US938147A

US938147A - Combination shade and screen for windows.

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Publication number: US938147A
Application number: US43211408A
Authority: US
Inventors: Constant V Hughes; Jesse M Robinson
Original assignee: VENTILATING WINDOW SHADE Co
Current assignee: VENTILATING WINDOW SHADE Co
Priority date: 1908-05-11
Filing date: 1908-05-11
Publication date: 1909-10-26
Anticipated expiration: 1926-10-26

Description

- G. V. HUGHES dz J. M. ROBINSON.

COMBINATION SHADE AND SCREEN POP WINDOWS. APBLIOATIOH 21mm KAY 11,1908.

938,147, rammedocnze, 1909.

I I I I l I I I i IIIII W//Vig: /N VIQ'NTORSQ UNI I STATES PATENT onion- CONSTANT V. HT IGHES AND JESSE M. ROBINSON, OF ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGN- ORS TO VENTILATING WINDOW SHADE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF ARIZONA TERRITORY.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CONSTANT V. HUGHES and Jesse M. ROBINSON, citizens of the. United States, and residents of Alameda, in the county of Alameda and State of Oalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Combination Shades and Screens for l/Vindows, of which the follow- \ing is a specification.

t This invention has for its object to provide an improved window shade and fly screen, having the quality of excluding or modifyingthe light and keeping out flies and other insects without obstructing or in- 15, :t-hroughthe open window; with the additional advantage of permitting either the .terfering with the ventilation of the room shade or the screen to be used and adjusted e ther together, or separately and alone.

To these ends and ob ects our invention embraces a novel arrangement of window shade and screen, mounted for operation on -spring-rollers, and the combination there- -w1th-;of fixtures and controlling devices or 25 novel and peculiar construction, all hereinafter specified for operation as s t :torth.

. The, following description explains at length the nature of our said invention and :the manner in which we proceed to con thewhole of the window, and the screen adi justed to cover and protect the upper portion of the shade through which ventilation of the room is afforded by placing the apertured portion of the shade in line with the opening above the lowered l()l )-Sfl.-ll1. Fig. 2

is a vertical transverse section through Fig,

1. Fig; a detail-view ot'a section of one of the clamping-strips. Fig. 4 is a View in perspective of one ot the combination fixtur'es of ourinvention, showing the brackets or supports for theshade-roller, the screenroller and'the-idlcroller that control bothr the shade and the screeir'as they are wound on or drawn oft the rollers.

A novel feature in the combination Wmdow-shade and screen of our invention con-- Specification of Letters Patent.

COMBINATION SHADE AND SCREEN FOR WIN DOWS.

Patented Oct. as, race;

Application filed May 11, 1908. Serial No. 432,114.

sists in a rolling window-shade of flexible,

' 1ightexcluding fabric or material formed or provided with an apertured air-admitting section consisting of a number of relatively large and closely arranged apertures or perforations, comprising what we have termed the ventilating portion or section, combined with a screen of open-mesh or reticulated fabric of proper flexibility to wind or roll and unroll on a shade-roller; and supporting means for the shade-roller and screenroller having separate bearings for the two rollers and so constructed and arranged as to insure an invariably fixed and unchangeable position of the rollers after they are mounted on the window-casing. By means ofthese supports the two rollers are caused to Wind and unwind evenly and uniformly with the eifect to keep the edges of the separately movable and adjustable shade and screen always in line and in true vertical relation to each other and to the'sides of the window-casing under all conditions of 'adjustment or movement of either shade or screen.

According to our invention the shade being of more or less opaque quality of shade material, such as is generally used for a window-shade, is formed or provided with the apertured ventilating section or portion a, preferably located at the upper part near the shade-roller and with an unperforated or solid portion 7). Under such conditions it is practicable to give free circulation of air through the Window and yet have the shade drawn down, as is usually done at night to alford the desired privacy to the occupants of the room. But it is important at such timesespecially to exclude flies and insects that are attracted by the light within and prevent them gaining entrance through the open Window; we provide for operation with the shade an adjustable screen and means for adjusting and controlling it both separately of and in connection with the shade, so as to cover and protect the window-opening in all the different positions of the shade and as Well when the shade is drawn down to bring the apertured ventilating section in use, as when the shade is raised either Wholly or partially; This part of the invention consists in a curtain of fine mesh fabric such as mosquito netting, or similar reticulated fa hric or material of proper dimensions in length and width to extend across and cover the window, and of suficient flexibility for rolling on a roller.

The screen-roller f and the shade-roller e are mounted on the window-casingover the top of the window-opening in such relation to each other that. the shade and the screen will lie one u on. or against the other, maintaining a uni ormly even position with their 10 vertical edges in line, and running true and even as the shade and the screen wind or unwind, whether the are used jointly to exclude the light an or the screen is set to cover the window in Whole or in part without using the shade.

It is "important that the screen-roller be hung and supported horizontally and paralel with the shade-roller and that the two rollers be kept in such position without being liable to vary their position for the reason that the shade and the vertical edges of the screen being clamped or confined against the face of the casing by the clamping-strips the edges of both shade and screen must run true and even so as to be grasped and held by the clamps. Such alinement and uniform movement of the two parts are secured through the combination and arrange ment with the shade and screen rollers or fixtures of peculiar and novel construction comprising a pair of brackets pyeach having separate ears or projecting members 14--l6- m one above the other on a common plate or body on which are flanges 18 also formed integral with the plate, and standing at right angles to I the members 145-16.

The bracket is secured to the casing by screws taking through apertures 19 in the flanges and as'the earsin which are the sockets or rests for the journals of the shaderoller and the screen-roller, are a part of the bracket, the two rollers will be properly set and their parallel relation maintained by the '45 single adjustment and fixing of the one pair of brackets on the window-casing In place of one of the screws for fixing the bracket to the casing is substituted a still iwire arm 21 having a hook-shapcdouter end with a screw-thread 20 on the opposite end, and formed with an oil'set or shoulder 22 on the shank. A screw-hook of this form has the double function of a fastening for the bracket and a support for the end of a curtain-rod, when curtains are hung over'the window when the hook is screwed in place and the shoulder formed by the offset before mentioned is set up closely against the bracket, the hook will support the weight of the curtains and the curtain-pole and also fix the bracket tightly to the casing thereby avoiding the necessity of fixing additional and separate supports on the casing.-

lhe clamping strips 9 overlapping the vertical edges of the shade and screen have also screen the opemng,

the function of preventing the shade and screen from flapping or swinging in the wind and of closing the gapsvor openings between those parts and the window-casin through which flies and other insects coul otherwise gain entrance. These clamping strips are preferably formed each of a thin slat of proper length to extendfrom a point beneath and close under the shaderoller down to the bottom of the casing, or to the lowest point covered by the shade and the screen when they are drawn down. The slats are attached to the casing by spring hin es lb and are so placed as to clamp the sha e and the screen along the vertical edges so with suiiicient force to hold them'smoothly and closely over the window-opening. The

slats before mentioned are also of proper width to overlap the shade, but they are cut away or recessed on the-side next the casing in such mamier that while they will engage and bear upon the mar ,inal edge 6 of the shade, they will clear t e shade-stick g on the bottom of the shade, or will hear so lightly on it as not'to prevent or interfere '90 with the shade moving readily up or down when the clampingstrips are raised to take their pressure oil the edge of-the shade and allow it to be drawn from or woundon the roller. The form or construction of the clamping-strip is shown in Fig. 3, beingpreferabiy recessed as at 25, to take the pressure of the strip ed the shade-stick g1 Another novel feature in this clamping means consists in connecting the two clampingstrips together, so that they can be raised or held ollthe shade by using one hand, thereby leaving the other hand free to raise or lower the shade.

The clamping-strip g hinged to one side of the window-casing is connected with the correspondingly formed strip on the opposits side by the cord or wire 8. This wire is attached to the strip 9 at 'U,.i1lld is c0nnected to the other strip through the-medium of a bell-crank lever of peculiar construction, comprising an arm 2 on one leaf or member of the top hinge, and a lever3 of thefirst order having one end connected to the end of the arm 2 by a link 6, and its 11 fulcrum 5 on the end of a fixed arm 4 on the stationary leaf or member of the hinge. The wire a is attached to the end 7 of the lever, and between that point and the opposite end that is connected to' the movable leaf of the hinge the fulcrum-point 5 is located. The efi'cct of this lever-cor'mection is to produce movement of one clamping-stop simultaneously with the movement of the corresponding strip on the casing, simply by opening or drawing back the strip on which the knob or handle a is provided for that purpose. As both strips are attached to the window easing by spring hinges, they are held normally closed upon the marginal sides of the shade exerting at such time sufficient pressure to prevent the shade from flapping under a strong breeze, and to avoid gaps or openings between the edges of the shade and the face of the window-casing that commonly exist when the shade hangs loosely or unconfined.

Being connected together in the manner described, it is not possible to release one edge of the shade without taking the pressure from the opposite side, or without releasing both edges of the shade from the clamps g g at the same moment, and by connecting. the clamps for simultaneous movement the additional advantage is gained of releasing the shade from the clamps by using one hand alone, thus leaving the other hand of the operator free to raise or adjust the'shade. No separate adjustment of the clamping-strips is therefore required, and they are opened or closed on the shade independently of special care or attention.

In order to employ a relatively thin and flat clamping-strip it is desirable that the shade-stick g on the bottom of the shade should be made as thin as will be found consistent with the necessary stifiness and strength. The stick 9 is made somewhat shorter than the width of the shade, leavin marginal portions 6 on both sides beyon the ends of the stick and of suitable width to lie under and be caught between the window-casing and the clamping-face of the strip. The ends'of the shade-stick thus will slide readily between the clamps g g and the casing, but the shade will be confined at all points along the edge 6 when the clamps are.closed. A. stick of. the same character is used on the screen, as shown at ,-Fig. 1. The top rail of the upper sash preferably carries a 'stop-bOardlO arranged to close the space between the sash and the window shade, as represented in Fig. 2, and so prevent insects from passing into the apartment when the upper sash is lowered.

In the ordinary sliding-sash window having a top and a bottom sash there exists when either one or the other is opened, a

space between the two sashes, afl'ording an inlet for flies and insects from the outside; and such space or gap will exist between the top-rail of the bottom sash and the glass in the top-sash when the top-sash is lowered; or when the bottom sash is raised. The means for clos'ingflthe opening 'between the.

top-rail of the lower'sash and the glass pane of the upper sash comprises a stop-board l2'of proper length to fit closely in place between the upright sides of the windowframe, and of such width that it will fit closely against the face of the glass pane in the sash and also project over the top-rail of the lower sash to which it is fixed. But the stop-boards just described, and the spring-clamping strips and the means for operating them, herein illustrated, are not claimed 111 this case, but are claimed in our application filed of even date herewith, Serial No. 432,115.

We claim l. The herein described adjustable shade and screen for a window, comprising the stationary brackets, two shade-rollers supported in said brackets in fixed and un varying relation and in parallel position on a window casing, a shade of flexible fabric attached to one of said rollers having an apertured air-admitting section, a flyscreen of flexible reticulated fabric attached to the other of said rollers, and the spring held clamping-strips on the window-casing adapted to extend over and clamp the shade and the screen along the marginal edges thereof, the said clamping-strips having recessed back-faces.

2. The combination withabracket for supporting a shade-roller provided with a per forated attaching flange, of a screw-fastening consisting of a hook having a shank pro- -vided at its inner end with a screw thread roller, comprising flanges for securing the support to the window-casing1 and separate bearings for the journals of t e shade-roller and the screen-roller, arranged in fixed and unvarying elation to sup ort the said rollers in aara lel position, an fastening screws for securing the said support on the Windowcasing, one of said fastening means consisting of a hook having a straight shank provided on the end with a screw-thread,

and having an offset beyond the screwthreaded portion'adapted to bear against the flange of the support through which it is inserted.

ooNsT NT v. HUGHES. JESSE M. 'aoBINsoN.

Witnesses:

EDWARD E. OSBORN.

M. RaoNnu.