US1278534A - Shade-roller holder. - Google Patents

Description

J. M. WATT.

SHA DE ROLLER HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE )9 I918.

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Patented Sept. 10,1918.

JAMES M. WATT, OF LATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHADE-ROLLER, HOLDER.

1,278 534. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept 10, 1918 Application filed June 19, 1918. Serial No. 240,829. a

, To all whom itmay concern: they will assume when the device is applied Be it known that I, JA Es M. WATT, a to a Window frame, citizenof the United States, residing at La Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view trobe, in'the county of Westmoreland and taken substantially upon line 22 of Fig.1, 6 State of Pennsylvania, have invented cer- \Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional tain new and useful Improvements in Shade view taken upon line 3-3 of Fig. 1,

Roller Holders, of which the following is a Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the 60 ppecification. ase constituting a art, f th h ld d This invention relates generally to shade I Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the .9 roller holders, having. for its primary ob ect improved locking device for the bracket to :to generally simplify, che'apen and improve e used in connection with the. holding the construction.and operation of such demeans. g5 vices as well as to increase their efficiency. In carrying out the invention, a pair of ,Afurther object of the invention is to the holding devices are necessary for each 16 rovicle a, shade roller holder capable of window, one of the said devices being aroing easily and quick] applied to the Win ranged at each side of the window frame. dow frame without defiicing r scarring the Each of the holders has adjustably mounted: 70 same, and which may be adjusted to vari-' thereon, a bracket to receive the end of the ous hei hts upon the frame. shade roller and the adjustment of these "20 A stil further object of the invention is brackets permits of the device being used in to provide a, device of the character stated connection with shades varying in Width. which is equipped with the improved means The holders at the opposing sides of the foi renderin the brackets or holding deframe are identical in construction, and only vibes adjusta leso as a, accommodate rollers one, therefore, will be described. 86 varying; in lengths, and which further Referring now more particularly to the *eq'uip 'ed with means forpositively hold ng drawings, 6 indicates a, relatively thin metal- -such Brackets or holders against accidental 11c plate of narrow width, and this plate is movement.

Still further objects reside in rovidmg gitudlnally disposed openings such as the ID a device of the character stated w ich. is of slots indicated at 7. These slots are arinexpensive construction and which may be ranged preferably near the lateral edges of ut uponthemarket at low cost Which maythe p ate or base 6, and terminate at their 86- ireadilyi applied to the. window frame ends inwardly from theextremities of the "without the use of special skill or tools, said-base. The base 6 is preferably stamped, A which is firmly held in position when propand its end ortions have apertures 8 thereerly applied, which is composed of-but few in, threaded to receive suitable clamping simple and readilyassembledgarts, the sa d screws, andthe longitudinal. edges ofthe it) part's'being so'constru'cted an arranged as said base members are provided with out- .to minimize the opportunity for wear, wardly pro ecting relatively narrow flange qogbreakage 'or derangement, and which w ll ortions 9. After the plate members have provethoroughly practical and efficient 1n eenproperly formed, the ends 10 are bent s y I ,rearwardly at substantially right angles to 06 With these objects inview together with I e body portion of the late, and the flange others which will appear. as the description portions 9 are similarly ent. The openin 45 proceed-athe invention resides in the novel 8 in the end members 10 are internal y formation, combination and arrangement of threaded, and receive the clamping screws arts, all as will be described morefully indicated at 11. The base inember is applied ereinafter, illustrated in the drawings, and the vertical Stile of the window frame particularly pointed out in the claims. with the end portions 10 engaged over the- In the drawings vertical edges 0,1. the said stile, and thebase Figure 1'is'a front elevation of a shade is forced inwardly upon=the stile until the roller holder constructed in accordance with flangeor web Iportions 9 engage the front 106 the invpntion, the view illustrating the parts face of the sti e. The clamping screws 11 20914 are extended through the 'o are then tightened, and the inner extremities of the same engage the sides of tho-stile and firmly hold the base member thereto. If preferred, the' inner ends of these clamping screws maybe pointed so as to bite into the' woodwork Tho '(lJ or flange portions 9 hold the body )ortionoi the base spaced from ;the .o,g1e 1;-;;,aco f)l *-itl!L/ \\'ll1[l()\ \l frame.

Th9 flliasd'rl ldiflblii 's'aio cbnstriftfecl in such manner that the ordinary or commonly used shade brackets may be pmployed. One of the shadev brackets is indicated at. 12, and. is provided at one end with the iisual right angularly disposed footportion 13' having 15 apertures thor ejn ,t-o i 'eceii'c' the retaining c'l'eii'intp The base meinbg'r (l has its slots or a openings 7 spaced apart a distance equal to 'the distance between theo1. g1 ipgs;1n tho foot pm-timmf the shade hracl: p'enings in the Fglgxtafl in ,t-he

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A--:clamp-ing or looking megn gl Jaiis an. god lipon the underside the base {6. damping niei'riboi coinp -isos a metallic-w:- plat'e hax'ing a pair ofspaoed'apertnros 1 therein, the said aportur es being spaced apart a distance equal to the distance betyveenthe slots 7 in the base member. The length of the clamping member 15 is pref? orably equal to t'liefldjistance betwen tho roarwardly jn oje'cting n'c'b or flange pertions 9' so that the plate 15 fi l-s snugly ho .t-Weenth'o'said flanges. Tlief plate. at its 1011-. aacgifiudin'al 'dgc's is provided 1th outwardly oxt-ehding space-d fingers I r-lngs 17, these lngs be'ing also"spaccd apart a distance equal 1 to 2th distafic betaic en tho slots 7 in the bash .6; --The so--'fi-ng0rs aro'fbontforwardly at; rs'ubstantial'ljvright ahgglesto the body portionfof the plat 15 and when propcrlyapplied toithe, basr lllPllllKl'S the fingers extend fomxfardl* through thin o wnings or slots 7. Thu apertures 16 in the clamping member arc thr'adod to rcccivo tho in nvr ands, of the '14; as will bv' find'ogjs'tood that when rt-saro i -0156* ,asscx'n'bled. tightening; oft e'scrcws will ransc the. c

" thafoot 'pdrti'o'n 135m n ovo opcnings therein,- a bran openings theroin', a

passing through lanip ng mem Y throi x-gh t1 no ripening-s throngh said slots and th .1 ,a're ssc standardized and manufactured and assembled in quantities, and tho devices'may be easily and quickly put together. The complated holder comprises a very small article, and will not. when ap pliod to a window detract from tho apj'marance' of the room. The holding devices may lgonarfljnsmd yortically upon the slilvs with great ease and after the l'iol ders are romow-i'lno imsighlly marks Will be lcl t upon the. woodwork. It will be noted that, the tllHlIt-HUL" bolwcun the base portions of the webs oi: flanges 9 and the outer edges thqroot' is gmatur than the distance between tho atar and of acrmv l4.- and the inner 6nd tlioi'of, thus obviating the opportunity for the inner extremity of the screw coming in Contact, with the woodwork with whiqhjhe' devicois used. I f i i Thc fore-going description and the draw ing's. have reference to what may ha siderod tho preferred or a 'iprovad form-59f: myinyontion. It is to be andei stood,that}; inlay make such changes in constnucti; i arrz'uigcmcntand cmnbin on of}; a terialsi dining ions aria, pedic-nt and fa ll pended claims. 7

Haring thns fully dfcsm'ibo-tl what I claim as new and desii Letters Pate-niis:--

1? In .a shaderoller holdle' ket ha spaced apart a distance q'iia' can the opc'nings'ifin "said taining members pzssii1lblf1 ings in said bracketand in' holding said l 'ulieE-tftfif i l Ina sharia i as m 1 e ex b rdisposed foot on said-b being provii'lcd ivith opcn'in a distance (equal to the dist a' 7 said opi'ii'ngs' in said basJf'r'et the og' o'nings in" a clamping plat 1l(' ngihronghsaid cla-iiigiaig and in said base,

plate;

3; aria-shade rollei h'o ld c" v 111 tho-openings of said c-.l

pnings dt gig nod to aline w" h 'otficf o'oliamping plate hating pnningk thi'oin spaced ap'a he distance-bPtw-con saidf's 'lp t'sl finliid p'lat "entendingbfint o sa i' I newsip a ssin g through tho ppgniaggu' said, bracket and through said slots and tlireaded into the openings in said clamping ate.

I 5. In a shade roller holder, at base comprising a metallic plate; flanges projecting rearwardly' from the edges of said plate and adapted to engage a support, a bracket, retaining ineans passing throu h said bracket v and said plate for holding the said bracket 10 to the latter, and the distance between the H. BAKER, E. L. MANN.

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