US68018A - Nathan weston - Google Patents

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p TQ'ALEPERSONS To wiioMfrHEsE PnEsENrsfMAY COME: Be it known that- I, NATIIN' WTON, Jr., of West Newton, in the county of `Middlesex, and State of- `f,othe3insects into the room when the windenI may beoperi'.

Massachusetts, have made n new and useful invention having reference to Windows und Curtains tlierelor; and

I do herehj" declarethe seme to be fullyl described in the `following specification, and rcprosontcdin the accom- Y panying drawings, of Vnihichf.-A-

Figure 1 is a. front:V elevation, and f t Figure 2 u. side'vie'w of a windowI with my invention applied to it.

'A The. object of my invention is to conibine the window-frame and an ordinary Window-curtain of'muslin, luce, o r other mesh-woven materiailapplicd thereto, means'or de'viees'by'which, when covering the wzindow jjopeningythc curtain moy-be fastened thereto, so as .to completely prevent; the ingress of mosquitoes, flies, or

" Y li( the drawings, 1A4 denotes V'the window-frame es it engi-egim nhenlyibbllcd from the rooni ornnpnrtmen't ltouwhich it may belong.,. B is a curtain, -of lace or muslin, for instance, applied to such window, and provided with" a loop or bond, C, by which'it :hay he heldin a contracted state'. This curtain at its top should be closely nniled"or axed to'l the upper edge of the cap a of the'winlloiv-frame, and also at one edge to the outer edge Offene of the pilas'ters b 11';` the Vbottom part vund other edge of the cur'te'in beingunnttnchod to thc window. t Underneath the sill 'cofV the window-frame', o nl upalong the edge of the pilnstor b, I arrange n rofiv of buttons 'or beaded pins, d d d, andlattach to either end pin ofthe series, or to the window-frnme one end of n' cord, r,

i the vinden-frame, und the curtain applied thereto, sulsta'ntinllyos'rspcciiied.

itc whose other end I usually nix loadedv tassel, f.

When it may be desirsbleto fasten the curtain fo tlxeilrindow-frame, for the purposcof closingthewindowl opening against the passage'of insects into the apartment, the curtain should lbe unloopcd and' allowed to hang loosely over the window opening so as to cover .it 'andthe several buttons, after which the cord should Jlie-passed against end unfleueach hutten and the curtain .so'as to f ix the curtain against: the button. The portions ofthe cord between the huttonsltyill serve, when drawn tight, to, keep thev cultoinrcloseup tothe window-frame. The cord may be4 composed'n'holly or in part of India. rubber 'or other elns'tie substance. Thus,'in the above simple manner, and 'by means of the. cord and .series of buttons or kno'hsfth'e muslin curtain can be converted into n.

mosquito-curtain. j By'cletoching' it fromlthe buttons y'such curtain m'ey beusedns .a window-*curtainzi's ordinarily employed. 'u 'l 1 r' l, v

The combination and arrangement of the cord and the series'of buttons 'or knobsf'or'V-their equivnlcntsfivith'

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