US107941A - Improvement in stair-rods - Google Patents

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The 4Selleciule referred to n these LettersA Patent and rnakng part of thesame.

"To all whom itmag/ concern.-

"Be 1it knowntbat I; WILLIAM T. MERsEnEAU, of Orange, in the State of New Jersey, have inventedce'rtain new and` useful Improvements in `Fastening for Stair-Rods; andA hereby declare thatthe following is a-fnll, clear, and exact description ofthe same, rei'- erence beinghad to the accompanying drawings, which formp'art of this specificatiol Of thesedrawingsfi Figure 1 represents the old form of band;

Figure 2, theold form of loop; and Figures 3, 4, 5, and 6 represent my improved loop.v

This improvement relates toanew construction of loop-fastening for stair-rods.

One of the devi'ces for the retention of the iiat ro'd to the stair-case isa solid band passingwholly over the rod, and fastened by smallnails or screws at its extremities, as seen in iig. 1. known, and in common use for many years past.

AnotherY of the devices, called a loop, is, to some extent,`the reverseof `thisthe .band passingbehin'd the rod,'its ends overlapping, more or less, the rod on` eachl side, and is fastened to the stair-case. by a small nail or screw at thc center, as seen in fig. 2. Y

` The former has its disadvantages, among which is its uncouthappearance ongthe rod, by reasonV of its covering it completely across, and greater `liability to be injured in removal from, oa attachment to, the staircase. n

The latter has also its disadvantages, among which is the inconvenient lnode of` fastening it to the staircase. Y

`This has been widelyj Now, by my improvement, I combine with the latter construction of rod-fastening the chief characteristie of the former, namely, its mode of attachment to the stair-case. v

4By partially cutting out and bending over a portion ot' the metal iny each end,-a. a, of a loop, there will be formed two ears oi' projecting ends, b 11, whiclrwill answer for the holding of the tack orfscrewgby means of which the loop isl fastened tothe stair-case, thus .giving thcY`fastening for the stair-rodsthe combined elements of' both classes .of fastenings befoie`-referred to. The ears or loop-fastening end pieces may be formed np, as sh0wn, either in gs. 4, 5, and 6, at b b, b b', b b", or the rod-clasping ends of' the loop may be cut ont in form substantially as shown in g..3, at vlc, and then bent up, and the outside end projectionsd d left beyond, to be bent suiiicientlyz for the purpose of vbeing fastened to the stair-ease by means ofthe ends pierced for the nail or screw, as shown.

What I claim as new, and desire'to secure by Let- A thin' struck-np metal stair-rod fastening, having the ends cut ont, so as to form eyes'for fastening to the stair, and ends formed up to clasp the rod,.as set forth.

WILLIAM T. MERSEREAU.

Witnesses A. B. MALooM'soN, Jr., JAMEs H.- HUNTER.

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