeach end of the window -sash 7 is grooved, as at l0,one of the ribs 9 entering each groove, there being thus formed a guide or way in which the window-sash slides. Stops 11, attached to the side posts or uprights below. the window sash, limit its downward movement. The stops are preferablycushioned with rubber, as at 12, they being made to incase the'rubber cushions. I.

A section of the upper part of the curtain or shade 2 may be cut out or removed, or the arrangement may .be as seenin Fig. '2, in which the top of the curtain (when the curtain is in its lowest position) is a short distance below the glass of the wig i-ow-sash, the curtain being connected to are spring-roller 4 by means of straps 13. When the curtain or shade is in its lowest position, as seen in Figs. 1, 2, and 3,-the window-sash 7 rests on the stops 11 below the side board 14 at the top of the car, permitting the entrance of light through-theglazed portion and the opening g in the curtain opposite the glass. On" running up the curtain the lugs 6 of the curtain-stick 3 engage the lower edge of the window-sash 7, '(see Fig. 4,) and as thecurtain is run up the window sash is lifted until it is hidden behind the side board 14. (See Fig. 3.) When the eurtain is pulled down, the window-sash 7 falls bygravity until its rests on the lugs 11.

It is to be observed that the window-sash 7 can never obstruct the entrance of passengers to the car, inasmuch as when the curtain is raised to allow ingress to the car thewindow-sash is raised with it.

While we have described our invention as more especially adapted for use with an open or summer car, it is also applicable to a closed car aud the drawings illustrate such latter use.

In the use of the word curtain through-- out this specification we wish it understood that it is intended to include a slatted blind or other appendage of a window, door, or similar opening.

It is obvious that the invention admits of i change in details of construction and combinationsnot involving invention. c

Having thus described our invention, we claim- 1. In a car, the combination of a verticallyad'justable curtain or shade, a movable window-sash, and means foroperating the sash by the upward movement of the said curtain or shade,.substantially as set forth.

' 2. In combination with suitable framing, a movable'window-sash, a vertically-adjustable curtain or shade, a curtain-stick, and means on the curtain-stick for engaging'and lifting the window-sash, substantially as set forth.

3. In combination with suitable framing, a

' window-sash movably mounted therein, a curtain or shade adapted to be raised or lowered, and means on the curtain or shade'for raising the window-sash, substantially as set forth.

. 4. In combination with suitable framing, a window-sash movably mounted therein, a curtain or shade adapted to be raised or lowered,

and lugs at the lower end of the curtain for engaging with the window-sash when the curtain is raised, substantially as set forth.

5. In combination with suitable framing, a window-sash movably mounted therein, a curtain or shade adapted to be raised or lowered window-sash arranged to slide therein, a curtain or shade adapted to be raised or lowered,

lugs on the curtain or shade for lifting the window-sash as said curtain or shade is raised, and stops on the framing for limiting the downward movement of the window sash when the curtain is lowered, substantially as set forth.

7. In a car, the combination with the framing, of acurtain or shade adapted to move verticallytherein, said curtain or shade having an opening in its upper end, a window-sash slidably mounted in the framing opposite the opening in said curtain or shade, and means near the bottom of the curtain or shade for lifting said window-sash when the curtain or shade is raised, substantially as set forth.

8. In combination withsuitable framing, a movable window-sash, a vertically-adj ustable curtain or shade having an opening in its upper end, a curtain-stick, lugs on the curtainstick f.or.raising the sash, and stops on the framing for supporting the window-sash when lowered, substantially as set forth.

In testimony. whereof we hereunto set our hands and seals.

WILLIAM s. BARTHOLOMEW. [L. s] PLATO G. 'EMERY. [L. s]

Witnesses:

CHARLES T. CHURCH, G. Lewis WALTERS.