US361206A - Oubtain fixture - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

E. C. BYAM.

CURTAIN FIXTURE.

A1\Io.361,20. PatQntedApr. 12,1881

62 MLC N PETERS. Phanrmhngrupn UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

EBER C. BYAM, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO JOHN A. STENART AND JAMES S. BAKER, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 361,208. dated April 12, i887.

Application filed August 2l, 1884.

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EEER C. BYAM, `of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful 'Improvement in Curtain-Fixtures; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is an elevation showing a window with the curtain-fixture applied. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the cord-fastening- Fig. 3 is a plan view of the saine, the casingto which it is attached being shown in section. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of one of the rollercord bearings.

My improvement relates to curtains which can be adjusted higher or lower on the window by means of cords, and can also be rolled or unrolled, at whatever position it is placed, so as to shade any part ofthe window.

The invention consists in an improved construction of the cord-bearing, whereby it is adapted to both cords, and stands off away from the casing, so that the curtain can run freely up and down, as hereinafter more fully described.

'In the drawings, A shows the casing of au ordinary window. B is the curtain-roller, and C is the curtain which winds thereon.

D is a double cord for raising or lowering the roller. The doubled length of the cord passes up over a bearing, E, at the top of the window. Here itdivides into two branches, one of which, D,A extends downward and is attached to an open hanger, F. which supports one end ofthe roller, and the other, D2, extends across the window, passes over another bearing, E', then extends downward,and is attached to a hanger, F', that supports the other end of the roller. By this means the roller can be raised or lowered bodily by drawing on the cord D.

G is another cord, which Vwinds on the spool H, attached to the end of the roller. By operating this cord the curtain can be rolled up or down on the roller, at whatever adjustment the roller may be placed. Thus any part of Serial No. 141.198. (No model.)

the window can be shaded, and to any desired y degree.

Heretofore, so far as I am aware, separate bearings have been used to catch and hold the cords D G; and the latter, when attached in line, to stand vertically with the spool, brings its bearing so far in that the edge of the curtain cannot overlap the casing without running against the bearing in lowering. My

present invention consists in constructing these two bearings in one piece, that for the cord D being attached to .the casing outside the curtain and 'that for the cord G standing inward in line with its cord, but projecting forward away from the casing, so that the edge -curtaiu can overlap the casing and run freely up and down behind the bearing. This obviates a dificulty which hasvheretofore been experienced in this class of fixtures, the curtain having to be made narrow t0 prevent running against the bearing, or else the bearing having to be located out of a vertical line with the spool, in which case the cord will not wind well on the spool. By this means also the device is stronger, stiffer, and more substantial, is easier to apply, as a less number of screws are used, and it is also much cheaper. The bearings are provided with suitable slits or openings, a a, in which the cords catch and bind to hold them in place. The outer cord, D, is provided with knots b b at given intervals apart, to hold more securely.

The spool consists of one fixed head, d, provided with a square shank, f, that is driven into the end of the roller, and one loose head, d', that has a square hole, through which the shank passes and by which it is clamped against the end of the roller. The cord-bearing E consists of a square shank, h, that is driven into the casing, and two hooks or lugs, ing` offset or standing out away from the casiz', between which the cord passes. ing, so that the curtain can run freely behind I disclaim, simply and broadly, a cord-bearit, and the two bearings being connected by a ing having a wedge-shaped slit for holding the central web, as herein shown and described. 15

5 cord. In witness whereof I have hereunto signed Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure my name in the presence of two subscribing by Letters Patent, is witnesses.

A cord-bearing consisting of a casting made EBEE C. BYAM. in one piece, having two slitted bearings for vWitnesses: xo the two separate cords, each bearing covering R. F. OSGOOD,

its vertical line with its cord, the inner beztr- I). A. COSTICH.

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