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the tubular member 9 and is secured to the
ends thereof in any appropriate manner,
preferably as shown. One end of the screen
or mesh is inserted between the roller, and
5 this strip and the end thus inserted is bent
back so that it practically hooks over the
strip, as shown, thus firmly securing the
screen to the roller.
At the end remote from the roller, the
10 screen is attached to a bar or rail 16 which
extends beyond either side of the screen, so
that the said extending ends may be engaged
by the L-shaped members 17 which are piv-
otally'mounted on either side of the window
15 frame by means of suitable screws 18. The
longer legs of the L-shaped members stand
normally parallel to the window sill and
have their free ends coiled as shown to pro-
vide hand grips 19, and these legs are in-
20 tended to stand behind the screen so the
hand grips may be reached from the inside
of the window, the screen itself, of course,
being hung on the outside of the window.
The shorter legs of -the L-shaped members
25 17 have the U-shaped members 20 formed at
their ends and these U-shaped members 20
straddle and frictionally engage the extend-
ing ends of the bar or rail 16.
The hand grip 21 is attached to the rail
30 inside of the window to permit the screen
being lowered and raised with the spring 14
of the roller under control.
At intermediate points on the vertical
stiles of the window frame, intermediate
35 stops 22 are provided. These stops are
formed with the hooked ends 23 and are
supported on the vertical stiles by suitable
screws 24, the screws passing through the
stops at points intermediate between the
40 ends of the latter, so that the tails 25 may-
lie between the screen and the window frame
when the stops are positioned horizontally
as they are to permit the bottom rail 16 to
pass by them. When the-stops 22 are moved
45 to vertical position, the hooked ends 23
stand at the top and intercept the extending
end of the rail 16 to prevent the screen being
raised higher than any pair of stops so po-
sitioned.
50 It will be observed that the intermediate
stops 22 perform a dual function. Turned
into the horizontal position shown in Fig. 1,
the tail portions 25 may be employed to
overlap the screen on the side edges and in
55 this way hold the side edges of the screen
firmly against the vertical stiles of the
frame A. Upon releasing the member 17
for raising the screen, the screen may be
stopped by any of the intermediate stops 25
60 by throwing them into vertical positions
with the hooked portions 23 uppermost.
The projecting ends of the bar 21 may then
engage these hooked ends which will pre-
vent further rising of the screen.
.65' As shown in Fig. 1, the screen is in ex-tended position and the intermediate stops
22 in their normal positions which are hori-
zontal. Desiring to raise the screen, the
hand grips 19 are depressed, whereupon the
U-shaped members 20 are moved outwardly, 70
thus freeing the rail 16, whereupon the
spring 14 will operate to roll the screen 3
upon the roller 2, thus lifting the rail 16.
If it is desired to stop the screen at any
point between the full extended position 75
and the fully raised position, the interme-
diate stops at the desired point are moved
to vertical-positions, whereupon the hooked
ends 23 intercept and engage the extending
ends of the rail 16. The screen may be 80
raised to the next higher position by turn-
ing the intermediate stops just above the
previous stops to a vertical position and re-
turning said previous stops to a horizontal
position, and this operation may be repeated 85
until the screen is fully raised. The inter-
mediate stops may be thrown into the de-
sired positions below the lower edge of the
screen as the other is being raised or low-
ered, the lowermost stops being readily ac- 90
cessible from the inside of the window by
merely reaching around under the bottom
edge of the screen.
From the foregoing description and the
accompanying drawings, it is thought that 95
the construction and operation of the in-
vention will be appreciated, and further de-
scription is therefore omitted.
The invention having been described,
what is claimed as new and useful is: 100
1. In a device, of the kind described, a
spring actuated roller, a wire screen car-
ried thereon, a transverse rail attached to
the screen at its lower end, means for sup-
porting the spring actuated roller in a win- 105
dow frame, intermediate stops for pivotal
attachment to the vertical stiles of the win-
dow frame, each of said stops consisting
of a tail portion and a hook end opposite
the tail portion, the tail portions overlap- 110
ping the sides of the screen to hold the same
against the window frame when the stops
are horizontally disposed, the bottom rail
extending laterally beyond the sides of the
screen, and latching elements for pivotal 115
connection to the window frame adjacent
the sill and having means for engaging the
extending ends of the bottom rail to hold
the screen in lowered position, the interme-
diate stops being adapted for shifting into 120
vertical positions when the hook ends may
engage the said projecting ends of the rail
to preclude raising of the screen higher than
any two vertically disposed intermediate
stops. 125
2. A rolling screen consisting of a spring
actuated roller and means for mounting the
same in a window frame, a wire mesh screen
carried by the said roller, a rail connected
with the screen at the end remote from the 130la
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Leach, William F. Rolling Screen., patent, September 28, 1920; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1256657/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.