US566425A

US566425A - Device for hanging curtains

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Publication number: US566425A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1896-08-25
Anticipated expiration: 1913-08-25

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JFSPENCERV DEVIGE FOR HANGING CURTAINS.

Patented Aug. 25, 1896.

ATT El FLN sysnms Farms co. PHOT LITHQ. WASHINUT u IlNrTEn STATES ATENT OFFICE.

JERVIS SPENCER, OF BALTIMORE COUNTY, MARYLAND.

DEVICE FOR HANGING CURTAINS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 566,425, dated August 25, 1896.

Application filed November 2,1898. Serial No. 489,799. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J ERVIS SPENCER, of Baltimore county and State of Maryland, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Devices for Hanging Curtains, of which the following is a full description.

Figure l is a side View of three curtains as the invention is used upon a carriage. The one to the left is down, the center one halfway up, and the third one entirely up and within its housing. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1, showing the end of rollers and part of curtains; Fig. 3, an end view of the double bracket, also showing how the curtains may overlap each other; Fig. 4, an inside view of the double bracket, showing the housing in position to be inserted into the bracket to be secured to the frame of the carriage; Fig. 5, a view of part of the housing in perspective; Fig. 6, an end View of a roller, showing the projecting end of roller-rod and square for the key, also showing the curtain arranged to overlap and button around the edge of the carriage-post. Fig. 7 is a view of one of the end brackets constructed to allow the curtain to pass around the carriage-post; Fig. 8, a top view of a side of a carriage provided with curtains and showing an end ourtain wrapped around and fastened at the rear side of the post.

My invention applies to any kind of ourtains which are intended one to overlap the other, and is directed to suitable and convenient devices whereby the overlapping may be accomplished and at the same time make a neat and finished appearance.

The illustration in Fig. 1 is supposed to be upon a carriage, of which A is the lower part of the framework; A, the top; B B, posts which connect the lower frame and top together and serve as a support for the top. Upon this framework of the carriage I erect a double bracket constructed as follows Viewing Fig. 3, O 0 show the form in which this bracket is made. It consists of a solid piece of tin, iron, or other suitable material, which may be cast in a single piece and is shaped into two semicircles, the one above the other. The top of the upper semicircle projects inwardly and is provided with a flange 0 whereby the bracket is fastened to a suitable part of the framework of the carriage and is held thereon by screws or nails. The ends of the bracket are usually closed, and centrally of the ends there is provided a journal which acts as a bearing for the rod of the roller, as shown at c3 0 This method of construction enables me to secure the flange c to a suitable part of the carriage and leave a space between the outer woodwork of the carriageframe and the curtain in order that they may pass each other, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. This roller is provided with a ratchet, and pivoted to the bracket is a pawl ciwhich keeps the spring under tension when wound. The curtain D is lowered by hand and fastened at any point by buttons or other fastenings, as shown at d. It is also released by hand and is hoisted by the spring-roller.

The above-described form of double bracket I place at each end of the center curtain in order that a bearing may be had for that ourtain andthe inner ends of the rollers of the adjacent curtains which-overlap the center one. The outer curtains may have at the other ends of their rollers the ordinary bracket, which need not be described. In order to wind the curtain and tighten the spring, if desired, the end of the curtain shaft or spindle projects forward, as shown at c in Fig. 6 and also in Fig. 1. In connection with this apparatus I have arranged a housing F, which completely covers and incases the rollers of the curtains and makes a neat and finished appearance to the outside of a carriage. Fig. 5 illustrates a part of this housing. Viewing Fig. 4, which is an illustration of the inside of the double bracket with the roller taken out, my method of adapting this housing F is clearly shown. The upper semicircular bracket is enlarged at its end, as shown at E, and the lower one, as shown at E. The housing may be made of tin or other suitable material and slipped into this bell-shaped end, so that the outer ends of the double bracket may slide over and conceal the ends of the housing F. The housing is then bolted, tacked, or riveted to the frame, making a neat finish to the outside of the carriage.

Another feature of improvement is illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7. In many vehicles it is desired that at one of the posts D, in front or rear, the curtains should be wrapped around the post and buttoned thereto upon one of the plane surfaces of the post. To accomplish this, I construct the bracket as shown in Fig. '7, in which H shows the part secured to the post so that its opposite side h,which contains the provision for the roller journal, may project backward or forward of the post. The bracket may also be constructed with the enlargement E for the housing. Around the roller is placed the curtain D, which is cut out in the form shown at 01 Fig. 6. Any other form will do. The object as shown is that when the end of the roller-shaft is placed in its bearing the bracket will give room for the extension (1 of the curtain to enable it to wrap around and be fastened behind the post.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a curtain device, a double bracket provided with journals for rollers, one above the other and located on opposite sides of the bracket, in combination with two rollers running from opposite sides of the bracket, each provided with a spindle entering one of the journals, with their journal ends overlapping each other, substantially as described.

2. In a vehicle, a double bracket provided with journals for rollers one above the other and located on opposite sides of the bracket and means for fastening said bracket to the outer side of the frame of the vehicle,in combination with two rollers, running from opposite sides of the bracket, each provided with a spindle entering one of the journals and a curtain attached to each of the rollers, whereby one may overlap the other and both fall on the outside of the vehicle-frame.

3. In a vehicle, a double bracket provided with journals for rollers one above the other and located on opposite sides of the bracket, and cut out on its inner side to provide a space for the curtain between it and the outside of the frame of the vehicle, in combination with two rollers running from opposite sides each entering one of the journals, and having their journal ends overlapping each other, and each provided with a curtain, substantially as described.

4. In a vehicle, a double bracket provided with journals for rollers, one above the other and located on opposite sides of the bracket, in combination with two rollers provided with curtains and running from opposite sides of the bracket, each entering one of the journals of the bracket with their journal ends overlapping each other, and a housing attached to the bracket and arranged to cover the rollers throughout their length.

Signed at Baltimore city, in the State of Maryland, this 24th day of October, A. D. 1893.

JERVIS SPENCER.

\Vitn esses 2 HENRY R. DULANY, II. MACOARTHY.