USRE9184E - Hermann heelt - Google Patents

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H. HERLT. V Curtain-Fixture.

'No. 9,184. Reissued May 4, I880.

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UNITED STATES HERMANN Hear/nor NEW YORK, N. Y.

CURTAIN- FIXTURE.

S?EGIFICATION forming part of Reissned Letters Patent No. 9,184, dated May 4, Original No. 203,270, dated May 7, 1878. Application for reissue filed March 6, 1880. I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMANN HERLT, a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new, useful, and i mpor- 5 taut Improvement in Curtain-Fixtures, as de scribed in this specification.

Before my invention bars on which to suspend and slide curtains by means of sliding rings and cords had been made for the purpose, and the curtains were drawn open or closed by cords fastened to the slides above and below the bars. In such cases the bars were too heavy and too expensive when made of metal that will polish, and the cords 2o tam-fixtures of the kind that are light, strong,

polished, easily operated, and that conceal the cord and connecting devices.

My invention consists, principally, in a bar made of cheap, light material, as wood, and

covered with sheet or other thin metal, and

having a longitudinal groove to receive and conceal the cord and connecting devices for drawing a curtain. 7

By my invention, as I prefer'to make it,

curtains are suspended and drawn open or closed by pulling one or the other end of the cord that drops from one end of the bar. The curtains are easily attached and detached, and are so suspended that they do not sag. The

5 cord, connecting devices, alld pulleys are out of view. The bar is highly polished, light, strong, and comparatively cheap, and the fixture is ornamental and attractive.

Figure 1 is afront view of one form of my in- '40 vention, showingthe barsupported inbrackets,

the curtain supported by clamps on the slides and carriers, and the ends of the depending cord tipped with hand-tnsscls. Fig-2 isalongitudinal section of the same with the cur- Fig.3 is an enlarged cross-section of the same through one of the slides, showing the cord and conuecting devices. Fig. 4 is an edge view of Fig. 5 is a cross-section wholly of :0 metal, either solid or hollow, and thick enough In the form of curtain-fixture shown A is a bar, having a groove, a, for a cord, 0. The bar consists of a wooden core, b, covered with thin metal, (I. B B are brackets, having sockets to support the ends of the bar, which are held from turning by set-screws'e. brackets are held imposition by screws.

D D are slides, having projections h, to which thecord is attached in the groove in the bar, and having projections or clamps E, to which the curtains F are attached below the bar. D D are carriers, to which the curtains only are attached, having projections or clamps for that purpose. The clump shown has a compression-slide, f. The cord passes through one of the sockets andinto the groove in the bar aud-overroller or pulley i in the groove. It then passes through the bar and overanother pulley, j, at the other end of the bar, and back through the bar and over pulley 7; again, both ends of the cord being left pendent, to which tassels are attached.

The upper portion, 1, of the cord is attachedto projection h on slide D, and the lower portion, m, to projection h on the slide D. By pulling the upper portion, l, of the cord the slides, and consequently the curtains, will be drawn together, and by pulling the lower portion, m, of the cord, the slides, and consequently the curtain, will be drawn apart. Slight changes may he made in theconstruction and operation of the fixture within the scope of my in vcntion. For example, oneslide and a single curtain may be used. The sockets may be dispensed with, the curtains may be fastened without the clamps, and supports may be used instead of the pulleys.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of curtain-bar A, havvi n g core b and groove a, adapted to receive a cord and connecting mechanism, and covered with thin metal, d, that will polish, slides D D, adapted to be attached to the cord in the groove and to curtains below the bar, rollers ij, located to support the cord in the groove, and carriers D, adapted to be attached to the curtains below the bar, substantially as described.

2. A curtain-bar, of wood or other material, having a longitudinal groove to receive a cord The and connecting devices, and covered with thin metal that will polish, leaving the groove exposed, in combination with a slide having means for attachment to a cord in the groove and to a curtain below the bar, a roller in the groove to support a cord, a cord in the groove attached to the slide and pendent from one end of the bar, and carriers on the bar to hold the curtain from sagging.

3. A curtain-bar, of wood or other material, having alongitudinal groove to receive a cord and connecting devices, and covered with thin metal that will polish, leaving the groove exposed, in combination with a slide having means for attachment to a cord in the groove and to a curtain below the bar, a roller in the groove tosuppo'rt a cord, and a cord in the groove attached to the slide and pendent from one end of the bar; 7

4. A curtain-bar, of wood or other material, having a longitudinal groove to receive a cord andconneeting devices, and covered with thin metal that will polish, leaving the groove exposed, in combination with a slide having means for attachment to a cord in the groove andto a curtain below the bar, and a roller in the groove to support the cord.

5. The combination of a curtain-bar covered with thin metal that will polish, and having an exposed groove adapted to receive an operating-cord and connecting mechanism, slides adapted to be attached to the cordin the groove and to curtains below the bar. supports located to sustain the cord in-the groove, carriers adapted to be attached to the curtains below the bar, and a cord in the groove at tached to the slides and pendent from one end of the bar, substantially as described.

6. The combination of a curtain-bar covered with thin metal that will polish, and having an exposed longitudinal groove adapted to receive an operatiug-cord and connecting meeh anism, a slide adapted to be attached to the cord in a groove and to a curtain below the bar, a support located to sustain the cord in the groove so that the cord can be operated from one end of the bar, and a carrier sup ported on the bar and adapted to be attached to the curtain below the bar.

7. The combination of a curtain-bar covered with thin metal that will polish, leaving the groove exposed, and having a groove adapted to receive an operating-cord and connecting mechanism, slides adapted to be attached to the cord in the groove and to curtains below the bar, rollers located to support the cord in the groove, and carriers adapted to be at tached to the curtains below the bar, substantially as described.

8. A curtain-bar, of wood or other material, having a. longitudinal groove to receive a cord and connecting mechanism, and covered with thin metal that will polish, leaving the groove exposed.

In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my signature and afiix my seal, in the presehce of two attesting witnesses, onthe 13th day of December, 1879.

J OIIN JOSEPH WuLLiNe, LOUIS I. Daxuamaa.

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