US2110671A - Curtain crane construction - Google Patents

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arch 8, 1938. G. w. KlRSGH l fi CURTAIN CRANE CONSTRUCTION 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed July 1, 1955 INVENTOR.

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.GURTAIN CRANE CONSTRUCTION Filed July 1, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 15 'Fi .EL a-* INVENTORY L O 2 GUY W. KIRSCH- ATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 8, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT QFFHCE CURTAIN CRANE CONSTRUCTION Application July 1, 1935, Serial No. 29,345

16 Claims.

' The objects of this invention are:

First, to provide a new and improved swinging crane for curtains or draperies or the like for windows or doorways.

Second, to provide such a swinging crane having an independent swinging ornament similar to a cornice thereon, to conceal the curtain rings on the swinging rod of the crane and provided with means connecting the ornament and the rod so that they may be swung together as a unit.

Third, to provide such a swinging crane in which the ornament is provided with a return which runs back to the wall to eliminate unsightly openings between the pivot of the crane and the wall.

Fourth, to provide such a swinging crane made up of a series of stock parts which may be used interchangeably for making up various types of cranes having various types of swinging ornaments so that without changing the various parts of the crane difierent ornaments may be used as desired, greatly simplifying the manufacture of such cranes which hitherto when ornamented have had the ornaments cast on the cranes, and reducing the cost of changing window treatments due to the necessity for purchasing complete new cranes when such a change is desired.

Fifth, to provide such a swinging crane in which the ornament may be used to conceal the rings of the curtain and which may be placed in close proximity to the ceiling if desired.

Sixth, to provide such a swinging crane which is easily and simply assembled and which is inexpensive and highly satisfactory in use.

Seventh, to provide a new and improved swinging crane and drapery combination which may be easily and simply assembled and in which a novel effect is obtained due to the arrangement of a swinging ornament and rod used to hold a series of ropes or cords.

Other objects and advantages pertaining to details and economies of construction and operation will appear from the description to follow. The device is defined in the claims. Preferred embodiments of my invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my new and improved crane and ornament.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of my new and improved crane and ornament.

Fig. 3 is a rear perspective view showing the details of the construction.

'Fig. 4 is a detail view of the bracket and rod construction shown partially in section.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a detail plan view in section showing details of construction.

Fig. 7 is a perspective rear view of a slightly modified form of the invention.

Fig. 8 is an elevational View of a still different form of the invention.

Fig. 9 is a detail sectional view taken on line 9--9 of Fig. 8.

Fig. 10 is a view of a still different form of my invention.

Fig. 11 is a detail View of the form of the invention shown in Fig. 10.

Referring to the drawings, l is the bracket having the portion 2 adapted for attachment to the wall or window casing by screws extending through the holes 3. 4, 4 are parallel arms having at their free ends the vertically alined openings 5. This member may be formed of sheet metal or in any suitable manner.

6 is a swinging ornament formed of sheet metal or the like having a decorative sheet metal design "I applied to the front thereof and held in place by clips 8. The end 9 of the ornament 6 is fitted between the arms 4 of the bracket I and is provided with straps l0 bent around to form apertures adapted to register with the apertures 5 of the bracket I. Straps l0 may be spot welded to the member 9 or otherwise aifixed thereto. The extreme end portion I l of the end 9 is turned back to form a return extending substantially to the wall I 2 as indicated in Fig. 2 to close up a gap which would otherwise occur at this point. The return thus formed at H is of a depth to fit between the arms 4 of the bracket as shown in Fig. 3 and it is provided at the end with means for fastening a curtain return to the end H. The particular means shown are in the form of an angle bracket l3 which is spot welded to the end II as shown. The bracket I3 is provided with apertures M which are so positioned that they fall in line with the loops of an ordinary curtain ring Iii which may be positioned on the curtain rod to receive the curtain, thus maintaining the top of the curtain level.

The other end of the ornament 6 is bent back as shown at It: and an aperture [6 is provided through which the rod extends. The rod is made up of a pivot member I! having a vertical shank i8 which passes through the apertures 5 and the straps l0 and is provided with a relatively horizontal portion l9 and a downwardly oiiset horizontal portion 20 which is connected to the portion 19 by a vertical connecting portion 2|.

The portion 26 is swaged or otherwise pressed out of round as at 22 to fit tightly the curtain rod 23 which is preferably a hollow rod cut from. stock material. This rod may be cut to desired length and inserted through the aperture l6 and over the portion 2% of the pivot member ll as shown. The rod then serves to support the free end of the ornament and to support a curtain hung on suitable rings such as M.

Referring to Fig. 7, it will be noted that the end H of the ornament is not bent back as in Fig. 2 and means HS comprising a strap having a portion extending backwardly from the ornament I85 and over the rod 23 are provided to support the free end of the ornament.

Referring to Figs. 8 and 9, it will be seen that there is a slight modification. The member ll and the bracket 1 remain the same, but the ornament consists of .a casting 24 which is fitted between the arms 4 of the bracket and is apertured at H9 to receive the shank N3 of the member ll. Extending from the front of the bracket are a plurality of fingers 25 and on each or" the fingers 25 is fitted a rod 26 which extends in front of the rod 23. The rods 26 are joined by members 2'! as illustrated, although this is not essential. A return is cast on the member 24 at HI. A lug 28 extends from the side of the casting 24 and is notched at 29 to engage the vertical connecting portion 2| of the pivot member 11. It will be seen that when the member ll is inserted through the apertures 5 of the bracket and the aperture H0 of the casting 24, the casting is pivoted in the bracket 1 and the engagement of the notch 29 with the vertical portion 2! of the pivot member [1 joins the ornament 2% with the curtain rod so that the two will be swung as a unit. If desired, the return i i i can be eliminated.

Referring to Figs. and 11, I show a still further modification of the invention in which the rod 23 and pivot member l! and bracket i remain the same. The ornament 366 is somewhat different, consisting of a piece of strap metal having one end 3% formed into a loop 3| which is vertically disposed in the bracket I and is apertured at 32 so that the shank i8 of the member ll serves as a pivot for the ornament 386 as in the other embodiments. The body portion 33 of the ornament 306 extends downwardly at an angle and is provided with a plurality of spaced apertures 34. The loop 3! has a depression 35 formed therein to engage the connecting portion 2! of the member l1, so that the ornament 306 and the rod may be swung together as a unit. A plurality of cords or ropes 3'5 are fastened in spaced relation to the rod 23 by looping the cord therearound or by any other suitable means and the cords are then threaded through the openings 3G and are looped between the openings 34 and the rod 23 as shown, while the free ends 31 of the cords 3B are allowed to hang downwardly. This creates a new and difierent treatment for windows and the particular treatment takes the place of other forms of draperies. The ornament 3% and the rod 23 may be swung together as a unit as will be appreciated fully by those skilled in the art.

It will be seen that in all forms of the invention the bracket 9, the pivot member I! and the rod 23 may all be made up as stock parts at a decreased oost because of the possibility of mass production. They are all of extreme simplicity,

the bracket i being formed of ordinary metal,

strap and the pivot member I! being formed of rod which is easily bent as desired and the rod 23 being formed of stock tubing. The ornaments may be made up in smaller numbers and when a particular ornament is desired it may be assembled with the other items and they may then be sent out from the factory or if desired the ultimate purchaser may have several different ornaments for use with the same crane.

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

1. In a curtain crane construction, the combination of a bracket comprising a pair of arms having vertically alinecl apertures, a swinging sheet metal ornament having a portion fitted between said arms and apertured to register with the apertures of the bracket, said ornament having the end adjacent the bracket turned back to form a return adapted to swing between the bracket arms when the free end of the crane is swung outwardly and having its free end bent back and apertured to receive and be supported by the free end of a curtain rod, means on said return to support a curtain return, a pivot member having a vertical shank fitting through the apertures of the bracket and the apertured por tion of the ornament fitted between said arms and having a downwardly offset horizontal portion, and a hollow rod extending through the aperture at the free end of the ornament and fitting on the horizontal portion of said pivot member.

2. In a curtain crane construction, the combination of a bracket comprising a pair of arms having vertically alined apertures, a swinging sheet metal ornament having a portion fitted between said arms and bearing on the lower one thereof and apertured to register with the apertures of the bracket, said ornament having the end adjacent the bracket turned back to form a return adapted to swing between the bracket arms when the free end of the crane is swung outwardly and having its free end bent back and apertured to receive and be supported by the free end of a curtain rod, a pivot member having a vertical shank fitting through the apertures of the bracket for pivotal movement therein and fitting through the apertured portion of the ornament fitted between said arms and concealed by said ornament and serving as a pivot therefor and having a downwardly offset horizontal portion disposed behind said ornament, and a rod extending through the aperture at the free end of the ornament and supporting the same and fitting on the horizontal portion of said pivot member and supported thereby.

3. In a curtain crane construction, the combination of a bracket comprising a pair of arms having vertically alined apertures, a swinging ornament having a portion fitted between said arms and apertured to register with the apertures of the bracket, said ornament having the end adjacent the bracket turned back to form a return adapted to swing between the bracket arms when the free end of the crane is swung outwardly, means on said return to support a curtain return, a rod having a vertical shank extending through the apertures of the bracket and the apertures of the ornament and having a downwardly ofiset horizontal portion extending behind said ornament, and means extending from said rod to said ornament whereby the free end of said ornament is supported by the free end of said rod and may be swung with the rod as a unit,

4. In a curtain crane construction, the combination of a bracket comprising a pair of arms having vertically alined apertures, a swinging ornament having a portion fitted between said arms and bearing on the lower one thereof and apertured to register with the apertures of the bracket, said ornament having the end adjacent the bracket turned back to form a return adapted to swing between the bracket arms when the free end of the crane is swung outwardly, a rod having a vertical shank extending through the apertures of the bracket for pivotal movement therein and fitting through the apertures of the ornament and concealed by said ornament and serving as a pivot therefor and having a downwardly offset horizontal portion extending behind said ornament, and means extending from said rod to said ornament whereby the free end of said ornament is supported by the free end of said rod and may be swung with the rod as a unit.

5. In a curtain crane construction, the combination of a bracket comprising a pair of arms having vertically alined apertures, a swinging ornament having a portion fitted between said arms and bearing on the lower one thereof and apertured to register with the apertures of the bracket, a rod having a vertical shank extending through the apertures of the bracket for pivotal movement thereon and through the apertures of the ornament and concealed by said ornament and serving as a pivot therefor and having a downwardly offset horizontal portion extending behind said ornament, and means extending from said rod to said ornament whereby the free end of said ornament is supported by the free end of said rod and may be swung with the rod as a unit.

6. In a curtain crane construction, the combination of a bracket comprising a pair of arms having vertically alined apertures, a swinging ornament having a portion fitted between said arm-s and bearing on the lower one thereof and apertured to register with the apertures of the bracket, said ornament having the end adjacent the bracket turned back to form a return adapted to swing between the bracket arms when the free end of the crane is swung outwardly, a rod having a vertical shank extending through the apertures of the bracket for pivotal movement therein and through the apertures of the ornament and concealed by said ornament and serving as a pivot therefor and having a downwardly offset horizontal portion extending behind said ornament, and means connecting said rod and ornament whereby they may be swung as a unit.

'7. In a curtain crane construction, the combination of a bracket comprising a pair of arms having vertically alined apertures, a swinging ornament having a portion fitted between said arms and bearing on the lower one thereof and apertured to register with the apertures of the bracket, a rod having a vertical shank extending through the apertures of the bracket for pivotal movement therein and through the apertures of the ornament and concealed by said ornament and serving as a pivot therefor and having a downwardly offset horizontal portion extending behind said ornament, and means connecting said rod and ornament whereby they may be swung as a unit.

8. In a curtain crane construction, the combination of a bracket comprising a pair of arms having vertically alined apertures, a swinging ornament having a portion fitted between said arms and bearing on the lower one thereof and apertured to register with the apertures of the bracket, a rod having a vertical shank extending through the apertures of the bracket for pivotal movement therein and through the apertures of the ornament and concealed by said ornament and serving as a pivot therefor and having a downwardly offset horizontal portion extending behind said ornament and concealed thereby.

9. In a curtain crane construction, the combination of a bracket comprising a pair of arms having vertically alined apertures, and a rod having a vertical shank extending through the apertures of the bracket and having a downwardly offset horizontal portion extending substantially centrally from said bracket.

10. In a curtain crane construction, the com.- bination of a bracket comprising a pair of arms having vertically alined apertures, a swinging ornament having a portion fitted between said arms and bearing on the lower one thereof and apertured to register with the apertures of the bracket, said ornament having the end adjacent the bracket turned back to form a return adapted to swing between the bracket arms when the free end of the crane is swung outwardly, a rod having a vertical shank extending through the apertures of the bracket for pivotal movement therein and through the ornament and serving as a pivot therefor, and having a substantially short horizontal portion extending from the top thereof, and a relatively long horizontal portion downwardly offset from said short horizontal portion and connected thereto by a substantially vertical connecting portion, a notch in the portion of said ornament which is fitted between said bracket arms, said vertical connecting portion of said rod fitting in and engaging said notch whereby said rod and ornament are held in relatively fixed position to one another whereby said rod and ornament pivot about said shank as a unit.

11. In a curtain crane construction, the combination of a bracket comprising a pair of arms having vertically alined apertures, a swinging ornament having a portion fitted between said arms and bearing on the lower one thereof and apertured to register with the apertures of the bracket, a rod having a vertical shank extending through the apertures of the bracket for pivotal movement therein and through the ornament and serving as a pivot therefor and having a substantially short horizontal portion extending from the top thereof and a relatively long horizontal portion downwardly offset from said short horizontal portion and connected thereto by a substantially vertical connecting portion, a notch in the portion of said ornament which is fitted between said bracket arms and said vertical con necting portions of said rod fitting in and engaging said notch whereby said rod and ornament are connected together and may be swung as a unit about the vertical shank of said rod.

12. In a curtain crane construction, the combination of a bracket comprising a pair of arms having vertically alined apertures, a swinging ornament having a portion fitted between said arms and bearing on the lower one thereof and apertured to register with the apertures of the bracket, a rod having a vertical shank extending through the apertures of the bracket for pivotal movement therein and through the ornament toserve as a pivot therefor and having a substantially short horizontal portion extending from the top thereof and a relatively long horizontal portion downwardly ofiset from said short horizontal portion, means on the portion of said ornament which is fitted between said bracket arms to engage said rod at a point spaced from its shank to hold said rod and ornament in relatively fixed position, said rod engaging said means whereby said rod and ornament are held together as a unit and may be swung about the vertical shank of said rod as a pivot.

13. In a curtain crane construction, the combination of a bracket comprising a pair of arms having vertically alined apertures at their free ends, a swinging ornament comprising a strip having one end bent into a, vertical loopand fitted between said arms and apertured vertically to register with the apertures in said arms and having its body portion extending downwardly at an angle from said bracket, said body portion having a plurality of apertures therealong spaced from one another, a rod comprising a pivot member having a vertical shank extending through the apertures of the bracket and the apertures of that loop of the ornament fitted within the bracket and having a substantially short horizontal portion extending from the top' thereof and a relatively long horizontal portion downwardly offset from the short horizontal portion and connected thereto by a substantially vertical connecting portion, said rod adapted to support a plurality of ropes fastened to the horizontal portion thereof and spaced from one another and extending through the apertures in the body portion of said ornament with their ends hanging downwardly therefrom, and a depression formed in the edge of the loop of said ornament fitted in said bracket and engaging the vertical connecting portion of said rod whereby the rod and ornament may be swung as a unit.

14. In a curtain crane construction, the combination of a bracket comprising a pair of arms having vertically alined apertures at their free ends, a swinging ornament having an apertured portion fitted between said bracket arms and a body portion extending downwardly at an angle from the bracket and having a series of spaced apertures therealong, a rod comprising a. pivot member having a vertical shank extending through the apertures of the bracket and the apertures of that loop of the ornament fitted with in the bracket and having a substantially short horizontal portion extending from the top thereof and a relatively long horizontal portion downwardly offset from the short horizontal portion and connected thereto by a substantially vertical connecting portion, said rod adapted to support a plurality of ropes fastened to the horizontal portion thereof and spaced from one another and extending through the apertures in the body portion or" said ornament with their ends hanging downwardly therefrom, and a depression formed in the edge of the loop of said ornament fitted in said bracket and engaging the vertical connecting portion of said rod, whereby the rod and ornament may be swung as a unit.

15. In a curtain crane construction, the combination of a bracket comprising a pair of arms having vertically alined apertures at their free ends, a swinging ornament having an apertured portion fitted between said bracket arms and a body portion extending downwardly at an angle from the bracket and having a series of spaced apertures therealong, a rod comprising a pivot member having a vertical shank extending throughthe apertures of the bracket and the apertures of that loop of the ornament fitted within the bracket and having a substantially short horizontal portion extending from the top thereof and a relatively long horizontal portion downwardly oifset from the short horizontal portion and connected thereto by a substantially vertical connecting portion, said rod adapted to support and a plurality of ropes fastened to the horizontal portion thereof and spaced from one another and extending through the apertures in the body portion of said ornament with their ends hanging downwardly therefrom.

16. In a curtain crane construction, the combination of a bracket comprising a pair of arms having vertically alined apertures at their free ends, a swinging ornament having an aperture'd portion fitted between said bracket arms and a body portion extending downwardly at an angle from the bracket and having a series of spaced apertures therealong, a rod comprising a pivot member and having a vertical shank extending through the apertures of the bracket and the apertures of that loop of the ornament fitted within the bracket, said rod adapted to support and a plurality of ropes fastened to the horizontal portion thereof and spaced from one another and extending through the apertures in the body portion of said ornament with their ends hanging downwardly therefrom.

GUY W. KIRSCH.

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