US850578A - Shade and shade-roller fixture. - Google Patents

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1N0; 850,578. PATENTED APR.16; 1907.

v A. HITT. SHADE AND SHADE ROLLER FIXTURE.

AYPLIGAT ION FILED APB-.4. 1906.

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' PATENTEDAPR.16,1907.

A. HITT. SHADE AND SHADE ROLLER FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED APE.4, 1905.

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' No.'850,5'78. PATENTED APR.16, 1907.

, A. HITT. L SHADE AND SHADE ROLLER FIXTURE.

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ADRIAN HITT, or JERSEY crrnnnw JERSEY, ASSIGNO-R or ONE-HALF TO HENRY BERGQOF ORANGE VALLEY, NEW JERSEY.

SHADE AND SHADE-ROLLER FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 16, 1907.

Application filed April 4, 1905. Serial No. 253,776.

To (.LZZ whom it may concern.-

' part of this specification.

This invention has reference to improvements in shades and shade-roller fixtures for windows; and this invention has for its primary object to provide a novel arrangement and combination of devices and parts which permits of the shade to be lowered from its extreme upper position in front of the window and window-frame, but the mechanism of which is such that the shade-roller and the shade, Which is rolled or partly rolled thereon, may be lowered or ralsed so as to be suspended at any desired point between the top and bottom of the window or window-frame.

The invention has for its further object to provide a means which permits of the shade to be unrecled from the shade-roller when the latter is in any one of its variable suspended positions, and whereby any part of a window may be screened by the shadeas, for instance, the entire window or only a lower part of the window or only a part of the window may be screenedthe upper and lower parts of the window, being left unscreened to admit of light and sun at both the top and bottom of the window.

A further object of my present invention is to provide a novel construction of windowshade and roller therefor which is adjustable and applicable to any part of a window and window-frame, which is easy of application and may be readily manipulated when in position, and which is of a simple and cheap construction and is most effective when in operation.

Other objects of this invention not at this time more especially mentioned will be clearly obvious from the detailed description of my present invention.

With the various objects of my present invention in view the invention consists, primarily, in the novel adjustable window-shade and roller therefor hereinafter set forth; and, furthermore, this invention consists in the arrangements and combinations of devices and parts, as well as in the details of the construction of the same, all of which will be more fully described in the following specification and then finally embodied in the clauses of the claim which are appended to and which form an essential part of this specification.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front viewof a window provide'd with an adjustable window-shade, shade-roller, and supporting-fixture therefor, all embodying the principles of my present invention. Fig. 2 is an end view of the supporting-fixture and suspended shaderoller and its shade, said view being made on an enlarged scale. Figs. 3 and 4 are longitudinal vertical sections of the two end portions of the said supporting-fixture, and F ig. 5 is a transverse section taken on line 5 5 in said Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrow X. Fig. 6 is a front view of a su porting-fixture and a shade and shade-roller of a modified construction, a portion of the shade and shade-roller being represented in longitudinal vertical section. Fig. 7 is a front view of the upper portion of a window and a supportingfixture and shade-roller and its shade, the same showing another modified form of construction, but still embodying the features of this invention. Fig. 8 is an end view of the shade-roller and a portion of the shade thereon, with a part of the supportingfixture represented in said Fig. ,7, and. Figs. 9 and 10 are perspective views of portions of certain parts of the said supporting-fixture.

Similar characters of reference are employed in the above-described views to indicate corresponding parts.

Referrin now to the several figures of the drawings, t e reference character 1 indicates a window-frame, and 2 and 3 are the upper and lower window-sashes of the same. Stitably secured upon the side strips 4 of the Window-frame at the top, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, are a pair of suitably-constructed bearings 5 and 6, between which are operatively supported the parts of the main actuating device for the suspension and rais ing and lowering of the shadeeroller and shade. This main actuating device may be of any suitable construction. The same cornprises, preferably, a hollow rod 7 of a polygonal cross-section, both upon its inner an outer portions, such cross-section being preferably a square or of a similar angular configuration, a second rod 8, preferably solid and of a similar configuration in cross-section, having a portion extending into and being slidably and adjustably connected with the said rod 7. Upon its outer free end portion the said rod 8 is provided with a suitablyconstructed spool 9 or other similar device, substantially as represented in Figs. 1 and 4 of the drawings, the said receiving device or spool 9 having secured upon its end face a plate 10, provided with a ournal or stud 11. '1 his journal or stud 11 is operatively and rotatively arranged in the bearing 5.

Upon the opposite and outer free end of the hollow rod 7 is suitably secured a suitably-constructed spool 12 or other similar receiving device, substantially as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 of the drawings. The said spool 12 is made in its one end with a depression 13, in which is movably and rotatably secured, by means of a cap or plate 1 1, having a central opening 15, a holding or retaining flange 17 of a ratchet-hub 16. The cap or plate 14 may be of any suitable construction and is preferably provided with an annular marginal holding-flange 18, which is forced over the end or the spool 12 substantially as shown, a suitable metal shell 19, having an extending annular part 20, being in turn arranged and suitably secured over said flange 17 and the end portion of the spool 12, substantially in the manner illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings. The said ratchet-hub 16 is made in its opposite sides with suitable receiving and holding depressions 21, and pivotally connected with the face of the cap or plate 14 are a pair of holding dogs or pawls 22, each being pro vided with a holding teat or projection 23, adapted to be brought in engagement with the receiving and holding depressions21, substantially in the manner and for the purposes to be presently described. The said ratchet.- hub 16 is also provided with a flat stud or projection 24, adapted to be supported in a correspondingly-formed receiving member of the bearing 6, so that the said ratchet-hub, and its parts, is always held against turning when the main actuating device is in its so spended relation at the top of the windowframe, but at times permits of the turning of the said device in the manner and for the purposes to be presently described. Suitably secured upon a portion of the said rod or bar 8 is an actu ating-spool or similar de. ice 25, upon which is arranged an operating tape or cord 26, having its inner end suitably fastened upon the body of said spool or device 25.

Suitably secured upon each spool or device 12 and 9 with its inner end suitably fastened to the body of the spool 12 or 9 is a cord or tape 27, the lower end of each cord or tape 27 being attached to a suspension device or hanger 28. Each hanger 28 is made, preferably, of a flat piece of metal formed with a receiving portion 29 and a slot 30, the parts 31 and 32 of each hanger 28 providing the bearings for the journals or pivots 33 and 341 of a lilartshorn or ordinary spring shaderoller 35, upon which is secured a shade 36. An actuating cord or tape 37 is attached to the said shade 36 in the usual and well-known manner The said journals or pivots 33 and 34 are of the usual construction employed with spring shade-rollers, the journal 33 being of the usual cylindrical configuration and the journal or pivot 34 being made fiat, whereby when the roller 35 is suspended between the two suspension devices or hangers 28 the shade-roller 35 and shade 36 can be operated in the same manner as when supported in the usual manner between a pair of shade-roller brackets which are fixed upon a windowfran1e. To prevent any lateral displacement of the respective hangers or suspension devices 28 from the said journals or pivots 33 and 34, each ournal or pivot may be provided with an enlargement, nut, or head, as 38, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings.

From the foregoing description and from an inspection of said Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, it will be seen that the telescopic arrangement of the bars or rods 7 and 8 of the main actuating device renders the same easy of a quick and ready adjustment between and upon the two brackets or supports 5 and 6. The tape or cord 26, as will be seen from Fig. 1, is wound upon the spool 25 in a direction opposite from the windings of the tapes or cords 27 upon the spools 9 and 12. Now, supposing the curtain to be in the position indicated in Fig. 1 and it is desired to bring the shade-roller 35 nearer the main actuating device at the top of the window, by pulling upon the tape or cord 26 in a downward direction the tape or cord 26is being unreeled from its spool 25, and the parts of the actuating device except the ratchet-hub 16 will revolve in the direction of the arrow Y in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The dogs or pawls 22 being pivoted upon the face of the cap or plate 14, which of course revolves with the spool 12, while the hub 16 remains stationary, the result will be that the previously-held dog or pawl is moved from its holding engagement with the said ratchet-hub 16, permitting the shade-roller and its shade to be raised the distance desired. During such downward pull upon the tape or OJICl 26 the two dogs 22 alternately come in an inoperative sliding engagement with the cylindrical surface and depressions of the hub 16, and when the pull upon the tape or cord 26 is released the re- IIO suit will be that the-do g or pawl which is located near the highest depression in the hub 16 will be brought in holding engages ent with said hub and hold the parts at rest.be cause of the fact that the combined weight of the shade-roller 35 and shade 36 tends to revolve the parts in the direction of the arrow Z in said Fig. 2. Suppose, however, that it is desired to lower the shade-roller 35 and shade 36. tape or cord 26, whereby the engaged dog or pawl 22 is disengaged from the hub 16 in the manner just set forth. The pull upon the tape or cord26 is then suddenly released. This allows the shade-roller 35 and shade 36 to exert a sudden pull upon the two tapes or cords 27 in the direction of the arrow U in Fig. 2, causing the two dogs 22, owing to centrifugal force, to fly outwardly in a manner which will be clearly understood, thus unreeling the tapes or cords 27 from theirspools 9 and 12, at the same time revolving the two rods or bars 7 and S and the spool 25 in the direction of the arrow Z, whereby the tape or cord 26 is rewound upon said spool 25. During all this time the operator has still held onto the tape or cord 26 until the roller 35 and its shade 36 have been sufficiently lowered, when the operator again exerts a downward pull upon the cord or tape 26. Thereby an unreeling of the cord or tape 26 from its spool 25 is produced, and a revolving motion of the parts of the actuating device is again produced in the direction of the arrow Y in Fig. 2. This tendency of the parts to turn in an opposite direction allows the dogs 22 to assume their former positions, and when the pull upon the tape or cord 26 is again released the various parts will remain at rest in the positions where they happen to be at that time. It will thus be clearly seen that by this arrangement and construction of the parts the shade-roller and its shade may be raised and lowered to any desired position in front of the window without altering the rolled position of the shade 36 upon its roller 35.

If it is desired to actuate the shade-roller 35 to lengthen or shorten the shade, this is accomplished by means of the tape or cord 37 in the usual and well-known manner customary in spring-rollers and their shades.

In Fig. 6 I have shown a modification of the invention, the shade-roller and its shade being suspended from the main actuating device by a different means. In this construction the spools 9 and 12 are provided with wide tapes 39 and 40, each tape having at its end a loop 41. Secured to the usual flat stud 42 of the shade-roller 43 is an arm 44, provided with a right-angled member 45, which is arranged in tlie loop 41 of the tape 39. In the tubular end portion 46 of the shade-roller 43 is a bearing 47, in which is arranged and held against displacement by suitable disks or sesame A pull is first exerted upon the nuts 48 and 49 anarm 50. The arm is provided with an upwardly-extending member 51, having an inwardly extending finger 52, wlich is arranged in the loop 41 of the tape 40.

The operations of the parts are substantially the same as those described in connection with the construction represented in said Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive.

In Figs. 7, 8, 9, and 1O I have shown still another modified means of suspension for the shade-roller and its shade. In tltis arrangement and construction of the devices the spools 9 and 12-also are provided with suitable tapes 39 and 40, having receiving-loops 41. In each case the suspension devices consist, essentially, of a member 53, arranged in a loop 41, each member 53 having a downwardly-extending arm 54, provided with a hook-shaped support or receiving portion 55 for the arrangement in the respective supports 55 of the journals 33 and 34 of the shaderoller 35 shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. Each member 53 is also provided with a rearwardly-extending member 56 and a curved'part 57, extending back of the rolled portion of the shade 36, as shown. Each curved part 57 is also provided with a laterally-extending rod portion 58, the two rod portions 58 extending toward each other and having their free ends slidably arranged in a tube 59, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 7 and 10 of the drawings. By tl is arrangement the parts can be easily and quickly adjusted to shade-rollers of varying lengths, as will be clearly evident. The arrangement of the parts shown in said Fig. 7 also enables my invention to be used directly within the sides 4 of the window-frame.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a window-shade adjuster, the combination, with a pair of fixed bearings, a main actuating device consisting of a hollow rod 7 and a rod 8, the hollow portion of said rod 7 and the rod 8 being of an angular polygonal cross-section to permit the adjustment of said rods 7 and 8 laterally, but preventing any torsional movement of said rods, a spool 25 on said rod 8 and an operating-tape connected with said spool 25, a spool 9 upon one end of the rod 8 and a spool 12 upon one end of the rod 7, a plate and pintle upon one end of the spool 9, and a chambered shell arranged over one end of the spool 12, a ratchet-hub 16 in said shell provided with holding-depressions 21, a plate 14 within said shell and secured upon the end of the spool 12, a pair of holding-dogs connected with said plate 14 and adapted to engage with the ratchet-hub, a fiat stud extending from said ratchet-hub, the pintle at one end and said fiat stud at the other end being operatively connected with the respective bearings, suspension-tapes extending from said spools 9 and 12, and a Hartshorn or spring shade-roller provided with the journals rotatably connected with the end portion of said suspension-tapes to permit of the independent rotary motion of the shade-roller, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a window-shade adjuster, the combination, with a pair of fixed bearings, a main actuating device consisting of a hollow rod 7 and a rod 8, the hollow portion of said rod 7 and the rod 8 being of an angular polygonal cross-section to permit the adjustment of said rods 7 and 8 laterally, but preventing any torsional movement of said rods, a spool 25 on said rod 8 and an operating-tape connected with said spool 25, spool 9 upon one end of the rod 8 and a spool 12 upon one end of the rod 7, a plate and pintle upon one end of the spool 9, and a chambered shell arranged over one end of the spool 12, a ratchet-hub 16 in said shell provided with holding-depressions 21, a plate 14 within said shell and secure d upon the end of the spool 12, a pair of holding-dogs connected with said plate 14 and adapted to engage with the ratchet-hub, a flat stud extending from said ratchet-hub, the pintle at one end and said flat stud at the other end being operatively connected with the respective bearings, suspension-tapes extending from said spools 9 and 12, a hanger attaci' .e d to the lower end of each suspensiontape formed with a receiving portion and a slot, and a Hartshorn or spring shade-roller provided with journals 3]. and 32 each arranged in a receiving portion and slot of the hangers, and means connected with; the journals 31 and 32 to prevent the lateral displacement of said journals from the hangers which are connected with said tapes, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a window-shade adjuster, the combination, with a pair of fixed bearings, a main actuating device consisting of a hollow rod 7 and a rod 8, the hollow portion of said rod 7 and the rod 8 being of an angular polygonal cross-section to permit the adjustment of said rods 7 and 8 laterally, but preventing any torsional movement of said rods, a spool 25 on said rod 8 and an operating-tape connected with said spool 25, a spool 9 upon one end of the rod 8 and a spool 12 upon one end of the rod 7, a plate and pintle upon one end of the spool 9, and a chambered shell arranged over one end of the spool 12, a ratchethub 16 in said shell provided with holdingdepressions 21, a plate 1 1 within said shell and secured upon the end of the spool 12, a pair of holding-dogs connected with said plate 141 and adapted to engage with the ratchet-hub, a flat stud extending from said ratchet-hub, the pintle at one end and said flat stud at the other end being operatively connected with the respective bearings, suspension-tapes extending from said spools 9 and 12, a langer attached to the lower end of each suspension-tape formed with a receiving portion and a slot, and a Hartshorn or spring shade-roller provided with journals 31 and 32 each arranged in a receiving portion and slot of the hangers, and an enlargement 38 upon the free end of each journal 31 and 32 to prevent the lateral displacement of said journals from the hangers which are connected with said tapes, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of March, 1905.

ADRIAN HITT.

Witnesses:

FREDK. C. FRAENTZEL, GEO. D. RICHARDS.

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