US441955A

US441955A - Curtain-fixture

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Publication number: US441955A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1890-12-02
Anticipated expiration: 1907-12-02

Description

(No Model.)

C. GUNSEL. CURTAIN FIXTURE.

No. 441,955. 'Patented Deo. 2, 1890.

INVENTUB 2 ATT'Y.

vwlfrmasses\Y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

CHARLES GUN SEL, OF NEVARK, NEV JERSEY.

CURTAIN- FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 441,955, dated December 2, 1890.

Application filed August 25, 1890. Serial No. 363,020. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES GUNsEL, a citizen ot' the United States, residing at New ark, in the county ot' Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-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, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in curtain and shade roller supports; and it consists in the in'iprovedconstruction and combination of parts of a hanger, so that a shade or curtain and a curtain-rod of any length may be secured to a wi ndow-f rame, regardless of the width of the frame, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

In the accompanying sheet ot drawings, in which similar letters of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in each of the several views,-Figure l is a front view of a window-frame with my improved adjustable curtain-fixture holder, the shaderoller being indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is an enlarged front view of my adjustable holder. Figx isa section taken through line in Fig. 2. Fig. il is an end view of the fixture, and Fig. 5 is a section taken through line y in Fig.

In the accompanying drawings, letter A indicates the window-frame, to which is secured by means of pins or screws ct and a2 the longitudinally-slotted blocks or plates a et, as indicated in Fig. l. Said blocks are preferably formed with two upwardly-projecting and longitudinallyarranged guides a3 and a4, having formed between them a longitudinal slot As will be clearly seen from Fig. 3, said block ci is provided at both ends with the perforated bearing-surfaces a, and is provided on the under sides of the guides with a long recess ai. Vv'ithin this recess and adapted to slide therein I have placed a shade or curtain pole supporting bracket B,

which consists of a body or bearing plate b, having an upwardlyprojecting lug Z2', which extends into the slot a5for sliding the bracket back and forth in the recess a7 of the block a. Arms b2 and b3, formed on said bearing plate, extend up on both sides ot the lug b', embracing the block Cc, said arms being pro vided with the bearings b* for support-ing the shade-roller, as clearly shown in Figs. 2, a, and 5.

In order to attach the fixture to the window-frame, the block a is placed between the arms b2 and b3, so that the projection or lug Z/ moves Within the slot cf, and the under side of the bearing-plate b rests against the surface of the windowframe. The whole fixture is then firmly attached by means of the pins or screws. It will thus be seen that the slotted blocks or plates c, may be secured to the window-frame at a distance apart somewhere near the length of the shade-roller, and by slightly unscrewing one of the screws in the blocks the brackets can be adj usted Within the recesses a? in each block, so as to bring them at the exact distance from each other, and in this manner they can be adjusted to a roller, which may be long or short. Then the brackets have thus been adjusted and the shade-roller is supported in the bearings of the brackets, the screws are again tightened, the under sides ot' the guides as and a* thereby being brought into contact with the upper surface of the bearing-plate b, which plate is tightly forced against the window-frame and firmly held in the desired position, as will be evident.

By means of my improved device the shade or curtain roller can be readily attached and easily removed from its brackets and set up again without any trouble.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim is- In a bracket for supporting shade-rollers, the combination et a longitudinallyslotted block consist-ing of the longitudinal guides a3 and a, between which the slot is arranged, having perforated bearing plates a, and screws for attaching the same to a windowframe, with a bracket having bearing-arms extending out therefrom embracing the block,

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`mid bracket being provided with a projection set forth above I have hereunto set my hand or lug Working within said longitudinal' slotthis 23d day of August, 1890.

in the block, sind the body or beariuw-plate @l w r T 1 of the bracket being arranged. and adaited to CHARLES (JL b SEL' 5 slide in a recess a7 in the back of the block, Vituesses:

as and for the purposes set forth. FREDK. C. FRAENTZEL,

In testimony that I claim the invention XVM. H. OAMFIELD.