US664618A

US664618A - Curtain-fixture.

Info

Publication number: US664618A
Application number: US2243000A
Authority: US
Inventors: John B Bernier
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1900-07-03
Filing date: 1900-07-03
Publication date: 1900-12-25
Anticipated expiration: 1917-12-25

Description

No. 664,618. Patented nec. 25, moo.

J. BERNIER.

CURTAIN FIXTURE.

(Application led July 3, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES JOHN B. BERNIER, 0E sP' CURTAIN- ENoER, MASSACHUSETTS.

FIXTU RE.

SPECIFICATION forui'lg part of Letters Patent No'. 664,618, dated December 25; iQO;

Application tiled July 3, 1900.

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN B. BERNIER, a citizen otl the United States, and a resident of Spencer, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Curtain-Fixture, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

The 'purpose of the invention is to provide a fixture adapted for hanging shades and lace curtains, together or separately, and to so construct the device that it may be expeditiously,conveniently, and detachably secured to the upper member of a window-frame of any transverse dimensions without using screws, nails, or fastening devices of like kind 0r which would tend to lacerate a surface.

The inventionconsists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters ot' referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improved curtain-fixture applied to the upper member of a window-frame; and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the greater portion of the body of the xture and through the locking devices therefor, the member of the windowframe to which the lixture is applied being in transverse section. Fig. 3 is a plan view of a bracket for the shade-roller Aand a sec'- t-ional view through the sleeve employed for holding the shade 4 roller in place in the bracket, and Fig. 4 is a transverse section taken through the lower portion of one of the fixtures.

The body A of the improved fixture is in the form of a bar of suitable dimensions, and this bar is adapted to have bearing against the front face of the upper member B of a window-frame near one end of the member. A jaw 10 is secured to or is made integral with the upper rear portion of the body-bar A, and this jaw is adapted to engage with the upper surface of the member B of the windowframe, as shown in Fig. 2, and the said jaw is usually provided with spurs 11, which enter the member B of the frame, as is also shown in Fig. 2. A thread 12 is formed eX- Serial No. 22i430. (No model.)

A, and a lower jaw 13 is mounted to slide loosely on this threaded portion 12 of said body-bar, and the upper face of the movable jaw 13 is provided with spurs 14 or similar projections adapted to enter the bottom portion of the member B of the window-frame, with which portion of said member the upper face of the slidingjaw 13 is adapted to engage. The jaw 13 is adjusted through the medium of anut 15, which has bearing aga-inst the bottom portion of the sliding jaw, as is also shown in Fig. 2,and this nut is usually provided With a series of horizontal apertures 16 near its bottom, adapted to receive a nail, an aw l, or similar device to facilitate turning said nut. A strap 17 or a socket is formed upon the front face of the body-bar A near its upper end, which socket receives the vertical member of an angular shank 18, forming a portion of a hook-like hanger 19, adapted as a support for one end of a curtain pole `or rod. This hanger 19 when not required may be readily disconnected from the body of the Xture.

At a point between the ends. of "the bodybar A a transverse preferably dovetail groove 20 is made in the back of the bar, as shown iu Fig. 2. This groove receives the outer end of a horizontal shank 22, at the inner end of which a liange 23 is formed, extending forward fromV the shank and at right angles thereto. given the same cross-sectional shape as that of the dovetail groove 20, and the shank is held in position relative to the bodybar A by a screw 21a, passed through the bod y-bar and through that portion of the shank which enters the bar. The liange 23 of the shank 22 constitutes a hanger for one end of a curtainroller and is therefore provided with a vertical slot 24E in its upper edge, into which the trunnion of the shade-roller is entered. It will be understood that two tixtures of the saine construction are used together and that the flange 23 of the opposing shank is like- Wise provided with a slot; but the slots in the two supporting-anges 23 are so made that a trunnion of a shade-roller will turn freely in one supporting-flange, but will be held from turning in the other supporting teriorly of the bottom portion of the body-bai" The outer end of the shank 22 is IOO Y the flanges 23. The sleeves may be readily removed from the shade-roller when it is taken down: v A y u l 1 From the foregoing description it is evident that the improved curtain-iizzture is very sijl'nple and durable and canbe economically manufactured. It can be adjusted to a inember of a window-frame of any Width, and the said fixtures also serve to accommodate a "cui"- tain-pole as well as' ashade-lroller, either of which or both of which may be used.

The shank 22may` be rendered-adj us'tabie by producing therein a series of apertures,

Athrough any one of which a screw 215' may Having thus described my invention, claim as uew and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 2. Mountain-fixtures, a body-bar provided with iel jaw, Second jaw mounted to slide on the lpodI Ato and from the fixed jaw,- the lower end of the body-bar being threaded, a nut on the threaded portion of the bodybar, adapted to lock and yto adjust the inevnble a shade-folie? p'porjt or hanger 17emoybiy connected with the uqLy-bar, the said hanger orsupprt vhaving flange en yits meer .jf-ace'. and asleep@ adapted to item over the flange and likewise across the slot 'in th'ha'bfer Which receives the tru'uion of a 'shade-redder, as set forth. V Y

In testimony 'ivh'eeof I hafve vsiigle'l my name to this 'spcilicmion 'rn the presence of tivo 'subscribing Witnesses. y' n .roti-N B. BERNIER. Witnesses;

J'N L'I'L W. CItls.