US706539A - Ringless curtain-pole. - Google Patents

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Patented Aug.'l2, I902. H. H. EDGELY.

RINGLESS CURTAIN POLE. l

(Apjlicution filed Aug. 24, 1901. (No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY HARRISON EDGELY, OF ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA.

RINGLESS CURTAIN-POLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 706,539, dated August 12, 1902.

Application filed August 24, 1901. Berial No- 73,116. (No model.) I

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY HARRISON EDGELY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Altoona,in the county of Blair and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ringless Curtain- Poles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in curtain-poles, and has for its object to provide an arrangement whereby the use of hooks and pins may be dispensed with. In carrying out this object I provide the ordinary wooden curtain-pole with a recess running the entire length thereof and in which is adapted to fit a rod around which is secured one end of the curtain andbo'th beingheld in position by the ornamental knobs or caps.

A further object ofmy improvement is to provide an arrangement whereby myimprovement may be practically utilized in corners when the ornamental knobs or. caps are left off; and with these objects in view myinvention also consists in the peculiar construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts, as will be fully described in the following specification and pointed out in the claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improvement as in use. Fig. 2. is a perspective view of one end ofzthe pole, showing the several parts detached. Fig.3 is a detail section taken through thevends of the pole and showing'the arrangement for locking the ornamental knobin place. Fig. 4 is a detail cross-section taken; about centrally through the pole and showing the manner of holding the curtain thereto. Fig. 5 is asimilar view showing a different way of supporting and draping the curtain; and Fig. 6 is a detail View of one end of the pole and rod, showing the means employed when the two poles are mortised together, as in a corner.

In carrying out my invention I employ an ordinary wooden pole A, having a recess a arranged therein, which is l designed to run the entire length of the said pole and in which is adapted to fit a rod B, having one end of the curtain wrappedor looped thereon, and inorder to firmly and positively hold the rod in place I arrange a sleeve 0 upon each of the ornamental knobs or caps D, that is designed to fit over the reduced ends A of the pole and close the ends of the recess and clamp the rod therein, and by forming the ends of the pole with the reduced portion the sleeves when in position will be flush with the peripheral surface of the pole, and thus providing an even surface, which allows the pole to lie flat within its brackets or keepers. As this knob is apt to be jolted off the pole by reason of the curtain being shaken or moved, I arrange bayonet-slots c in the outer end of the sleeve, which are designed to fit over pins E, carried by the pole, and thereby firmly and securely locking the knobs in place. In practice I prefer to arrange the knob and sleeve of separate pieces; but I desire it understood thatrthe same may be cast or made integral, if desired.

In fitting curtain-poles in corners, such as bay-windows, it is well known that the knobs are often left ofi, soas to form a close union of the poles, and in order to make my im provement applicable to this arrangement I provide plates F, having perforations arranged therein, one of which being for the reception of a screw or nail f for securely holding it to the pole, while the other is adapted for the reception of a spring b, that is driven in or formed upon the end of the rod.

It will thus be seen that I provide a simple,

cheap, and efficient arrangement for holding the curtain to the pole without the 'use of hooks or pin, which often tear ordestroy the curtain.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what Iclaim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A curtain-holder comprising a solid pole having its ends reduced anda groove circular in cross-section produced-therein throughoutits length, pinsarranged on the reduced ends of the pole, knobshavingsleeve portions formed integral therewith, the said sleeves having bayonet-slotsfprmed therein that are adapted to receive the pins forholding the said knobs in position, and a pole adapted to restwithin the groove and held ICO in position by'thesleeves of the knobs, substantially as shown anddescribed.

HENRY HARRISON 'EDGELY.

Witnesses:

G. O. HoENs'rINE, S. S. B. RAMEY.

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