US831194A - Curtain-fixture. - Google Patents

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No. 831,194. PATENTED SEPT. 18, 1906. J. M. SHEPARD.

CURTAIN FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 10. 1906.

UNITED STATES PATENT orrion.

CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 18, 1906.

Application filed April 16, 1906. Serial No- 311,984-

supporting a window shade or curtain and a curtain-pole.

Afurther object of the invention is to provide a curtain-fixture of this character which will be capable of ready adjustment to suit the length of a curtain-roller and which will be also capable of adjustment to position the curtain-pole the desired distance from the window-shade.

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

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a curtain-fixture constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the outwardly-projecting bracket which forms a guide for the adjustable pole-supporting slide. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view illustrating the manner of adjustably mounting the curtain pole-supporting slide. Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view illustrating the manner of mounting the curtain or shade supporting slide. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view taken substantially on the line 5 5 of Fig. 37 Fig. 6 is a similar view taken substantially on the line 6 6 of Fig. 4.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 designates a vertical attachment plate or member, which is provided at its upper and lower ends with perforations for the reception of screws or other suitable fastening devices for securing the curtain-fixture to a window frame or casing. The vertical attachment plate or member, which may be mounted on the window frame or casing in any other desired manner, is preferably provided with suitable slots 2' for the reception of lugs 3 of a projecting bracket 4. The bracket is substantially triangular, and the lugs, which project horizontally from the inner vertical edge of the bracket, are located at the upper and lower portions thereof and are bent or headed to secure them in the slots of the attachment plate or member. By this construction the projecting bracket is rigidly connected with the attachment plate or member; but it may be made rigid with the same in any other suitable manner without affecting the operation of the curtain-fixture.

The bracket is provided with a horizontal upper supporting edge, and it has ahorizontal slot 5, through which passes a set-screw 6 of a curtainpolesupporting slide 7. The curtain-pole-supporting slide, which is arranged horizontally, consists of an outer curved arm 8 and an inner body portion, which is composed of two sides and a connecting top portion. The sides are spaced apart to receive the upper portion of the bracket, on which the polesupporting slide is arranged. The pole-supporting slide is open at the bottom and inner end to enable it to be readily placed on the upper portion of the bracket. The screw extends through an opening of one side of the slide 7 andis provided with a shoulder 9 for engaging the bracket. The threaded portion 10 of the screw is of a size to pass through the slot 5 of the bracket, and it engages a threaded perforation of the inner side of the slide. The shoulder 9 is formed by reducing the screw, and it is adapted to firmly engage the bracket for holding the slide at any adjustment. The sides of the slide are preferably provided with longitudinal openings, as shown, to reduce the weight and lessen the cost of construction. The pole-supporting arm. is curved and forms a recess or seat for a curtain-pole, which is positively secured in the recess or seat by a fastening device 11, consisting of a headed pin. The pin is adapted to be driven into the pole; but any other suitable fastening device may be employed for this purpose. By moving the slide inwardly or outwardly the curtain-pole may be arranged the desired distance from the window frame or casing.

mounted in a threaded perforation of theguide and arranged to engage the slide, as clearly shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. A plurality of threaded perforations 'may be provided, if desired. The window-shade or curtain-supporting slide is provided with an arm 16, arranged at right angles to the body portion of the slide and provided with a bearing or recess 17 for the reception of one of the journals of a curtain-roller. The device is designed for supporting a spring-actuated curtain-roller, and in practice the arms 16 of each pair of curtain-fixtures will be provided with the usual recess and opening for the journals of a spring-actuated roller. The slide 14 by means of its horizontal adjustment is adapted to move the supportingarm 16 transversely of a window and arrange the same in properposition to receive one end of the curtain or shade roller, and the adjustment of both of the slides may be made without affecting the position of the plate or member 1 or the means for securing the same to a window frame or casing. By this construction the window frame or casing is not scratched or marred by any adjustment of the slides.

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

I A curtain-fixture comprisin a vertical attachment-plate, a bracket rigid with the plate and rovided with a horizontal slot, a curtain-p0 e-supporting slide having a seat to receive a curtain-pole and provided with a body portion having spaced sides receiving the guiding portion of the bracket, means connecting the sides of the slide and operating in the slot of the bracket for securing the slide in its adjustment, a transverse guide located below the bracket and extending laterally equal distances from opposite sides of the attachment-plate, said guide being provided with a longitudinal opening, a curtainroller-supporting slide operating in the longitudinal opening of the transverse guide and adapted to be inserted in either end thereof, whereby the fixture is adapted to be applied to either side of a window, and means for securing the curtainroller-supporting slide in its adjustment.

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

JAMES MILLER SHEPARD.

Witnesses FRED HEIMHOFER, IDA HEIMHOFER.

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