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AWNING.

No. 284,741. Patented Sept. 11, 1883.

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WILLIAM H. ISLEY, OF JERSEY CITY, NEIV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FREDERICK A. HOELAND, OF SAME PLACE.

AWNING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 284,741, dated September 11, 1883 Application filed July 31, 1883. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. IsLEY, of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State ofNew Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in Awnings, of which the following is a specification. r

7 This invention relates to awnings for store fronts and similar use; and the invention consists in certain details of construction and com- 10 binations of devices, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing the awning extended for use. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line 00 x of Fig. 1; Fig.

1 I 5 8, a longitudinal section of the roller, and Fig.

4 aplan view of devices for extending and retracting the awning.

To construct an awning on my plan, I provide an extensible frame consisting of two lazytongs, B, one at each side, which are connected at their upper edges by a series of transverse rods or bars, 6, as shown in Fig. 2 and by dotted lines in Fig. 1, the ends of these rods 6 forming the journals for the joints at those points, as shown in Fig. 2. The lazy-tongs will be made of light flat bars, and the crossrods 6 may be made of gas-pipe; or they may be wooden bars, having metallic pieces attached to their ends to form the journals, in order to 0 render the frame as light as possible. The ob ject of these cross-bars is to unite the lazytongs or extensible frames at each side, thus holding them in place and rendering the frame more rigid and less liable to be swayed or 3 5 moved about by the wind, and also to support the awning. Each pair of the lazy-tongs B is pivoted to a bracket, a, secured rigidly to the building, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, while the inner end of the corresponding arm, b, is pro- 0 vided with a roller, a, whichworks in a groove in a-plate, O, secured to the wall of the building A, as shown. In the drawings I have shown this groove or track for the roller as being formed by two projecting ribs; but it may 5 be formed by a depression or groove in the plate, if preferred, the object being to guide the arm b in a vertical line and prevent it from being moved or displaced laterally. This guide, in connection with the cross-rods e, enables the frame to be made very light, and still have the requisite strength and rigidity, and also enables it to be extended and retracted without binding or difficulty.

In order to operate the frame, I connect a bar or rod, D, with the cross-rod e nearestthe building, and extend it throughthe wall, if desired, its opposite end being piuoted to a lever, L, as shown in Fig. 2, so that by operating said lever the frame maybe extended or retracted at will. owing to the peculiar construction of the frame, as hereinbefore described, may be located at either side of the door, or even at either eX- treme side of the frame, and still be made to operate it perfectly. Instead of arranging the lever vertically, as shown in Fig. 2, it may be arranged horizontally, as shown in Fig. 4:, and be pivoted to the ceiling in the recess over the door'in case there be such recess on the outside, or, if not, theninside of the building, and 'beoperated by cords h, attached to its opposite ends, said cords passing over pulleys t, as shown, and thence down behind the doors, where they will be out of the way and still be accessible. In some cases it may be desirable, on account of the internal arrangement of the room, to attach both cords h to one end of the lever L, in which case the two pulleys twill be arranged on opposite sides of that end of the lever, so that by pulling on one cord the 89 frame will be extended, and by pulling on the other it will be folded or retracted, the arrange ment of the cords and pulleys of course being varied as may be'neeessary to adapt them to the circumstances of each particular case, and 1 which can readily be done by any person accustomed to putting up awnings.

The covering or canvas II will be prepared in the usual manner, it being secured to the outer cross-bar, e, and its inner end being se- 0 cured to a roller, I, journaled in brackets (I just above the brackets c, as shown inFigs. 1 and '2. This roller I should either be provided with a spring to cause it to rotate similar to the spring curtain-rollers in general use, as 5 indicated in Fig. 3, so as to automatically wind the canvas H upon the roller I when the frame -is retracted, or it may be provided with a This lever, with its red D, 60 g weight, n, for that purpose, as may be preferred. In Fig. 2 I have shown the weight n as being .located within the building and connected by a cord, f, to the roller I,'said cord passing over a pulley, l, and thence through the wall, the weight n preferably being inclosed in a box or casing, as shown. I prefer to use a weight, because the power which it will exert upon the roller will be uniform, whereas the spring will be constantly varying in its tension as the frame with the canvas is extended or retracted. The spring or weight should be adjusted so as to exert onlysuch force as may be necessary to wind up the canvas, as whatever excess of force there might be would have to be overcome in extending the frame, and would also tend to retract the frame. \Vhile I have represented the weight n as being located within the building, it is obvious that it may be arranged on the outside, if desired, and, in cases where there is an area or vault for it to pass down into, it may be desirable to so arrange it, that being a matter of choice or convenience merely.

In order to protect the canvas H from the weather I place a cover, E, over the roll, as shown in Fig. 2, wherein it is represented as being made of a strip of sheet metal of suitable width, and so curved as to fit over the roller I, with its inner edge secured to the building, there being just space enough below its outer edge to permit the canvas to pass under it without contact; or, if preferred, the cornice along the front of the building at that point may be constructed to form a cover or protection. This curved cover is specially adapted to be applied to buildings already erected to which the awning is to be applied, and where no provision has previously been made for it.

By this construction and arrangement of the various parts and devices I am enabled to produce an awning that operates successfully, and that can be extended or retracted either from without or within the building, and in which the awning, when not in use, is thoroughly pro-v tected from the weather.

It is obvious that, if desired, a cord, 1, may be arranged on the outside, as shown in Fig. 2, by which the roller I can be rotated, and by winding up the canvas be made to fold up the frame at the same time. This plan will be used in those cases where for any reason it is not convenient or desirable to use the lever, or to have any of the parts extended within the building, as may sometimes be the case.

Having thus fully described my'invention, what I claim is 1. An extensible frame for awnings, consisting of two or morelazy'tongs, B, connected by a series of cross bars or rods, e, arranged intermediate between the inner and outer ends of the lazytongs, substantially as described.

2. In an awning-frame, the lazy-tongs B, having the free end of their inner arms, 1 provided with a roller, a, in combination with the plates 0, arranged to operate substantially as set'forth.

3. In combination with an extensible awning-frame constructed as described, the rod D and lever L foroperating the same, as set forth.

4. In combination with the extensible frame and lever L for operating the same, the roller I, provided with the internal spring and the canvas I-I,- all arranged to operate substantially as shown and described.

WILLIAM H. ISLEY.

Witnesses:

WM. H. BAILL, FREDERICK KRUGER.

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