US1451083A - Awning construction - Google Patents

Description

Apr. 10, 1923.

w. F.-ODONNELL ET AL AWNING CONS TRUGTION Filed July 1, 1921 l1 TTOR/VEYS Patented Apr. 10, 1923.

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WILLIAM F. ononnnnn Ann CHANCY snYBoLn, or CHICAGO, ILLI1\TQIS. 4

AWNING CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed July 1, 1921. Serial No. 481,860.

T 0 all whom it may concern NELL and CHANOY SnYBoLD, both citizens of the United States, and residentsof Chicago, in the county of Cook and State-of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Awning Construction, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description;

Our invention relates to improvements in awnings, and it consists in the combination, constructions and arrangements herein de scribed and claimed.

- Anobject of our invention is to provide an awning construction having means for controlling the operation of an awning from the interior of a structure, such as a dwelling, to' which the device is applied.

A further object of our-invention is to provide a device of the character described in which means are provided forpartially housing the awning fabric to protect the same from rain, snow and the like.

A further object of our-invention is to provide 'a device ofthe character described that canbe applied to a window frame of ordinary construction without extensive changes being required in the usual construction of the latter.

A further object of our invention is to provide a construction having a canopy or member for protecting the awning fabric that is capable of being adjusted for use with awnings of diiferent lengths.

A further object of our invention is to provide a device of the character described that is relatively simple in construction and operation and thoroughlypractical commerciall i Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specificationyand the novel features of the invention will heparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Our invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this applicatiornin which Figure 1 is a vertical section through a window frame, showing the device applied, Figure 2 is an orthographic projection of the exterior face of the window frame to.

which the device is applied, portions of the device being shown in section, and

Figure 3 is an enlarged perspective of an element of the device.

Referring 'now to the drawings, 1 denotes ings 99 in the disk portions 6, whereby the roller is ro-tatably supported. Each disk portion 6 is formed with a plurality of spaced apart laterally extending integral lugs 31 at its outer edge. The lugs 31 of the two disk portions are arranged toextend'oppositely and each lug is bent reversely intermediate its length as at 32 to engage a substantially "semi-cylindrical canopy member at an end of the latter. Two

similar substantially semi-cylindrical can opy members 10 and 11 are provided and are supported at oppositeends by the lugs 31 inthe manner described. The canopy member 11 has a diameter slightly greater than that of the canopy member 10' and overlaps at its inner end the canopy memher-10, when the canopy members 10 and 11 are arranged to overhang the roller 8, as shown. An awning 33,1nadeof a 'suitabl'e fabric, such' as canvas, that is secured to the roller" 8 and'may be reeled thereon is thus partly housed by the canopy members and protected from rain, snow, and the like, when reeled on the roller. The life of the awning in service is thereby extended. f

Y A: cable 12 for operating the roller 8 is secured thereto at one end and is wound around the roller a number of times as shown in Figure 21 The operatingcable 12 is then passed through a guide member 13 that has a portion projected through an opening '14 in theouter frame member 2. An alined tubular guide15 is disposed in an opening "16 through the inner frame member I longitudinally extending kerf through its,

wall at its inner end. The portions of the wall margining the kerf are then bent outwardly to provide lugs for supporting a guide pulley 18. The guide 13 is likewise formed of a single tubular member andia bracket 19 secured thereto and to the outer frame member 2 tends to maintain the same rigidly in position. Notches 20 and 21 are made in the wall of the tubular guide member 13 and the portion of the wall disposed between such notches is slitted and bent upwardly to provide supports for a guide pulley 22. In a like manner, a guide pulley 23 is supported at the outer end of the tubular guide member 13 by displaced portions of the wall of the latter. he guide pulleys 18, 22 and 23 engage the cable 12 and permit operation of the latter Without friction and preclude the fraying of the cable in service. The tubular guide member 13 is bent upwardly intermediately so that the outer end thereof is disposed adjacent to the roller 5. A bracket arm 24 is secured to the frame 1 at 25 and is bent upwardly at 26 for engagement with the guide 13 adjacent to its outer end. A pintle or pin 27 projected through the pulley 23 and the supporting portions of the tubular guide 13 connects the bracket arm with the tubular guide 13 so that the latter is stayed in the position shown. The bracket arm 26 is bent at 28 adjacen't to its free end to cover the pulley, whereby the cable 12 is protected from the weather for practically its entire length. The pulley 18 is mounted on a pin 29 proj ected through the lug portions of the guide 15. The pulley 22 is mounted on a similar pin 30 that is likewise projected through the supporting lug portions of the tubular.

guide 13. I

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, the operation thereof may be readily understood. When it is desired to extendthe awning 33 into position to shade the window, the cable 12 is released from the hook 17, and the awning 33 assumes its extended position by gravity. It may be moved into the position shown in Figure 2 by pulling the operating cable 12 and securing the latter to the hook 17. The cable 12 is protected from the elements, such as rain, sleet and the like. and may beoperated readily, since the provision of the sev eral guide pulleys precludes the development of friction. The device is particularly suitable for use in connection with elevated windows. Many accidents occur onaccount of the necessity of projecting portions of the body from a window in adjusting awnings of an ordinary construction. The use of our improved device will prevent all such accidents and at the same time permits the operation of the awning more conveniently and readily than has heretofore been possible when devices of which we are aware have been used.

lVe claim:

1. In a building, the combination with a ing from said roller and being projected transversely through the frame for conducting the operating cable from the outer face of the frame through the frame to the inner face thereof.

2. In a building, the combination with a frame for an aperture, of an awning construction, said awning construction comprising a flexible fabric, a roller for the flexible fabric, means secured to the outer face of the frame for rotatab'ly supporting the roller, a cable secured to the roller, combination guiding and housing means extending from said roller and being projected transversely through the frame for conducting the operating cable from the outer face of the frame through the frame to the inner face thereof, and means for securing, the outer end of the guiding and housing means in adjusted position relative to the adjacent end of theroller.

3. In an awning construction, a frame, a

pair of brackets carried by said frame,an awning carrying roller carried by said brackets, a telescoping canopy disposed above said roller and being carried by said brackets, a cable secured to said roller and being protected by said canopy, and combination guiding and housing means extending from said roller and being projected transversely through the frame for conducting the operating cable from-the outer face of the frame through the frame to the inner face thereof. a 4. In an awning construction, a frame, an awning roller carried by said frame, a tubular member extending from said roller and projecting into said frame, a second tu bular member projecting through the inner face of said, frame, said tubular member carrying pulleys therewith, and a cable'secured to said roller and being disposed in said tubular member and being adapted to engage said rollers.

WILLIAM F. ODONNELL. GHANCY SILYBOLD.

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