Patent GB-232351-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to wind and like screens for motor cars
IPC: B60J1/00
Filed: 1924-01-24
Abstract: 232,351. Haddan, P. Jan. 24, 1924. Windscreens; weather screens.-The windscreen of a motor-vehicle and a shelf on which it is supported are arranged to slide upwardly and downwardly within a housing or casing, the screen being connected to the shelf bv means which, when the shelf is at its uppermost position in the casing, allow the screen to 1 e adjusted to a plane remote from that to the casing, and means being provided for retaining the shelf in its uppermost position. In the construction shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 9, the screen is formed of two portions, each comprising two panels 1, 2 pivotally connected at 5 to the shelf 6, and each portion being movable with the shelf in a casing 7 on the side of the vehicle and adapted in the raised position to be swung to a transverse position and to be connected to the other portion as shown in Fig. 2. In order to lock the shelf in its upper position a bracket 9 is pivoted to the inner wall 24 of the casing 7 and is provided with an adjustable projection 48 engaging a recess 13 in the shelf. A vertical adjustment of the screen beyond the point at which the shelf 6 teaches the top of the casing 7 is permitted bv the sliding movements of a tubular part 4, Fig. 9 of the panel 2 on the standard 5, and of a rod 15 within a tubular socket on the bracket 9. The upper end of the rod 15 is provided with a supporting- platform 56 having a catch 16 engaging a loop 34 on the panel 2. In the arrangement shown the casings 7 are slightly inclined to the vertical, and the shelves 6 are swung to the vertical position at the top of the casings by the pressure of the projections 48. When used in combination with a hood and foldable standards 81, 82 of known construction as shown in Fig. 3, the screens may serve as side windows, a detachable window section 83 being fitted in the top of the panel 2. An apron is adapted to be connected to the lower edges of the screen and the casing 7 may be furnished with a hinged lid. In a modification, Figs. 17, 20 and 22, a single housing or casing 90 with inclined end parts 91 extends across the vehicle and the screen comprising a main front panel 122 and side panels 123 is mounted by a pair of toggle arms 108, 109 on the movable shelf 92, so that the screen in its raised position can be adjusted towards or away from the occupants. The screen is preferably arranged to be raised or lowered bv means of a screw 95 and bevelgearing. The casing may be inclined as shown in Fig. 20 and the shelf in its upper position moved to its vertical position and held by pins 151. The arms 108, 109 of the toggle are arranged one above the other so that when the screen is moved to its forward position prior to housing it, the two arms lie in the same vertical plane. When used in combination with a hood, grooved side pillars 131 may be erected at the ends of the inclined parts 91 of the casing as shown in Fig. 17, and the screen then forms a dividing partition between the front and rear seating-spaces. Cushioning devices are provided where necessary to prevent rattling. Specification 2898*/09 is referred to.