US736391A - Window-curtain fixture. - Google Patents

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ITO-736,391. PATENTBD AUG.'18,1903."

C. B. HEINRICH.

WINDOW GURTAIN FIXTURE. APPLICATION FILED D150. 8, 1902.

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, CHARLES E. HEINRICH, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

WIN DOW-CU RTAIN FIXTU RE.

SIEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 736,391, dated August 18, 1903. Application filed December 8,1902. $erial No. 134,247. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. HEINRICH,

a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Oincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window-Curtain Fixtures; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled date curtain-rollers of different lengths.

Another object is to provide curtain-roller 7 supports which by being adjustable to rollers of different lengths can be permanently fixed to the window-frames and need not be removed and replaced by difierent or successive occupants, thereby avoiding injury to the window-frames by the frequent removal and replacing of curtain-fixtures.

Another object is to provide strong, improved, and reliable means for adjusting the roller-supports 'which are not liable to work loose in use.

It also consists incertain details of form, combination, and arrangement, all of which will be more fully set forth in the description of the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of a windowframe with my improved device in position for use. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the parts adj ustedv to a shorter curtain-roller. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the complete support forone end of the roller. Fig. at is a perspective view of the adjustable member of the same. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the complete support for the opposite end of the roller. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the adj ustable member thereof.

The roller-supports are adapted to support the style ofcurtain-rollers in general use, in which A represents the roller, B the curtain, and C a round stud which journals in a hole 61 in the adjustable-member D of the support, and thereby supports one end of the roller.

The opposite end of the roller is provided with a flat stud E of the usual form of construction, which seats in the slot F of the adjustable member G and supports the opposite end of the roller.

H represent brackets having. turned-up edges h, forming ways h. These brackets are permanently secured to the window-frame by means of screws or nails h and serve as a means for adj ustably securing the supports D G to the window-frame.

' The base I of the supports D G is bent at right angles to said supports and is preferably cut to the form shown in Figs. 4 and 6, so as to provide spring tips t', which are slightly curved, so as to bear on the inner face of the upturned edges h. This serves to hold the supports in any position to which they may be adjusted, and the tips 71 give rigidity to the supports and prevent them from working loose from the vibration due to the movements of the curtain-roller. The center of the base I is preferably stamped up into a bridge i, so as to readily pass the heads of the nails or screws. The part forming the bridge '11 may be cutaway instead of forming a bridge, if desired, but is preferably formed into a bridge, as the parts are stronger. I also preferably provide notches 7a, which serve to keep the supports in line and assist the tips '5 to lock the supports to the adjusted position. The supports may be arranged with the base I projecting in either direction, but are preferably set so that the base I projects in beneath the curtain-roller.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, it will be noted that the supports can be readily adjusted to accommodate curtain rollers of difierent lengths and that it is therefore unnecessary to remove and replace the curtain-fixtures with each change of occupants in the apartments, and the injury incident thereto is avoided, as well as the work and annoyance incident to making the changes,and the supports once adjusted are securely locked and held in the adjusted position, also that the parts are light and at the same time strong.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- In combination with a suitable support, a spring-tips carried by said base for engagebase having its side edges bent slidably upon ment with thebent-over edges of said bracket. 10

itself to form retaining-flanges, headed seeur- In testimony whereof I have affixed my siging means passing through said bracket and nature in presence of two witnesses.

5 engaging-said support, a curtain-support pro- CHARLES E. HEINRICH.

vided with a base slidably mounted in said Witnesses: bracket, and being formed with a recess to O. W. MILES,

pass the heads of said securing means, and JOs. J. SCHORR.

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