Shutter and awning device
AssigneeSecurity Shutter Corp.
InventorCyril T. Ricke, Sr.
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Abstract
A combined shutter and awning protective device for an opening in a wall such as a window, comprising a plurality of slats of uniform cross-section slidably received within one another and having a rotary member by means of which the shutter can be rolled upon the rotary member to provide for raising and lowering thereof. The device includes frame members which are pivotable whereby the device can be pivoted outwardly from a wall or the like to act as an awning. The device also includes frame sections secured to the wall which allows the device, in its non-pivoted position with the shutter fully lowered, to secure itself in position over the window or the like to act as a protective and security covering.
Claims10
A protective shutter device for an opening in a wall or the like comprising an articulated curtain made of a plurality of identical interlocked elongated rigid slats each assembled hingedly relative to an adjoining slat and each having a rod-like integral projection extending along an edge thereof and a socket-like integral portion extending along the other edge thereof whereby said plurality of slats are assembled together by sliding the rod-like projection along an edge of a slat through the socket-like edge portion of another slat, a pair of guide frame members each mounted on one side of said articulated curtain and having a groove slidably receiving an end of each of said slats, and a drive mechanism for raising and lowering said articulated curtain, said drive mechanism comprising a shaft having an axis of rotation disposed substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said slats, means rotatably supporting said shaft at the top of said opening, at least a pair of lugs mounted on said shaft and extending radially from said shaft, means attaching one of said slats disposed at an end of said articulated curtain to one of said lugs whereby rotation of said shaft in one direction causes said articulated curtain to be raised and said slats to be wound around said shaft in spaced apart relationship from said shaft, gear drive means driving said shaft in said one direction for raising said articulated curtain and in an opposite direction for lowering said articulated curtain, and gear drive locking means for controllably locking said gear drive means against rotation when not in operation for raising and lowering said articulated curtain.
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