US1235001A - Shade and curtain support. - Google Patents

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"H. c. BECKER SHADE AND CURTAIN SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 14, 19!].

1335001 Patented July 31, 1917.

INVEJVTOR.

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'EUNITED STATES rarer FF HENRY C. BECKER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SHADE AND CURTAIN SUPPORT.

Application filed March 14, 1917.

To all whom 2'25 may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY G. BECKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shade and Curtain Supports, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention has relation to improvements in shade and curtain supports; and it consists in the novel features of construction more fully set forth in the specification and pointed out in the claims.

The present invention is directed to shade and curtain supporting brackets, the principal object being to construct a bracket which can be adjusted to the width of the shade or length of roller carrying the same, the brackets being formed so as to support a dust guard which protects the portion of the shade wound on the roller, said guard being susceptible of adjustment to the space separating the brackets between which the roller is mounted. A further object of the invention is to provide means for supporting a curtain in conjunction with the shade when desired, all as will more fully appear in the following detailed description of the invention in connection with the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 represents an elevation of the upper end of a window frame showing my invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is an enj larged middle vertical longitudinal section of the device, parts being in elevation, and other parts broken away; Fig. 3 is a horizontal middle section through one of the terminal brackets and dust guard, parts being in plan; Fig. l is a vertical crosssectional detail on the line 1 of Fig. 2 through one of the bearing plates; Fig. 5 is a vertical cross-section on the line of Fig. 2, the shade and its roller being omitted; Fig. 6 is a detail showing one end of the dust-guard; Fig. 7 is a top plan of one of the adjustable brackets; and Fig. 8 is an inside elevation of Fig. 7

Referring to the drawings, F, represents a window frame, and WV, the window as well understood in the art. Secured at the top of the frame are bearing plates or castings 1, 1, formed with longitudinal passageways a) open at both ends, the front wall of the passage-way being formed with a longi- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31, 1917.

Serial No. 154,794.

tudinal open-ended slot s. Traversing the passageway to of each bearing member 1 is the foot piece 2 of the roller-supporting bracket 3, the latter being connected to the foot piece 2 by means of a neck a which operates freely in the slot 8. The bracket at one end is provided with a recess h to receive the flat head or terminal 5 of the roller mounting at one end of the shade roller R, the bracket at the opposite end being provided with a circular depression cl to receive the roller spindle at the opposite end as well understood in the art. In the present embodiment of my invention the brackets 3 are disk-shaped and preferably formed with peripheral flanges a asshown, the flanges being directed inwardly. Disposed on the flanges a at points substantially diametrically opposite one another are radial pins 6. It may be stated in passing that the flanges a on the bracket disks are directed or point in the opposite direction from the feet 2, so that the feet 2 will be outside the disks for purpose of adjustment or manipulation gen erally. Each foot 2 is provided with a clamping screw 7 which passes through the slot 8, the outer end of the screw terminating in a wing 8 whose base is shouldered against a washer 9 interposed between it and the outer wall of the passage-way of the casting 1, said washer spanning the slot 8 as fully shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

Adapted to encompass that portion of the shade S which is wound on the roller R is a dust guard, the same being composed of two sections 10, 10, of tubing, the walls whereof extend cireumferentially about two hundred and seventy degrees, thereby leaving a peripheral slot or gap m of about ninety degrees opening toward the window, through which gap the unwound portion of the shade is free to travel. The tube section 10 fits telescopically in the section 10, so that the tube may be expanded or lengthened, or contracted or shortened according to the length of roller R or width of shade S wound thereon to be protected against dust. The outer terminals of the dust guard or tube are provided with angular recesses 1" whereby upon first passing the outer leg of the recess along the pin 6 and then giving the tube a slight turn to cause the pin to enter the inner leg of the recess, the tube will be firmly secured to the disk brackets 3 (Fig. 6). This mode of fastening two devices is well understood in the art and the same per se is not claimed herein.

The operation though obvious from the foregoing description may be briefly stated as follows: By loosening the screws 7, the feet 2 of the brackets 3 may be moved along the ways w of the bearing members or castings 1 until the brackets 3 have been carefully adjusted to the length of the roller R to be accommodated. This done, the screws 7 are driven home which causes the feet 2 tobe drawn firmly against the front walls of the ways to (Fig. 4) thus clamping the brackets firmly into position. The roller R with its shade S being now mounted be tween the brackets, the next step is to adjust the dust guard 10, 10. This is readily done by first passing the outer end of the tube section 10 around the flange a of one of the disks 3, then adjusting the two sections (10, 10) until the outer end of the section 10 can be conveniently slipped over the flange a of the opposite disk 8, then by proper manipulation causing the recesses r to receive the pins 6 as previously described whereupon the dust guard is effectively mounted to protect the shade against dirt, dust and the like as clearly obvious from the drawings. The disks 3 it will be observed close the ends of the dust guard 10, 1O so that the dirt is excluded from the shade at all points except at the gap m, but as that opens on the inner side of the tube forming the guard and is well up against the window frame very little dust will lodge against the shade on that side.

In the present embodiment of my invention I form in the rear walls of the castings 1 at points outside the outermost positions occupied by the disks 8, vertical recesses or grooves 25 preferably rectangular in cross section, said grooves receiving the stems 11 of the curtain brackets 12, the latter terminating in hooks 13 for the support of a rod (not shown) from which a lace curtain (not shown) may be hung. When the hooks 12 are out of service the same are turned parallel to the roller It, the stems 11 being inserted into the grooves t. lVhen in serv ice the brackets 12 are turned at right angles to the roller R in which position they project considerably beyond the shade (see dotted position of bracket in Fig. 3) so that on depositing a rod in the bottoms of the hooks 13 the curtain suspended from said rod will hang some distance from the shade S.

Having described my invention what I claim is 1. In combination with a pair of brackets spaced to support the ends of a shade roller, suitable bearings for said brackets, a. tubular dust guard mounted between the brackets for protecting the portion of the shade wound on the roller, a peripheral section of the guard being removed to allow for the travel of the unwound portion of the shade, said guard being composed of two sections engaging one another telescopically.

2. In combination with a. pair of brackets for supporting the ends of a shade-roller, said brackets being disloshaped and provided with a footpiece and a neck connecting the footpiece and disk-shaped portion of the bracket, a. bearing provided with a slot, said slot being traversed by the neck aforesaid whereby the bracket is adjustable in said bearing, a tubular dust-guard mount ed on and between the brackets for protecting the portion of the shade wound on the roller, a peripheral section of the guard being removed to allow for the travel of the unwound portion of the shade, said guard being composed of two sections engaging one another telescopic-ally.

In combination with a shade-roller sup porting bracket, a bearing in which said bracket is slidably mounted, a polygonal recess formed in the bearing wall at a point exterior to the outermost position of the bracket for the support of a curtain bracket provided with a polygonal stem, said stem being insertible into the recess so that the curtain bracket projects beyond the shade when in use or folds against the window frame when not in use.

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

HENRY C. BECKER.

IVitnesses:

EMIL STAREA, ELSE M. SIEGEL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). 0.

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