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US893761A
US893761A US41304708A US1908413047A US893761A US 893761 A US893761 A US 893761A US 41304708 A US41304708 A US 41304708A US 1908413047 A US1908413047 A US 1908413047A US 893761 A US893761 A US 893761A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47H—FURNISHINGS FOR WINDOWS OR DOORS
    • A47H5/00—Devices for drawing draperies, curtains, or the like
    • A47H5/02—Devices for opening and closing curtains
    • A47H5/032—Devices with guiding means and draw cords
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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  • My invention relates to improvements in curtain fixtures.
  • the main objects are to provide a cheap, simple and readily operable construction for sustaining, opening and closing a pair of ourtalns or portieres.
  • Figure 1 is a view showing the complete embodiment of my invention, the curtains being closed.
  • Fig. 2. is a vertical section on the plane of the line 00, Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow and showing the left hand side weight.
  • Fig. 3. is a vertical section on the plane of the line 11 Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow and showing the center weight.
  • Fig. 4. is a detail view of one of the end cord guide devices, full size.
  • Fig. 5. is a similar view of the center guide device.
  • Fig. 6. is a detail partial sectional view of the center weight, full size.
  • the rod 1 is supported in a suitable manner as, for instance, by brackets 2 and 3.
  • the curtains, 4 and 5 are supported by suitable rings or devices such as 6 and 7, which will slide freely on the rod.
  • the end rings are preferably located outside the brackets so as to limit the movement of the curtains.
  • a center guide, 8, and end guides, 9 and 10 are provided for the operating cords or chains which will be hereinafter described.
  • Each guide consists of a split body slightly larger than the curtain rod, a metal strip having ears 11, 11, bent double and terminating in lugs 12, 12, and a wheel or sheave such as 13, for the cord.
  • the ears 11, 11, are riveted or otherwise secured to the body and thus hold it together. This affords a cheap, rigid con struction which is easily assembled.
  • a thumb or other screw, 14, is used to clamp the guide on to the rod 1.
  • the center guide has two wheels or sheaves, 15, 15 for the two cords, and a plate, 16, is used to space them apart and keep the cords from getting out of place.
  • a cord or chain, 17, is secured to the curtain 4, at intervals, or to the rings 6 in any suitable manner and the ends passed over the wheel of the end guide 9, and one of the cen ter wheels, 15.
  • the other cord, 18, is similarly secured to curtain, 5, or its rings and the ends passed over the wheel of the end guide, 10 and the other center wheel, 15.
  • Weights, 19 and 20, are secured to the outer ends of the cords.
  • the inner ends of the cords are united to an extension cord, 21, which carries the center weight, 22. This center weight is substantially equal to the weight of the two outer ones.
  • a curtain fixture comprising the combination of a rod, two curtains slidably sup ported therefrom, a center and two end guides, two cords operating through said guides for sliding the curtains, an outer weight for each cord and a center weight common to both cords and counterbalancing the outer weights.
  • a curtain fixture guide comprising a split ring like body for encircling a rod, means for clamping the body to a rod, a metal strip formed with doubled ears secured to the ends of the body and with depending lugs, and a wheel carried by said lugs.

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S. J. TRACY.
CURTAIN FIXTURE. APPLIGATION FILED JAN{281..190B.
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PATENTED JULY 21, 1908..
STEPHEN J. TRACY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.
CURTAIN-FIXTURE Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented July 21, 1908.
Application filed January 28, 1908. Serial No. 413,047.
citizen of the United States, and resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain- Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.
My invention relates to improvements in curtain fixtures.
The main objects are to provide a cheap, simple and readily operable construction for sustaining, opening and closing a pair of ourtalns or portieres.
It consists in an improved construction and arrangement of guides, cords and weights, as more fully set forth in the following description and the accompanying single sheet of drawings.
Figure 1. is a view showing the complete embodiment of my invention, the curtains being closed. Fig. 2. is a vertical section on the plane of the line 00, Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow and showing the left hand side weight. Fig. 3. is a vertical section on the plane of the line 11 Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow and showing the center weight. Fig. 4. is a detail view of one of the end cord guide devices, full size. Fig. 5. is a similar view of the center guide device. Fig. 6. is a detail partial sectional view of the center weight, full size.
The rod 1, is supported in a suitable manner as, for instance, by brackets 2 and 3.
The curtains, 4 and 5, are supported by suitable rings or devices such as 6 and 7, which will slide freely on the rod. The end rings are preferably located outside the brackets so as to limit the movement of the curtains.
A center guide, 8, and end guides, 9 and 10, are provided for the operating cords or chains which will be hereinafter described. Each guide consists of a split body slightly larger than the curtain rod, a metal strip having ears 11, 11, bent double and terminating in lugs 12, 12, and a wheel or sheave such as 13, for the cord. The ears 11, 11, are riveted or otherwise secured to the body and thus hold it together. This affords a cheap, rigid con struction which is easily assembled. A thumb or other screw, 14, is used to clamp the guide on to the rod 1. The center guide has two wheels or sheaves, 15, 15 for the two cords, and a plate, 16, is used to space them apart and keep the cords from getting out of place.
A cord or chain, 17, is secured to the curtain 4, at intervals, or to the rings 6 in any suitable manner and the ends passed over the wheel of the end guide 9, and one of the cen ter wheels, 15. The other cord, 18, is similarly secured to curtain, 5, or its rings and the ends passed over the wheel of the end guide, 10 and the other center wheel, 15. Weights, 19 and 20, are secured to the outer ends of the cords. The inner ends of the cords are united to an extension cord, 21, which carries the center weight, 22. This center weight is substantially equal to the weight of the two outer ones. To prevent injury to the glass, when the apparatus is used with window curtains, I make the center weight of a bag, 23, filled with sand or shot, 24, so that it is flexible. This allows the weight to bend and yield sufliciently when it is swung and strikes against the glass, so that it is brought to rest gradually and without injury to the glass. I also prefer to cover the weight with a fringe, 25, which serves to increase the yielding effect and is ornamental as well.
By this construction it is possible to open and close a pair of curtains by simply raising or lowering the center weight. The arrangement also serves to hold the curtains in any position intermediate open and closed. When the curtains are open the center weight is raised and out of the way. Only one hand is necessary for operating the cords.
What I claim is:
1. A curtain fixture comprising the combination of a rod, two curtains slidably sup ported therefrom, a center and two end guides, two cords operating through said guides for sliding the curtains, an outer weight for each cord and a center weight common to both cords and counterbalancing the outer weights.
2. A curtain fixture guide comprising a split ring like body for encircling a rod, means for clamping the body to a rod, a metal strip formed with doubled ears secured to the ends of the body and with depending lugs, and a wheel carried by said lugs.
STEPHEN J. TRACY.
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RoBT. S. ALLYN, RICHARD W. HORNER.
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US3149277A (en) * 1959-06-04 1964-09-15 Sun Oil Co Borehole logging apparatus including flexible detector and weighting means
WO1982003542A1 (en) * 1981-04-14 1982-10-28 Kaersgaard Borge Curtain suspension with a cord drive

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3149277A (en) * 1959-06-04 1964-09-15 Sun Oil Co Borehole logging apparatus including flexible detector and weighting means
WO1982003542A1 (en) * 1981-04-14 1982-10-28 Kaersgaard Borge Curtain suspension with a cord drive

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