US2446667A - Drapery fixture - Google Patents

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Patented Aug. 10, 1948 UNITED sTATes rATgNT ortica Walter H. Toelle and Frank Ulbrich, Wallingford. Conn., assignors to H. L. JuddCompany, Wallingford, Conn., a corporation of lDelaware Application May s, 1945,1seria1-N0. 591,53@

Our invention relates to a drapery fixture.

It is 'an object of the invention to provide an improveddrapery fixture particularly adaptedfor embodiment Ain a crane. I

It is another object to provide 'a drapery fixture for embodiment in a crane or the like, which is vsturdy in construction so as to hold Aa -rod against sagging and which is relatively simple and cheap to manufacture.

Otherpbjects are to provide improved details of construction for embodiment in drapery nxtures, particularly though not exclusively cranes.

lIn the. drawings which show, for illustrative purposes only, a preferred form of the invention Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation of a drapery fixture illustrative of the invention and showing a at rod in section;

Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view, taken substantially in the planes of the broken line 2 2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken substantially in the plane of the line 3 3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is an isometric view of a plate forming part of a rod bracket;

Fig. 5 is a similar View of a pl-ate or shoe forming another part of a ro-d bracket.

Briefly stated, in a. preferred form of the invention I provide a wall bracket to be secured to a wall or window casing and a rod bracket to carry a, crane arm preferably in the form of a fiat rod. The rod bracket and wall bracket are so connected as by means of a link that the crane arm may be adjusted toward and from the wall and may be adjusted angularly relatively to the wall.

In the specific embodiment illustrated, the wall bracket 5 may consist of a generally U-shaped extension plate E having feet 7 1 to be secured to a wall as by means of screws 8, as will be understood. The U-shaped horizontally extending arm 5 may be provided with slots 9 for adjustment, as will appear. The wall bracket preferably includes a plate lll which may be embraced by the U- shaped arm 6 so that it may be moved in and out of the U-shaped arm 6 and means such as screws |l may be threaded into tapped apertures in the plate l so that the heads ride on the arm 6 at the outsides of the slots 9. Thus, when the screws ll are loosened, the plate l0 may be moved horizontally outwardly or inwardly relatively to the wall and the plate may be secured in any adjusted position by tightening up the screws Il. The plate lll has ears for supporting a, pintle and in the form shown the outer end of 2 Claims. (Cl. 2lb-105.2)

the vplate is 'provided 'with an anguiarly extending Y'ange l2 having upper and lower horizontally` exten-'ding ears 13 13. A pintle It .is secured between the fears and is preferably in the form of 'a pin `riveted or otherwise secured to the ears lso as to 'stand in a vertical position duringnormal u'se. v

'Thero'df bracket I 5 supports a crane arm preferably i'n the form' of a more 'or less standard flat rod i6. Such a flat rod may be of substantially c-shaped cross-section and at the rear side lhas a longitudinally extending slot il, asis common. The rod bracket 15, which supports? the flatrod lt, preferably includes a flat plate i8 which is of substantially greater width than the slot I'l in the rod so as to fully span the latter and each plate I8 extends longitudinally of the rod a suiicient distance to form a relatively rigid support, as will be described. At the inside of the rod is a second plate, or what may be termed a shoe I9, which is of greater width than the slot I1 in the rod, and this shoe I9 extends longitudinally of the rod for a substantial distance. The plates l8 |9 are secured together as by means of a screw 2! an-d are provided with interiitting parts extending through the slot. In the form illustrated, the shoe I9 has outwardly projecting flanges 'l-2l, which are of a Width to just t the slot. The other plate I8 is provided with apertures 22-122 for receiving the ends of the fianges 2l 2l. Thus, with the anges 2| 2I of a width to just fit the slot Il nicely and of a width to substantially fill the diameter of the holes 22-22, there can be no substantial rotation between the rod and the plates I8 l9 and since the flanges 2 I 'Z I which resist rotation are spaced apart a considerable distance along the rod, there is little or no tendency for the rod to sag when in use. The rod bracket plate l' is preferably provided with horizontally extending ears 23 23, which may be formed like the ears l3 l3 on the wall bracket or, as illustrated, by a separate U- shaped member 2d, which may be riveted or otherwise secured to the plate I8 as indicated at 25. The ears 23 23 carry a vertically extending pintle 2li, which may be and preferably is of the same character as the pintle ld and may be riveted or otherwise secured or attached to the ears 23-23.

Now, in order to support the crane arm I6 from the wall bracket, I employ a link 2l. The link preferably consists of two plates '28 28 which Iare positioned vertically so as to be very stiff to resist sagging of the crane arm. One or both of the plates are formed so as to embrace the pintles M and 26, and in the form illustrated It will be seen that the crane arm may be moved in and out relatively to the wall, rst by adjustment of the wall bracket, if such' an adjustable bracket isemployed, and, second,`by swinging the arm about the pintles. of the crane arm have been indicated in Fig. 2.

It will be apparent that the crane arm may also be swung angularly if it is desired to have the crane arm positioned angularly relatively to the wall rather than parallel to the wal] as illustrated. The drapery fixture Vis of a sturdy construction, and due to long, vertically extending pintles and girderlike construction of the link 28, there will be no sagging of the crane arm regardless of its position of adjustment.

While the invention has been described in considerable detail and a preferred form illustrated, it isto be understood that many changes may be made within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

VWe claim: i

1. In a device of the character indicated, a Wall ,w` Three positions bracket including horizontally extending spaced ears, a pintle pin positioned vertically and held by said ears, a rod bracket having horizontally extending spaced ears, a pintle extending vertically and held by said last mentioned ears, a link for connecting said pintles, said link comprising plates positioned in vertical planes and at their ends embracing said pintles, and means for securing said plates to each other.

2. In the combination dened in claim 1, means 'for adjusting said wall bracket relatively to the wall, and means for adjusting said rod bracket relatively to the rod.

' I WALTER H. TOELLE. FRANK R. ULBRICH.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the v le of this patent:

Keahey Oct. 9, 1945

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