US437436A - Window-curtain fixture - Google Patents

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(N6 Model.) H. J. ILES.

WINDOW GURTAIN FIXTURE.

No. 437,436. Patented Sept. 30,1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY J. IIIES, OF BIRMINGHAM, CONNECTICUT.

WIN Dow-cu RTAIN FIXTU RE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 437,436, dated September 30, 1890.

Application filed May 5 1890. Serial No.350,562. (No model.) 4

.To aZ Z whom it may concern: Be it known that I, HENRY J. ILEs, of Birmingham, in the county of New Haven and.

State of Connecticut, have invented new Improvements in Window- Curtain Fixtures; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with accompanying drawin gs, and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in Figure 1, a view in front elevation of my improved cornice with draperies, and a curtain-fixture and shade attached to it; Fig. 2, a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is an enlarged broken view of one end of the cornice with the movable flap or cover open, and with a portion of the cornice in section to show one of the adjustable brackets. Fig. 4 is a View of the device in vertical section on the line 00 as of the preceding figure, and Fig. 5 is a broken reverse plan view of the cornice, showing one of the brackets.

My invention relates to an improved window-cornice, the object being to adapt a cornice for the attachment of both the window draperies and the curtain-fixture carrying the window-shade, whereby the disfigurement of the window-jamb and the annoyance of putting up and taking down the curtain-fixture independently of the cornice is avoided.

With these ends in view my invention consists in certain details of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

As herein shown, the cornice consists in a main frame-piece A, a scroll ornament B applied to the center of the upper edge thereof,

a shelf-like ledge C, projecting forward fromthe lower edge of the frame-piece at a right angle therewith and extending throughout the length of the same, a flap or cover D hinged to the front face of the frame-piece and folding over the said ledge so as to meet the outer edge thereof, re-enforcing-strips E E applied to the lower face of the ledge at the outer ends thereof, and turned ornaments F F applied to the ends of the ledge and imparting to the cornice something of the efiect of a curtain-pole.

WVhile the construction above described is well adapted to the purposes of my invention,

I do not confine myself to it, as it may be varied'to suit different designs.

To adapt the cornice for the attachment of draperies, I provide it with a series of inwardly-curved hooks G, which are driven into the upper face of the ledge C at suitable distances apart and nearly throughout the length thereof. The draperies are caught over these hooks, and their upper edges kept in en gagement therewith and concealed from view by the flap or cover D, which is lifted for their attachment to the hooks and afterward shut down, there being a sufficient space between it and the ledge to accommodate the upper edges of the draperies, which, as is apparent, may be readily engaged with and disengaged from the hooks without being in any way injured.

To adapt the cornice for the attachment of a curtain-fixture thereto, it is provided with two brackets, each made of sheet metal bent midway of its length at a right angle to form two arms H and I, the former being longitudinally slotted, as at J, to receivea screw K,by which the bracket is attached to the lower face of one of the strips E, and the latter having three openings L, any one of which willreceive a spindle M of the curtain-fixture N, which carries a shade O, and may be of any approved construction. It will be readily seen that the slots J permit the brackets to be longitudinally moved with respect to each other, as required, for attaching the curtainfixture to and removing it from the cornice. It will be understood, also, that the openings L in one bracket will be round and in the other square, to conform to the round and square spindles of the fixture.

It will appear from the foregoing that my cornice is adapted for the attachment of both the draperies and shade of a window, and that in a most convenient manner.- By its use the disfigurement of the window by the brackets of a curtain-fixture are avoided, as well as the annoyance of putting the fixture up and tak ing it down.

It is apparent that in carrying out my ina v l therein as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of-my invention.

I am aware that it is not broadly new to attach a curtain-fixture of the shade-roller type to a cornice also adapted to have draperies suspended from it, and I do not therefore broadly claim such a construction.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a cornice, the combination, with the frame thereof, of a series of drapery-hooks for the suspension of drapery-curtains, a movable cover attached to the said frame above the hooks, extending throughout the line thereof and concealing the upper edges of the drapery curtains, brackets secured to the frame below the hooks, and a curtain-fixture having its ends journaled in the said brackets, substantially as described.

2. In a window-cornice, the combination, with the frame thereof, which is provided with a forwardly-projecting horizontal ledge extending throughout its length, of a line of drapery-hooks applied to the upper face of the said ledge, a flap or cover hinged to the frame above and extending throughout the line of hooks and concealing when shut down the upper edges of the drapery-curtains, two adjustable brackets attached to the lower face of the ledge, and a curtain-fixture supported in the said brackets, substantially as described.

HENRY J. ILES. Witnesses: r,

EDWIN A. MANVILLE, W. J. ToUKIN.

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