An Improved Combined Shutter and Sunblind.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 24th Oct., 1889-Accepted 30th Nov., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Combined Shutter and Sunblind.
I RICHARD FLEMING of Briscoe Road Merton, Surrey, Ironmonger and Plumber do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists of a combination shutter and sunblind, which can also be used
for windows doors and similar purposes and is made either as a fixture or in sections
as desired: it can also be readily removed.
My invention is constructed as follows:-A bar of any suitable shape and material
having bosses formed thereon at suitable distances is fitted across the head of the
opening or window front and revolves easily in suitable bearings.
The sections of the shutters are in preference made of sheet iron, each section
having one or more vertical bars running from top to bottom with a suitably shaped
hook at top to fit on the top bar or boss formed on the top bar and are turned away
from the section of the shutter or door: another hook at the bottom is turned over the
section of the door or shutter.
A sufficient number of these sections thus fitted are hung side by side on the top
bar, each one overlapping the other as found most convenient.
A vertical metal bar similar to that above described is then dropped into the
bottom hooks horizontally which braces the sections together. Another bar may be
placed parallel thereto at or near the centre of the shutter on similar hooks secured to
the vertical bars. Swing drop catches are placed above the horizontal bars to keep
them from shifting. The centre bar is secured by a swing arm having an eye formed
in the end for locking purposes.
And if desired another swing arm may be fixed to the vertical bar of one section
and made so as to drop in a pin or catch on the next section in a diagonal direction
to reduce any tendency to sway from side to side. Suitable mechanism is employed
to counterbalance the sections if desired. When the height to be covered is too great
to turn up as a blind the lower portion may be made rigid and hinged to the stall
board so as to let down and form a show board. A pawl and ratchet or other
mechanism may be employed to secure the shutter at any desired angle and may be
secured either to the top or centre bar.
TAL: 4 T 1080
RICHARD FLEMING.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Combined Shutter and Sunblind.
I RICHARD FLEMING of Briscos Road Merton in the County of Surrey Ironmonger
and Plumber do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "AN IMPROVED COM-
BINED SHUTTER AND SUNBLIND and in what manner the same is to be performed to
be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My Invention consists of a combined shutter and sunblind and can be used for
either purpose at will for private house and shop, office and warehouse windows also
in place of doors of any kind especially coach house and warehouse doors yard
gates &c. and is made either as a fixture or in sections as desired which can be easily
and readily removed.
An iron or steel bar solid or tubular either square or round with square bosses
fixed at the necessary or desired distances apart, it is fitted across the head of the
opening or window front, working in bearings at each end or slung on eyes at
any part or parts thereof so that it will revolve easily. A pulley or lever or spring,
and a ratchet or check stop is fixed on to the bar, a balance weight being attached to

page_text: the pulley or lever to balance shutter, also a weight to the ratchet or check stop to
throw it in or out of action as required. (This ratchet may be dispensed with
if desired.)
The sections of the shutter are composed of sheet iron or steel (either plain or
corrugated) each having one or more vertical metal bars either plain angular
tubular or T running from top to bottom with a square hook at top to fit the square
on the bar across the head of opening, away from the section and another hook at the
bottom is turned over the section.
A sufficient number of these sections thus fitted are hung side by side on the top
bar each one overlapping the other from sides to centre or side to side as most
convenient. A similar bar of iron to the vertical ones is then dropped into the
bottom hooks horizontally which braces the sections together, another bar being
placed parallel to it midway up the shutter on similar hooks secured to the vertical
bars, swing drop catches being placed above the horizontal bars to keep them from
shifting. The bottom bar is made with or without bolt holes or hasp and staple for
fastening when closed down as shutter and the centre bar is secured by a swing arm
with eye turned at end to pass through from behind and fixed by a pin catch lock or
spring or the bar may be fixed with bolts and nuts.
A swing arm may be fixed if desired to the vertical bar of one section made so as
to drop on a pin or catch on the next section in a diagonal direction to reduce
any tendency to sway from side to side.
Or one or both horizontal bars may be dispensed with and arms on swivels catching
on hooks or spring catches from section to section may be substituted. If desired
the ends of the shutter may be secured when closed by long hasps jointed to the sides
of window frames and folding over staples fixed on each end section with lift and
drop bolt passing through and secured by a padlock.
In extra wide fronts to prevent sagging a rope or chain may be fixed to centre of
shutter and run over a pulley through front of building at any suitable angle with a
balance-weight at end, or the weight can run down a pipe or box fixed outside the
building.
When the height to be covered is too great to turn up as a blind or where
preferred the lower part may be made rigid or in sections fastened together and
dropped on studs or in a groove or may if desired be hinged to the stall board so as
to open out level with window and is supported by cords or chains running through
front over pulley or down a pipe or box so as to serve as an outside showboard or let
hang down when blind or shutter is open.
The foregoing description is for large openings but for smaller openings they may
be made rigid in one piece or in sections fastened together of wood canvas or other
suitable material still using the top bar with pulley and weight or spring and with or
without ratchet and may be fastened with bolts and locks as desired. To open the
shutter in either case it is only necessary to undo the fastenings and throw ratchet
into gear (when used) by the weight attached and a slight pull outwards overcomes
the balance and the weight acting on pulley raises the shutter till the ratchet
checks it.
The ratchet being made to fix it at any required angle. Or a spring may be fixed
on to top bar to give necessary action.
To clear the shutter down take off the horizontal bars and lift off in sections leaving
the whole front clear.
In order that my invention may be properly understood and carried into effect 1
have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings in which
Fig. 1. is a side elevation and part section of one method of carrying out my
invention.
Fig. 2. is a back elevation of part of the same.
Upon the square shaft or spindle A, having its ends rounded, is hung by means of
the square hooks B the shutter section or door C which is composed of one or more
sheets of plain or corrugated iron or steel-to stiffen which one two or more vertical
bars D of T or other shaped iron is or are employed to which is firmly rivetted the

page_text: sheet or section C of the shutter or door. Upon the upper end of the said bars D is
rivetted or secured in any desired manner the hook B before mentioned, the other
ends of the said bars D are also provided with similar hooks marked H into which for
further security and to prevent the bonding of the shutter an iron bar E is inserted
and is held in position by means of drop catches F. The shutter sections C which
overlap each other may be further secured by means of the hook and eye G or the
drop catch G¹. The bar E is provided with holes or slots through which a bolt J
passes to the inside of the shop and is there fastened by the thumb nut K thus
securing the shutter or door.
Fig. 3. is a plan of the boss used when the vertical bars are of flat iron instead
of T iron the vertical bars being rivetted or keyed thereto.
The rounded ends of the shaft or spindle A works freely in the bearings L which
are firmly secured in any desired position and at one or both ends or at any
convenient part thereof a pawl lever M and ratchet M' is employed to keep the
shutter or door C in its proper position when opened up (as shewn in dotted lines in
Fig. 1.) the said pawl lever M being kept to its work by means of a spiral or other
spring R' in the drawing hereto annexed the pawl lever is shewn for convenience on
the outside of the shop front but if preferred it may be arranged so as to come
inside the building the shutter is counterbalanced by means of the lever N pulley O
and the weight P secured by the chain or rope R to the lever N. At any desired
position on the shaft A a lever Q may be secured to which is attached a screw jack
(not shewn in the drawings) working in swivelled bearings said jack on being
screwed up would act on the lever Q and open up the shutter C this arrangement
would do away with the pawl and ratchet and also with the counterbalancing
arrangement if desired. Or in place of the screw jack-a bydraulic ram may be
employed with equally good results.
When opening the shop front the pawl lover M is disengaged from the teeth of
the ratchet M and the shutter pulled outwards which would overcome the balance
weights and thus allow of the shutter being raised to its desired position with great
ease-the pawl would then engage with the teeth of the ratchet and thus secure the
shutter in position as a sunblind or shade.
Other arrangements will readily suggest themselves for raising or lowering the
shutter without further description and at the same time without departing from the
nature of my invention.
Having now particularly described the nature of my Invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is
1. A shutter and sunblind constructed in one piece or in sections and suspended
by books or their equivalents to a horizontal bar and balanced by means of weights
and levers substantially as described herein and shewn on the accompanying
drawings.
2. A shutter and sunblind or their equivalents constructed in sections and sus-
pended by hooks to a horizontal bar and balanced by weights and levers substantially
as herein described and shewn on the accompanying drawings.
3. A shutter and sunblind suspended to a horizontal bar and balanced by weights
and levers and held in position by a pawl and ratchet substantially as herein described
and set forth.
4. A shutter or sunblind suspended to a horizontal bar and actuated and held
in position by a screw jack or hydraulic ram or their equivalents substantially as
herein described.
5. A combined shutter sunblind or door constructing and operating in manner
bereinbefore described with reference to the annexed drawings or the mechanical
quivalents of all or any of the parts thereof.
Dated this 24th day of Ontaho 1000
RICHARD FLEMING.