US1964842A - Shutter awning - Google Patents

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Jul 3, 1934.

c. BAUER SHUTTER AWNI G Filed April 11, 19 33 2 Sheets-Sheet l C. BAUER SHUTTER AWNING July 3, 1934.

- Filed April 11, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 lllv Patented July 3, 1934 SHUTTER AWNING Conrad Bauer, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Application April '11,

' 4 Claims.

This invention relates to blinds and the like and has special reference to a shutter awning.

In the construction of devices of this class much objection has hitherto existed because of the heavy frame employed decreasing the effective size of the window opening and thus cutting off light and obstructing the view even with the shutters wide open.

One important object of the invention'is to provide an improved shutter awning wherein the shutters and their supporting frame are arranged to afford a minimum obstruction to light and view when the shutters are open.

A second important object of the invention is to provide a novel arrangement of wooden shutter so reinforced by metal that the parts of the shutter frame proper may be made very narrow while possessing great strength.

, A third important object of the invention is to provide a novel arrangement of the support- ,ing frame and the shutter frames proper whereby the width of the space occupied by the shutters when closed will be but little less than the width of the supporting frame.

A fourth important object of the invention is to provide an improved arrangement of means for holding the shutters in swingingly adjusted position in the supporting frame, the means being especially adapted for use with a narrow supporting frame.

With the above and other objects in view, as will be presently understood, the invention consists in general of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings like charactersof reference indicate like parts in the several views, and:

Figure 1 is an elevation, from the inside, of a window frame showing the improved shutter awning applied thereto, the view being partly in section. v

Figure 2 is a side elevation of such a window frame showing the structure swlmg out to form an awning.

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail section on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail section on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is, an enlarged detail section, partly broken away, on the line 5-5 of Figure 1, the shutter adjusting means being omitted.

In the embodiment of the invention as here 1933, Serial No. 665,610

frame 10 of any preferred type, the construction whereof forms no specific part of this invention.

The supporting frame for the shutters consists of angle iron sides 11, top 12 and bottomlB. The angle iron from which this supporting frame is made'has one leg parallel to the adjacent part of the window frame and the other leg extending inwardly of the supporting frame at the edge of the first leg nearer the inner face of the window frame. Thus the supporting frame forms a rectangular frame having its sides of angle iron to form outwardly facing seats for the-shutter frames. The supporting frame is supported at its top by pivot pins 14 which extend into the sides of the window frame and washers 15 serve to space the supporting frame slightly from the sides of the window frame. Links 16 are pivoted at their lower ends to the sides of the window frame and adjacent the free end of each link there is provided a pivot 17 whereto is pivoted one end of an extension link 18 which has its other end pivoted to a bracket 19 fixed to a side 11 of the supporting frame. Each link 16 extends beyond the pivot 17 and is provided with a stop lug 20 extending from its upper edge to engage the upper edge of the link 18 and thus hold the links 16 and 18 in alinement when the supporting frame is swung out as in Figure 2. Stop angles 21 are fixed to the sides of the window frame and engage the. lower part of the supporting frame to limit the inward swinging movement of said supporting frame. Mounted on the bottom member of the window frame is an angle bracket 22 and on the lower member of the supporting frame is pivoted at latch 23 which is angularly bent to extend over the bracket 22 and is provided with a notch 24 wherein the upper edge of the bracket 22 engages to hold the supporting frame closed in the window frame and thus to prevent outward swinging movement of said supporting frame.

Each shutter has a rectangular wooden shutter frame 25 and metallic channels 26 cover the outer edge and both the inner and the outer face of each of the wooden shutter frame members. The edges of these channels are crimped in as at 27 to hold the channels in place on the wood of the 'shutter frame. The shutter frames are hinged to the side members 11 of the supporting frame by hinges 28 and one leaf of each hinge lies, as shown in Fig. 2, on the outside face of the frame member 11 and is thus between the frame member 11 and the frame 10, when the supporting frame is in closed position between said support- 55 disclosed there is shown an ordimrr window-ingframe and the window frame so that these leaves' act, with the washers 15, to hold the supporting frame from friction on the window frame. The free vertical edge of one shutter is provided with a bead 29 while the inner face of the corresponding part of the other shutter is provided with a stop plate 30 against which the bead 29 rests when the shutters are closed. Fitted on the inner face and extending over the inner edge of the side members of the shutter frames are angles 31 which are provided with spaced openings to receive the collars 32 of pintles 33 each of which is driven into slats 34 at one end and is fitted revolubly in the wooden parts 25 of the shutter frame sides at the other end. The slats of each shutter are provided with brackets 35 and each set of these brackets is pivotally connected to an operating rod or bar 36 having a handle 3'7 at its lower end. By this means the slats for each shutter may be simultaneously opened and closed. It is to be noted that the collars 32 so fit the openings in the angles 31 as to form journals having bearing in these openings and thus wear by the pintles of the wooden parts of the shutter frame is prevented.

In order to control the opening of the shutters there is provided for each shutter a channel 38 which is secured by one of its flanges to the bottom angle 13 of the supporting frame, the channel being arranged so that its flanges depend and having in its web a slot 39 extending longitudinally thereof. Beneath the web is a slide 40 which is guided by the flanges and carries ashank 41 which projects upwardly through the slot 39 and pivotally supports one end of a curved link 42. A finger rest 43 serves to clamp this slide in adjusted position along the channel. The remaining end of the link 42 is pivoted to a bracket 43' projecting inwardly from the bottom member of the shutter frame adjacent the hinged edge thereof. By means of moving the slide along the channel and there clamping it the shutter may be swung on its hinges to a desired position and there held. A turnbutton 44 is mounted on the top frame member of the shutter which carries the bead 29 and serves to hold the tops of the shutters against rattling in the supporting frame when closed, this turn button engaging the member 12 as shown in Fig. 1 when said shutters are closed.

From the foregoing it will be seen that there has been provided a composite wood and metal shutter awning construction wherein the supporting frame has its members so narrow that they offer but little obstruction to light or sight and wherein the construction is of but little weight and yet affords ample strength.

There has thus been provided a simple and efilcient device of the kind described and for the purpose specified.

- It is obvious that minor changes may be made in the form and construction of the invention without departing from the principles involved. It is not, therefore, desired to confine the invention to the exact form herein shown and de-.

scribed but it is desired to include all such as come within the scope claimed.

What is claimed as new, is:-

1. In a shutter awning for window frames, the combination with an angle iron supporting frame adapted to be pivoted at its upper end to a window frame, the angle irons of the frame being arranged to provide outwardly facing L-shaped seats and the frame having side top and bottom members; of shutter frames each consisting of a rectangular wooden frame having side, top and bottom members each covered on its outer edge and inner and outer faces by a metal channel, the flanges of said channel being inwardly crimped to hold the metal on the wood, hinges securing a side of a respective shutter frame to a side of the supporting frame, said shutter frames resting in said L-shaped seats when closed, one leaf of each hinge being secured to the outer face of the respective supporting frame angle to space the angle from the window frame wherein the supporting frame is mounted, means to hold the supporting frame in closed and opened positions, and means to hold the shutters in adjusted positions on their hinges.

2. In a shutter awning for window frames, the combination with an angle iron supporting frame adapted to be pivoted at its upper end to a window frame, the angle irons of the frame being arranged to provide outwardly facing L-shaped seats and the frame having side top and bottom members; ofshutter frames each consisting of a rectangular wooden frame having side, top and bottom members each covered on its outer edge and inner and outer faces by a metal channel, the flanges of said channel being inwardly crimped to hold the metal on the wood, hinges securing a side of a respective shutter frame to a side of the supporting frame, said shutter frames resting in said L-shaped seats when closed, metallic angles at the sides of each shutter frame each having one leg secured to the inner channel leg of a shutter frame side and its other leg covering the inner edge of the wood of the shutter frame side, said last legs being provided with spaced bearing openings, 9. series of wooden slats for each shutter, pintles driven into the ends of said slats and provided with collars journalled in said bearing openings, said pintles having extensions journalled in the wooden side members of the shutter frames, means to operate all the slats of a respective shutter simultaneously, means to hold the supporting frame in closed and opened positions, and means to hold the shutters in adjusted positions on their hinges.

3. In a shutter awning for window frames, the combination with an angle iron supporting frame adapted to be pivoted at its upper end to a window frame, the angle irons of the frame being arranged to provide outwardly facing L-shaped seats and the frame having side top and bottom members; of shutter frames each consisting of a rectangular wooden frame having side, top and bottom members each covered on its outer edge and inner and outer faces by a metal channel, the

flanges of said channel being inwardly crimped to hold the metal on the wood, hinges securing a side of a respective shutter frame to a side of the supporting frame, said shutter frames resting in said L-shaped seats when closed, one leaf of each hinge being secured to the outer face of 4 the respective supporting frame angle to space the angle from the window frame wherein the supporting frame is mounted, metallic angles at' the sides of each shutter frame each having one leg secured to the inner channel leg of a shutter frame side and its other leg covering the inner edge of the wood of the shutter frame side, said thesupporting frame in closed and opened positions, and means to hold the shutters in adjusted positions on their hinges.

4. In a shutter awning for window frames, the combination with an angle iron supporting frame adapted to be pivoted at its upper end to a window frame, the angle irons of the frame being'arranged to provide outwardly facing L-shaped seats and the frame having side top and bottom members; of shutter frames each consisting of a rectangular wooden frame having side, top and bottom members each covered on its outer edge and inner and outer faces by a metal channel, the flanges of said channel being inwardly crimped to hold the metal on the wood, hinges securing a side of a respective shutter frame to a side of the supporting frame, said shutter frames resting in said L-shap'ed seats when closed, means to hold the supporting frame in closed and opened positions, channels having depending legs extending along the inner face of the bottom member of the supporting frame and having one leg at-

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