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R. T. BREWER. CURTAIN POLE FIX'IURF.v

No. 435,053. Patented Aug. Z6, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

REUBEN T. BREWER, OF VATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO HENRY F. BAKER, OF SAME PLACE.

CURTAIN-POLE FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 435,053, dated August 26, 1890.

Application filed May '7, 1890. Serial No. 350,857. (No modeld To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, REUBEN T. BREWER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Pole Fixtures; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain novel and useful improvements in curtain-pole sockets, and has for its object to provide a device of this description which shall, instead of being adapted for permanent attachment to the casing of a door orwwindow, so that the pole y may be inserted therein and removed therefrom, as is usual in polesockets, be attached to and movable with the pole, the permanent and immovable element of the completed iixture consisting of studs or similar small fastenings driven into the casing.

An object of my invention, furthermore, is to render the pole readily attachable and detachable or adjustable to various heights, and also to render the fastening as inconspicuous as possible; and with these ends in view my invention consists in the details of construction hereinafter set `forth, and then recited in the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which my invention appertains may fully understand how to make and use my improvement, I will describe the same in detail, reterence being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,

Figure l is a perspective showing a curtainrod supported in position by means of my device; Fig. 2, a detail perspective of the socket, showing the position of the stud or pin therein; Fig. 3, a vertical section showing a pole pro vided with sockets and supported as in Fig. 2, and Fig. et a modified form of socket.

Like numerals denote the same parts in all the figures.

l is the rod or pole adapted to support a our tain or portire by means of any suitable con nection, as the rings 2. The ends of the rod are Preferably shouldered, as seen at 3, to aon commodate the socket, which consists of a drawn or otherwise formed metallic cap 4. of somewhat greater depth than the length of Athe shouldered portion of the rod, as shown at Fig. 3. VThe end of this cap or socket is slotted, as seen at 5, and its periphery is provided with an enlarged opening 6, connecting with the slot 5, said lopening being of sufficient size to admit the head of the stud or other 6o fastening which is secured to the casing. A plurality of these studs (numbered 7) are shown in Fig. l.

In applying my improved socket to a pole, the latter, with the sockets arranged upon it, as shown at Fig. 3, should be of such length as to enter easily between the faces of the casing; but it is preferable that there should be no waste space. In attaching the rod the openings 6, which should correspond in po- 7o sition in each socket,'should be placed over the heads of the studs 7, whereby the shanked portions of said studs may slide in the slots 5 in the socket.

`There are several ways of preventing the accidental'detachment of the rod by the withdrawal of the studs; but I have thought it sufiicient to exhibit two only, since these will serve to illustrate. In Fig. 2 I make the slot 5 substantially in the form of a right angle, 8o the stud being adapted to rest at the upper end of the slot and to be detached therefrom by first raising the rod and then pushing the same inward. In Fig. 4. I employ a straight slot, which, however, extends more than half lS5 the diameter of the end of the socket, so that l the rod hangs by the studs engaging the end of said slot. To detach a rod provided with sockets thus constructed said rod may be raised, or it may be turned about ninety de- 9o grecs and then moved horizontally until the stud-head passes. outward lthrough the peripheral opening 6. T

In this my invention I do not wish to be confined to the precise construction shown in the drawings, since many minor changes not involving mechanical skill may be made therein without departing from the essential principle thereof.

I claim 1. A pole-socket, as described, the samehaving a slot in the head thereof, and a pe- Ico ripheral opening connecting With said slot7 substantially as described.

2.' The combination, with a curtain-pole and with studs affixed to the casing of a door or Window, of a socket. adapted to fit over the end of the pole and provided with a slot in theend Wall thereof adapted to contain the stud-shank, and provided also with an opening in its periphery and forming an extension of the slot, whereby the stud may en ter the latter, substantially as specified.

3. The herein-described Socket, consisting of the cup-shaped metal shell having the rectangular slot 5 and the peripheral opening 6, Connected with Said rectangular slot, sub- Stantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

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

REUBEN T BREWER. Witnesses:

SANFORD PRooToR, GEO. H. MUNsoN.

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