US1127571A

US1127571A - Curtain.

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Publication number: US1127571A
Application number: US86062314A
Authority: US
Inventors: Lee O Woolery
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1914-09-08
Filing date: 1914-09-08
Publication date: 1915-02-09
Anticipated expiration: 1932-02-09

Description

L. 0. WOOLERY.

CURTAIN.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. a, 1914.

ation/w13 Patented Feb. 9,1915.

L e e 0. Woo/ery LEE 0. WOOLERY, 0F TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA.

CURTAIN.

Application led September 8, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LEE O. VOOLERY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tombstone, in the county of Cochise and State of Arizona, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtains, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to curtains employed in connection with sleeping porches and the like, and its object is to provide a novel and improved curtain-supporting means whereby the curtain may be readily raised and lowered from the inside, and also to provide novel and improved means for holding the curtain tight so that it will not sway and beat against the screen. These objects are attained by means of a combination and arrangement of vparts to be hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation showing the curtain in raised position; F ig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an elevation showing the curtain in lowered position; Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the line %1 of Fig. 3 and Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

Referring specifically to the drawing, 10 denotes a curtain which is hung in a frame composed of spaced side bars 11, and top and

bottom cross bars

12 and 13, respectively. This frame may be that part of the porch or other structure to which the curtain is applied. The curtain is fastened at its upper end to the inner face of the top cross bar 12 by a cross strip 14, and to the lower free edge of the curtain is fastened a cross bar or rod 15, which latter is designed to serve as a core on which the curtain may be wound in a roll as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and when thus wound, the rolled up curtain is at the top of the frame. To lower the curtain, it is necessary only to allow it to unroll. The width and length of the curtain is such that when it is lowered it forms a complete closure for the frame.

To the inner edge of each side bar 11 is made fast a strip 16 which is angular in cross-section, whereby an outstanding iange 17 is provided. To that Iedge of the strip 16 which faces the inside of the frame is hinged, as indicated at 18, a strip 19 which is also angular in cross-section forming an outstanding flange 20. The

flanges

17 and 20 are designed to grip the side edges of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 9, 1915.

seriai No. 860,623.

curtain 10, and thus prevent the curtain from swaying back and forth, and beating against the screen 21 which is fitted over the frame, on the outside thereof. The strips are so shaped that when the hinged strip is swung over against the strip 1G, the outstanding anges are opposite each other, and the edge of the curtain is clamped between the flanges, as shown in Fig.

At the top of the flanges 20 are outward bends which are shaped to form pockets 22, the same being designed to hold the ends of the rolled up curtain 10 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Before the curtain can be rolled upthe strips 19 must be swung outward to release the same as shown dotted in Fig. 5. The curtain may now be rolled up, and it is held in this position by swinging the strips 19 inward so thatthe pockets 22 inclose the ends of the roll. Upon swinging the strips 19 outward, the rolled up curtain is released, whereupon it unrolls and drops down. The strips 19 are then swung inward to grip the edges of the curtain as hereinbefore described. At the lower ends of the flanges 2O are outward bends 23 to clamp the cross bar 15 when the curtain is down. The flanges 20 have finger-holds 21 to facilitate the operation thereof.

The device herein described is very simple in construction, it can be easily put up, and it elfectually serves the purpose for which it is designed. The curtain, when down, is held tight all around, it being made fast at the top, and clamped at the sides and the bottom. The parts will be made in different sizes according to the size of the frame and the curtain.

I claim:

1. The combination with a curtain having a cross bai` at its lower end on which it is adapted to be wound; of a frame to which the curtain is secured at its upper end, said frame having side members, and hinged members located to come opposite the side members, between which side members and hinged members the edge portions of the curtain are adapted to be clamped, the hinged members having pockets at their upper ends in which the end portions of the rolled up curtain are adapted to seat.

2. The combination with a curtain hav ing a cross bar at its lower end on which it is adapted to be wound; of a frame to which the curtain is secured at its upper end, said frame having side members, and hinged members locatedl to come opposite the side members, between which side members and hinged members the edge portions of the curtain are adapted to be clamped, the hinged members having pockets at their upper ends in which the end portions of the rolled up curtain are adapted to seat, and said hinged members also having means at their llower ends to clamp the cross bar of the curtain when the curtain is down.

3. The combination with a trarne having spaced side bars and a top cross bar therebetween; of a curtain secured at its upper end to the cross bar, a cross bar to which the lower free end of the curtain is fastened, and on which the curtain is adapted to be rolled, outstanding flanges on the inner edges of the side bars, and hinged members having outstanding flanges leoated to come opposite the first-mentioned flanges, be tween which opposite flanges the edges of the curtain are adapted to be clamped, and the second-mentioned flanges having pockets at their upper ends in which the ends of the rolled up curtain are adapted to seat.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for 4. The combination with a frame having spaced side bars and a top cross bar therebetween; of a curtain secured at its upper end to the cross bar, a cross bar to which the lower free end of the Curtain is fastened, and en which the curtain is adapted to be rolled, outstanding flanges on the inner edges of the side bars. and hinged members having outstanding flanges located to come opposite the first-mentioned flanges, between which opposite flanges the edges of the curtain are adapted to be clamped, and the second mentioned flanges having pockets at their upper ends in which the ends oi' the rolled up curtain are adapted to seat, said flanges also having means at their lower ends to cla-mp the cross bar of the curtain when the Curtain is down.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEE O. `WOOLERY.

'Witnesses z FRANK C. lVILLARD, F. N. WoLcox.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.