US738691A - Curtain-pole. - Google Patents

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PATENTED SEPT. 8, 1903. E'. M. MICHAEL & T. V. SCOTT.

CURTAIN POLE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. s. 1903. i

F0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented September e, 190e.

PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK M. MICHAEL AND THoMAS v. scoTT, E ALLEGIIE'NY,

' PENNSYLVANIA.

SPECIFICAWLION forming part of Letters Patent No. 738,691, dated September 8, 1903.

Application filed IJanuary 8, 1903. Serial No. 138,285. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern/: e Be it known that we, FRANK M. MIcHAE and THOMAS V. SCOTT, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Allegheny, in

the county of Allegheny and State of `Penn sylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Poles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

j This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in curtain-poles; and

. the primary objectof the invention is to provide novel and efficient means for supporting a curtain without the aid of rings and pins,

as in the ordinary construction.

A further object of the invention isto construct a pole wherein the curtain may be easily secured either prior to the placing of the pole in position or after said-pole has been placed in proper'position on `the window.

. Brieiiy described, the invention comprises a pole having a bore extendingfrom end to end thereof, said bore being eccentric ofthe pole C 3 Y one corner thereof will protrude into the slot and located adjacent to the lower Side of the pole and opening along said lower side in a slot through which the curtain to be supported projects. The curtain is wrapped upon the securing rod or member, which is Vsubstantially square in cross-"section, whereby along the lower side of the pole and the opposite side faces of the rod or securing memberwill impinge the curtain against thewalls 35 inafter more fullydescribed, and speciiically pointed out ing-the claim. Y

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming.4 a part of this specification, and wherein like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views, in which Figure l is a detail perspective view of a I part of acurtain-pole, partly in section, showl ing the manner in which, the curtain is held therein. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same with the curtain removed. Fig. 3 is a' transverse vertical sectional View.

whereby to uncover the bore or" the pole to permit the insertion or withdrawal ot the securing rod or member.

In the'presentillustration of our invention we have shown a curtain-pole as cylindrical in form, though of course this is not essential to the operation of the device, as a pole of other exterior contour might be employed. We provide the pole l with an eccentric bore 2, extending from end to end of the pole and 7o located adjacent to the lower side of the pole and opening at its lower-side throughthe'slot 3. In connection withV the eccentrically-bored pole 1 we employa securing rod ormember 4,

which is substantially square in cross-Section and which is made of a length equal to the pole, or at least equalto the width of the curtain which is to be supported. The curtain 5 has its upper end wrapped Varound this securing rod or member, as seen in Fig. 1 of 8o the drawings, the securing rod or member .being positioned so that its one edge or corner will bind the curtain against the side walls of the slot 3, as seen in Fig.1 of the drawings. securing rod or member will also be presented to the curtain 5. Describing this more fully, it is to benoted that the edge or corner 6 of the securing rod or member protrudes into the slot 3, whereby the side walls of the se- 9o Y curing rod or member at opposite sides of the y edge or corner 6 impingeagainst the curtain 5 and bind the same against the side walls of the slot 3, while the edges or corners 7 of the rod ormember are presented to the curtain. 95

In practice the curtain isl 'wrapped around the securing rod or member, and the curtain and rod are then inserted into the bore of the pole. In order that the curtain and rod may be inserted into the pole Without removing Ico the ornamental end knobs 8, with which curtain-poles are usually provided, we provide Fig. i is an end View showing the knob turned around, 6o

The other edges or corners of the these knobs with a pin 9, which is connected to the knob and is engaged in the eccentricall'y-placed opening 10 in the end of the pole. When. these knobs are turned or swung around, as seen in Fig. 4, the bore of the pole will be sufficiently uncovered to permit the insertion of the curtain and rod or member or the withdrawal thereof, and when the knob is turned down to cover the ends of the bore the rod is retained-in position and prevented from longitudinal movement within the pole.

lt is to be noted that any weight placed upon the curtain will serve to bind the same more tightly' upon the rod, which will effec: tually prevent the curtain from being pulled out of the pole.

It will be noted that various changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the general spirit of our invention.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim as new, Vand desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A curtain-pole provided with an eccentric bore extending from end to end and opening along the lower side of the pole in a slot, 'in' combination with a securing-rod substantially square Vin cross-section and placed within the pole in such a position that its one edge or corner will project into the slot to bind the curtain between said rod and the walls of the slot, and rotatable knobs eccentrically mounted in the ends of the pole and adapted to normally close the ends of the bore, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we ax our signatures in the presence of two witneses.

FRANK M. MICHAEL. THOMAS V. SCOTT.

Witnesses: v

A. M. WILSON, E. E. POTTER.

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