US840820A

US840820A - Shutter construction.

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Publication number: US840820A
Application number: US28406905A
Authority: US
Inventors: Jacob Brauchli
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1905-10-23
Filing date: 1905-10-23
Publication date: 1907-01-08
Anticipated expiration: 1924-01-08

Description

PATENTED JAN. 8, 1907.

J. BRAUGHLI. SHUTTER CONSTRUCTION. APPLICATION FILED 00w. 23,1905.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

HAMP' ON, VIRGINIA.

' SHUTTER CONSTRUCTION.

Patented Jan. 8, 1907.

Application tiled October 28, 1905 Serial No. 284.069.

To (Ml whom, it nuty concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB BRAUcnLi, a at Hampton, in the county of Elizabeth City and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shutter Constructions, of which the following is a specification. 7

One of the principal objects of my invention is to provide anim roved construction of shutter-slat and Worlier therefor, which will do away with the expensive operation of boring and mortising the wooden frames of shutters to accommodate wooden slats, as is now necessary, and to provide an improved means of mounting and securing the slats in place in the wooden frame. The omission of the boring and mortising operation in the construction of the shutter is a great advantage, as it simplifies the manuacture and reduces the cost of the shutter. By my invention the slats can be readily mounted and secured in place after the frames have been completely assembled, which is a feature not possessed by the ordi nary wooden shutters now commonly em-- le to use the various parts of my improved slat construction for repairing cld shutters that are now in use, thus increasing the value of m invention considerably.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character in which the various parts are so arranged, combined, and constructed that repairs can be made whenever necessary with ease and without the assistance of skilled labor, in which the parts may be inexpensively manufactured and economically assembled, so as to reduce the cost of the shutters or blinds as much as posby my invention, and a further object is to provide simple and eii'ieient improvements in the means for connecting theactuatingrod of my invention with my improved construction of slats, in lieu of the objectionable staple connection now commonly employed,

with a view of preventing any or all of the slats from becoming loose or disconnected from the actuating-rod.

The great ease with which the rods and slats break apart with the present method of construction is one of the most objectionable as well as annoying features of .the shutters now in use, as it is im ossible in the present s ective view of a construction to keep t em in proper working i order for any length of time, and to overcome this objectionable feature in a simple, ellicient, and durable manner is one of the principal aims in developing my invention and the results accomplished thereby, and

a further object of the invention is to provide improved means whereby the metallic slats employed in carrying out my invention will when turned to a closed position practically form air and water tight joints with each other, a result not obtainable with wooden slats, and at the same time present practically the same appearance as the old wooden slats now in use.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a shutter embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view, on a larger scale, sliowin the rolling slat portion of the shutter. Fig. 3 is a vertical section thereof with the slats in closed position. Fig. 4 is a similar view with the slats open. Fig, 5 is an enlarged horizontal section of a portion of the device, the section being taken a proximately on the line X X of Fig. 4. ig. 6 is a detail erportion of one of the s ats. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view illustrating the shifting rod and the plate to which it is adjustably attached. Fig. 8 is a detail sectional view of the parts shown in Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a detail fragmentary view illustratingthe application of my invention to a shuttor-frame of the present mortised construction. Fig. 10 is a detail view illustrating the rib on the. slats.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

Referringto the drawings, the referencenumeral 1 designates my improved slats, each one of which is formed of suitably light and stiff sheet metal, which may be unched out flat by a punching-machine, wit i'an apertured ear 2 at each end thereof, and then subsequently shaped so that the ears 2 will extend at right angles to the main portion of the slat. he slat alsois so shaped at its edges that it will be curved transversely, as shown in the drawings, and by this means the slat will not only be stiffened, so that ery light material may be employed, but when the slats are assembled the said rounded edges, which are designated .4, when one overlaps the other will present from the outside of the shutter an a pearance very simi lar to the old wooden s at construction now commonly employed. These slats 1 may be assembled in the shutter-frame 5 after the latter has been entirely constructed by means of pins or screws 6, which are inserted through the apertured ears 2 in the wooden sides of the frame. For the lower or rolling set of the slats the pins or screws are driven into the frame in such a manner as to permit the slats to turn freely about their longitudinal axes on the pins, and for the upper or stationary slats it is only necessary to drive the pins or screws farther into the wood until they bind against the ears in order a hold the stationary slats in the proper adjusted positions. is also constructed, preferably, of sheet metal and may be conveniently stamped out and shaped, and it comprises a structure U- shaped in cross-section with a pair 'of a ertured ears 8 for each one of the rollingslats 1. As a means for pivotally connectin the said slats with the actuating-rod 7 I iave provided a sheet-metal ear 9, which is comosed of a piece of sheet metal bent or buckled intermediate its ends and with the buckled portion pressed closely together and provided with an aperture and with ends ent outwardly and in opposite directions and extending at angles to the intermediate buckled portion. B this means two oppositely-extending p ates 10 are provided that are riveted to one of the bent edges 4 of a slat, preferably at the middle thereof, and there is also provided an apertured rojection or lug 11, which is embraced by t e ears 8 of the actuating-rod 7. As will be seen by special reference to Fig; 6, the sheet-metal ears 9 are provided at opposite edges at the juncture with their outwardly-extending plates 10 with recesses, which facilitate the curving of the plates 10, as shown in said figure, to conform to the rounded edges of the slats to which they are secured.

As a preferred means for pivotally securing the lug 1 1 between the ears 8 I provide a rivet, which is formed with a smooth shaft 13, inserted through the aperturedlug 1 1 so that the latter may turn thereon with a minimum of friction, and. said rivet is provided with heads, one of which is therewith initially, while t e other is formed after the rod has been inserted through the ears 8 by mashing the outer end of the rivet over the outer surface of the adjacent ear. By this means a comparatively frictionless and secure. connection is effected between the actuating-rod and each one of the ivoted slats 1, so that by manipulation of the rod the slats'may be shifted to different open'poreferably formed The actuating-rod 7 for the slats tion with sitions and also closed down, so that the edge of one will overlap the adjoining surface of the slat next below it. In order to secure a water, snow, or practically air tight joint between the slats when closed, each one of the slats may be provided with a longitudinally-extending rib 14, over which the round edge 4 of theslat next above fits. If desired, the ribs 14 may be so located with respect .to the coacting edges of the slat next above that the lower rounded edges 4 when the slats are in a closed position will bind somewhat over the ribs to effect a tight joint.

In order to hold the slats in their adjusted position, there is provided a plate 15, which may also be for ed of sheet metal and provided with an attaching portion 16, designed to be-secured by screws or the like to the lower rail of the shutter-frame, the main portion of the plate 15' extending outwardlyom said rail and being provided with a curved slot, within which an adjusting-pin 17 is designedto work, said pin being provided with a thumb-nut to bind it in different adjusted positions. The adjusting-pin 17 is mounted at the lower end of the-actuatingrod 7, so that the latter may be held at different elevations to h'old'the slats ad'usted by simply turning the thumb-nut of t e actuating-pin after the latter has beenadjusted in the slat.

As shown in Fig. 9, my invention, as stated at the outset of the description, is capable of application to shutter-frames employing the ordinary wooden slats, and I'have shown in said figure the means whereby such application may be made. wooden plug 18 in the mortises which-are provided for the wooden slats it is evident that the ears 2 of my improved construction of slat may be attached at said point and the improved slat substituted for the wooden slat. It is manifest that a shutter-frame may be entirely fitted out with my improved construction of slat and actuating means whether or not the frame of the shutter be already provided with the mortises for the ordinary wooden slats, and that my invention is alsoap licable to any form of shutterframe, alt ough it, is preferred when constructing the invention outright to provide a shutter-frame without mortising, for by so doing economies in manufacture are realized.

From the foregoing description, in connecthe accompanying drawings, it will be seen that I have provided a simple and durable form of metallic slat construction for shutters which is a plicable to any form of shutter-frame, whidfi is durable in construction and efficient in o eration and which can be readily assemble without the employment of skilled labor.

Havin thus described the invention, what is claime as new is- A shutter comprising a frame, metallic By simply driving the slats the edges of which are rounded correspondingly and the ends of which are formed 7 with integral ofi'set ears designed for pivotal side edges of said strip lying flush with the margin o'l the r0undedportion of the slats, a I

U-shaped rod provided at intervals with ears extending at right angles from its edges and 15 embracing the apertured double portion of the'said metallic strips and pivotally connected thereto, and means for holding said rod in difi'erent adjusted ositions.

In testimony whereof f in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB BRAUCHLI.

Witnesses:

ALB. F. GANZ, LoUIs J. STURSBERG.

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