US838627A - Curtain-fixture. - Google Patents

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RICHARD R. LAWSON AND JOHN R. SILVERNAIL, OF OLEAN, NEW YORK.

CURTAIN-FIXTURE..

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 18, 1906.

Application filed June l2, 1905. Serial No. 264,849.

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Be it known that we, RICHARD R. LAWSON and JOHN R. SILVERNAIL, of Olean, in the county of Oattaraugus, in the State of New York, have jointly invented new and useful Improvements in Ourtain-Fixtures, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in shade and curtain fixtures in which certain parts are permanently secured to the window-casing, usually at the corners, while other parts are adjustable toward and from each other upon the permanently-fixed parts, the object being to permit the use of poles or rollers of different lengths, thereby avoiding the necessity of cutting the poles or trimming the curtains and also avoiding excessive mutilation of the casing or corner-blocks as well as other parts of the adjacent walls.

A further object is to enable these fixtures to be used for supporting poles for lace or other curtains as well as the roller upon which the shade is mounted.

A still further object is to enable both the pole and shade-roller brackets at each end or side of the casing to be cut or stamped from a single piece of sheet metal@ Other objects and uses relating to the speciiic details of our improved fixtures will be brought out in the following description.

It is well known that aside from the inconvenience and labor incidental to refitting shade-rollers to conform to different widths of windows the window-casings are frequently mutilated by nail-holes to such an extent as to disfigure the casings and adjacent parts of the wall, and we have vtherefore sought to provide a simple and efficient 'fixture which will obviate these difficulties.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the upper portion of a window-casing, partly broken away, showing our improved curtain and pole 'fixtures in operative position. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan of the sheet metal blank for forming one of the adjustable parts of the fixture.

A represents the upper portion of a window casing or frame, and to the upper corners of this casing are secured substantially flat metal plates 1, which in this instance are square and of about the size of the cornerblocks, to which they may be applied or secured by fastening means, as screws 2. We

preferably make these plates 1 of sheet metal, having their lower and upper edges bent forwardly and inwardly toward each other for forming parallel flanges 3 and grooves 4. It is evident, however, that these plates may be formed of light malleable iron or other metal and that the dimensions may be somewhat modified without departing from the spirit of our invention. Each of these plates 1 receivesand supports an adjustable curtain and pole supporting plate 5, which is also preferably formed of sheet metal of substantially the same dimensions as the plate 1 and has its lower and upper edges guided in the grooves 4;, between the iianges 3 and main body of the plate 1. These adjustable plates 5 are each provided with apole-bracket 6 and a curtain-roll-supporting bracket 7, both of which are cut and pressed from the central body of the plate 5, as best seen in Figs. 2 and 3. It will be observed upon reference to these figures that the pole-brackets 6 are of considerable length as compared with the curtain-roller brackets 7, and when bent outwardly at right angles to the plane of the blank they project some distance beyond the roller-brackets 7. These latter brackets are cut from the central body of the brackets 6 and are folded outwardy on line 9, Fig. 3, some distance in from the folding or bending line, as 8, of the bracket 6 and are also dis posed at substantially rightl angles to the main body of the plate 5, but some distance inward from the bracket 6, thereby bringing the roller close to the window-casing and at the same time leaving ample space at the end between the brackets 6 and 7 for the proper entrance and operation of the bearing-pins at the ends of the roller, it being understood that these brackets 7 are provided with suitable apertures, as -10 and 11, for receiving said roller-bearings.

It is to be observed that while the polee brackets 6 and the curtain-roller brackets 7 are cut out of the plates 1 they are not wholly separated from the plates, but are integrally united therewith at the bases of the respective brackets, being merely folded outwardly, and thus retaining a' firm connection with the plates 1. It is now clear that the plates 5 are adjustable toward and from each other and that4 the brackets 6 and 7 are similarly adjusted and are held in their adjusted position by suitable means, as set-screws 11, Figs. l and 2. In manufacturing these fixtures of sheet metal the adjustable parts are IOO IIO

particularly light and strong and allow all of the stock of the plate 5 to be utilized without waste, as will be evident upon examination of the blank seen in Fig. 3; but we do not wish to limit ourselves to the formation of these plates 5 and brackets 6 and 7 from sheet metal nor to the number of brackets which may be formed from a single piece of sheet metal, the essential feature of the invention being to provide metal plates permanently secured to the casing. and prov ed with suitable guides or ways for the reception of adjustable metal plates, each having one or more ears or brackets for the reception of a curtain pole or roller.

It will be observed upon reference to Fig. 3 that the central portion of the plate 5 is cut to form two tongues constituting, respectively, the brackets 6 and 7, the tongue 7 being cut from the central portion of the bracket 6, and both of these tongues are therefore integral with and united at the same end to the plate 5 5 but we do not wish to limit ourselves to the use of two brackets stamped 'from the same plate, as in some instances we niay prefer to use only one bracket. The brackets 6 and 7 project different distances from the base-plate l, the bracket 6 being formed with a semicircular recess l2 for receiving and supporting` a pole, as B, and has its central portion cut away at i3, from which cut-away portion the tongue or bracket 7 is formed, and these brackets 7 are adapted to receive and support a curtain roll or shade 14.

Vhen the parts of each fixture are inade of sheet metal, the opposite parallel edges of the plate i are folded or turned toward each other, forming the parallel grooves 4, and the brackets or tongues 6 or 7 are cut from the central portion of the main body and are then folded or turned at substantially right angles to said main body on the dotted lines 8 and 9, Fig. 3, to the position seen in Fig. 2, so that the tongues or brackets 7 lie in a hori- Zontal plane between the upper and lower edges of the brackets 6 and in alinement with the openings 13. Then these plates 5 are thus formed, they may be inserted in the guides 4 from either end of the plates 1 and are held in their adjusted positions by the set-screws 11.

What we claim is- A 1. In combination with a window-casing, and substantially square metal corner-plates secured to the upper corners of the casing, each plate having its upper and lower edges turned toward each other forming lengthwise grooves, additional metal plates mounted in said grooves and adjustable toward and from each other, each adjustable plate being provided with a curtain-bracket and a polebracket both cut from the body of the plate within the marginal edges thereof, and means for holding the adjustable plate in its adjusted position.

2. ln combinationwith a window-casing and metal corner-plates secured to the upper corners of the casing, and each provided with lower and upper parallel grooves, additional metal plates mounted in said grooves and slidable toward and from each other, each adjustable plate having a pair of brackets projecting at ditlerent distances from the casing both brackets of each adjustable plate being cut from the body of the plate within the margins thereof.

ln combination with a window-casing and metal corner-plates permanently secured thereto, sheet-metal plates adustably mounted upon the fixed plates, and movable toward and 'from each other, each adjustable plate .having its central portion forming an integral curtain-bracket and an integral polebracket botn cut from the body of the plate within the margin thereof.

4t. in a curtain-fixture@ sheetemetal plate having two tongues cut from its central por-v tion and integral therewith at one end, one tongue being within the other and both tongues being offset and disposed at substantially right angles to the plate.

5. ln a curtain-'lixturd a metal plate having its central portion forming two tongues or brackets integral tlierewith at one end and disposed at substantially right angles to the plate, but in different vertical planes.

6. ln combination with a window-casing, sheet-metal corner-plates permanently secured to the upper corners of the casing and having their upper and lower edges turned toward each other forming parallel grooves or ways, additional sheet-metal plates adjustable toward. and from each other and guided in. said grooves, each of the adjustable plates having its central portion cut and folded at substantially right angles thereto forming a curtaiinbracket, and means for holding said plate in its adjusted position.

ln witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands this 8th day of June, i905. I

RICHARD R. Li'U/VSON. JHN R. SlLVERNi/UL. Nitnessesz H. D. RAUB, S. E. PiissMonF..

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