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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
ELBRIDGE G. HOLDEN, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
WINDOW-SC RE EN.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 662,725, dated November 27, 1900.
Application filed April 16, 1900. Serial No. 13,057, (No model.)To all whom it 7ma1/ concern:
Be it known that I, ELBRIDGE G. HOLDEN,f
a citizen of the United States, and a resident I
of San Antonio, in the county of Bexar and
5 State of Texas, have invented a new and In-
proved Window-Screen, of which the follow-
ing is a full, clear, and exact description.
The object of the invention is to provide a
new and improved window-screen which is
1o simple and durable in construction, very ef-
fective in operation, and arranged to permit
of readily placing the screen in position on
the window or removing it therefrom and
without requiring special runs or guideways
15 and to allow of using the screen either inside
or outside of the window, as desired.
The invention consists of novel features
and parts and combinations of the same, as
will be fully described hereinafter and then
20 pointed out in the claim.
A practical embodiment of the invention is
represented in the accompanying drawings,
forming a part of this specification, in which
similar characters of reference indicate cor-
25 responding parts in all the views.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the im-
provement as applied on the inside of a win-
dow. Fig. 2 is an enlarged face view of the
same with part of the window-casing broken
30 out, and Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional plan
view of part of the improvement.
The improved window-screen consists, es-
sentially, of a netting A and a metallic frame
B, on which the netting is secured by solder,
35 rivets, or other suitable means. The metal-
lic frame B is made of thin sheet metal, the
sides B' forming slides for engagement with
the inner edges of the window-stops C for the
sash D, it being understood that the said
40 slides are so extremely thin that they readily
pass into the space ordinarily found between
the stiles of the window-sash and the inner
edge of the window-stops C.* The sides of
the screen-frame are connected with each
45 other at the top and bottom by cross-bars B2
B3, also of thin sheet metal, the same as the
sides B', so that the window-screen can be
sufficiently bent to spring the sides B' into
position on the inner edges of the window-
50 stops C whenever it is desired to place the
window-screen in position on the window. Ina like manner when it is desired to remove
the window-screen the latter is bent outward
by the operator until the sides B' are disen-
gaged from the stops C. The inherent resili- 55
ency of the screen-frame readily returns it
to a normal flat position after its insertion or
removal from the window.
The netting A and the top and bottom cross-
bars B2 B3 are formed with vertical corruga- 6o
tions E adjacent to the sides B', as is plainly
indicated in the drawings, said corrugations
acting as lateral springs to hold the slides in
firm contact with the window stops or frame,
so that when the wind ow-screen is moved up- 65
ward it remains clamped in position wher-
ever it is left by the operator. The said cor-
rugations also permit of using the screen on
windows of different widths, as the corruga-
tious allow of increasing or diminishing the 70
width of the screen to conform to the width
of the window.
On the bottom cross-bar B3 is secured a
handle F of any approved construction and
adapted to be taken hold of by the operator 75
to conveniently move the screen up or down
on the inner edges of the stops C. Similar
handles F' in the form of chains may be at-
tached to the bottom cross-bar B3 at the cor-
rugations of the latter. 8o
In order to prevent insects from passing
into a room by way of the openings at the
tops and bottoms of the corrugations E, I pre-
fer to close the inside of the corrugations by
short corrugated pieces G of netting or other 85
material. (See Fig. 3.).
From the foregoing it is evident that no
extra runs are required on the window-frame
for accommodating the window-screen., and
the latter can be cheaply constructed and at 90
the same time is very durable and not liable
to bind on the window-casing, as is so fre-
quently the case with window-screens hereto-
fore constructed.
Having thus fully described my invention, 95
I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters
Patent-
A window-screen, comprising a netting, a
thin metallic frame for supporting the net-
ting, the sides of the frame forming slides for too
engaging. with the inner faces of the window-
stops, the transverse cross- bars of the frame
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Holden, Elbridge G. Window-Screen, patent, November 27, 1900; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509071/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.