US901715A - Awning reflector-screen. - Google Patents

Description

J. N. LAPRES.

AWNING REFLECTOR SCREEN.

APPLIOATIO! rum) 82211.13, 1901.

901,71 5. Patented Oct. 20, 1908 2 BEEETB-BHEET 1.

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APPLIOATIOI FILED SEPT. 13, 1907.

Patented Oct. 20, 1908.

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Inventor,

Attorneys UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH NAPOLEON LAPRES, F MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application llod September 18, 1907. florid No. 892,663.

Screens; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention to be hereinafter described relates to window blinds and screens of a generally similar character and it is particularly adapted to reflect or deflect the maximum of light into a room which would otherwise be poorly li hted. V j

The main objects 0 the invention are to provide a blind of this eneral character which may be positione at any desired angle and one which will at the same time allow free circulation of air and admit the maximum amount of light. In many instances it is desirable to adjust a plurality of such blinds equally and simultaneously and to thatend suitable means have been provided. a

A further'object of the invention. is to provide means for securely locking the several separate parts of the blind or screen in their adjusted positions.

Other objects will be pointed 'outin the specification and claims hereinafter.

Broadly speaking the invention comprises one or more movable elements adapted to act as blinds or panels each mounted for individual movement, devices for movingthese panels to the desired position and means for locking them in such osition.

In order that one ski led in the art to' which the invention relates may the more readily understand the mode of itsappliea tion, its construction and operation refj ence should be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of the present a-ppli' cation in which similar reference characters designate like parts throughout the several -v1ews.

" In the drawings: Figure 1 is a pers ective of the device as applied to a plura ity of adjoining windows. Fig. 2 is a front view of the device as applied to a single window. Fi 3 is a side view of'Fig; 2. .Fig. his a detail of the locking device. Fig. 5 is a detail of a modified form of'locking device.

Fig. 6 is a'detail of the loose connection between the panels and their supporting rod shown in Fig. 3.

The device as a whole comprises a plurality of panels 1. In the preferred form of the'device these panels consist of suitable open frameworks of rods of suitable material and of the desired size to which are attached canvas, duck or similar light colored Patented Oct. 20,1908. A

material. These panels are mounted to have individual rotary movement in suitable brackets or about suitable supporting rods. When mounted to swing horlzontally-as in Fig. '1 the preferred form of connections between panels 1 and the supporting brackets will comprise pins or. projections 2 on the framework of the respective panels and screw eyes 3 passing through brackets and adapted to freely receive such pins or projections.

In order to lock each panel in its adjusted position a plate 4 provided with perforations 5 is secured to the support of each of thepanels 1 adjacent to one of the projeo tions 2. Preferably this plate is. semicircular in shape and is placed sothat the projection 2 is in line with the centers of its diameters; A in 6 depending from the lower edge of t e framework of the panel. is adapted to selectively engage the perforations 5 of the plate and so prevent rotation .of the panel after it has-been adjusted as desired. I

For 0 crating the device a cord, cable or similar exible connection 7 passing over a pulley 8 is used. This operating device is loosely attached in any suitable way to the free edge of each panel so that by pulling on the cord all of the panels connected there to may be similarly and simultaneously operatedj By-sl ipping'the connection between any one of the panels and the operating device such; panel may be operated indlvidually.

.When adapted for use on a single large window or opening the device is mounted to .permit both swinglng movement of the pan els" individually and bodily sliding movement of them relatively to their support.

For this latter urpose the projections 2are bent into eyes w ich engage rings 10 mounted to travel freely on supporting rods '11 securediat the opposite sides of the window. To these eyes 10 are secured cords, cables or similar flexible connections 12 which over pulleys 13.

When the device is adapted for use on a single large window, as above set forth, the panels swin vertically from their supports and travel odily along the supports in a vertical direction. In traveling bodily along their supports, the panels are limited in their movement, as will be Obvious. Consequently, when the uppermost panel reaches the upper end of its support, the succeeding panels will successively approach it and the Whole device will be compactly folded together. The same is true of course when the panels travel in the opposite direction. To afford this telescopic construction, whereby the several panels may approach one another, flexible connections 14 and 15 are secured respectively to the loose ring 10 and to the outer edge of the lower panel. These connections, of course, may be passed over suitable pulleys and arranged to be grasped together, so that by pulling on both simultaneously and equally, the panel to which theyv are attached will be raised, while at the same time the angle to which it has been previously set will be substantially maintained. I

When the several panels have been drawn upward together by the'connections 14 and 15 into a compact bundle, the whole device may be swung upward against the building to which the device is applied by simply fastening the connections 12 and 14 and pulling on the connections 7 and.15. Likewise, to fold the device adjacent the lower end of the window, it is simply necessary to loosen all connections 7, 12, 14 and 15, when the several panels will fall by gravity, and, due to the loose connections between the panels 1, rings 10 and rods 11, will telescope toward one another and fold in a compact bundle against the building to which the screen is attached.

This device is eculiarly adapted for lighting rooms by re ection. The several panels comprising the whole are adapted to be so adjusted relatively to one another and to the window, or opening on which they are used, as to intercept and reflect the sunlight into the room or apartment to be lighted, without allowing the sun to shine directly into the room.

The device as constructed in its preferred form is also adapted to act as a screen or blind for substantiallyexcluding light from a room or building. This is accomplished by mounting the several panels so close to one another that when folded toward the window or opening on which they are used,- .they w1ll, in their extreme position, present any one of several a substantially continuous wall, intercepting and reflecting away from the opening sunlight which would otherwise enter.

It is obvious that many. changes may be made in the particular way in which the individual panels are mounted, the constructions of the several panels, the devices for operating them, and many other changes and alterations in the construction of the several parts and their combinations, without in any way departing from the scope and extent of this invention, and it is meant to include all such in the present application. v

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A series of fabric-covered panels, indithe vidually journaled for limited rotary movement, in combination with means for locking each panel independently in-any one of several angular positions and a cord connected to all of said panels and adapted to operate" them simultaneously substantially as set forth.

2. A series of panels each of which is mounted to turn through a part of a circle and is permitted a limited up and down motion bodily, in combination with flexible means for operating all the panels together,

each panel being adapted to be readily freed from said means and moved independently endwise, or from one pivotal position to another and means for locking eachpanel in tially as set forth.

3. A series of pivotally adjustable panels,

in combination with a cord connected detachably thereto in order that all of said panels may be operated together, or each one of pivotal positions substanv them independently on disconnecting it from said cord and locking. devices for holding each panel in any one of several pivotal positions substantially as set forth.

4; A series of pivotally adjustable panels,

in combination with means, detachable from each panel, for operating all of said panels together, and fixed plates provided with se-' ries of perforations and arranged in proximity to said panels, each panel being provided with a part adapted to fit into any one of the holes of one of said plates for locking each panel in anyone of several pivotal positions substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of .two witnesses. v

JOSEPH NAPOLEON LAPRES. Witnesses:

E. M. SLINEY, W. S. BABCOCK.

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