US1661137A

US1661137A - Drapery support

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Publication number: US1661137A
Application number: US585633A
Authority: US
Inventors: William J Furlong
Original assignee: John Kroder & Henry Reubel Com
Current assignee: John Kroder & Henry Reubel Co; John Kroder & Henry Reubel Com
Priority date: 1922-09-01
Filing date: 1922-09-01
Publication date: 1928-02-28
Anticipated expiration: 1945-02-28

Description

Feb. 28, 1928.

W. J. FURLONG DRAPERY SUPPORT Filed Sept. 1, 1922 1% @lmww BB B a Patented F eb- 28, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT; OFFICE.-

WILLIAM J. FURLONG, OF WAVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS; ASSIGNO R Tb THE JOHN xnonun & HENRY REUBEL country, or BROOKLYN, new YORK, 11 coarormmou or NEW YORK.

DBAPEBY SUPPORT.

Application filed September The invention relates to drapery supports of the type embodying a hollow guide having a longitudinal slot in one face, the walls of the tube on opposite sides of said slot being employed as tracks for. a plurality of carriers attached to the dra criesand l8,V.

ing suitable runners adapts toys the tracks during adjustmen of th position of the draperies.

' One object of the invent drapery support of the above the draperies may be" adjusted min or clogging of thecarri trac s, and in w 1 freely under allcondition with in practice. a t

Another object is to provid support which will facilita traverse cord for, the purios the position of the draperies. Further ob'ects and. advantages of th vention will e in part obvious in specifically pointed out in the description hereinafter contained, which-taken inconnection with the accompan ing drawings-3+" discloses a preferred embo imentof the in vention; such embodiment, however; is to considered merely as illustrative of its princi 1e. a ln the drawingsv Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a drapery support constructed in accordance with the invention and mounted in operative position;

Flg. 2 is a perspective view showing, detached, the structure of the carrier which forms a part of the drapery support appearin in Fig. 1;

ig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 3 -3 of Fig. 1 and looking in the direction of thearrows.

Fig. 4 is a central longitudinal section takenron line 44 of Fig. 3, looking in the direction of the arrows. p

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, there is shown a hollow guide 1. suitably secured to a support 2,- for example, by screws 3,-such guide having therein a longitudinal slot 4 and the walls 5 of the guide on opposite sides of the slot 4being shaped to provide a pair of tracks extending lengthwise of the guide. The carriers are shown as provided with suitable runners 16 adapted to slide or roll along the tracks runners above "described to hde along ich the 1 carriers will sl ide 1 1,1922. sci-m1 m5. $5,633.1

above mentioned, such runners in the'present nstance consisting of wheels or rollers carried by an axle 15. Suitable devices such as' 'are hereinafter described in greater detail, Wlll be understood as connected to the p 7 permit draperies to be attached thereto.

v uide"? s abov be unsatisfactory for sevf therun ners,

magnu there-is a tendency for obedisplaced laterally, with the 'acent rollers are ljammed ll sI- are'thus so etfec- I Outof proper posih v v ygjto readjust them by I i'sfloften awkward to do since he a? ens, usuallyf'are inaccessibly lo- Lca ted} Furthermore, ifthe runners are permitted -toazhave any substantial "degree of lateralplay .in theguide, they are hablesto assumean obli ue position with regard to the 'length oft e guide, under which conditions the tension on the carriers during adjustment" of the draperies jams the runners against the walls of the guide and interferes with the proper operation of the support.

In accordance with one feature of the present invention, I provide between the runners an intermediate member 10 which is connected to the runners and provided with side walls which fit with very little clearance'between the edges of the slot in the guidepthus, if the runners tend to turn obl'quel to the length of the ide, the side walls 0 the above-mentione member will act as a stop to prevent this diate member slides sufliciently freely in the slot to permit the proper travel of the carrier along the guide. I

In the present instance, the intermediate member 10 is constituted by a yoke-shaped piece having ears 11 which are rotatably mounted upon the axle 15, the outer sides of the ears fitting comparatively closely in the slot 5 to prevent the carrier from twisting as aforesaid. The intermediate member .areim m of wheels permittedgto come. into conguidewhic i, forms a In useof-drapery' supports involving ,c"arr1 ers having runners sliding in a hollow ferredto, the operation of intermediate movement, and, nevertheless, this intermethe intermediate member l0 prt-derably is so constructed. as to have a recess 6 therein, so that a traverse cord 20 may be led througl'l and supported by the several carriers; thus the carriers serve to prevent the cord from sagging unduly in different adjustments of the draperies. Preferably the bottom of the recess 6 is curved downwardly atits ends 12 to prevent 10 from catching against the traverse cord in case adjustment of the draperies should cause the intermediatemember to rock angularly on axle 15. I also prefer to round the upper portions of the ears 11 in order to permit such a rocking movement to take place freely in a minimum of space. I

The intermediate member 10 also preferably is fixed against lateral displacement relative to the runners l6, and thus, if the runners tend to move transversely of the guide sufliciently to cause them to jam, the side walls above mentioned of the intermediate member will act as a stop against this movement by engagement with the edges of slot 4:. In the present form of the invention, collars or shoulders 17 are interposed between theears 11 of the intermediate member and rollers 16 to preventthe above parts from sliding laterally.

In order to prevent runners 16 of ad acent carriers from contacting and forcing each other out of proper position, I prefer to extend the intermediate member 10 beyond the runners, in both directions lengthwise of the tracks; thus, if the draperies are adjusted in such manner as to bring together adjacent carriers, the intermediate members 10 of such carriers will meet before the runners thereof come into contact, and each carrier will continue to function properly.

A member 14, which may be in the form of a hook or eyelet, is attached to the intermediate member 10 to enable the draperies to be secured thereto, and as another feature of the invention I prefer to construct this member 14 so that itmay move ai'igularly with regard to the remainder of the as illustrated, the base of interi'nediate member 10 is provided with a countersunk recess 13 within which is swivelled the enlarged head 7 of member 14. Thus, if the cords tend to twist member 14, the latter may turn without straining the remainder of the carrier toward a position oblique to the length of the guide.

lVhile a specific embodiment of the in vention has been described, it will be obvious that while the various features above described are preferably conjointly employed, they have individual utility and are not necessarily all usedtogether, and that many changes may be made therein without departing from its principles, as defined in the following claims.

Having particularly described my invencarrier and desire to secure by comprising runners adapted to run in said 1 tracks and connected by an axle, and an intermediate member disposed in said slot, said'member being of U-shape and having its opposite sides pivoted to swing about said axle as an axis and fitting relatively close along the edges of the slot to prevent the runners from moving to a position oblique to the length of the guide.

2. A curtain hanger comprising a metal track including an upper sustaining portion, spaced. depending portions, and inwardly bent track portions disposed in spaced relation to each other, a bracket of U-shaped formation having the parallel portions thereof extended between the track portions, a stub shaft mounted in the parallel portions of the bracket at a point within the. track, rollers carried by the ends of the stub shaft and having rolling contact with the inner sides of said track portions, and a hook swivelly sustained on the horizontal portion of the bracket.

3. A drapery support comprising a hollow guide having a longitudinal slot therein, the walls of said guide on opposite sides of said slot constituting tracks extending lengthwise of said guide, and a carrier, said carrier comprising runners adapted to run in said tracks and connected by an axle, an intermediate member carried by said axle between said runners, and a drapery attaching member swivelly supported by said intermediate member.

4. A drapery support con'lprising a hollow guide having a longitudinal slot therein, the walls of said guide on opposite sides of said slot constituting tracks extending lengthwise of said guide, and a carrier, said carrier comprising runners adapted to run in said tracks and connected by an axle. an intermediate member carried by said axle between said runners, and a drapery attaching member swivelly supported by said intermediate member, the intermediate member being pivotally supported from said axle.

5. A drapery support comprising a hollow guide having a longitudinal slot therein, the walls of said guide on opposite sides of said slot constituting tracks extending lengthwise of said guide, and a carrier, said carrier comprising runners adapted to run in said tracks and connected by an axle, an intermediate member carried by said axle between said runners, and a drapery attaching member swivelly supported by said intermediate member, shoulders being provided between the intermediate member and the portions of the rollers which are of largest diameter, to hold the intermediate member against undue lateral shifting.

6. A drapery support comprising a hollow guide having a longitudinal slot therein, the walls of said guide on opposite sides of said I slot constituting tracks extending lengthwise substantial longitudinal extent and fitting relatively close to the edges of the slot and adapted to engage the same to prevent the runners from moving to a position oblique to the length of the guide.

7. A drapery support comprising a hollow guide having a longitudinal slot therein, the

walls of said guide on opposite sides of said slot constituting tracks extending lengthwise of said guide, and a carrier, said carrier, comprising runners adapted to run in said tracks and connected by an axle, an intermediate member carried by said axle between said' runners, and a drapery attaching member swivelly supported by said intermediate member said intermediate member being supported to permit it to swing freely about said axle as an axis, and having side walls of substantial longitudinal extent and fitting 1 relatively close to the edges of the slot and adapted to engage the same to prevent the runners from moving to a position oblique to the length of the uide, said intermediate member extending eyond the runners/ in both longitudinal directions. 1/

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of August, 1922.

WILLIAM J. FURLONG.