US1070042A - Adjustable shade-roller and curtain-pole bracket. - Google Patents

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R. A. KOTTKAY.

ADJUSTABLE SHADE ROLLER AND CURTAIN POLE BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 5, 1911.

1,070,042. Patented Aug. 12, 1913.

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RUDOLPH A, KOTTKAY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

Application filed July 5, 1911.

ADJUSTABLE SHADE-ROLLER AND CURTAIN-POLE BRACKET.

Patented Au 12,1213.

Serial No. 636,859.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RUDOLPH A. KOTTKAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Vayne, State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Shade- I Roller and Curtain-Pole Brackets; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an adjustable shade roller and curtain pole bracket, more especially adapted for use as a window fixture, and consists in the construction and arrangement of the parts hereinafter more fully set forth and pointed out in the claim.

The object of the invention is to provide a. simple and efficient window bracket of such construction as to enable the ordinary spring roller employed for carrying the window shade to be readily supported in operative position between the jambs of the window frame, provision being made for adjustably carrying on said bracket an arm adapted to support a curtain pole or rod.

The above object is attained by the struc ture illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a window fixture or bracket embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section as on line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view partly in sect-ion, illustrating the application of my bracket to the jamb face of a window casing. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view of the bracket employed to support the round spindle of a shade roller.

Referring to the characters of reference, 1 designates a bracket preferably formed of sheet metal having a struck up central portion 2 in which the spindle of the shade roller is adapted to be supported, the feet portion of said bracket being pierced as at 3 to receive the fastening screws 4. These brackets, as will be understood, are formed in pairs, one bracket of each pair having in the struck up central portion thereof an angular slot 5 to receive the square spindle of the shade roller as shown in Fig. 3, the

struck up central portion of the other bracket having a round aperture 6 to receive the round spindle of the shade roller as shown in Fig. t.

Formed integral with the bracket 1 is an oblong plate 7, whose longitudinal margins are rolled to form embracing flanges as shown at 8 in Fig. 2 to serve as guides for the longitudinally movable strip 9, mounted to slide therein, as clearly shown in Figs. 1

and 2. On the upper end of the plate 7 is formed an integral projecting ear 10 having an aperture 11 for an attaching screw for the purpose of fastening said ear to the lintel piece 12 of the window opening as clearly shown at 18 in Fig. 3, whereby the bracket or fixture may be securely retained in place.

The strip 9, which is adapted to slide in the way formed by the flanges 8 of the plate 7 is provided with a projecting lug 14, which enters the longitudinal slot 15 formed in said plate and serves to limit the outward movement of the strip 9 and prevent its entire withdrawal from the plate 7. Projecting at right angles from the strip 9 is an angular arm 16, having an upwardly extending portion whose upper end is formed into a loop or saddle 17 to support a curtain pole.

In practice, the bracket is attached to the face of the jamb 18 of the window, the upper portion thereof being held in position by the screw 13 which fastens the ear 10 to the lintel 12. Because of the fact that window jambs are not uniform in depth it is necessary that the arm 16 adapted to support the curtain pole be adjustably mounted on the bracket or window fixture to enable such adjustment of said parts under varying conditions as will enable the arm 16 to extend across and in front of the window casing. By mounting the strip 9 carrying the arm so that it may be adjusted longitudinal of the plate 7, said arm may be drawn outwardly or moved inwardly to compensate for the variations in the depth of the window jambs as illustrated by dotted lines in Fig. 3. This arrangement enables the bracket carrying the shade roller to be always mounted close to the window sash 19 so that the shade roller will hang closely thereto; at the same time insuring a proper position of the arm 16 which supports the curtain pole.

Having thus fully set forth my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A Window fixture comprising a bracket to support the shade roller, consisting of a struck-up central portion having an opening for the shade roller spindle and laterally extending feet portions projecting from the base of said central port-ion to afford means for attachment to a Window casing, an integral plate carried on the upper end of one of the feet portions of said bracket having a slldevvay thereon, a strip slidable in said Way on said plate, and a supporting arm at the outer end of said strip, said arm having 15 at its outer end a support for a curtain pole.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specificatlon 1n the presence of tWo Witnesses.

RUDOLPH A. KOTTKAY. Witnesses:

E. S. WHEELER, C. ARTHUR LINsz.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

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