US975773A - Scenic curtain. - Google Patents

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F. P. LE ROY.

SCENIC CURTAIN.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 28, 1910.

Patented Nov. 15,1910.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 28, 1910.

Patented Nov. '15, 1910.

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SCENIC CURTAIN.

Application filed May 28, 1910. Serial No. 563,962.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FERDINAND FAUNT LE ROY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hoquiam, in the county of Chehalis and State or" Washington, have invented'a new and useful Scenic Curtain, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to scenic curtains for theaters andother purposes and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts as hereinafter shown and described.

The object of the invention is to provide a curtain in the form of an endless web mounted upon asup or'ting pole and having a pole resting in its ower return bend and adapted to keep the curtain stretched. Means is provided for'raisin and lowering the upper pole and means 18 provided for rotating the upper pole. Any desired scenes may be applied to the exposed sides of the curtain and lights are located between the inner and outer runs of the curtain and when illuminated may shine through transparent or thin places upon the scene to animate the same.

, In the accompanying drawi-ngs;-Figure 1 is a side view of the curtain with parts broken away. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view of the curtain. Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverseseetional view through a bearing provided at the supporting pole of the curtain. i

As illustrated in Fig. l of the drawings pulleys l are journaled above the top of a prosceniumarch 2 and cables 3 pass over said pulleys. Bearings 4 are connected to the lower ends of the cables 3 and these bear- .aiO

ings consist of two plates 5 bolted together and each of said plates having a half bearin surface 6. A supporting pole 7 isprovi ed at points in the vicinity .of its ends with reduced sections 8 which are journaled in the bearing surfaces of the bearings 4.

An endless curtain 9 is mounted upon the intermediate portion of the supporting pole 7 and hangspendent therefrom. A stretching pole 10 is loosely mounted in the lower. return bend of the curtain 9 and is adapted to keep the inner andouter runs of thesaid curtain taut.- A sprocket wheel 11 is fixedto one end of the supporting pole 7 and may be rotated through the instrumentality of a sprocket chain 12 or other means may be provided for rotating the supporting pole 7. Arms 13 depend from the bearings 4 and battens are secured at their ends to the arms Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 15. 1910.

to the other between the inner and outer runs of the same. Electric light bulbs 15 are mounted upon thebattens l4 and current wires 16 are operatively connected to the said bulbs and extend along the arms 13 and battens lel from the bearings 4. The said wires 16 may be connected with any source of electrical supply.

In view of the above description-it will be seen that by manipulating the cables 3- the curtain 9 may be raised or lowered and as the curtain rises or falls the runs of the said curtain may be passed over the axis of the supporting pole 7 and thus may have 13 and extend. from one edge of the curtain the appearance of moving in a direction the opposite from that in which it is actually moving or other mysterious eii'ects may beproduced. By providing means for illuminating the scenes upon the curtain an animating elfect is roduced and by variegating the colors '01 the bulbs 15 peculiar combinations in the coloring of the scenes may be eife'cted. At the same time the curtain may be readily applied to an ordinary arch as the structure is such as to avoid the necessity of especially constructed guiding frames or other appliances. In view of thefact that the pole 7 is journaled in the bearings 4 at the reduced sections of the said pole, the projecting portions of the pole 7 of greater diameter may roll or move against the sides of arch and thus hold the curtain 9 in proper relation to the arch.

Having described the invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A curtain structure comprisin a support-- ing pole having sections of re uced diameter, an endless curtain mounted upon said pole, bearings receiving the reduced sections of the pole, means for rotating the pole in said bearings, hoisting cables attached to the said bearings, battens located between the inner and outer runs of the curtain and supported from said bearings, light fixtures mounted upon the battens, and current wires extending from thebearings tosaid light fixtures.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses."

' FERDINAND FAUN T LE ROY. Witnesses: A. S. Hononon,

B. N. BLACKSTONE.

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