US918598A - Awning. - Google Patents

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J. ROTHGHILD. AWNING.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 5,1907.

Patented Apr. 20, 1909. l 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Arrest.-

by @MM 4UNITE STATES PATENT OFFCE.

JOSEPH ROTHOHILD, OF BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE JOHN SIMMONS OOM- i PANY, OF NEW YORK, Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

AWNING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 20, 1909.

Application filed October 5, 1907. Serial No. 395,994.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be 1t known that JosErI-I Ro'ri-ronrnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bayonne, in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Awnings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to awnings, and its novelty consists in the construction and adaptation of the parts as will be more fully hereinafter pointed out.

' yThe object of the invention is to provide anawning which can be made vertically narrow-'and have a wide horizontal extension or i vertically wide and have a narrow horizontal extension, one which can be partly folded against the structure to which it is secured, provided with a weather-tight housing for the roll when not in use, one in which the roll is always under spring tension and may be quickly wound and unwound and yet may be securely locked at any desired point and f of the housing; Fig. 11

the spring of the winding roll of which may have` its tension increased or diminished at Will-.f

In' the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of an awning embodying my invention showing the roll within its housing and the frame folded against the building; Fig. 2 is av side elevation of the same and of the hooku'sed in manipulating it, the extended position of the awning and frame being indicated byy dotted lines; Fig. 3 is a central vertical section on the plane of the line 3-3 in Fig'. 1,; Fig. 4t is an enlarged central section of the winding roller and housing on the plane Aof the line et--fl in Fig. 2; Fie: 5

is a view similar to that shown in Fig. Ll: with the winding roll engaging` the side of the casing; Fig. 6 is an end view of the roller anditsshaftand pawls; Fig. 7 is a plan view of the end of the shaft and its handle; Fig. 8 is yan end view of the housing and *shaft latch showing the latter elevated; Fig.

` 9 4is `a miniature view of the awning frame and roll extended; Fig. 10 is a side view and partialvertical section of a modified form is a detailed view of a modified form of one of the arms of the frame and Fig. 12 is a detailed bottom plan view of' one end of the roller and its retaining mechanism.

, In vthe drawings, 10 is a window casing, or similar portion of a building, to which the awningfframe is secured. This frame comprises, tirst, two upright members, 11, 11, supported at each end and one on each side of the window casing by brackets 12, 12 and screws, 12, 12, or in any other suitable manner, and so arranged that each member 11 is set a slight distance from the casing 10. It also comprises two collars 13, 13, adjustably secured by screws 111, let, or in any other suitable manner, to the uprights 11. Two arms 15, 15, are pivoted to the upper collar and two similar arms 1G, 16, are pivoted to the lower collar. These pairs of arms are pivoted at their outer extremities to a link 17 'from which there extends outwardly a frame rod 18 bent outwardly at 19 and again inwardly at 20, and connected to the similar link 1T at the other side of the frame. This frame rod is connected in any suitable manner to an awning roll. is herein exempliiied the roll comprises an awning cloth 21 and its roller 30, and the end of the cloth remote from the roller is secured to said frame rod.

The awning cloth is secured at its inner end to a roller or drum 30 mounted on a shaft ill, journalcd in the side members 532, 32, of a housing 33. These side members are here shown. as formed integral with the upper brackets 12. The housing` comprises a hori/.ontally placed hood Si open at the bottom and bent downwardly and reversed at the rear to form a gutter which, if necessary, is given a slight incline to allow the water accumulated therein to run olif, and which in the modified form shown in Fig. 10, may be secured to the hood by the hinge 350.

Secured to the roller 30, and to the shaft 31, is a spring 3G which is put under tension when the awning cloth is unwound fr m the roller and by the retraction of which spring the awning cloth is automatically rewound thereon. rlhe end of the shaft 31 is provided with longitudinal groovcs 37 adapted to engage with pawls 3S to hold the shaft against rotation.

The outer end of the shaft 39 projecting beyond one of the sides 32 is squared and is provided with a handle i0 secured to it by pivots 11, or in any suitable manner. This handle in the form illustrated consists of a strap bent inwardly and the innermost ends of which are provided with a cam surface 4t2. It is preferably provided with a hand grip 43. Secured to one of the side members of the housing by a pivot and 'lA O l) and means to which the other end of the rightA support, carrying means adjustably mounted thereon, upper and lower arms each P pivotally attached to the carrying means, i and ahnk `pivoted to the confronting ends j of the arms and connecting the saine with each other.

4. y.Anwawning frame having an upright support at each side a pair of collars adt justably mounted on each ot the saine, a pair of arms at each side of the traine pivoted to the collars, links connecting with each other confronting ends of each pair of arms and pivoted to the same, and means connecting the sides of the frame together i for unitary movement.

5. An awning frame having sides each composed of an upper member comprising a pair of spaced arms pivoted to a common support, a lower member pivoted at its upper end and swinging downward therefrom tol .closed position, and a link pivoted at its endsto the free ends of said members and extendingdownward from the lower ends of the upper member to the lower end or' the lower member when the frame is closed and outward from the lower member and in the horizontal plane thereof to the lower end ot the upper member when the frame is open, combined with an awning carrying member connecting the links with each other and secured thereto and moving therewith always in the same plane as the same.

6. An awning trame having a side provided .with a pair of arms, each pivotally mounted at one end, a link pivoted to the confronting ends of said arms and connecting the same, and an awning carrying meinber adjustably secured to and extending from said link to move therewith.

7. An awning frame provided with an arm pivoted at one end, a link to which the other end of the arm is pivoted, a second arm pivoted to the link at one end, means to which the other end of the second arm is pivoted, and a frame red adjustably secured to said link to project therefrom and move simultaneously therewith.

8. An awning frame each side of which comprises an arm pivoted at one end, a link to which the other end of the arm is pivoted, a second arm pivoted to the link at one end second arm is pivoted, and a frame rod having its ends adjustably secured to said links to move simultaneously therewith.

9. An awning frame each side ot which comprises an upright, an arm, a link pivoted to one end of said arm, a second arm having one end pivoted to the link and means adjustable on the support and to which the other ends of said arms are pivoted; and a frame rod having its ends suitably secured to saidlinks.

10.An awning frame each side of which i ycomprises an upright, an arm, a link pivoted l to one end of said arm, a second arm having one end pivoted to the link and means adjustable on the support and to which the other ends of said arms are pivoted; and a traine rod having its ends adjustably cured to said links.

ll, ln a device oit the class described, two uprights, a housing for the awning roll secured between their upper ends and means lor draining the housing, comprising a gutter placed alongside ot the housing and hinged thereto.

l2. ln a device ot the kind described, an awning Y'r'rame comprising two uprights, a transverse housing' iter the awning roll intermediate the uprights at their upper ends, a pair of arms pivoted to each upright, a link to which each pair ot arms is secured at their outer ends, a frame rod secured to both links and an awning roll secured te the traine.

1.3. An awning traine comprising two uprights, a bracket secured to each upright at its top, a transverse housing for the awning roll arranged between the brackets, a pair ot' arms pivoted to each upright, a link to which each pair of arms is secured at their outer ends, a frame rod secured to both links, and an awning roll secured to the frame.

lat. lfn a device ot' the kind described, an awning frame comprising two uprights, a transverse housing l'or the awning intermediate the uprights at their upper ends, a pair ot' arms pivoted to each upright, a link to which each pair of ams is secured at their outer ends, a frame rod secured to beth links, an awning roll secured to the trame, and means for retracting the roll within the housing when the trame rod is swung upward.

l5. An awning frame comprising two uprights, a bracket secured to each upright at its top, a transverse housing for the awning rolls arranged between `the brackets, a pair of arms pivoted to each upright, a link to which each pair ot' arms is secured at their outer ends, a frame rod secured to both links, an awning roll secured to the frame, and means for retracting the roll within the housing when the frame rod is swnug upward.

1G. In a device of the character described, an awning frame, a roll and its shaftmounted therein, means carried by said frame and said shaft and mutually operating to prevent said shaft from rotating, and other means carried by said frame and said roll and mutually operating to prevent said roll from rotating, both of said means being relatively adjustable, substantially as described.

17. In a device of the character described,

an awning lrame, a roll and its shaft 1nount ed therein, said roll being longitudinally adjustable with relation to said frame,

means carried by said frame and said shaft and mutually operating to prevent said shaft from rotating, and other means which mutually operate to lock said roll from rotation when the same is in one position in its longitudinal adjustment.

1S. ln a device of the character described, an awning frame, a roll and its shaft mounted to rotate, and longitudinally adjustable therein, means carried by said roll and its shaft to relatively engage when the same are stationary with respect to their rotative movement, means carried by said frame and said roll which mutually operates to ple vent rotative movement of the latter, when the same is in on position of its longitudinal adjustment, and means for longitudinally moving said roll, forming a handle by which said shaft may be rotated irrespective of said first named engaging means.

19. In a device of the kind described, an awning frame, an awning roll and a bearing for the roll, means for moving the roll longitudinally in its bearing, independent of the rotation thereof, and means engaging the roll and preventing its rotation when it is in one position of its adjustment.

20. In a device of the kind described, an awning frame, an awning roll, a bearing for the roll, a movable device carried by one of the parts and engaging the other and operable independent of the rotation of said roll to vary the distance between the end of the roll and the bearing, and means engaging the roll and preventing its rotation in one position of such adjustment.

2l. In a device of the kind described, an awning frame, an awning roll, bearings for the roll, a handle connected with the roll and having a cam which engages the bearings for adjusting the roll longitudinally and means engaging the roll and preventing its rotation in one position of its adjustment.

22. ln a device of the kind described, an

eiaes awning frame, a housing having side mem-'- bers, an awning roll having its bearing in the side members, means for adjusting the roll longitudinally in the housing independent of its rotation and means carried by the housing and preventing rotation of the roll in one position of longitudinal adjustment thereof.

23. A housing for an awning or the like, comprising side members, a hood secured between them, shaft journaled in bearings in the side membes, a catch secured to the shaft and a latch adapted to engage therewith to prevent rotation of the shaft, a roller mounted loosely on the shaft and connected thereto by a spring, and a cam pivoted on the sha-ft to lock the roller against one of the side members.

2st. A housing for an awning or the like, comprising two side members, a hood secured between them, a shaft journaled inV bearings in the side members, a catch secured to the shaft and a latch adapted to engage therewith to prevent rotation of the shaft, a roller mounted loosely on the shaft and connected thereto by a spring, a handle by which the shaft can be rotated, and a cam on the handle. adapted to lock the roller.

25. A housing for an awning or the like, comprising two side members, a hood secured between them, a shaft journaled in bearings in the side members, a catch secured to the shaft and a latch adapted to engage therewith to prevent rotation of the shaft, a handle by which the shaft can be rotated, a roller loosely mounted on the shaft and a cam on the handle adapted to cooperate with the latch to look the roller.

1n testimony whereof l affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH ROTHCHILD.'

Witnesses HERMAN MEYER, ALAN MCDONNELL.

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