US2874551A - Air conditioner awning - Google Patents

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Feb. 24, 1959 C. H. BRADBURY ETAL AIR CONDITIoNER AWNING Filed June 6. 1955 United States Patent O AIR coNnirIoNER AWNING Charles Herman Bradbury and William Scott Bradbury, Topeka, Kaus.

Application June 6, 1955, Serial No. 513,366

1 Claim. (Cl. 62262) This invention relates to an awning or heat deflector for air conditioners, and particularly to a novel, inclined panel adapted to overlie that portion of an air conditioner which extends outwardly beyond a Window within which it is mounted.

It is the most important object of the present invention to provide a heat deector of the aforementioned character that is universally adapted for protecting virtually any type of conventional air conditioner of the kind commonly employed within a window and having novel means for quickly and positively holding the same in place by attachment to the air conditioner itself through use of a band, and preferably a coil spring looped beneath the air conditioner =at its outermost end.

Other objects include the way in which the panel is rendered extensible through use of a pair of slidably interconnected sections; the manner of interconnecting the sections through use of flanges and tracks; and the way in which the anges are formed on the panels at the proximal, relatively overlapping ends thereof for reinforcing the same and keeping out dust, dirt, rain and other elements.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a perspective view of an air conditioner awning made pursuant to our present invention, showing the same in place with respect to a conventional air conditioner.

Fig. 2 is a view of the uppermost section of the panel looking at the lowermost end thereof.

Fig. 3 yis a side elevational view of the uppermost section.

Fig. 4 is a view of the lowermost section looking at the lowermost end thereof.

Fig. 5 is a side elevational view of the lowermost see-y tion; and

Fig. 6 -is a fragmentary, side elevational view of the panel showing by dotted lines the interconnection between the two sections thereof.

The heat deector or awning for air conditioners 10 of the kind adapted to fit within a window as shown in Fig. 1, includes an inclined panel broadly designated by the numeral 12. As is well known, the air conditioner 10 normally extends a considerable distance outwardly beyond the window within the frame 14 thereof, and the panel 12 is designed to overlie the air conditioner 10 when fastened to rails 16 and 18 of frame 14.

The lowermost end of the panel 12 may rest directly upon the outermost and uppermost horizontal edge of the air conditioner 10 and be attached thereto for ready release through the medium of a band 20, preferably in the nature of a coil spring looped beneath the air conditioner 10. The uppermost end of the panel 12 is in turn fastened to the rails 16 and 18 of frame 14 through use of screws or other fasteners 22.

Panel 12 consists of an uppermost section 24 and a lowermost section 26. The uppermost section 24 has an upturned flange 28 at the uppermost end thereof which receives the fasteners 22 through openings 30 formed in the ange 28. The lowermost end of the section 24 is provided with a downturned flange 32 which engages the uppermost face of the lowermost section 26 as seen best ICC in Fig. 6. The section 24 is additionally provided with downturned L-shaped tracks 34 at the sides thereof.

The lowermost section 26 has a downturned flange 36 at the lowermost end thereof, and an upturned ange 38 at its uppermost end which slidably engages the lowermost face of the section 24, it being noted that section 24 is in partial overlapping relationship to the section 26. The lowermost section 26 is additionally provided with downturned flanges 40 that ride within the tracks 34, the spring band 20 being attached to the anges 40 by means of perforations 42.

It can now be seen that panel 12 may be easily and quickly placed in use by merely attaching the upper section 24 thereof to the frame 14 of the window by use of fasteners 22 in the openings 30 of flange 28. Thereupon, the lower section 26 may be extended outwardly as the flanges 40 slide within the tracks 34 and as the flanges 32 and 38 slide with respect to the surfaces which they engage. The lowermost section 26 is merely laid upon the outermost edge of the air conditioner 10, preferably extending slightly beyond the latter, whereupon the band 20 is looped beneath the air conditioner 10 and the lowermost end of the panel 12 thereby held in place.

By virtue of the fact that an air space is maintained between the awning or panel 12 and the upper face of the air conditioner 10, and by virtue of the fact that the panel 12 is mounted on an incline, adequate air circulation is maintained around the air conditioner 10 and the deector serves additionally as a rain shed.

It is to be particularly noted that, by virtue of the use of flanges 32 and 38, the panel 12 is reinforced and the two sections 24 and 26 are rigidly interconnected to prevent separation by virtue of winds and storms.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

A heat deector for that portion of an air conditioner extending outwardly beyond a window frame within which the same is mounted, said deilector comprising a freely extensible panel adapted to extend outwardly and downwardly at an incline from said window frame in overlying relationship to said portion of the air conditioner, said panel including a pair of relatively shiftable, rectangular sections, one of the sections being movable to a position substantially overlying the other section, each of said sections being provided with an upturned, elongated ange at the uppermost margin thereof and a downturned flange at the lowermost margin thereof, the upper section having an elongated, inturned, L-shaped track along each of the side margins thereof and slidably receiving corresponding downturned, elongated anges on the outer side margins of said other section, said upturned tiange of the uppermost section being adapted to be secured to said frame and the underside of that part of the lowermost section overlying the air conditioner being adapted to rest on said portion of the latter upon extension of the same; and an elongated coil spring oppositely secured at its ends to said downturned iianges on the side margins of said other section, disposed adjacent said downturned flange on the lowermost margin of the section and adapted to be looped about said portion of the air conditioner lfor holding the panel firmly against the same.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 427,287 Wood May 6, 1890 1,796,564 Firguson Mar. 17, 1931 2,039,056 Bryant Apr. 28, 1936 2,620,722 Owens Dec. 9, 1952 2,660,867 Borgerd Dec. 1, 1953 2,720,236 Hoffman Oct. 1l, 1955

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