US448625A

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Publication number: US448625A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1891-03-24
Anticipated expiration: 1908-03-24

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l F. H. BASSETT. CURTAIN FIXTURE.

No. 448,625. Patented Mar. 24, 1891i.

` l Efeel. ff Ba sse iTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED. H. BASSETT, OFSARANAO LAKE, NEW YORK.

CURTAIN- FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 448,625, dated March 24, 1891. Application filed July 3l, 1890. Serial No. 360,497. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, FRED. H. BASSETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Saranac Lake, `in the county of Franklin and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Curtain-Fixture, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in curtain-fixtures.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of the curtain-fixture set forth in Letters Patent- No. 411,7 65, granted me September 24, 1889, and to provide a simple and inexpensive curtain-fixture that can be readily stamped or quickly bent into proper shape, and thereby avoid the necessity of employing castings and tubular metal, which are expensive.

The invention consists ofthe construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated iu the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a` window provided with a curtain-fixture constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 8 is a transverse sectional view. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the operatingrods. Fig. 5 is a similar view of the springcatch. Fig. 6 is a similar View of a modification. Fig. 7 is a detail view of one of the link-plates.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a window having secured to the sides of its frame guide-rods 2, provided at their upper ends with eyes 3, through which pass screws that secure the upper ends of the rods to the sides of the window-frames, and the lower ends of the rods are secured to knees 4, and have secured to them spring-catches 5, which secure the free ends of the operatingrods 6, that carry the curtain-roller 7 and the curtain S and enable the same Jro be adjusted vertically. The spring catches 5 are constructed of nietal and are provided at their inner ends with perforations 9 to receive the threaded ends of the guide-rods, and the catches are retained on the rods by nuts 10 and are provided at their sides with integral spring-ar1ns 11, which extend beyond the body o1' the catch and have theirends 12 bent upon the latter at any desired point, and the said,

guide-rod is curved at 15 and extends around the outer face of the adjacent end of the roller and is provided a short distance from the eye 14 with a bend `16, from which depends a link-plate, forming a bracket to support the curtain-roller. Thelink-plate17isconstructed of sheet metal and is twisted intermediate of its ends, so that the upper and lower portions are arranged in vertical planes at right anl gles to each other, and the upper portion is provided with an opening 1S to receive the rod 6, and thelower portion is provided with a slot 19, adapted for the reception of a journal 20, extending longitudinally from the end of the curtain-roller 7, and the upper end of the slot 19 is enlarged and forms a mouth 2l, which permits the enlarged end or head 22 of thejournal to be passed through it to bring the neck portion between the head and the end of the curtain-roller into engagement with the slot 19.

The lower end of the curtain 8 is provided with weights 23, which are counterbalanced by weights 24, provided with central openings 25 and sliding vertically on the guide-rods 2 and secured to the lower ends of cords 26, which have their upper ends att-ached to the curtain-roller and arranged in annular grooves 27 and adapted to be wound on the curtainroller in a direction the reverse of that of the curtain, whereby when the curtain is wou'nd upon the roller the cord will be unwound and the weights lowered, and vice versa. By this construction the curtain is perfectly balanced and can be readily adjusted and raised and lowered by lifting either of the sets of weights, which will cause the other set to actuate the curtain-roller. The weights may be of any desirable form and are preferably ornamental, and those at the lower end of the curtain may form handles for raising and lowering the curtain. The spring-catches 5 hold the lower ends ot' the operating-rods in and cause the eyes or loop 14 to bind upon the guide-rod, thereby holding the curtain at any point of adjustment.

In Fig. (i of the drawings is illustrated a modification of spring-catch constructed of wire.

Fro n1 the foregoing d escription the construction, operation, and advantages of the invention will readily be understood, and it will be seen that the castings of the above-nientioned patent are dispensed with and rods are employed in the construction of the guide and operating rods, which parts are readily formed and are exceedingly inexpensive.

Havingdescribed iny invention,what I claim 1s- 1. In a curtain-iixture, the combination of the guide-rod provided at the upper end with an eye, the operating-rod provided at its upper end with an eye or loop to receive the guide-rod and enable the operating-rod to inove vertically thereon, said operating-rod being curved at 15 and provided with a bend 1G, the curtain-roller suspended from the operating-rod and moving therewith, and suitable means for securing the ends of the operating and guide rods, substantially as described.

2. In a cuitain-Xture, the combination of the guide-rod, the operating-rod provided at its upper end with an eye or loop to receive the guide-rod and being curved at 15, the curtain-roller suspended from the operating-rod, and the spring-catch provided at its inner end with a perforation adapted to receive the guide-rod and having the lower end of the latter secured to it and provided with spring-arms adapted to receive and retain the free end of the operating-rod, substantially as described.

In a curtain-fixture, the combination of the guide-rod, the operating-rod provided at its upper end with an eye or loop to receive the guide-rod and being curved at 15 and provided with the bend 16, the link-plate suspended from the bend 15 and having its upper portion arranged at right angles to its lower portion and provided with an opening, the lower portion being provided with a slot 19, the curtain-roller provided with a journal arranged to engage the slot, and suitable means for securing the lower ends of the op erating and guide rods, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto alitixed iny signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRED. H. BASSETT. I'Vtnesses:

F. M. BULL, FRANK E. KENDALL.