US864067A - Support for shade-rollers and the like. - Google Patents

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No. 864,067. PATENTED AUG. 20. 1907. H. A. BIERLEY.

SUPPORT FOR SHADE ROLLERS AND THE LIKE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21, 1907.

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SUPPORT FOR SHADE-ROLLERS AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 2-0, 1907.

Application filed March 21,1907. Serial No. 368,543

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY A. BIERLEY, of Portsmouth, county of Scioto, and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful Support for Shade- Rollers and the Like; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters refer to like parts.

The object of this invention is to provide improved means for mounting and holding rollers for window shades curtains and the like.

In carrying out this object one feature of the invention lies in the extreme simplicity of the mounting means and at the same time the complete adj ustability of said means to accomodate curtain rollers varying somewhat in dimension and to avoid the necessity of replacing and mounting brackets whenever the shade rollers are changed. This last feature of the invention protects the casing because the brackets do not have to be secured at different places thereon in the cour of time, but may be left in the original position in which they were secured.

The nature of the invention will be understood from the accompanying drawings and the following description and claims:

In the drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of the upper portion of the casing with the shade roller mounted thereon, parts being broken away. Fig. 2 is an inside elevation of the bracket at the left-hand end of Fig. 1.. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the bracket at the left-hand end of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section through said bracket on the line 2-2 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is an inside elevation of the bracket at the right-hand end of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the left-hand bracket in Fig. 1. Fig. .9 is a perspective view of the right-hand bracket.

To illustrate my invention 1 have shown in the drawings the upper part of a window casing 10, a shade roller 11, a left-hand bracket 12 and a right-hand bracket 13. Each bracket consists of two plates or parts at a right angle to each other, one plate or part being secured to and against the casing and the other plate or part extending outwardly at a right angle to support the roller. The plate or part of bracket 12 which lies against the casing has a pair of vertical slots 14 and the corresponding part of bracket 13 has a pair of horizontal slots 15 through which headed screws 16 project and are screwed in the casing. This enables the bracket 12 to be vertically adjusted so that the shade roller will be horizontal and the shade hang right, and permits the bracket 13 to be horizontally adjusted to accomodate roller varying somewhat in length. The slots 14 in the bracket 12 are enlarged at the lower ends and the slots 15 in the bracket 13 are enlarged at one end to enable said brackets to be readily removed or put in place without removing the screws. The enlarged portions of said slots are larger than the heads of the screws so that by loosening the screws slightly and moving the brackets the enlargements of the slots will permit the brackets to escape from the screw heads or will permit the brackets put any place on the screws and when this is done and the brackets are adjusted to their proper permanent positions the screws are tightened somewhat so that the heads thereof clamp the brackets firmly in place. To make it easier to adjust these brackets, the ends of them are turned up as at 17, 18 and 19 so that a hammer may be applied to the brackets readily and without scarring the casing. The

brackets can be hammered into the right position and the screws tightened slightly. The roller supporting part of each bracket is stamped orpressed inward somewhat as at 20 to form suitable bearing for the pins 21 and 22 on the roller. The bracket 13 is provided with an inwardly extending bearing 23 for the pin 22, said bearing being longitudinally slitted as shown herein in four places, so that the bearing consists practically of four parallel projecting plates which may be bent apart somewhat to receive a larger pin 22. In other words said bearing is so formed that it may receive pins 22 varying somewhat in diameter.

The bracket 12 is provided with an upwardly extending slot 25 to receive the flat pin or end 21 of the roller. This slot extends to the center of the inwardly stamped bearing portion 20 and a lug 26 partially closes said slot 25 at a point about midway thereof to hinder the escape of the projection 21 of the 'roller.

From this description of my invention it is observed,

that, aside from the screw entering the casing, my bracket or means for supporting each end of the roller consists of only one piece of metal bent and stamped into shape. And yet said single piece brackets are so formed that one is readily adjustable vertically and the other horizontally, both are readily removed or put in place on the casing but without removing the screws, and one has a bearing adapted to receive pins of a roller varying in diameter, and the other to receive and permit the escape of the fiat projection at the other end of the roller. This combination of extreme simplicity with a variety of useful features constitutes the chief virtue of my invention.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with a window casing, of a pair of brackets for supporting a shade roller or the like one of which is provided with vertical slots and the other with horizontal slots, the slots in said brackets being enlarged at one end thereof, and headed screws projecting through said slots into the casing, whereby one of said brackets will be'vertically adjustable and the other horizontally adjustable and both may be removed or put in place without removing the screws.

2. The combination with a window casing, of a pair of brackets for supporting a shade roller or the like one of which is vertically slotted with its horizontal edges turned up and the other horizontally slotted with its vertical edges turned up whereby they may be moved for adjustment by a hammer, and headed screws projecting through said slots into the casing.

3. The combination with a window casing, of a pair of brackets for supporting a shade roller Or the like each of which consists of a portion extending outwardly from the window casing to support the shade roller and another portion exiending at a right angle from the outwardly ex- 15 tending portion and which is secured to the window casing, the pnxion of one of said brackets which is secured to the window casing having a pair of parallel vertical slots enlarged at one end and the corresponding portionof the other bucket having a pair of parallel horizontal slots en- 20 larged at one end, and headed screws projecting through said slots into the casing.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto aflixed my signature in the presence of the witnesses herein named.

HENRY A. BIERLEY. Witnesses N. ALLEMONG, 0. BREEDEN.

Correction in Letters Patent No. 864,067.

It is hereby certified that the residence of the patentee in Letters Patent No. 864,067, granted August 20, 1907, upon the application of Henry A. Bierley, for an improvement in Supports for Shade-Rollers and the Like, was erroneously written and printed Portsmouth, Indiana, whereassaid residence should have been Written and printed Portsmouth, Ohio; and that thesaid Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 15th day of October, A. 1)., 1907.

EDWARD B. MOORE,

Commissioner of Patents.

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