Mounting for a sliding shutter
OwnerErich Allendorferinventor
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Abstract
The design of sliding shutter boxes for sliding shutters on windows, door openings and the like requires in most cases the off site assembly of the entire mounting. Furthermore, such sliding shutter boxes are often very large and heavy and thus unnecessarily burden the building. The invention therefore provides to use a self-supporting housing of sheet-metal parts, which can be preassembled and can be installed on site together with the drum needed for rolling up the sliding shutter, the sliding shutter itself and other parts.
Claims21
A window-and-shutter assembly adapted for instillation in an opening formed in a wall, the opening having a top, opposed sides, a bottom, an interior face and an outer face, said assembly including:
- a shutter unit including:
- a pair of opposed end plates positioned against the opposed sides of the wall opening adjacent the top of the wall opening;
- end plate fasteners for securing said end plates to the adjacent sections of the wall so that when downward forces are imposed on said end plates, said end plates remain secured to the wall;
- a shutter drum extending between said end plates that is rotatably attached to said end plates, said shutter drum having a plurality of shutter elements wrapped therearound and a control line connected thereto for controlling the rotation of said drum;
- a housing frame attached to and extending between said end plates, said housing frame including a top plate located above said shutter drum adjacent the top of the wall opening, an exterior plate that extends downward from the top plate adjacent the outer face of the opening, and an interior plate that extends downward from said top plate adjacent the interior face of the opening, said top plate being formed with a reinforcing member that extends substantially the length of said top plate;
- a bottom plate located below said shutter drum, said bottom plate being attached to and extending between said end plates, said bottom plate being spaced apart from said housing frame exterior plate so as to define a slot through which said shutter elements can travel and being spaced away from said housing frame interior plate so as to define a gap through which bottom and side portions of said shutter drum are accessed;
- a cover piece releasably secured to said housing frame interior plate and to said bottom plate so as to selectively cover said shutter drum access gap;
- and a window unit including:
- a frame located outwardly of said shutter unit housing frame interior plate so as to be spaced away from said shutter drum access gap, said frame having a top member secured to said shutter unit bottom plate, side elements located adjacent the wall opening that extend downward from said frame top element and a window sill located adjacent the bottom of the opening;
- frame fasteners for securing said frame side elements to the adjacent sections of the wall;
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- a window element disposed in said window frame.
A shutter assembly for instillation over a window located in an opening formed in a wall, the opening having a top, opposed sides, an interior face and an outer face, the window being a located in a lower portion of the opening so as to define a gap between said window an the top of the opening, said shutter assembly including:
- a shutter housing disposed in said gap, said shutter housing including:
- a pair of opposed end plates positioned against the opposed sides of the wall opening adjacent the top of the wall opening;
- a top plate extending between said end plates adjacent the top of the wall, said top plate being formed with at least one reinforcing member that extends substantially the length of said top plate;
- an exterior plate that extends downward from said top plate adjacent the outer face of the opening;
- an interior plate that extends downward from said top plate adjacent the interior face of the opening;
- a bottom plate that extends between and is secured to said end plates, said bottom plate being spaced apart from said exterior plate so as to define an opening therebetween and said bottom plate being spaced apart from said interior plate so as to define an access opening therebetween;
- and a cover plate releasably secured to said interior plate and said bottom plate so as to selectively close said access opening;
- a shutter drum disposed in said housing between said top and bottom plates and being rotatably secured to said end plates, said shutter drum having a plurality of shutter elements wrapped therearound and are positioned to pass between said slot between said housing exterior plate and said housing interior plate;
- fastening members attached to said housing end plates for directly securing said end plates to the wall;
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- fastening members for securing said housing bottom plate to the window.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.