US78311A - miller - Google Patents

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JoHNy P. Minnen, or SOMERSET, PnNNsYLVn-NIA;

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TO `ALL WHOM IT MAY GNCERN:

` Be it known that I, JOHN P. MILLER, of Somerset, in the county o'f Somerset, and in the State of Ienn- Sylvania, have invented a new and useful Devioe for Supporting Window-Curtains after'they have been rolled i up from the bottomj and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexac" description thereof,

rei'erence being had to the annexed drawings', making par-t ofthis speoicatiou; in which- Figure l is an interiorelevatiou of a window, showing the curtain partially rolled up'.

Figure 2 is a proleof the same; and

Figure 3 shows a part in detail.

vMy invention is applicable to wiudow-eurtainsof any material that roll up from the bottom, instead of. at the top, but is expressly adapted` to curtains or, screens of paper, 4which have been andare commonly secured in place by the tyingof two strings under the roll, which strings depend from the top of the curtain on eachisidrof it. This modehof fastening is, us is well known, injurious to the curtain, as the tendency of th."A curtain to unroll causes it to bear with the pressure clue to its weight upon thestring underits centre, whe'feoy the curtuin is either out or broken so as 'to beirremetliably defaced.-

Tile object of my invention is to provide against injury to the curtain, by affording a broad support and protection thereto,.aud at the sainetiu'ie render the acts of raising and lowering the curtain-easy and expedh. tious, while theltying and untying of strings are dispensed with.

In the drawings, A represents a window-frame and sash, as seentrom the inside of a room,.partially covered by the curtain B, which is secured at top to the under side ot thc upper'part of the frame Atand rolled up'from the bottom, ns shown in fig, 2. C is a stirrup, of sheet or plate metal, or other suitablc'matcrial, having the curve-of its lower part of a width and depth suilicient to contain the largest cylinder the curtain'will form when v rolled. To the upperend of the stirrup C is attached a cord, l), which passes over e. small pulley, E, suspended from thefunder side ofthe top of the window-frame, and then down again to the stirrup C, where it passes through a. buckle-frame or cramp, F, attached to the stirrup, and where it is held in place by the spring-tongue or toothY G', which is firmly vsecured at' its ,upper end to the stirrup C, and confines the cord between its lower end and the buckle-frame F. The construction ofthe stirrup C and its cramp F G is dlstinctlylshown in fig. 3.

l The stirrup is made wide enough to afford as long a bearing for the rolled'portion ofthe curtain as may be" demanded by the width and weight of the curtain.

'Io raise the curtainywhich should have alight rod atits bottom, it is only necessary to p illl the end, Df,

of the cord, and, perhaps, start the roll by a twist of the rod, whe'nthesstirrup will rise, carrying the curtain', and rolling it up in the concavity as it rises'. The cord slips easily through the cramp F G as the stirrup rises,

and, when the movement ceases, the cord is cramped, and the curtain remains where it stopped. restinol on v' broad bed, whereit-cnnnot be cut or brel-zen.

To lower the curtain, press thc tongue G andthe upper part of the ,stirrup between thonger and thumb;

lthe cord will be loosened, and the strrup may be pulled do\vn,allowing the curtain to unroll' as it descends.

It may be eiipedient in some cases to dispense with the'pulley E, in which caserthc coxd D will be secured vby one end to the under side of the top ofthe fra-ine A, and' pass through a hole or guide in 'the top of lthe stirrup C, so that-this maybe always keptl in position, and then through the cramp EG, aslhereinbeforcdescribed. In

this cas'e, the stirrup is easily moved up and down onv thc,cord and madeto have the propereffeet upon the curtain. y

Having thus'i'ully described my invention, what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv K l The stirrup C and its crainp F G, the cord D, and the pulley E, combined, arranged, and opelating suhstantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that'Iclairn the above-described device for supporting window-curtains after they have been rolled upfrom thc bottom, I here hereunto signed my name, this 24th dav of April, 1867. v

JOHN I?. MILLER. y

Witnesses:

WM. H. Koourz, F. JfKoosEn.

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