US579995A - Curtain-fixture - Google Patents

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T MEDFORD.

v CURTAIN PIX'IURB. No.' 579,995. Patented Apr, 6,1897.

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THOMAS MEDFORD, OF HUNTINGTON, VEST VIRGINIA.

CURTAIN-FIXTU RE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 579,995, dated April 6, 1897.

Application filed December 8, 1896. Serial No. 614,895. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Beit known that LTHoMAs MEDFoRD,a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Huntington, in the county of Cabell and State of Vest Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Fixtures; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to an improvement in curtain-fixtures; and it consists in an elastic plate for supporting one end of the curtainroller and which is provided with a sharppointed projection which is to be forced or driven into the window-frame to prevent the plate from turning upon the nail or screw by which it is fastened in position, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

The objects of my invention are to form the lixtures for a curtain from a pair of springplates which are suitably perforated to receive the bearings of the curtain-roller and to provide the plates with means for holding them rigidly in position upon the windowframe.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective of a curtain-xture which embodies one form of my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective of one of the plates shown in Fig. l. Fig. 3 shows another manner of attaching the plates to the windowframe. Fig. 4: is a perspective of aplate provided with means for preventing it from turning upon the screw by which it is secured in position.

A represents the window-frame, B an ordinary curtain-roller, and O elastic or spring plates in which the roller B is suspended. These plates O are made in pairs, one being provided with a simple round perforation to receive one end of the bearing, and the other, O, with a square or oblong opening to prevent the ratchet bearing from revolving. These elastic plates are secured by solder or in any other manner that may be preferred to the nails or fasteningsl), by which they are secured in position upon the window-frame, and the nails are secured to the plates, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, according to the part of the frame to which the plates are to be applied. If the plates are to be applied to the outer side of the frame, as shown in Fig. l, the upper edge of the plate is partially wrapped or bent around the outer end of the nail, as shown in Fig. 2, and the two parts are then rigidly secured together by solder, so as to prevent the plate from turning upon the nail after it is driven into the frame A. In order to prevent the nail itself from turning in the frame, the end will be attened to any desired degree.

If the plates are to be applied to the inner edges of the frame A, the nails will be passed through the plates at B or near their inner ends and at right angles thereto, and the head of the nail will be soldered to the plate, so that it cannot turn upon the nail after they have been secured in position.

Should it be desired to secure the plates in position by means of ordinary screws, as shown in Fig. 4, the upper ends of the plates are made tubular, so as to extend more or less around the outer end of the screw, and upon this tubular portion is formed asharp-pointed extension G, which is to be driven or forced into the frame A for the purpose of preventing the plate from turning upon the screw after it is once fastened into place. This part G may either be driven into the wood or it may be forced in by means of the screw itself. The manner, however, of securing the plates rigidly in position is a matter of choice, for different means may be employed for this purpose, the main part of myinvention being to use elastic plates as supports for the curtain-roller. frame, and then they are forced slightly outward to allow the curtain-roller to be inserted between them, and then they snap over the bearings upon the ends of the roller. As the plates can be bent either inwardly or outwardly, there is no necessity for the precision necessary in securing the ordinary rigid fixtures in position.

The plates are secured to theY The ordinary curtain-fixtures are small castings which are fastened in position with two or more small nails and are very troublesome to put up on account of having two bearing points or surfaces. They deface the woodwork of the window, and when there are rosettes or uneven surfaces it takes a mechanic to adjust the fastenings and get the curtains IOO to Work Well. My fixtures being in one piece, any one can put thein up or take them down, for all that is to be done is to drive the nail about Where it is Wanted and then adjust the spring plates or holders and put the roller in position.

Some Window-frames have deep jambs and need a diierent shaped fixture. The constructions shown in Figs. 2 and 3 answer every possible necessity7 for Where the nail is not t0 be driven in the outer surface of the frame itis to be driven into the edge. The nails and plates being practically one, it is only necessary to drive a single nail to fasten one of the ixtures in position.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- A curtain-fixture composed of a fiat elastic perforated plate having its upper end made tubular and provided with an extension Gto enter the Woodwork, combined with a fastening device which is passed through the tubular portion, substantially as shown.

In testimony thatI claim the above I- have hereunto subscribed my naine in the presence ofptivo Witnesses.

THOMAS MEDFORD.- lVitnesses E. M. EDWARDs, B. T. DAVIS.

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