US754917A - Curtain-pole. - Google Patents

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No. 754,917. PATENTBD MAR. 15, 1904.

D. BREHM.

UU'RTAIN POLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. s, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

W/ TN 5 SSE S r UNITED STATES Patented March 15, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

TO A. F. WENDEL, OF HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA.

CURTAIN-POLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 754,917, dated March 15, 1904.

Application filed September 5,1903. Serial No. 172,115. (No model-) To all whom it .mrry concern.

Be it known that I, DANIEL BREHM, residing at Hazleton, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain- Poles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in curtain-poles, and more particularly refers to the class of curtain-poles adapted to be used to hang lace curtains, lambrequins, portieres, and the like and applied thereto without the use of tacks, hooks, pins, rings, screws, or

other similar fastening devices, and therefore be suspended without danger of tearing or damaging the said curtains.

Such invention primarily has for its ob ect to provide a curtain-pole of this character of a simple, cheap, and economical construction which can be easily manipulated and which the curtain therefrom.

Again, my'invention seeks to provide an improved curtain-pole of the character disclosed in my copending application filed August 13, 1908, Serial No. 169,375.

With other objects in view, which will be hereinafter more fully described, the invention consists in certain combination and peculiar arrangement of parts, all of which will be first described in detail and then specifically pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective View illustrating my invention as applied for use. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the pole. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation thereof. Fig. 4: is a perspective View of a portion thereof. Fig. 5 is a cross-section on the line 5 5 'of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of a slightly-modified form of my invention. Fig. 7 is a crosssection thereof on the line 7 7 of Fig. 6.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals and letters of reference indicate hke parts in all the figures,

A designates a curtain-pole which consists,

essentially, of the pole proper or support 1, having a fiat upper face 1 and to which support 1 at properly-spaced intervals I secure lugs or'pins 2 2, which are set radially to the longitudinal axial lineof the pole proper or support 1 and which have their free ends 2 2 bent .rearwardly, as at 2, to form a hinged portion, and stops for the eyes 3 of the bars 3, hereinafter referred to.

Hingedly secured to the lugs or pins 2* 2 by the eyes 3 are curtain-carrying bars 3, which are in the nature of elongated fiat bars, preferably rectangular in cross-section and running longitudinally with respect to the support 1, and while I have shown two bars 8, yet I desire it understood that I may use a single bar or more than two bars whenever occasion may demand. The bars 3 are so arranged as to lie flatwise against the upper flat face 1 of the support 1 in a horizontal plane and to project over the front side of the pole or support.

So far as describedthe manner in which my invention operates can be best explained by reference to Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, from which it will be seen the operator throws the curtain end over the bar 3, after which the bar 8, together with the curtain C, is placed in position on the poleproper, 1, the curtain 0 now being in the position shown in full lines in Fig. 5, after which the free end 0 of the curtain C may be brought up in back of the curtain-pole in the direction of the arrow :0 and draped over the front and ends of the pole, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 and in dotted lines in Fig. 5.

By constructing the pole in the manner shown and described it will be readily seen that the downward pull of the curtain (see arrow 3 will serve to tightly bind the curtain against the flat face 1 of the support or pole proper, 1, by reason of the bar 3 and its connection with the support 1, the curtain being held thereby in its adjusted position and prevented from becoming loose and twisted, since the greater the downward pull on the curtain body G the tighter the bars 3 will hold the curtain end in engagement with the upperface 1 of the support 1. By constructing the lugs 2 2 with the rearwardly-bent ends 2 2 the bars 3 will not become accidentally disengaged therefrom, caused by a mere rise of the bars 3 whilein a horizontal plane and due to the thickness of the curtain, but require the bars to be turned to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5 before they can be removed. Furthermore, the ends 2 2 serve as a pivot or hinged portion for the bars 3.

In Figs. 6 and 7 I have shown a slightly-modi-. tied form of my invention, in which I use bracket members 4, having L-shaped slots 1 to cooperate with the lugs 3 of the bars 3, and the said brackets 4 are secured to the pole proper, 1, in any approved manner. In this form ofmy invention the bracket members 4: are set on the rear portion of the pole in such manner that the front edge Y of the bars 3 will when said bars are adjusted in the brackets 4. be in a vertical plane slightly in the rear of the vertical plane of the front edge l of the support 1, and by reason of its construction the downward pull of the curtain-body" C will serve to force the bars 3 forward in the direction of the arrow .2 (see Fig. 7) to maintain the lugs 3 in the front edge P of the L- shaped slot 1, and thereby prevent the accidental displacement of the bars 3, and at the same time the pull of the curtain -body C (due to its weight) will hold the bars 3 with the curtain end portion a tightly pressed against the flat face 1 of the support 1.

Any suitable supporting means may be provided for attaching the pole proper or support 1 to the window-casing to hold it rigidly,

yet I prefer to use hooks E, (see Fig. 5,) having right-angled portions to fit in the apertures a in the pole portion 1 as a supporting means, yet I desire it understood that any suitable form of pole support or bracket may be used to hold my improved curtain-pole in position on the window-casing, as the specific means of supporting the pole form no part of my present invention.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that I provide a pole which can be easily and cheaply manufactured and which is so constructed that the curtain can be readily attached thereto and detached therefrom almost instantaneously. Furthermore, by constructing the parts as shown and described the curtain after it is hung with the bars 3 in position on the pole proper can be the more easily adjusted and draped to suit the wishes and tastes of the operator than is possible in the ordinary form of curtain-pole using pins, hooks, &c., to attach the curtain thereto.

From the foregoing it is thought the ad vantages and complete operation of my invention 1 will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which it appertains, and Idesirc it specifically understood that slight changes and modifications in the detail arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the scope of the appended claims.

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

1. A curtain-fixture of the character de scribed, comprising a supporting-pole, a supplemental member for clamping the curtain onto the said pole, said supplemental member being hinged to the supporting-pole to drop down onto the upper surface thereof whereby to permit the curtain being pulled over the upper and lower faces of the said supplemental member and to hang pendent from the outer or free end thereof and whereby a pull tension on that part of the curtain that hangs pendent from the supplemental member holdsthe said supplemental member clamped against the upper face of the supporting-pole and clamps a portion of the curtain between it and the said'pole, for the purposes specified.

2. A curtain-fixture of the character stated, comprising amain pole member, supplemental curtain-supporting members hingedly and removably mounted at one side of the main pole member, and adapted to lie in a horizontal plane, and on the top of the main polememher for the purposes specified.

3. In a curtain-fixtu re, a pole comprising an elongated rod having a flat horizontally-disposed upper face, supplemental flat curtaincarrying bars carried by said rod to lie in a plane parallel to the flat face of the rod with their outer or-free edge projected from the front side of the said rod whereby to clamp the curtain against the said flat face and pendently supporting it, for the purposes specified.

4.. In a curtain-pole, an elongated member having a horizontally-disposed flat face, curtain-receiving bars, means carried by the elongated member and the curtain-receiving bars for hingedly and removably joining said bars to said elongated member, and said bars being adapted to lie in a horizontal plane and to project beyond the front side of the elongated member.

5. In a curtain-pole, an elongated member' having a horizontal]y-disposed' flat face, curtain-receiving bars, means carried by the elongated niember and the curtain-receiving bars for hingedly and removably joining said bars to said elongated member, and said bars being adapted to lie in a horizontal plane, said means including lugs or pins carried by the elongated member and eyes carried by the curtain-receiving bars, for the purposes specified.

6. In a curtain-fixture, comprising an elongated rod having an upper horizontally-disposed flat face running lengthwise thereof, radially-disposed suitably-spaced pins secured to the said rod at the rear thereof, a supple- IO to the said rod at the rear thereof, a supplemental curtain-receiving bar having eyes for. cooperating With said pins mounted on said rod to lie in a plane parallel to the flat face of the rod, said bar being adapted to carry a curtain, and to hold the curtain between the bars 5 and the flat face of the rod.

' DANIEL BREHM. Witnesses:

W. T. KELLEY, JOHN J. KELLEY.

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