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  • FIG. 1 is a perspective View of a case of shelves provided with a curtain supported by my improved device.
  • Fig. 2 is afront elevation of the same, with the curtain drawn back so as to expose the shelves.
  • Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line as a: of Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section on the line y y of Fig. 3.
  • That class of curtains which is so hung as to admit of being drawn to one side has heretofore been attached to rings made to slide upon a rod, and when a long space is to be covered by curtains of this description, as, for instance, the shelves around a store or library, the supports by which the rods are held in place limit the movement of the rings thereon and render it necessary to make the curtains in short lengths, which when drawn back occupy considerable space and are frequently in the way.
  • My invention has for its object to overcome these difliculties; and consists in a device whereby a single curtain of any desired length may be hung in such a manner as to admit of its being entirely drawn back to the end of its support, where it may be inclosed out of sight in a closet or receptacle made for the purpose.
  • AA represent a series of shelves placed within a casing, B, to the top or cornice of which is secured a tube, C, through the bottom of which is cut a slot or opening, a, extending continuously from one end of the tube to the other.
  • a series of bolts or slides, b to each of which is secured the shank, c, of an eye d, which is attached to the upper edge of the curtain D, as seen in Fig. 1.
  • a curtain thus supported is free to be moved in either direction, as the slot or opening a will allow the shanks c with their balls I) to slide from one end of the tube C to the other, and the entire curtain can consequently be drawn to the end of the tube into a closet, E, which is provided with a door, 0, the end of the tube 0 being curved so as to lead directly into the closet, as seen in Figs. 1 and 3.
  • a single curtain of sufficient length to cover the shelves extending entirely around a store or library may be readily and quickly drawn back to one end of the supporting-tube and inclosed out of sight when not required for use, which cannot be accomplished when it is supported in the ordinary manner by rings sliding upon a rod.
  • the bottom of the curtain may be provided with a series of balls sliding within a tube similar to the tube C. I do not confine myself to the use of balls, as slides or other form may be placed within the tube if preferred.

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Z S Heetv-Sheet 1'. JOSHUA GRAY.
Improvement in Sliding Curtain-sf" N0. 121,242 Patented Nov. 28, 1871-. V
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Improvement in Sliding Curtains.
N0. Pa tented NOJV- 28,1871.
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JOSHUA GRAY, OF MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO ARTHUR W. GRAY AND CHARLES H. HARTSHORN, OF SAME PLACE.
IMPROVEMENT IN CURTAIN-FIXTURES.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 121,242, dated November 28, 1871.
To all whom it may concern.-
Be it known that I, JOSHUA GRAY, of Medford, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improved Device for Supporting Sliding or Draw Curtains, of which. the following is afull, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of a case of shelves provided with a curtain supported by my improved device. Fig. 2 is afront elevation of the same, with the curtain drawn back so as to expose the shelves. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line as a: of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section on the line y y of Fig. 3.
That class of curtains which is so hung as to admit of being drawn to one side has heretofore been attached to rings made to slide upon a rod, and when a long space is to be covered by curtains of this description, as, for instance, the shelves around a store or library, the supports by which the rods are held in place limit the movement of the rings thereon and render it necessary to make the curtains in short lengths, which when drawn back occupy considerable space and are frequently in the way. My invention has for its object to overcome these difliculties; and consists in a device whereby a single curtain of any desired length may be hung in such a manner as to admit of its being entirely drawn back to the end of its support, where it may be inclosed out of sight in a closet or receptacle made for the purpose.
To enable others skilled in the art to understand and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried it out.
In the said drawing, AA represent a series of shelves placed within a casing, B, to the top or cornice of which is secured a tube, C, through the bottom of which is cut a slot or opening, a, extending continuously from one end of the tube to the other. Within this tube is placed a series of bolts or slides, b, to each of which is secured the shank, c, of an eye d, which is attached to the upper edge of the curtain D, as seen in Fig. 1. A curtain thus supported is free to be moved in either direction, as the slot or opening a will allow the shanks c with their balls I) to slide from one end of the tube C to the other, and the entire curtain can consequently be drawn to the end of the tube into a closet, E, which is provided with a door, 0, the end of the tube 0 being curved so as to lead directly into the closet, as seen in Figs. 1 and 3.
By means of the above-described device a single curtain of sufficient length to cover the shelves extending entirely around a store or library may be readily and quickly drawn back to one end of the supporting-tube and inclosed out of sight when not required for use, which cannot be accomplished when it is supported in the ordinary manner by rings sliding upon a rod. If desired the bottom of the curtain may be provided with a series of balls sliding within a tube similar to the tube C. I do not confine myself to the use of balls, as slides or other form may be placed within the tube if preferred.
What I claim as my invention, and desire to seby Letters Patent, is
1. The balls or slides 11, in combination with a tube, C, operating substantially as described, for the purpose specified.
2. The combination of the balls or slides b, the tube C, and the curtain D, operating substan-. tially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.
3. In combination with the tube C and the balls or slides b the curtain D and the closet E, as and for the purpose specified.
Witness my hand this 6th day of July A. D. 1871.
Witnesses: JOSHUA GRAY.
P. E. TESOHEMACHER,
W. J. CAMBRIDGE. (62)
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