US977962A - Curtain-fixture. - Google Patents

Description

G. MoDON N ER.

CURTAIN FIXTURE.

APPLICATION rman MAR.10, 1910.

Patented Dec.6,1910.

I Fllllllll-I |||||||l| ||I| I CHABLEY MCDONNER, 0F MANITOWOC, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GHARLEY SIMONO, 0F TWO'RIVERS, WISCONSIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 6, 1910.

Application filed March 10, 1910. Serial No. 548,410.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLEY MODONNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Manitowoc, in the county of Manitowoc and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Curtain-Fixture, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in curtain fixtures.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of curtain fixtures, and to provide simple and comparatively inexpensive ones, adapted for hanging window shades and lace curtains, and capable of ready adjustment to suit the width of a curtain, and to arrange the same either in front of a window casing or between the sides thereof.

A further object of the invention is to provide a curtain fixture of this character in which the lace curtain supports will be adjustable independently of the means for hanging the curtain or window shade.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing :Figure l is a horizontal sectional view of a window provided with a set of curtain fixtures, constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of one of the curtain fixtures. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of the same. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the adjustable slides. Fig. 5 is an elevation of the fixtures, illustrating the different adjustments thereof. Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view, illustrating the manner of securing the inner end of the adjustable curtain pole support to the bracket.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding drawing.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in the accompanying drawing, the curtain fixture comprises a set of hanging devices, located at opposite sides of a window 1, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawing, and each including a slide 2, an adjustable bracket 3, and an adjustable curtain pole support 4. The slide 2, which is constructed of suitable metal, is arranged horizontally at the front of the window frame or casing at the side thereof, and is adjustably secured to the same by means of a vertically disposed clamping plate 5, provided at its inner face with a recess 6 of a depth less than the thickness of the slide and of a width corresponding to the width of the same. The clamping plate is provided above and below the recess with perforations for the reception of a screw 7, which is embedded in the window casing, whereby the clamping plate is fastened to the same with sufficient pressure to securely hold the slide in its adjustment. The slide is movable horizontally across the face of the casing, and is provided at its inner end with an outwardly off-set bend 8, and is reduced adjacent thereto to provide a horizontally disposed terminal lug 9 and form shoulders at the inner end thereof. The lug is adapted to fit in vertical slots 10 of the shade supporting bracket 3, and it is provided with a perforation 11, adapted to receive a tapering key or wedge 12, which securely fastens the bracket 8 on the lug of the slide.

The shade supporting bracket 3 consists of a plate, arranged vertically edgewise and is provided at intervals with slots or openings 10, any one of which is adapted to receive the lug 9, whereby the bracket 3 is adjustable inwardly or outwardly, with respect to the window. The lug 9 is inserted in one of the slots 10 at the outer face of the shade carrying bracket 3, and it projects from the innerface thereof, and the ta ering key or wedge holds the bracket 3 rigidly against the shoulder at the inner end of the lug. By adjusting the bracket 3 inwardly and outwardly the curtain or shade 13 supported parts in all the figures of the by the bracket 3 may be arranged either within the space between the sides of the window frame or casing, as illustrated in Fig. l of the drawing, or it may be mounted at the front thereof as desired.

The adjustable brackets 3 are provided at their inner portions with depending enlargements let for supporting the curtain or shade 13. One of the enlargements is'provided with a perforation 15, which forms a bearing for the round journal of the shade roller, and the other enlargement is provided with a rectangular slot 16 for the reception of the journal, which is connected with the spring of the curtain. The dependingenlargements lt support the window shade 13 between and below the upper edges of the brackets The double adjustment afforded by the slides 2 and the brackets 3 enable the curtain fixture to accommodate window shades of different widths and to arrange the same in the desired position at a window. After the fixture has been applied: to a window, the position of theparts may be changed without entirely removing the fixture, it being only necessary to loosen the screws sutlicientl-y to release the adjustable slides 2. This will avoid the mar-ring of the finish of a window casing and the injury resulting from removing the fixtures and redriving the fastening devices, each time a shade of a dilferent length from the preceding one is applied to the window.

The curtain pole support at consists of a plate or member, fitted against the inner face of the adjustable bracket and adjustably secured to the same by means of a bolt l7, provided adjacent to its head with a flattened portion 18, and equipped with a nut 19, arranged on the threaded portion of the bolt and having a reduced rounded portion 20, which fits in an opening in the inner end of the curtain pole supporting member.

The bracket 3 is provided with a horizontal slot 21, located above the plane of the slots 10 and extending inwardly from the outer portion of the bracket and receiving the flattened portion 18 of the bolt, which is adapted to slide along the slot 21. The bolt is held against rotary movement in the slot by the flattened portion 18, and when the curtain pole supporting member is adjusted to the desired position, it is clamped thereat by the nut 20.

When the brackets 3 are arranged as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawing for supporting the window shade 13 bet-ween the sides of the window casing, the lugs 9 are located at the outer portion of the brackets and in advance of the bolts 17, and they form rigid supports for the curtain pole supporting members. lVhen, however, the lugs 9 are located at the inner ends of the shade supporting brackets and in rear of the slots 21, the curtain pole receiving member A is supported in advance of the bolt 17 by a projection consisting of a removable pin extending from the adjustable bracket, as rrlearly shown in Fig. 5 of the drawing. The pins may be omitted whenthefixture is arranged for hanging the shade between the sides of the window frame, but they do not interfere with the support-ingot the pole receiving member 4 on the lug of the slide and may be left in position. The curtain pole receiving members are provided at their outer port-ions with approximately semicircular recesses 23, presenting concave edges toand receiving a curtain pole 24.

Although the curtain pole is shown loosely arranged in the recesses of the supporting.

members 4. yet it will be readily apparent that any suitable means may be employed for clamping the curtain pole to the fixture,

should it be desired to attach the pole rigidly to the fixture.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A curtain fixture; including a bracket provided with a lural-ity of. openings and having a longitudinal slot located above the said openings, a pole supporting member having a fastening device operating in the slot of the bracket, and a slide provided with a lug extending through one of the openingsof the bracket and supporting the latter and also located beneath the pole supporting member and forming a rest or support for the. same.

2. A curtain fixture: including a bracket having a depending shade supporting portion and provided with a plurality of openings and having a longitudinal slot, a slide having a lug secured. to one of the openings of the bracket and supporting the same, and an adjustable pole supporting member fitted a ainst the bracket and having a fastening device operating in the said slot.

3. A curtain fixture including a bracket having a depending shade supporting portion and provided with a plurality of openings and having a longitudinal slot, a. slide having a lug secured to one of the openings of the bracket and supporting the same, and an adjustable pole supporting member fitted against the bracket and having a bolt piercin the pole supporting memberand provided with a flattened portion operating in the slot, and a nut engaging the bolt and having an annular portion receiving the pole supporting member.

4:. A curtam fixture mcludmg a horizon tal slide adapted to extend across the side of the window casing and having a reduced inner end forming a lag, a clamping plate provided with a recess to receive the slide and securing the same in its adjustment, a bracket provided with aplurality of openings to receive the lug of the slide and having a horizontal slot located above the openas my own, I have hereto aflixed my signa ings, means for securing the bracket to the ture in the presence of two Witnesses.

lu and an adjustable pole supporting mzlilbel fitted against the bracket and pro- CHARLEY MODONNER' 5 vided with a fastening device operating in Witnesses:

the slot. ANTON F. NAPIESZINSKI,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing L. W. LEDVINA.

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