US724506A - Curtain pole and hanger. - Google Patents

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- H. P. ROBERTS.

PATENT-ED APR. 7, 1903", I

CURTAIN POLE AND HANGER.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY P. ROBERTS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO l/VILLIAM L. HAINES, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, AND ARTHUR H. STETSON, OF

DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

CURTAIN POLE AND HANGER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 72 ,506, da e April 1903- Application filed September 24, 1901. Serial No. 76,410. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY P. ROBERTS, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, State of Masssachusetts, have made certain new and useful 5 Improvements in Curtain Poles and Hangers, of which the following is a description sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to make and use the' same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation showing a portion of a curtain-pole constructed in accordance Y with myimprovement, the curtain being represented as attached to one hanger; Fig. 2, a cross-section on line 2 2 in Fig. 1; Fig. 3, an elevation showing a modified form of hanger adapted for carrying a curtain-ring; Fig. 4, a cross-section of the same; Fig, 5, an enlarged central section of the hanger, and Fig. 6 a sectional .view illustrating the pole employed as molding.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures of the drawings.

My invention relates especially to that class of curtain-poles which are provided with sliding hangers by which the curtains are carried; and it has certain novel features hereinafter set forth and claimed, the object being to produce a simple, cheap, and highlyeffective device of this character.

The nature and operation of the invention will be readily understood by those conversant with such matters from the following explanation In the drawings, A represents the curtain rod or pole, which is of the ordinary circular form. Igroove this pole longitudinally, forming a beadf, approximately circular in crosssection (see Fig. 2) and integral with the pole. This bead forms a track or way on which the hanger B runs. This hanger B comprises, primarily, a short section of split tubing, which will slip loosely on said bead, and the edges h of its mouth bear, respectively, on the inner faces of said head, as best shown I Fig. 2. This section of tubing is provided in opposite sides at its longitudinal and vertical 5o center with eyes j, Fig. 5, into which the ends of a ring 70 are snapped. On this ring 7.: is pendent an eye Z, in which a safety-pin 0c of ordinary form may be inserted for attaching the curtain C to the hanger, as in Fig. 1.

It will be seen that the weight of the curtain is applied through ring it centrally to the hangers. This is a material feature in my invention, as when the curtain is moved the ring is swings in like direction, and the pull on the tubular hanger being thus central it slips without binding in the least on the bead.

As seen at g in Fig. 2, there is material space in the groove above the edges h of the hanger. This admits of lateral rocking of said hanger on the bead and also tends to prevent binding. This form of hanger is far cheaper than many of the forms in common use where rollers or Wheels are employed.

1 do not confine myself to using the exact combination of rings shown nor to any specific method of connecting the curtain to the hanger, the salient feature of my invention being a split tube of material length fitted to slide on a way or run on a curtain-pole.

In the form shown in Figs. 3 and 4 the bead fand hanger-slide are the same as already described, but in use the pole is disposed so that said bead is on top.

In place of the attaching-ring k I form a spring-clip m rigidly on the slide B. Into this the ordinary curtain-ring H, encircling the pole in the usual manner, may be detachably disposed and is held, as shown in Fig.

4, out of contact with said pole. By this means all the disagreeable features of the rings binding on the pole incident to the common forms are avoided. The bearing-point is central on the slide B, as in the pendent form first described.

In Fig. 6 the pole is shown split longitudinally, forminga picture-molding attachable by any suitable means, as a strap y, to a wall ,2. The hanger on this form will slide on the bead f, and pictures or articles other than curtains may be suspended therefrom in a manner which will be readily understood by those conversant with such matters without a more explicit description.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim is 1. In a device of the type set forth, the com bination with a pole having a bead substantially circular in cross-section, of an elongated tube split longitudinally and having its side edges engaging the periphery of said bead, and means arranged centrally on the said tube for engagement with the curtain, substantially as described.

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