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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
-HOUSTON MONROE CARROLL, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
WIRE-SCREEN FRAME.-
29. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 18 1917.
Application filed October 30, 1916. Serial No. 128,569.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that.I, HouqToN M.'CARROLL,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
San Antonio, in the county of Bexar and
5 State of Texas, have invented a new and use-
ful Wire-Screen Fame, of which thefollow-
inkg is a specification.
Ther-t present invention appertains gen-
erally to' screens, and" aims to provide- a
10 novel and improved foldable screen adapted
to stand across the doorway or other object,
and adapted to be hinged to a door, wall or
other support, whereby the screen can be.
folded against said support when not in use
15 and supported in folded position.
Another object of the invention is the pro-
vision of a screen frame having novel means
for applying and removing the cloth or wire
mesh panels, whereby the panels can be re-
20 moved for cleaning or replacement.
It is also the object of the invention to
provide a device of the nature indicated
which is simple and inexpensive in construe-
tion, and practical and convenient in use.
25 With the foregoing and other objects in
view which will appear as the description
proceeds, the invention resides in the combi-
nation and arrangement of parts and in the
details of construction hereinafter described
30 and claimed, it being understood that
changes in the precise embodiment of the in-
vention herein disclosed can be made within
the scope of what is claimed without depart-
ing from the spirit of the invention.
35 The invention is illustrated in the accom-
panying drawing, wherein:-
Figure 1 is an elevation of the frame as
applied to a door to extend across the door-
way, one of the panels being removed.
40 Fig. 2 is a fragmental perspective view
illustrating one of the hinge members for
hingedly connecting the sections of the
frame.
The frame, as illustrated, is composed of
45 three hinged sections, although any suitable
number of sections can be used, and each sec-
tion comprises an upright rectangular auxil-
iary wire frame having the standards 1 con-
nected at their upper ends by a yoke or cross
50 piece 2. The lower ends of the standards 1
of one section provides feet 3 to rest upon
the floor, and said standards are connected
adjacent to the feet by a cross piece 4 ter-
minally secured to said standards. Each of
55 the standards 1 of the other frames. is pro-
vided at its lower end with a cross piece 4'.extending to and secured to the other stand-
ard' 1, theilower terminal of which provides
a foot 3' to rest upon the floor, there being
one foot at each end of the main frame and 60
one at the hinges between the sections. The
standards 1 of each section are connected be:
tween their upper and lower ends by a cross
piece 5 terminally secured to said standards.
Ihi order to provide means for supporting 65
the panel, whichmay be of cloth, wire mesh
or other suitable fabric, each frame:is pro-
vided near its upper and lower ends with
relatively, short rods 7 secured rigidly-to. one
standard 1, and with opposite relatively long 70
resilient rods S secured rigidly to the other
standard, said rods 7 and 8 being arranged
in pairs, and projecting toward one another,
in alinement.. Tubular members 9 of shorter
length than the rods 8 are provided to fit 75
upon the pairs of rods, and said tubular
members are disposed within the upper and
lower hems 11 with which the panel 10 is
provided. To apply the panel, the tubular
members 9 which are within the hems 11 are 80
slipped longitudinally onto the rods 8, which
are sprung to one side, and the members 9
can then be slid partially from the rods 8
onto the rods 7, as seen at the lower end of
the right hand frame section in Fig. 1. The 85
rods 7 and 8 are thus held in alinement and
in rigid position, whereby the panel is held
taut between the cross pieces provided by the
rods 7 and 8 in connection with the mem-
bers 9. To remove the panel, it is only neces- 90
sary to slide the members 9 back onto the
rods 8, and then withdraw the members 9
from said rods by springing said rods to one
side. This enables the panels to be readily
removed for purpose of cleaning or repair, 95
or to enable the panels to -be replaced by
others.
It is desirable to hinge the outer standards
1 of one end frame to the support, whereby
the screen will not be blown over or knocked 100
down accidentally. Thus, said standard can
be hinged, as at 12, to a door 13 or other
support, and when the screen is not used,
the sections thereof can be folded together
against the door or support, and the re- 105
spective standard 1 being slidable vertically
as well as rotatable in the bearings 12, en-
ables the folded screen to be raised off of
the floor, and the cross pieces or yokes 2 can:.
be engaged over a supporting element 14 110
carried by the door or support to hang the
screen up.U
1,250,4
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Carroll, Houston Monroe. Wire-Screen Frame., patent, December 18, 1917; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258470/m1/2/: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.