US984027A - Awning. - Google Patents

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e. ROSS AWNING.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 14, 1910.

984,027. Patented Feb. 14,1911.

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GEORGE ROSS, or new roan, N. Y.

AWNING.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that I, GEORGE Ross, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Port Richmond, borough of Richmond, city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements .in Awnings, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an improvement in awnings, but more particularly to a headrod by which means awnings can be readily secured to or detached from a support there for, that is to say, the upper end or head of the awning.

It is usual, when hanging awnings, to secure the head, or upper end, of the awning to the support therefor by means of screweyes or hooks which are passed through rings carried by the upper end or head of the awning. In order to detach the head of the awning from the support, it is necessary to remove the said hooks or screw-eyes from the support, such work being performed by one skilled in the hanging of awnings.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a device by which means anyone may hang an awnin A further object of my invention is to adapt the head of the awning to bear against the support therefor throughout its length, whereby the leakage of rain-water, between the head of the awning and the support, will be, to a large extent, prevented.

I will now proceed to describe my invention in detail, the novel features of which I will finally claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part hereof, wherein:

Figure 1 illustrates a front view of a portion of a window and an awning therefor, provided with my improved head-rod; Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of the awning as illustrated in Fig. 1, the section being taken on a line aa in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional View of the head of the awning the section being taken on a line bb in Fig. 1; Fig. i is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view of one end of my improved head-rod; and Fig. 5 is a top plan view, on a reduced scale, of my improved head-rod.

Referring to the drawing 1 indicates an awning, of the usual variety, pivotally secured to a support 2, in this instance, a window sill, as at 3, the head 1 of the awning Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 14, 1910.

Patented Feb. 14, 1911.

Serial No. 581,933.

being secured to the said support 2 by screweyes or staples 5.

Ply referring particularly to Fig. 3, it will. be seen that the head 4 of the hwning formed into a loop 6, the said loop containing my improved head-rod 7, which 1 preferably make out of metal, such as galvanized sheet iron. To render the head-rod 7 strong, but light in weight, I make it triangular in shape, as shown. The member 8 of the rod 7 is set to approximately aline with the hood of the awning, as shown.

By referring to Fig. at, which illustrates one end of the head-rod, it will be seen that the member 8 is provided with an opening or slot 9, and adjacent the opposite end of the said member 8, a similar opening is provided (see Fig. 5), the adjacent portion of the loop 6 being provided with openings 9 (see Fig. 1), which aline with the openings 9. In the base-member 10 of the head-rod 7 I provide slots 11, one opposite each open ing 9. The slots 11 are provided fort-he purpose of permitting the head of the awn ing, at the rear thereof, to contact with the support 2, the said slots being adapted to receive the pulley-blocks 18, as shown in Fig. 3, one only being shown.

By referring to Figs. 2 and 3, it will be seen that the pulley-blocks 13 are supported by the screw-eyes or staples 5. To allow for the passage of the base-portion 14 of the head 1 over the screw-eves 5 and pulley-blocks 13, I provide the rear-member 12 and the base-portion 14 of the loop 6 with communicating openings 15 and 16, the said openings being in alinement with the slots 9 and 11. It will be obvious that the head 4 of the awning is held in position against the support 2 by the eye or head 16 of the screw-eyes or staples 5, the said screw-eyes or staples bein screwed into the support 2. When positioned to hold the head of the awning, the heads 16 of the staples 5 will be in a vertical position as shown, in which position the saidheads will bear against the head of the awning. Should I desire to remove the awning from the support, I rotate the staples until the heads thereof assume a horizontal position or aline with the openings 9 and slots 9 (see dotted lines Fig. 1). Having performed the above-named operation the head of the awning may be pulled bodily away from the support 2 and staples 5. The other connection between the awning and support may now be removed. To hang the awning upon the support, the head 4 1s slid over the staples 5 until the rear thereof contacts with the support. The staples 5 are then rotated to the position shown. After having secured the head in position the other connection may be made. It will be quite apparent that, with the aid of my improved head-rod, the heads of awnings may be caused to snugly contact the support therefor and also that awnings may be very readily secured to or detached from their supporting element. It will also be obvious that the securing devices, for the head of an awning, do not have to be removed from the support.

By means of my improved head-rod, the head of an awning is made rigid throughout its length, and should the awning be wider, than the support therefor, the headrod will support the overlapping upper ends of the awning.

As far as I am aware, there is no provision, in the present method of hanging awnings, the supporting the said awning at the extreme upper end, when said ends overlap the support for the head of the awning. For that reason awnings have to be made the proper width, otherwise the said upper ends would sag.

My improved head-rod not only renders the head of an awning rigid throughout its length, but also constitutes a locking-rod, or element, adapted to cooperate with the securing devices on the awning support to secure the head of the awning in position.

Having now described my invention what I claim and desire -to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In combination with an awning, a

head-rod consisting of an angular structure, one member of said structure being provided with openings, the other member of said structure being provided with slots in alinement with said openings.

2. An awning having a looped head, a head-rod within said loop, said loop and said rod being provided with openings in alinement one with the other, and securing means adapted to pass through said openings.

An awning having a looped-head, a head-rod within said loop, said rod being of a triangular formation, the base-portion of said structure being provided with slots, the other member of said structure being provided with openings in alinement with said jaws, said looped-head being provided with openings in alinement with the openings in said rod, and securing means adapted to pass through said openings.

4. An awning provided with a loop arod within said loop, said loop and said rod being provided with elongated openings in alinement one with the other, and rotatable securing staples adapted to pass through said openings.

5. An awning having a rod at the head thereof, said rod being equal in length to the width of said awning, said rod being provided with openings, and securing means adapted to pass through said openings, said securing means being adapted to force said rod against a support therefor.

Signed at New York city, N. Y. this 12th day of September 1910.

GEO. ROSS.

itnesses JosnPH J. MANNING, HERBERT FURBSHAW.

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