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T he illustration on the opposite page gives a slight idea of the appearance of the screen when in the window. Its effect is ornamental and in every way pleasing when in use^ and nearly invisible when not in use. It has a roll, a little over an inch in diameter, which is paint¬ ed and varnished to match the sash. The screen winds into and out of this roll on to a metal tube. A steel rod passes through .this tube, and is connected to it by means of a spring. On each end of the rod is fastened a pinion or gear wheel which engages a rack placed at the sides of the window. One end of the wire cloth is fastened to the window sill, and the other at¬ tached to the /tube, and the act of raising or lowering the roll unwinds or winds up the cloth, as the case may be. The work is done by the pinion and rack, and not by the spring, which merely retains uniform tension or the wir^e cloth. A RUBBER WEATHERSTRIP closes the opening between the upper and lower sashes, when the window is partly open, and keeps out dust and wind wlren window is closed. MATERIAL. The “Roll-a-way” is well made. There is almost no machinery in it. Almost nothing to wear. It should outlast any other screen on the market, a^ all parts are protected from the weather. We !ise “Pearl” wire cloth, the best cloth of which we have any knowledge, woven and tem¬ pered for our use. It is steel wire galvanized, which resists the action of the elements to a remarkable degree, and requires no paint. We also use “Roman Bronze” wire cloth if preferred. This is a specially woven cloth of bronze wire. ' Either kind, if injured by accident, can be re¬ placed at a slight cost. Sectional View of Roll. Oi,Or«t 'Si —Icwcwa.c ii e,it t-Uod. Ti — Cfc«.o.«j) - '^< 0.66 Y — 5fei.y.'^ Gears engage with racks at sides of window frames, and turn rod. Inner case is attached to ''od by spring which turns with rod. Wire cloth is fastened to inner case. ^ JSotice. The spring turns with the rod, simplj maintaining a slight tension on the cloth t* trough inner case. Jt does not ’‘‘‘tvind-up.)^' as in a roller curtain fixture. To use the “Roll-a-waj” unwind it bj raising the roll to the height desired, then raise the window so that the lower sash bar is opposite the roll. To put it away, rewind it bj lowering the roll. It is not necessary to take the “Roll-a-way” from the window; it is always there, ready for use the moment you want it. . You can raise or lower the roll with one finger. It moves smoothly, no hitching, slight resistance, just enough to make it stay in place. You can have your screen and your window any height that you like, from one to forty inches. It looks and acts, and is the same at all heights. Raise your window to any height, raise the roll to that height, and your window is perfectly screened. Close your window, lower the roll, and your screen is out—not really out—but better than out; it is ready for instant use. You never need to remove it; there is no occasion to do that—nobody wants it out. Other screens get destroyed when not in use i “put away for safe keeping!” There is no good place in a.house to store screens; and it isn’t worth while to provide one. They get foul and rusty, and broken and torn. As a house is in¬ jured more by not being used, so is a screen. But the “Roll-a-way” is perfectly protected from the weather when not in use. If you want to wash your window, lower the screen, and proceed as if it were out; it is out of your way, and you don’t have to put it in again. Once in, it is always in —in when you want it in ; out when you don’t. If you want to open your window—to shake a cloth or rug, or get at the blinds or awning, for instance—lower your screen. The window is as handy to open as if the screen were not there. Any carpenter can install the screen—in fact, anybody who can use a hammer and screw driver. Complete directions are sent with the screens. HOW TO MEASURE YOUR. WINDOWS. Measure every window separately. Close it down tight, and take these measures; A A, from stop-bead to stop-bead, exact to a sixteenth of an inch. B B, from window stool to top of lower sash. State color of sash of every window, inside and outside. We make rolls and side strips to match your sash, any color. BOW WINDOWS. The roll screen is used with them, by attach¬ ing a “bow-plate” to the lower sash; the roll raised to this plate makes a fly-tight joint. Drop the sash on a piece of stiff paper, and mark on the paper the inside curve of the sash. Take other measurements as given above. The J^ollotving are a fe^ Isaac Locke & Co., 97, 99 *& loi Faneuil Hall Market, Boston, Mass., Nov. i6, ’03. Messrs. C. F. Purinton Co. Dear Sirs: —Five.years ago I had a two-flat tenement house at West Medford fully supplied by you with the roller window screens. They are apparently in as good working condition at present as when first put on, and as they proved so satisfactory, I had two houses at Clifton fully fitted with your “Roll-a-way” screens this summer. They have been in use all summer, giving entire satisfaction, and superior to any other of several makes that I have used. Hoping you continued success, I remain Yours truly, E. F. Locke. Provincetown, Mass., Dec, 22, 1903, Your roll window screen is a perfect thing. Having had several put on my windows, and thus having an oppor¬ tunity to test them, I can recommend them to all desiring good window screens. I would not be without them. C. P. CURLEV, M. D. of our many ie^iimoniat^. The New Home Sewing Machine Co. Orange, Mass., Nov. 5, 1903. The C. F. Purinton Co., South Easton, Mass. Gentlemen In reply to yours of the 3rd, would say we have had the “National” rolling screen in use throughout our office for the last four years, and cannot see but that they are as good today as the day purchased. We consider them the best screen made, and when next in want of window screens will take the matter up with you. Yours very truly, T. L. Grout, Purchasing Agent. Medford. Mass., Dec. ii, 1903. I want to speak a word in praise of your incomparable • window screen. I have tried all makes, and have no hesitancy in saying that the “Roll-a-way” is the peer of them all. Jos. M. Salomon. Provincetown, Mass., Jan. 14, 1904. I have had the “Roll-a-way” screens put in at my house. I am more than satisfied with them, they work per- fectly. S. C. Mott. WESTMINSTER HOTEL Boston, Mass. Oct. 14 , 1904 . C. F. PURINTON Co., So. Easton, Mass. Gentlemen: — I h ave to say that we have in¬ stalled, in the Hotel Westminster, about seven hundred of your “Roll-a-way” screens. They are certainly a most attractive fixture, and embody features unequalled by any other- screen that I have ever seen. They have at¬ tracted considerable at¬ tention here, and I have had occasion to recom¬ mend them t(r a great number of persons in¬ terested in that direc¬ tion. I am glad to ex¬ press my friendly feelings toward the “Roll-a-way” screen at this time. W. A. Barron, Prop. r RESIDENCE OF T. P. EMERSON, WATERTOWN, MASS. Watertown, Mass,, Jan. 25, 19C4 I am pleased to say that your screen 5 g^ive entire satifaction. They please every body who sees them, and work as if they might last many years. They are always in place, and ready for the first fly that ap¬ pears. The runs on the side and the rub¬ ber between the sash keep out the cold, so there is no necessity for double windows. By saving that expense, as well as bother twice a year, I tjiink they are the most eco¬ nomical screens that I have seen. T. P. Emerson. Hotel St. George. Brooklyn, April 6th, 1903. C. F. PURINTON Co. Gentlemen :—I have used your rolling screens for the past four years. They have remained in good order and have given me great satisfaction. When I require screens I will be pleased to order “Roll-a-way,” and I cheerfully recommend them to others. Wm. Tumbridge, Prop. Boston, Oct. 14th, 1904. I have put your “Roll-a-way” screens into sev¬ eral apartment houses and dwellings, and find them very satisfactoiy. I have just screened one apartment house of nearly four hundred windows and they are liked very.much by the tenants. Frederick W. Paine. Station B, Long- Branch, N. J., Nov. 13, 1903. The “Roll-a-way” ^ screens installed by you in my country home last spring, are satisfactory in every respect. They had a good test during the summer. Mosquitoes were as thick as sands on the beach—but not one in the house. Should you, at any time, make any improvement on them (I can’t see where) send a circular to W. H. Walsh. Albany Hospital. Albany, N. Y., March 3rd, 1903. C. F. PURINTON Co. My Dear Sirs :—I wish to give my endorse¬ ment to your “Roll-a-way” screen, after having- made a thorough trial of the same in the Albany Hospital. They are so practical, so simple and yet so effective, that it is really a wonderful in¬ vention in that line. In large institutions of this sort the. ultimate aim is to procure appli¬ ances that will be durable, practical and at as small expense as expedient, all of which seems to have been accomplished in youi screen, and I earnestly recommend them for this or any similar purpose. John L. Godley, Supt. I.ynn, Mass., Nov. 4, 1903. In reply to your inquiry, will say that I am much pleased with the “Roll-a-way” window screens. They have given general satisfaction. J have your address on memorandum with the purpose of ordering of you whenever 1 shall need any more. J. E. Hodgkins. Swampscott, Mass., Nov. 19, 1903. Replying to your inquiry, 1 will say that the screens have given splendid satisfaction. ll. K. Gardiner. Boston, Mass March 31, 1904. I have found the Purinton screen very satisfactory, and have had many inquiries from outside people in rei^ard to the same, to whom I have strongly recommended it. Edward Peirce, Trustee of Estate of Jos. B. Thomas, APARTMENT BLOCK, GAINS80R0 ST., BOSTON, OWNED BY ESTATE OF JOS. B. THOMAS USERS OF 2,000 SCREENS. 68 Main St., Brockton, Mass., Feb. 20, 1906. C. F. PuRiNTON Co., So. Easton, Mass. Gentlemen :—My attention was first called to the ‘“Roll a-way” screen some five years ago in the flat in which I live in Boston,—one of those belonging to the Thomas estate on Hemingway and Gainsboro Sts , and Mr. Pierce, the manager, will corroborate me when I say that they are far ahead of the ordinary screen. I thought so well of them that I gave them my order for my apart¬ ment house here, which has been built two years We have never yet had any occasion for a single repair and they are now as good as new. Wm. H. Bryant. Rumford Chemical Works. Boston, Oct. 6, 1903. C. F. PuRiNTON Co., So. Easton, Mass. Dear Sirs :—Replying to your favor of the 3rd, will say that the roller screens we bought from you three years ago are in as good condi¬ tion as the day we bought them, and have given entire satisfaction. We consider the roller screens superior to any other kind. Respectfully yours, A. M. Clute, Mgr. Roslindale. Chandler & Farquhar. Boston, Nov. 3, ’03. Messrs. C. F. Purinton Co., So. Easton, Mass. Gentlemeti :—In answer to yours of October 29th, regarding the National roller screen, would say that we have had them in use on our house for about four years, and they give per¬ fect satisfaction, We'^find them durable, useful and very satisfactory in every way. We would not be without them. , Yours truly, Frank Chandler, Waverley, Mass. Provincetown, Mass., Jan. S, 1904. Your screens are all right. Do not hesitate to use iny name in support of them, when it will help you any. John Johnson. Provincetown, Mass., Jan. 14, 1904. I am much pleased with your screens. Jessie I. Matheson. Provincetown, IMass., Jan. i6, 1904. Tn my experience thus far in using your screens,! feel that you are to be congratulated in bringing before the public a screen with such good qualities. Rev. M. C. Terra, Rector St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church. i J« V. FLETCHER LIBRARY, WESTFORD, MASS. Hotel Windsor, Wheeling, W. Va., Nov. i6, 1903. In reply to your letter of the 3rd inst., regarding the “Roll-a-way” window screens purchased from you about 5 years ago, I would say that we have them still in use, as good as the first day they were put up. Of course these are in my own apartments, where they are not abused, and ] think they would last indefinitely with any proper care. Should I decide to put them through the hotel generally, 1 should prefer them to anything else. E. B. Carney. Seventy-Eight, Riverside Drive, New York, Nov. 7, 1903. Mrs. W. H. Seaich feels that she cannot speak too highly of the “Roller Screens” which were put in her cottage at Earchmont. They have been a perfect success, and a great comfort to all members of her family. Later on she will want some more, and will notify you early in the spring season. N. Dana, Mass., Nov. 9 , 1903 - Of the “Roll-a-way” window screens that I put in my house last year, I have this to say: They are the best window screens I have ever seen, and give perfect satis¬ faction. When I have to use more window sereens they will certainly be of the same kind. S. Witt., M. D. Randolph, Va., Nov. 11 ,. 1903 . Your favor of the 5 th inst. is received. Yes, the screens you sent us have proved very satisfactory. We all think them the best screens made that we have ever seen. Some of them have been in use for a twelve-month, and are apparently^as good as new. I have recently referred two parties to you, who admired them. Clarence C. Cheney. Clayton, N._Y., Oct. 20, 1903. Yours of the 20th inst. received, and in reply will say that I am only too glad to be able to speak a good word for the “Roll-a-way” window screens. I-have three of them, and they have always worked perfectly. I hope to be able to put them all over my house soon. Robt. H. Hambley. New Haven, Conn., Nov. 11, 1903. We have found the “Roll-a-way” window screens a great convenience. F. A. Goocii. Hyde Park, Mass., Nov. 5, 1903. In answer to your letter of Nov. 3, would say, 1 am more than pleased with your screens. They always look good, and can be rolled up or down, or entirely out of the way in a second, which makes them very handy. Jas. G. Bolles. Morristown, N. J., Nov. 17, 1003. I had installed in my house some of your roll winnow screens last summer, and am delighted with them. They are neater, more easily handled, and more effective than any 1 have used. 1 have ordered another lot of them, to be put up in the spring. Ira Mowery. Glenmont, N. Y., Dec. 7, 1903. The “Roll-.a-way” window screens which 1 have in¬ stalled in my house have given great satisfaction. J. Patterson. Needham, Mass., Nov. 16, 1903 Your favor received; the window screens give entire satisfaction, and we are j^leased with them. H. T, Mansfield, M. B Avon-By-The-Sea C. F. PURINTON Co. I am glad to say your screens are the best I have ever used, and have used them two years without repairs, and found them entirely satisfactory. Yours truly, Helene A. Spear Feb. 13, 1905. THE MARLBORO-BLENHEIM HOTEL ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. RESIDENCE OF A. H. SIMONS, ADAMS, MASS. Melrose, Mass., Oct. 6, 1903 . Your letter of Oct. 3 rd is received, asking for informa¬ tion in regard to the National roller screens. I consider the roller screen as near perfect as it is possible for any screen to be. When building a new house some four years ago I put on the screens on the most of my windows and a year ago last spring I ordered screens for the balance of my windows. If I could not get others to take their place, I would not set any price on these screens. They are all right in every particular. If you have anyone in my locality wishing to see screens that have been in con¬ stant use four and one-half years, they can call at my house at any time to see them. Jos. H. Allen. Boston, Mass., Nov. 12 , 1903 . In reply to your inquiry of Nov. 9 th, I take pleasure in saying that the “Roll-a-way” window screens which you installed in our house last summer are entirely satisfac¬ tory in every way. We have had a dozen or more of them in use for two or three years before these last ones were put in, and they have never required any alteration, or repairs of any kind. They are a great convenience and we should be unwilling to be without them. We have recommended them to a number of our friends. Henry J. Williams. Waterford, N. Y., Nov. 11 , 1903 . In reply to your favor of 9 th inst., would say that the “Roll-a-way” window screens that I have at my residence have given the very best satisfaction, and are the most perfect device for a window screen that I have ever seen. They are the only ones of this kind in the vicinity, and have been approved of by many who have seen them. Geo. E. Holroyd. Adams, Mass., Feb. 13, 1904. In regard to the fly screens that you put in for me last summer, would say that they are the nicest piece of furni- ture that I have in my house, as they are not only useful but 01 namental. Me have left them in all winter, and when the first fly in the spring comes, all we have to do is to use them, and the flies are kept out. Would not have them taken out for four times what they cost. The coming summer I am going to have every window in my house provided with them. c. A. Waters. Cambridge, Mass,, Nov. ii, 1903, We have yours of the 9th inst. in regard to the “Roh- a-way” screens, and in reply would say that the last lot which we put in has provta as satisfactory as did the lot which we first put in seven years ago. We shall be glad to communicate with you if we find that we need any further screens. University Press. Milton, Mass., Nov, 5, 1903. 'We fitted a few of our windows with your “Roll-a-way” screens several years since, and have added more twice since. All have proved very satisfactory, the first ones being in as good condition now as the most recent. A. B. Clum. Dorchester, Mass., Nov. ii, 1903. In reply to your favor of the 9th inst., 1 would say that I have used the rolling screens in my house for the last eight years, and they have given perfect satisfaction. A. T. Davison, M. D, I Chatham, ^^ass. Jan.iS,1904. My house was fitted last suiTimer with the “Roll-a-wav” window screens. Tliese screens are very convenient, and have given good satisfaction. They are always in place, and ready for use. C, H. Rockwell, Rear Admiral, U. S. N, RESIDENCE OF C. H. ROCKWELL, REAR ADMIRAL, U. S N.. CHATHAM, MASS. THE CHECKERTON, BROCKTON, MASS, fm- ' ^ ^ ■.3: '.•v/-^.\ , / k-' as.^weatlier strips,:"aiid:' a'Vdust preven*-; ,^f: and; winterv:'\: ^■':'■'■■ ^s^^ole' ;iigtit^;frp:^;';'tlie'-^ inay' bS:'obtained' pn. cool ’ di:: dark' \ ;'7. ^e;;''scre^ . is!^ ent&^y ,:-Ont:; "of•':■ the.; %dy' Iwhen",masking ■ • ’ ^ ' y^ed i^p Winds de^ddjusto <»' ■ '* ■ ' f >‘'. "'ii ' 7 .\ ' ' '* ■ •’' ' ‘ > . ,' ' .'- V ' ■-.' ' • *> • - •' '. ' .:•,' .•> it raidsi dutSW occursgj^^ the ipllipg ;^r^enS necessity pf '■' r'X. V-. -i ■ ■ ’■'": -,' ' ' ' ''■ . 'lj« , * i '*-Vw' ' -4 .1 ."i ' ,■ ■ ■ ‘ \ ■ .,''3'^;:' ' ;• ■ i' ' ,':■ ; , ■.' ; ■ ■/' ■ \ ,rJ:1?he_;^e";clWh,;hping':uiWf t:;,te^ reniaids ^ flat. ::'; ; >''v:'i .• '-'i' . '♦A'. . ■ r; 1 S;;-, V^'i' ■ ^ r'' .-w**, •Va\ ' .' 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