US807108A - Window-fixture. - Google Patents

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No. 807,108. PATENTED DEC. 12, 1905. W. S. COOPER.

WINDOW FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.19,1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WINFIELD S. COOPER, OF BRADDOCK, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN F. PIFER, OF BRADDOCK, PENNSYLVANIA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

, Patented Dec. 12, 1905.

Application filed August 19, 1905- Serial No. 7 ,929-

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WINFIELD S. COOPER, I a citizen of the United States of America, re-- siding at Braddock, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window-Fixtures, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in window-fixtures; and the invention has for its object to provide a novel form of fixture capable of adjustably supporting a curtain-pole, also for supporting a curtain-shade roller.

My invention aims to provide positive, reliable, and available means for supporting a curtain-pole upon a window-frame, and in this connection I have constructed my improved fixture whereby it can be. adjusted to different sizes of window-frames. To this end I have devised two brackets which are stamped or sheared from metal and bent to conform to the desired shapes. These brackets are adjustably connected together, and in the formation of the brackets I have also provided auxiliary brackets for supporting the ends of the curtain-shade roller.

The above construction will be hereinafter more fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings accompanying this applicati0n,-like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which' Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved fixture. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same. piece of metal, illustrating in dotted lines the brackets which are stamped or sheared from the blank and bent to the desired shape. ';To put my invention into practice, I employ two strips of metal 1 1 of a length corresponding to the width of a conventional form of window-frame. The ends of these strips of metal are provided with depend ing portions 2 2, while the top edges of the strips are provided with upwardly-extending pierced lugs 3 3, by which the fixture is secured to a window-frame. Between the lugs 3 3 I have mounted a channel-shaped bar 4, which embraces the ends of the strips 1 1. The ends of the strips are provided with setscrews 5 5 of an ordinary form, these set- Fig. 3 is a plan of a blank screws being adjusted to screw the strips 1 1 in the channel-bar 4 at any position at which they may be placed.

Riveted to the outer ends of the strips 1 1 are brackets 6 6, and as these brackets are identical in construction I deem it necessary to describe only one of the said brackets. In Fig. 3 of the drawings I have'illustrated a blank piece of metal 7, which is sheared or cut away, as indicated in dotted lines on this figure, to form the bracket 6, the sheared or cut materialbeingbent outwardly at right angles to the'piece of metal 7, as clearly illustratedin Fig. 1 of the drawings. The bracket form consists of a horizontal portion 8 having a slot 9 formed therein, an angularly-disposed supporting-piece 10, and an auxiliary slot-bracket 11. The end of the bracket is bent, as at 12, and pierced, as at 14, to receive a rod 15, the rear end of which is provided with a swiveled eyelet 16, adapted to protrude through the slot 9 of the horizontal portion of the bracket 6. This eyelet is rotated to lock the rod 15 to any position to which it may be adjusted, the outer end of the rod 15 forming-a hook, as at 17, and may be provided with a suitable ornamentation 18, such as a rosette. The bracket carried by the opposite end of the fixture is identical With the bracket just described, with the exception that the auxiliary bracket 11 is pierced, as at 19, instead of being slotted, these auxiliary brackets being constructed to support a conventional form of curtainshade roller, while the outer ends of the rods 15 15 are adapted to support the ordinary type of curtain-pole generally used.

It will be. observed by the construction of my improved fixture that the curtain-pole supports, as well as the curtain-shade supports, can be easily and quickly adjusted to accommodate different lengths of poles and rollers, and while I have herein described the fixture as being preferably made of metal it is obvious that other materials can be conveniently used.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the construction, operation, and merits of my improved window-fixture will be apparent without further description, it being obvious that various changes may be made in the minor details of construction without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having fully described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A window-fixture of the character described comprising strips of metal, a channelbar connecting said strips, a piece of metal carried by the outer end of each of said strips, slotted brackets carried by said pieces of metal, said brackets having inwardly-bent pierced ends, hookshaped rods passing through said pierced ends and slidably connected to said brackets, means to lock said rods in engagement with said brackets, means a to lock said strips of metal in said channelbar, and means to support a curtain-shade roller between said brackets; substantially as described.

2. A window-fixture of the character described, comprising strips of metal, a channelin the presence of two witnesses.

WINFIELD S. COOPER.

Witnesses:

JOHN F. PIFER, K. H. BUTLER.

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