US380932A

US380932A - Julius -rings

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Publication number: US380932A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1888-04-10
Anticipated expiration: 1905-04-10

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J. RINGS.

. l CURTAIN POLE. No. 380,932. btPantani-,ed Apr. l0, 1888.

UNrrs STATns a'rnrsr @irren JULIUS RINGS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CURTAIN-POLE SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,932, dated April 10, 1888.

Application filed August 4, 1887. Serial No. 246.132. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JULrUs RINGS, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Poles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a novel curtain-pole for supporting the curtain-rings concentrically; and to such end the invention consists in a curtainpole having vertical longitudinal ridges on its top and horizontal longitudinal ridges on its sides, in combination with curtain-rings supported con centric with said poleby means of its said ridges, all as more fully hereinafter described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a transverse section in the plane x x, Fig. 2, of a curtain-pole containing my invention. Fig. 2 isa sectional side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section in the plane y y, Fig. 4, of the pole as applied to use, the said figure being drawn to a smaller scale than the preceding figures. Fig. 4 is a plan or top view of the same. Fig. 5 is a transverse section in the plane a z, Fig. 4. Fig. 6V is a transverse section of a modification.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letter A designates a cylindrical core, of wood or other suitable material, which core is tightly surrounded by an envelope, B, made of sheet metal. In the envelope are formed longitudinal ridges-such as a a and b b-by forcing outward the material of the same in any well-known manner. The ridges a a are located at the top of the envelope B and the ridges b b atthe sides theren of, so that the rings C are supported at four points and can be made to hang concentric with the envelope or pole. The ridges a ci and b b are made quite narrow, and consequently the rings C can slide thereon with comparatively little friction, and at the same time they cannot be jarred out of their positions.

When the pole and fixtures are to be used for portire curtains, the core A is provided with a longitudinal groove7 D, which is intended for the reception of the parallel strands c and e' of the curtain-cord. In this case the rings C and C, Figs. 3, 4, and 5, form the leading rings, and are respectively attached to the strands e and c ofthe curtain-cord by any suitable clamp, as f. The curtain cord 1s passed about a horizontal pulley, F,located in the groove D at one end of the core A, and

about vertical pulleys G G at the opposite end of the cord. The ends of the cord are passed through a suitable opening, g, in the pole and extend downwardly, as usual, within reach of a person. If the end of strand e is drawn downward to move the curtain-cord in the direction of arrow l, Figs. 3 and 4, the rings C' C are moved away from each other and the curtain-sections are drawn apart. If the end of strand e is drawn downward, the curtain-cord is moved in a direction opposite to arrow 1 andthe curtain-sections are movedv toward each other.

As seen in Figs. l. and 2, the ends h hof the envelope are bent downward and forni a facing for thesides of the groove D,vand, if desired, said ends can be secured by screws or rivets to the core.

If the envelope B is made of thielr'sh'eet metal, which will successfully resist indentation, the core A can be dispensed with and the envelope formed as shown in Fig. 6.

A curtain-pole as hereinbefore described provides an almost frictionless support for the curtain-rings, and the latter are consequently prevented 'from binding and can be moved. very easily.

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A curtain pole having vertical longitudinal ,ridges a a on its top and horizontal longitudinal ridges b b on its sides, in combination with curtain-rings supported concentric with said pole by means ol' its said ridges, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a curtain-pole, the combination, with the core A, of the envelope B, surrounding said core and v having vertical longitudinal ridges a a on its top and horizontal longitudinal ridges b b on its sides, whereby the pole is adapted to support curtain-rings concentrically, substantially as shown and described.

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3. In a curtain-pole, the combination, with hand and. seal in the presence of two subscribthe Core A, having a longitudinal groove, D, ing Witnesses.

in its top of the metallic envelope B having vertical longitudinal ridges a a on its top JULUS RINGS' [L S'] 5 and horizontal longitudinal ridges b b on its Witnesses:

sides, substantially as shown and described. JACOB GANDRAS, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my JULIUs SToLL.