US702537A - Curtain-fixture. - Google Patents

Description

. Patented lune,l7, |902. J'. BURLEY.

CURTAIN FIXTURE.

(Application led Aug. 2, 1898. Renewed Nov. 30, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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Jospin BURLEY, or BALTIMORE, ivrnnrLAnu.`

ou rij-AIN'- FIXTURE."

sP'ncIFrcA'rroN forming part of Letters' Patent No. voesinnati :rane 17, 190e.l

Applicationtlled August 2,1298. RenewedNovember 30. 1901. Serial No. 84.245 (Nomn'del.) y

i n To 'af/ZZ wtmn it may ooncernlr Be it known thatv I, JosIAH BURLEY, re-

1 y siding at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland,

have invented anew and useful Curtain-Fixture, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in curtain-fixtures; and the object thereof is to provide i a simple construction 'of' bracket i which is adjustable horizontally, so as to acfcom xnodate shade-rollers of d'ifferentlengths, and also adjustable vertically to support the shade-roller horizontally and hang theshade Irs . act with the corrngations. of the bracket, a

perfectly straight at all times.

With the above Object in view the inven tion consists in forming each of the brackets A,with a plateA slotted vertically and providedl on its inner surface with a plurality of longitudinally-egztendingprojections or corru gations and providing a supporting-plate which isslotted longitudinally and is formed on its outer face with a plurality of longitudinallyextending projections or corrugations to cosecu'ring-screw passing through the vertical slot of the bracket and the longitudinal slot 'of the supporting-plate and engaging a nut positioned upon -the inner side of said plate.l

The invention further consists in the improved construction, arrangement, and combination of parts hereinafter fully described,

' and afterwardfspeciticallypointed out in the j claim. v l

In order to enable others skilledin the artto which my invention most nearly appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and op-v eration, having reference tothe accompany- Y `fixture applied thereto and.' supporting a shade-roller. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse view through .th'e'bracket and supportingplate. Fig. 3 is asimilar view showing the window-framerecessed .to receivethe supporting-plate. Figa is a perspective Viewk of thesecuring screw and nut. Fig.` 45 is a perspective view of one of the supporting- Fig. 6 is a similar View of one of the brackets.

Like letters of reference mark the same` parts wherever they occur i Referring'to the accompanying drawings,

window-frame, as illustrated in Fig. 2, or said frame may be recessed toreceive it, as

illustrated in Fig. 3. The supporting-plate is formed at its `center with a casing B, which`v is slotted'longitudinally`, as at C, and pro,-

vided'onits outer face with the longitudinallyextending projections or corrugations D.

E indicates one ,of the brackets, having the plate F formed on its inner end and eX'tending at right anglesthereto, said plate being provided with Vthe vertical slot-'Gr and on its f inner face with the corrugations I-I, which are at right angles to said `slot,:adapted to coact vent the slipping of the bracketwhen posi tioned upon said casingg'- v I is a securing-screw, having the slotted'y head J, said screw I passing through the ver- 7U .with the corrugations of the casing `and pretical slot of the bracket and the longitudi' y nally-extending slot oi the vcasing and engaging the nut K, whichis movable within said casing, as' clearly illustrated inFigs. 2 and 3.

The nut isI substantiallyl the `same area in .cross-section asv the cross-section of the cas- So A ing, so that when it isL located in the casing n it canonly be movedrirom one end to the other and'withoutturning, so that the screw t I may be tightened o r loosened, as desired, and by making the nut of av greater thickness than the height of the corrugations the screw i can be loosened sufficiently to permit of the i vertical adjustment of the bracket without disengaging the screwfrom ythe inut; but if 'the screw should' accidentally be removedfronrthenutit can'be'readily inserted, as the Y nut is always heldY sothat its opening will register with the slotinthe casing.

By making thesupportinglate. as 'above described itcan be formed by stampingit from thin mat'eriahas the casing can be formed by forcing a portion of thev base out of itsV normal plane and yagainst a corrugated die,`

which will completefit ready for ruse. The

strain upon the walls 'of the 'casing will comel IOO in the direction of theirgplane and enable "i them to support thecurtain even if made off exceedingly ligl1tweight.;. In addition to thisA the nut within the casing Will assist in supporting the outer Wall of the casing, owing to its fitting between the wall and the Window casing to which the device is secured.

When it is desired to adjust the bracket horizontally, the screw is loosened slightly, when said adjustment may be readily effected, the corrugated surfaces of the casing and bracket permitting such movement, but preventing the bracket from becomingdisplaced vertically.

In order to adjust the bracket vertically, the screw must be loosened sufciently to permit the corrugated surfaces of the casing and bracket to be disengaged, when the bracket may be moved upwardly or downwardly, as desired, so that the shade-roller may be supported in a horizontal position to keep the shade perfectly straight at all times.

From the above description it will be seen that I have produced a very simple construction of bracket-support in which the bracket may be quickly and conveniently adjusted either horizontally or vertically, as may be desired.

XVhile I have illustrated and described the best means now known to me for carrying ont my invention, I do not wish to be understood as restricting myself to the exact details of construction shown and described, but hold that any slight changes or variations such as might suggest themselves to the ordinary mechanic will properly fall within the limit and scope of my invention.

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

In a curtain-fixture, the combination with a perforated base provided with a casing, the outer wall of which is corrugated longitudinally'on its outer face and slotted in the direction of the corrngations, a bracket which has its base corrugated transversely upon its inner face and provided with a slot at right angles to the corrngations, a nut in the casing of substantially the same area in crosssection as the cross-section of the casing and ascrew passed through the slotsin the bracket and the casing and engaging with said nut, said nut being of a greater thickness than the height of the corrugations, whereby the bracket may be adjusted vertically without removing the screw from the nut.

JosIAr-I nURLnYQ Witnesses:

XVM. B. HAMMOND, F. C. JACOBS.

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