US787252A - Shade-hanger. - Google Patents

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SHADE HANGER APPLICATION FILED NOV.l, 1904.

UNTTED STATES Patented April 11, 1905.

PATENT @EEtcE SHADE-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 787,252, dated April 11, 1905.

Application tiled November 1, 1904. erial No. 230,963.

Be it known that l. WILLIAMA. \Vorrrutxsox, a citizen of the United States, residing at )allas, in the county of Dallas and State of exas, have invented new and useful Improvenents in Shade-Hangers, of which the followng a specification.

y invention relates to adjustable shadeiangers: and its primary object is to provide novel device of this character by menus of vhich a shade may be elevated or lowered to ny desired position and retained in its adjustal position and one which is simple in contruction. cheap to manufacture, durable, and :l'ticieut.

A further object of the invention is to pro- 'ide an adjustable shade-hanger which may )e easily secured in applied position and which so constructed and has its parts so arranged is not to be liable to become broken or inop- ,rative.

\Vith the above and other objects in view the nvention consists in the construction, combiunion. and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described. claimed, and illustrated in ;he accompanying drawings, which disclose zhe preferred form of my invention, and in which 7 Figure l is a plan view of the upper portion )f a wimlowt'rame, illustrating the application of my improved shade-hanger. Fig. 2 is 1 vertical transverse sectional view thereof. Fig. I) is a detail plan view of the bracket which is adapted to receive the pint-1e of the shade-roller. Fig. is a similar view of a bracket adapted to receive the squared end of the shaft of the sluule-roller. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the rope-clamp adapted to receive the free ends of the adjustingcords. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of one of the brackets.

Referriug to the drawings by reference-numerals,1 designates a \vindo\v'frame,2 ashadc, and a SilmlQ'l'OiiCi', all being of the usual form and construction.

4e 4 designate guide-rods, circular in crosssection and having their extremities twisted to provide eyes 5, through which fastening means are adapted to extend to secure the guide-ropes in applied position. The rods ends bout, as at 6, to space them from the window-frame to permit of brackets being slidably mounted upon said rods. The fastening means, adapted to extend through the eyes in the upper ends of the guide-ropes, are provided with enlarged eyes 7 for a purpose to be hereinafter explained. The brackets are each constructed from a single strand of wire. and the strand from which the bracket disclosed in Fig. 3 is made has its lower end bent baekwardly and upwardly in parallel relation to the body portion and thence toward said body portion to provide a closed bearing 8 and a body portion 9, the extremity of said bent portion being disposed rearwardly and horizontally and having its ends curled about one of the guiderods. The upper end of said body portion is bent backwardly and downwardly in parallel and close relation to the body portion, and the extremity of said bent portion is also disposed rearwardly and horizontally and twisted about the guiderod. The bending of the upper end of the body portion 9 provides a space 10, wherein portions of the adjusting-cords are frctionallyheld between the parallel portions of the body 9. The strand of wire from which the bracket disclosed in Fig. 4: is constructed is similarly bent, except that the lower end of the body portion 9 is bent to provide a rectangular opening 11). The pintle ll of the shade-roller 3 is journaled in the bearing 9, and the squared end I! of the shaft of the shaderoller is mounted in the opening 11), whereby said shade-roller is mounted in applied position. It will be perceived that as the brackets are so constructed as to close the bearing 9 and opening 10 all liability of the shade rollcr becoming accidentally disengaged is obviated, and it is also apparent that the twisting of the extremities of the brackets about the guide-rods hingedly secures and mounts the brackets upon the guide-rods for vertical movement. \Yhen it is desired to insort the slunle-roller in applied position, the pintle 11 is first swung around so as to cause the squared portion 12 of the shaft to engage in the opening 10.

An adjusting-cord 1% has one of its ends passed through one of the eyes 7, then through also have their ICO the spaces 10, and thence through the other eye of the free ends of said cord, depending to position its lower ends in easy reach. Said cord by reason of its frictional engagement with the brackets will prevent said brackets from turning upon the guide-rods. It is apparent that the brackets may be adjusted vertically upon the guide-rods to support the shade at any desired point, and after the shade has been'moved to its proper position the free ends of the adjusting-cords are secured in a rope-clamp 15 to retain the shade in its ad justed position. The cord clamp, like the brackets, is also constructed from a single strand of wire, which is bent upon itself to provide an eye 16 and then at right angles and downwardly in opposite direction to provide attaching members 18. The free ends of the adjusting-cords are adapted to be inserted into the eye 16 and held therein by frictional engagement, whereby the shade may be supported in its adjusted position.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is- In an adjustable shade-roller support, a window-frame, -guide-rods secured to said windowframe, brackets slidably mounted upon -said rods and constructed from single strands 01 wire having their lower ends bent backwardly and upwardly in parallel relation to the main or body portions thereof, and thence inwardly toward the body portions, the extremities oi said bent portions being disposed rearwardly in a horizontal plane and coiled to receive the guide-rods, the upper ends of said body portions being bent rearwardly and downwardly, and thence rearwardly in a horizontal plane and twisted to receive the guiderods,the bending of the lower portioris of said wires providing a closed bearing and rectangular opening, a shade-roller having its pintle journaled in said bearing and the squared end of its shaft mounted in said opening, and an adjusting-cord secured between the upper bent portions of the brackets and frictionally held therein.

In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM A. VVORTHINGTON.

Vitnesses: H. (J. HOSKINS, R. L. BALEY.

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