Cheating the Junk-Pile: The Purchase and Maintenance of Household EquipmentsPeyser, Ethel R. (Ethel Rose)
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Cheating the Junk-Pile: The Purchase and Maintenance of Household Equipments
Peyser, Ethel R. (Ethel Rose)
Home economics; Household appliances; Kitchen appliances; Kitchen utensils
The screen is of metal and rolls up on a roller like a window shade; it
is of simple construction, durable and non-rusting. It is light and
rolls with great despatch. Some of these shadelike frames can be raised
and lowered at any point on the window frame; they are rigid, do not sag
on the broadest of windows and are equipped with non-rusting metal, and
are either of monel or bronze in fittings and framing. The track in
which they slide is also non-rusting and holds the screen well in place.
The screen cloth is of the best mesh and is tightly fastened at every
point in the frame.
The fact that these screens are inside the window leaves them free from
the ravages of the elements, which is another point in their favor. Some
of these screens are supplied with a cord like a shade that pulls up and
down the same way. Some of these roller screens have employed zinc on
all exposed parts, and this is a rust preventive. The same brand employs
a waterproofed fabric less expensive than metal, also bronze, copper and
monel metal.
One especial type of rolling screen presents an advantage that is very
desirable--it has a patent side grip for the edges of the monel screen
cloth and a perfected runway in which travels a series of metal clips
holding the cloth and so arranged as to roll up without difficulty. The
screen roll is assembled in a zinc casing, made exactly to fit the
window, which is easily attached to the “stops” at the top of the window
frame and, when painted or stained to match the trim, looks like a part
of it and is almost invisible. The two side “runways,” also of zinc, are
screwed to the window “stops” like weather strips and are painted or
stained in similar manner making them entirely inconspicuous.
[Illustration:
_Wire cloth rolls into this bar_
_Screen raised to any height for adjustment of windows_
_Courtesy of Rolup Screen Co._
THE SCREEN WHICH ROLLS UP IS A COMFORT AS WELL AS A SAFE AND SANE INSECT
OSTRACIZER]
The window shade is then replaced just below the screen casing and
neither interferes with the other.
The screen is so adjusted that it easily pulls down or pushes up at
will, automatically locks itself on being brought down to the sill, and,
after being released by a slight upward push remains in whatever
position it is left. It covers the whole of every window and is so
simple in construction and direct in action that, once installed, it
should never get out of order. In case of damage it can easily be
removed, new parts obtained and as easily be relocated. In new houses,
under construction, provision can easily be made to “sink” the screen
casing and side runways into the window frames so that they are almost
invisible.
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