US709346A - Window-screen. - Google Patents

Description

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WINDWSCHEEN.

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HENRY D. MILLS, OF FISHS EDDY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO PATRICK H. LAWLESS, OF EASTBRANOH, NEW YORK.

WINDOW-SCREEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersrPatent No. 709,346, dated September 16, 1902.

Application filed July 3, 190i. Serial No. 67,050. (No model.) i

To @ZZ whom, t may concern,.-

Beit known that I, HENRY DrMILLS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fishs Eddy, in the county of Delaware and State of NewYork, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Window-Screens, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in window-screens for houses, coaches, dac., and

Io has for its object to providea screen attach-A ment for sashes whereby when the Asash is` Y opened a screen will be automatically drawn out to cover or close the space left vacant by the sash.

x5 A further object of the invention is to provide improved means whereby the screen is detachably secured to the sash.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of zo construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, particularly pointed out in the appended claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichi Figure lis a fragmentary front elevation of a window-sash casing and screen embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section, on an enlarged scale, through the sash and casing shown in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a 3o detail perspective View of 'the sash, illustrat- 4o the sash is mounted.

Mounted in a chamber or recess 4 in the sill 2 is a spring-actuated shaft or roller 5, to which is secured one end of a flexible screen 6, which is adapted to wind thereon. This screen is adapted to fit and move within a slot '7, formed in the upper rail of the sill 2, and is provided at its opposite or free end with a connecting device consisting of an anguiar or substantially L-shaped plate 8, to

5o the vertical flange of which the said free end of the screen is attached. This plate is formed in the upper portion of its vertical flange with an opening 9 for the reception of a headed operating-pin l0,carried by a bail 11. The bail ll is constructed of a single piece ofiresilient material having its ends bent at right angles and perforated for the reception of screws or other suitable devices to secure the same to the under side of the bottom rail of the bail, which is recessed, permitting the bail to lie 6o flush when the window is in its closed position. The pin l0 has a slight outward and upward curvature, so as to project beyond the face of the sash and to permit the horizontal ange of the angular plate 8 to be clamped against 65 the under side of the bottom rail of the sash by the bail l1. The bail being composed of resilient material and secured at its ends will have a slight spring action, whereby the head of the pin, which forms a knob or iinger- 7o piece, may be grasped and the bail bent downwardly to a sufficient extent to allow for the engagement and disengagement of the plate 8 with and from said bail, thereby permitting of the screen being attached to and detached from the sash at will. When the screen is out of use and when the sash is closed, the vertical iiange of the plate 8 occupies the slot 7, while the horizontal flange of said plate seats within a communicating 8o recess or countersink 12, formed in the upper face of the top rail of the sill 2, so that said flange will lie Hush with the sill and allow the sash to close down to its fullest extent. When the sash is elevated, the screen 6 is 85 drawn outward to close a space or opening left thereby, and when the sash is closed the screen automatically winds upon the shaft or roller 5. The spring-actuated shaft or roller maintains the screen taut, no matter in what 9o position the sash is adjusted, whether the sash be fully or only partly opened, as will be readily understood.

It is apparent from the above description that the plate 8 may be attached to any form 95 of screen which is capable of sliding in and out of a recess in a sill, andtherefore I do not wish it to be understood that I limit myself to a screen mounted upon a spring-actuated roller.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,

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the construction, mode of operation, and advantages of the invention will be readily un derstood Without a further extended description.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claimvas new, and desire to secure by Letters Pat-ent, is-

1. The combination `with i a Window Sash and frame, of a screen mounted in a chamber in the sill, an L-shaped plate secured to the upper end of the screen, and provided with an opening, and a bail provided with an operating-pin to extend through said opening permitting the bail to engage the under side of the horizontal member of the plate securing it to the sash.

2. The combination with a sash and frame, of a screen mounted on the frame, a bail provided with an operating-pin and constructed of a single piece of resilient material having its ends bent at right angles, means for se curing the bail to the sash, and means carried by the screen to be clamped, by the bail, securing the screen to the sash.

3. The combination with a window sash and frame, of a screen mounted in a chamber in the sill, an L-shaped connecting-plate secured to the upper end of the screen and provided With a central opening, a bail provided with an operating-pin and constructed of a single piece of resilient material having its ends bent at right angles and perforated, and means for securing said bail to the sash.

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

HENRY D. MILLS.

Witnesses:

PETER WAGNER, J. L. ALLEN.

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