US90571A - Improved curtain-fixture - Google Patents

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dinard tant mnt @para Lette-rs Patent No. 90,571, dated May 25, 1869; antf'datul dlay 19, 1869.

IMPROVED CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part or the same.

To all whom it may con/cern Bc it known that I, BENJAMIN MOSER, ofthe city and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in (iurtain-Fixturcs; and I do hereby declare the tbllowing to be a clear and exact description of thc nature thereof, sufiicient to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertaius to fully understand and use the same, reference heilig had to the accompanying drawings, making part ol' this specification, in which- Figures l and 2 are front views of the device illustrat-ing my invention, showing the mode of tightening the pulley-cord.

Figure 3 is a side View thereof.

Figures 4 and 5 arc views of the fastening employed for securing the fixture in place.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thc several figures.

My invention is an improvement in curtain-fixtures, and consists in novel means for tightening the pulleycord; also, in adapting the button on which the cord runs, to swing in various positionsrelative to the desired locality oi' the cord.

It further consists in a peculiar fastening for the fixture, as will be hereinafter morel fully described.

In the drawings- A represents a section of a door or window-frame, or of any place to which a curtain-fixture is to be applied.

B represents the button, on which runs the pulleycord.

Its shank is continued into an eye, c, which slides freely on a spindle, C.

. lhis spindle consists of a rod, of suitable material, having screw-threads cut or formed thereon.

It is turned or bent at one end, and connected to a plate, D, so that it shall stand at some distance from said plate, and be parallel therewith.

E are jam-nuts, which screw on the spindle C, and arranged on both sides of the eye a ci' the button B.

The plate D is slotted vertically, and the slot is covered by an additional plate, l), which is placed on the front face of the plate D.

An opening is made in the additional plate, and into this enters a screwfpin, F, which is properly secured to the section A.

In the present case, this pin projects from an oblong plate, G, (see tig. 4,) which is connected to the section A by screws, or other equivalent fastent:It will be seen that when the pin Fis in the opening of the plate b, there is a space behind this plate, owing to the slot in plate D.

The plate G iills up this space, while the pin F prot-rudes through the opening beyond the face of plate D.

A nut, H, screws on the pin F, and holds plate l) lirnily against section A.

The fastening is thereby concealed in neat manner, and with a convenient mode of operation.

The operation is as follows:

The serew-spimlle being in position, as shown in g. l, the cord is placed on the button B, and tightened by forcingr the lat-ter down as far as the nuts will carry it.

The jam-nuts inust be correspondingly operated toV The screw-pin F acts as an axis, whereby the plate D and screw-spindle O readily rotate therein.

New semi-rotate them, and the spindle will assume y the position shownin lig. 2, that is, with its free end pointing downward.

It will be perceived that the button may be moved over the spindle, from the position it occupied at the time of rotation, toward the free end of the spindle, thus gaining the ground upon which it rst moved, for additional tightening of the pulley-cord.

The cord may be readily loosened or slackened, whenever desired, by merely moving the jam-nuts.

Then the spindle is in the rst position, the upper nutis intended to prevent the upward movement of the button, while the lower nut tightens it and disallows its swinging to the right or left; but when the spindle is turned, the operation' and result are reversed.

In sonic cases, it may be desired to employ more than one button, as in cases where shades orcurtains are to be let down from the top.

The button ymay also be intended to be placed on the right or left, or even behind the screw-spindle.

This is easily donc, by unscrewing the proper nut, swinging the button in place, and then screwing up the lult again.

The construction of the several parts may be varied, but in their present condition they produce a simple, convenient, and useful device.

Having thus described my invention, Y

XVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isn

1. Tghtening the pulley-cord, by means of the 1'0- mting screw-spindle, substantially as descxibed.

2. The swinging button B and the jam-nuts E,Ain combination wit-h the screw-spindle, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The pin F, in connectin with'nut H, for coneenling the fastening between plate D and section A,

in combination with the screw-spindle, substantially as' described.

To the above, I have signed my name, this 31st day of October, 1868. y

Vitnesses: BENJAMIN MOSER.

WM. A. WIEDERSHEIM, H. M. W-IEDERsH-m.

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