US851561A - Curtain-fixture. - Google Patents

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PATENTED Arnzs, 1907.

L. B. 6: L. E. REYNOLDS.

CURTAIN FIXTURE. APPLICATION FILED MABHI, 1906.

[NVENTOR 5 Allomey UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIQE.

LEANDER B. REYNOLDS AND LEANDER E. REYNOLDS, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 23, 1907.

Application filed March 7, 1906. Serial No. 304,727.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LEANDER B. REY- NOLDS and LEANDER E. REYNOLDS, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in window shade or curtain fixtures, the object in view being to provide a supporting attachment whereby the curtain or shade may be adjusted to any desired position on the window frame and conveniently fastened in adjusted position.

Another object is to provide improved brackets for supporting the ends of the shade roll, and simple and effective means for holding the brackets in position.

Still another object is to provide a construction of bracket which admits of the convenient attachment of the suspending cord therefrom, and to provide a novel clamp forholding the operating end of the adjusting cord to retain the shade in any position to which it may be adjusted. l

With the above and other objects in view, j

l l f r l the invention consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which 1- Figure 1 is a view in elevation showing the application of the invention to a window frame. Figs. 2 and 3 are perspective views of the roller brackets. Fig. l is a sectional view of the bracket shown in Fig. 2. Figs. 5 and 6 are perspective views showing a modified form of roller brackets. Fig. 7 is a section on line 7-7 of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a detail View of one of the buttons or retaining devices. Fig. 9 is a similar view of the cord clamp. Fig. 10 is a longitudinal section of l the same.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the window frame, 2 the shade or curtain roll, and 3 the shade or curtain. The roll 2 is of the ordinary spring actuated type and is sup ported by bearing brackets 4 and 5 to which are attached at one end suspending cords 6 and 7. The cords 6 and 7 extend upwardly either in fiont or along the inner sides of the jarnbs of the window frame and through or l clamp will be hereinafter described.

over guide staples or pulleys S and 9 arranged at the top of the frame, the cord 6 extending across the lintel of the frame or across the top of the window opening therein below the lintel and passing with the cord 7 through the guide 9, as shown. Beyond the guide 9 the two cords 6 and 7 extend in parallel relation and project downward through a guide 10 arranged upon the window frame in proximity to the guide 9, and the cord 6 is extended continuously to form an operating portion 11 to which the cord 7 is attached, as indicated at 7, said operating portion 11 being provided at its lower end with a tasseled or otherwise ornamented knob or finger piece 12. It will thus be seen that through the mode of mounting the shade shown and described, the roller and shade may be readily and conveniently raised and lowered to any desired height on the window frame, while permitting the shade or curtain to be wound and unwound in the usual manner.

In order to hold the shade in adjusted position a clamp 13 is provided to grip the operating cord 11. The construction of this It will,

of course, be understood that the guide may be varied iii arrangement as desired to locate the cords upon the face or inner sides of the window frame.

The brackets 4- and 5 are of such construction as to provide for the firm connection of the suspending cords therewith and to adapt them to be conveniently formed from. a single piece of sheet metal struck up or stamped out by the action of a die. As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the said brackets 4 and 5 are similar in construction, except that the bracket 4 is formed in its inner wall with the usual slot 14. while the bracket 5 is formed in its inner wall with a round opening 15, said slot and opening being adapted to respectively receive the angular end of the spring actuated rod or shaft of the roll and the cylindrical journal upon the opposite end of the roll. Each bracket consists of a hollow rectangular body composed of outer and inner side walls 16 and 17, front and rear walls 18 and 19 and a head socket 20. The socket 20 primarily forms the neck portion of the blank from which the bracket is constructed, upon which the parts 16 and 17 are folded to bring them into parallel relation. The walls 18 and 19 are preferably formed integral with the outer wall 16 and are bent at right angles thereto. while the wall 17 abuts against the free edges of said walls 18 and 19, thus forming a hollow rectangular oblong bracket. The socket 10 formed by the crown portion of the bracket is preferably of conical shape and joined to the walls 16 and 17 by intervening narrow necks or union pieces 21. An opening 22-is formed in the apex of the socket for the reception of the conncting end of the cord 6 or 7, as the case may be, the end of the cord being knotted, as indicated at 23, to retain it in said socket. Slots or openings 24 are formed between the socket and walls 18 and 19 between and at right angles to the necks 21 and provide passages through which the cord may be primarily threaded through the socket, the knot 23 being formed upon the exterior of the bracket and drawn through one of the openings 24 into the socket by pulling upon the end of the cord.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I have shown a modified construction of the brackets, wherein the body of each bracket is composed of companion walls 25 and 26 supported by the necks 21 from the,conical socket 20. These walls are bent into U-form, and one is slidably engaged with the other so that they may have a relative sliding engagement to the extent limited by the yielding action of the necks 21. A ring or band 27 slidably engages each bracket and retains the walls thereof in adjusted position, and the meeting edges of the walls are notched or cut away at their upper ends to form slots or openings 24 to permit the cord 6 or 7 to be threaded through the socket or removed therefrom for untying the knot to enable the brackets to be detached from said cord. Une of the walls of the bracket 4 is provided with a roundopening 14 and the other with a slot 15 for the purpose described. This construction also permits of the convenient manufacture of the bracket from a single blank of sheet metal, as will be readily understood, and obviates the necessity of soldering or otherwise permanently fastening the walls of the bracket together.

In order to hold the brackets 4 and 5 in engagement with the journal upon one end of the roll and the angular end of the shaft at the other end of the roll, retaining devices 28 are provided, each of said retaining devices comprising a stop button or knob of rubber or other suitable material provided with a socket 29 to receive and engage the journal or shaft 10. The application of these retaining devices is shown in Fig. 1, and it will be seen that they serve to hold the brackets from dis connection when the roll and shade are adjusted.

If desired, the retaining devices may be omitted when the form of bracket 5 shown in Fi 5 is used, as the walls of said bracket may be adjusted by the band 27, so that the inner edges of the wall 26 will grip the angular end of the shaft and-hold the bracket thereon from movement.

The cord clamp 13 comprises a body portion 30 having attaching ears 31, perforated for the passage of fastenings. A fastening may be also passed through an opening in the center of the body to firmly attach the clamp to the window frame. The body is also formed with an upper guide socket 32 and supporting ears 33 to which is pivoted a clamping jaw 34 having an angularly bent serrated upper end 35 to grip the cord 11. The lower end of the jaw 34 forms a handle by which it may be conveniently manipulated, and its extent of opening movement is limited by a stop projection 35 projecting from the body between the ears 31, said stop projection being apertured to form a guide for the passage of the cord. It will thus be seen that upon releasing the cord 34 the roller and shade may be conveniently adjusted up or down, and that upon releasing said jaw the cord 11 will be automatically clamped to hold the shade and roller in adjusted position.

It will, of course, be understood that the portion 1 1 of the cord 6 may consist of an independent-piece of cord, chain or the like and be attached to the free ends of the cords 6 and 7, but the cord 6 is preferably extended in the manner described below the free end of the cord 7 to form the operating portion 11 to which the said free end of the cord 7 is attached, in order that a construction may be secured in which all tendency ofthe suspending means to yield may be equalized, whereby the brackets 4 and 5 will be maintained at all times in proper relation to support the shade roller 2 in a horizontal position in all of its adjustments.

It will be observed that the brackets 4 and 5 are simply suspended by the cords 6 and 7 and are entirely free from traveling or guiding connection with the window frame, thus obviating the necessity of providing more or less expensive auxiliary guiding attachments. This advantage is secured by making the brackets 4 and 5 of such an effective length that they will counteract or counterbalance the action of the spring of the shade roller 2. This action is counteracted in the usual shade fixtures by the fixed connection of the brackets with the window frame, but it will be understood that where the brackets are free, as in our construction, the tendency of the spring when the shaft is released from looking connection with the roll by the disengagement of the dog is to cant or tilt the brackets or throw them out of plumb position. When so tilted, it is apparent that the dogs would be thrown out of working position, and the shade would be wound up on the roll by the action of the spring and could not be held unwound therefrom. This 0bspring and thus resist the tendency of the latter to throw them out of operative position.

By this means the necessity of arranging the brackets to travel in fixed guides on the frame is avolded and the construction cheapened and simplified. The hollow form of the tion, the weights being frictionally held or suitably fastened in the brackets, wherein they are concealed from view.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is:-

1. In a window shade support, a bracket comprising a chambered body portion and a crown portion with a cord passage, and a member slidably adjustable on the body portion to adjust the members thereof.

l. In a window shade support, a shade supporting bracket comprising a chambered body portion and a head socket formed from a folded piece of sheet metal, said body portion being composed of channeled members slidable with relation to each other and hav- 7 mg a longitudinal taper, the members being brackets adapts them for the recept1on,1f desired, of weights to increase their resisting aci j 1 provided head socket formed from a folded piece of sheet metal, said body portion being composed of relatively movable members formmg an openable casing and being cut away to provide openings between the same and socket, the latter being provided in its crown portion with a cord. passage.

2. In a window shade support, a shade supporting bracket comprising a chambered body portion and a head socket formed from a folded piece of sheet metal, the bod r portion being composed of channeled members having a sliding engagement for a relative adjustment, members in adjusted being cut away nicating with the socket, and the latter being provided in its crown portion with a cord passage.

3. In a window position, said members shade support, a shade and means for retaining said to provide openings commusupporting bracket comprising an openable chambered body portion and a conical head socket formed from a folded piece of sheet metal, the said body cut away to provide openings communicating with the head socket, the latter being with a cord passage, and. a ring slidably el'igaging the tapered body portion to adjust the members thereof.

5. In an adjustable support for window shades, the combination of a window frame provided with guides, a shade supporting roll, brackets carrying said. roll, ac-h of said brackets comprising a chambered body por tion and a head socket, said socket being provided with a cord passage and a body por- .tion being cut away to provide openings communicating with said cord passage, suspending cords fitted at one end in the head portions of the brackets and extending through the guides, said cords being connected for simultaneous adjustment, and one of the cords being extended to form an operating portion, and means on the window frame for guiding and clamping said operating portion.

6. In a window shade roller bracket comprising a chambered body formed with a frusto-conical socket to re ceive the notched end ofa suspending cord, said body portion being cut away at oppo site sides to provide openings communicatsupport, a shade ing with said socket.

In testimony whereof, wc allix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

portion being composed I of a pair of relatively movable members and being provided with portions cut away to i provide openings communicating with the 1 head socket, the latter being formed in its LEANDER B. REYNOLDS. LEANDER E. REYNOLDS. Witnesses:

BENJ. 0. Portrait, NETTIE CLARK.

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