US595724A - Adjustable window-screen - Google Patents

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DENNIS F. MOONEY, JR, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

ADJUSTABLE WINDOW-SCREEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,724, dated December 21, 1897.

Application filed February 23, 1897. Serial No. 624,653. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DENNIS F. MOONEY, Jr. a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Adjustable WVindow-Screens, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in adjustable window-screens, and has for its object to so construct the framework of such a screen as to permit its being permanently placed within the Windowcasing, while at the same time giving free access to the exterior of the window for cleaning or ventilating purposes or for the hanging of clothes and the like.

lVith these ends in view this invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth, and then specifically designated by the claim.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same, its con struction and operation will now be described in detail, referring to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a window having my improved window-screen applied thereto, the screen being closed; Fig. 2, a similar view showing the screen open; Fig.3, a similar View showing the screen opened and shoved to one side in order. that the full space of the frame may be utilized for hanging clothes or similar purposes; Fig. 4, a detail section showin g the fitting of the screen-frame to the window-casing; and Fig. 5, a vertical section of the swinging frame and stationary frame, showing the former locked in the latter.

In carrying out my invention as here embodied I provide a rectangular frame A, preferably made so as to fit snugly within the window-casing, and this frame may be secured Within the casing by means of the guidestrips B, or it may be so arranged as to be held in place by the ordinary stop-strips of the window.

A swinging frame 0, of rectangular shape, is fitted within the frame A so as to form close joints when lying in the same plane therewith, and this last-named frame is adapted to swing within the first-named frame by being pivoted thereto by the snap-bolts D, which latter are actuated by the springs E, adapted to hold said bolts normally in their distended position, and the noses of these bolts when in their normal position enter the holes or sockets F, which are formed in the top and bottom rails of the outer frame, as clearly shown. Formed in these same rails are grooves G, in which the snap-bolts are adapted to fit and slide, said grooves being of less depth than the sockets, so that when it is desirable to adjust the screen to the position shown in Fig. 3 this is accomplished by retracting the bolts by the thu mb-pieces H and forcing the screen sidewise, while the noses of the bolts slide in the grooves, as will be readily understood.

A suitable netting I is stretched upon the frame 0, so that when said frame is closed, as shown in Fig. 1, insects will be excluded from the room, and when in this position the swinging frame may be locked against movement by the latches J, pivoted thereto and adapted to enter into engagement with suitable staples upon the outer frame.

In practice much convenience is had by the use of myimproved screen, since it is not necessary to remove the same'from the window when clothes are to be hung from said 'window or access therethrough is desirable for other purposes, since by the swinging of the inner frame upon its pivot-points and sliding it sidewise, as before described, free space is had.

When for ventilating or other purposes it is desirable to open the screen, but not necessary to slide it sidewise, this may be accomplished by simply unlocking thelatches J and turning the inner frame to the position shown in Fig. 2. g

Another advantage gained by my improvement is that since it is not necessary to move the outer frame for ordinary purposes the latter may be fitted more tightly andsnugly to the Window-casing, and therefore more thoroughly exclude insects which are likely to gain access through loose joints.

It is also to be noted that should occasion require the inner frame carrying the screen may be entirely removed from the outer frame by the proper manipulation of the bolts D, and when this is done the outer frame may be left in placeas, for instance, in Winter when the screen is not needed-thus leaving the fittings of the screen, which latter may be returned to its place in warm weather with but little effort.

The cost of manufacture of a screen made in accordance with my improvement is but little, if any, in advan cc of an ordinaryscreen, and yet many advantages are gained by its use.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is- In combination, a rectangular frame fitted in a window frame to be in oved vertically, said frame having longitudinal grooves formed in the upper and lower rails thereof and sockets near the center of the grooves of greater depth than the grooves, a second rectangular frame adapted to fit within the first-named frame, spring-pressed bolts secured in the second frame, said bolts being adapted to fit in the sockets in the first-named frame and by retracting said bolts to slide in said grooves, and a suitable netting secured on the second frame, latches for securing the frames in the same plane, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DENNIS F. MOONEY, JR. l'Vitnesses:

B. J. MOONEY, JOHN P. NAGLE.

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