US771179A

US771179A - Window-shade fixture.

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Publication number: US771179A
Application number: US16860203A
Authority: US
Inventors: Charles A Scheif
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1903-08-07
Filing date: 1903-08-07
Publication date: 1904-09-27
Anticipated expiration: 1921-09-27

Description

No. 771,179. PATENTED SEPT. 27, 1904.

U. A. SUHEIF.

WINDUW SHADE FIXTURE.

APPLIUATION FILED AUG. 7, 1903.

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WINDOW SHADE FIXTURE.

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CHARLES A. SGHEIF, OF WILKINSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

WINDOW-SHADE FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 771,179, dated September 27, 1904:.

Application filed August '7, 1903. Serial No. 168,602. (No IHOdBl-l To (tZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. SoHEIE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wilkinsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window- Shade Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in Window-shade fixtures, the object of my invention being to provide a simple, cheap, and effective means of attaching the blind to the window-frame and to raise and lower the same at will, at the same time keeping the blind firmly in position and preventing any flapping or swinging to and fro; also, to roll the blind up even on the roller.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated my invention, in which Figure 1 is' a view of the blind as attached to a window-frame by means of my improved fixtures. Fig. 2 is a side view of a Windowframe, showing my improved fixtures as attached thereto. Fig. 3 is a face view of one of the fixtures supporting the blind to be attached to the outside of the Window-frame. Fig. 1 is a top view of the same. Fig. 5 is a face view of another form of fixture used to support the blind to be attached to the outside of the window-frame. Fig. 6 is a top view of the same. Fig. 7 is a face and side view of a fixture used on the inside of the window-frame. Fig. 8 is a face and side view of another form of fixture used on the inside of the windowframe. Fig. 9 is a sectional view of the guide-fixtures as attached to the guide-rods and wooden stay at the lower end of the blind. Fig. 10 is a plan view of the sliding fixture to be attached to one end of the wooden stay. Fig. 11 is a similar view of the permanent fixture to be attached to the other end of the wooden stay. Fig. 12 is a side view of the sliding fixture as attached to the Wooden stay.

In the accompanying drawings the numerals of reference designate like parts throughout the several views, in which The numeral 1 designates the windowframe.

2 is a bracket to be permanently attached to one side of the window-frame near the top.

3 is a lug or extension formed at right angles with the part in which the blind-roller is seated, said lug having the square opening 1. i

5 is the bracket having the part 6, which serves as a seat for the blind-roller and having a circular opening therein to admit the guide-rod. 7 is another form of bracket used on the inside of the window-frame, having the extension part 8 for seating the pintle of the blind-roller and the lug or extension 9, formed at right angles with said bracket 7 and having an opening formed'therein to admit the guide-rod. In Fig. 8, 10 is another form of bracket used on the inside of the window-frame, having the extension part 11 in which to seat the blind-roller and the additional circular opening 12 to admit the guiderod.

13 is a guide-rod having a head 13 and a square portion formed under said head, so as to enter the square opening 4 in the lug 3, and thus prevent the rod from turning when being tightened up. 14 is another form of guiderod, having a head 14 and a bent portion near said head, so as to enter and become seated in the circular opening in the lug 6. On the lower ends of these guide-rods 13 and 14-. is formed a threaded portion to receive a nipple or screwcap 20.

15 is a guide-sleeve having the four lugs 16 to be bent around the wooden stay 19 and an extension part 17, formed with an opening to admit the guide-rods 13 or 14.

18 is a sharp extension on the guide 15, which when bent at right angles will fasten into the wooden stay and hold said guide firmly in position.

20 is a screw-cap or nipple to be attached to the threaded end of the rods 13 or 14: andserves as a means of tightening and taking up the slack in said rods.

The brackets 2 having first been fastened to the top of the window-frame at either side, the guide rod 13 is then slipped through the opening 4 in the lug 3, being prevented from going clear through by the head portion, and is then secured to the bottom of the window-frame at the side by a staple or screw-eye, the head of the screw-cap or nipple 20 having a bearing on said screw-eye.

For the inside of the window-frame I use either the bracket shown in Fig. 7, with the straight rod attached, or the one shown in Fig. 8, having the bent rod, both being modifications of my invention.

By means of the guide-rods 13 and guidesleeves 15, adjusted on the wooden stay 19 at the lower end of the blind, I can keep the blind from flapping or moving to and fro when being raised or lowered and also prevent the blind from being rolled crooked. The guidesleeve 15 (shown in Fig. 10) is made to slide back and forth on the wooden stay 19, so as to regulate the distance between the guiderods and prevent any binding of the part 17 against said rods. Each bracket is provided with nail or screw holes 21 for fastening onto the window-frame.

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

In a window-shade fixture, the combination with the casing, the upper brackets having the open and closed bearings respectively for the shade-roller and the portion to receive the upper end of the guide-rods, the guide-rods, fastenings for securing the lower end of the guiderods to the casing, the shade, the strip at the lower end of the shade, the guide-plates each having the sharp extension to engage the strip, the lugs to fold over the edges of the strip and the sleeves to fit on the guide-rods and guide the shade in its movement.

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

CHAS. A. SCHEIF.

Witnesses:

E. J. BEOHDEL, C. l/V. MARSHALL.