Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Apr., 1387
Complete Left, 26th Jan., 1888
Complete Accepted, 9th Mar., 1888
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to fixtures for supporting window, door or other curtains and
hanging drapery to enable the latter to be drawn across the window or door frame;
and it consists essentially of a hollow pole or bar having one or more longitudinal slots
facing downward when the pole is in position, and containing balls or buttons sliding
in the said pole and provided with shanks or pins which project through the longi-
tudinal slot or slots and to which the curtain is attached the open ends of the hollow
pole being closed by knobs, one of which is made removable.
Ordinary pole fixtures for curtains are usually solid, and the curtains are fastened
to rings which surround the pole and are movable along the same. Such curtains are
usually hung in pairs so that each may be drawn from centre to side of the door or
window. With such poles and rings for curtain hangings, it is well known that the
rings catch on the pole when the curtain is pulled from the lower end in the attempt
to move it along the pole as above mentioned; and the difficulty is greater when two
pairs of curtains, one over the other, are hung together or upon the same or different
rings upon the same pole at the same window, as is frequently done. With my
improvement such difficulty in either case is entirely obviated; the rings are entirely
dispensed with, and economy of space is secured. as the pole may be secured in or
against a window frame where it would be manifestly impossible in some cases to hang
a pole with external movable rings.
The hollow pole, may be round or flat as desired; the latter being particularly
desirable when banging a curtain over a lower sash only. It is slotted longitudinally

page_text: for its entire length except as hereinafter mentioned, in order that balls or buttons
cach of which is provided with a shank or hook may be easily inserted in the end of
the hollow portion of the pole, with the shank or hook projecting in whole or in
part through the longitudinal slot which faces downwards when the fixture is in
position.
The sizes of the parts, relatively to each other, are such, that the ball will easily
move in the hollow of the pole, while it is greater in diameter than the longitudinal
slot thereof, the latter being wide enough to permit the lateral movement therein of
the shank or hook of the ball.
The curtain is secured to the shanks or hooks in the ordinary manner as it would
be to the books of the rings as now used, and the number of such balls would about
equal the number of rings as now usually employed. The balls or buttons being
secured to the curtain they are inserted in the hollow of the rod or pole, and the ends
of the latter are then closed by removable knobs having internal screw threads working
over external screw threads on the pole, or vice versa; or the ends may be closed by
removablo wooden plug pieces into which the ordinary curtain pole knob, provided
with a thin screw on its end, may be secured, as now cominonly used with a
solid rod.
It frequently happens that a light and a heavy curtain are to be hung one over the
other, at the same window, and to be moved independently of each other. By
constructing the fixture or pole with two parallel longitudinal slots I am enabled to
use the same rod for both curtains, each operating by separate balls or buttons and
independently of the other, and with less than the usual projection from the window,
as the pole or fixture may in such case be made flat.
It is apparent that in case of double slots, they should not extend entirely to one of
the ends of the fixture, nor is it necessary to extend the entire length in case of a
single slot; It is also unnecessary in case of one or of two or more slots to extend
the same to either extreme end of the pole or fixture, as openings on the side of the
pole or bar, at right angles with the slots may be provided for inserting the buttons or
sliding balls.
It is obvious that my invention is applicable to any kind of hanging drapery, for
hanging maps one over the other that slide laterally instead of roll up, for supporting
in liko manner sliding trays, and for other analogous uses.
Dated this 26th day of April 1887.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: SUOMI LINIE SUMITATION.
Improvements in Rods or Poles for Supporting Curtains and for
similar Purposes.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to fixtures for supporting curtains or other hanging drapery
and to enable the latter to be drawn across the window or door frame by means of
sliding balls moving laterally in the interior of a hollow slotted rod or pole.
The said invention comprises a hollow pole or bar with two or more parallel
longitudinal slots facing downward when the bar is in position on the window or door
frame, in order that balls or buttons provided with hooks or pins, to be attached to the
curtain may be retained within the hollow bar, but free to slide therein, the shank or
pin of the ball or button projecting through the longitudinal slot and so attached to
the curtain; whereby two or more curtains, maps, trays, or other dependent objects
may be supported and moved, one over the other, on the same pole or bar independently
of each other.
In the accompanying drawing,
Figure 1 is a front elevation partly in section, and
Figure 2 a vertical cross section of the same through the line,.
Ordinary pole fixtures for curtains are usually solid and the curtain is fastened to
rings which embrace the pole and are moveable along the same. With such poles and
rings for curtains hanging it is well known that the rings catch in the pole when the
curtain is pulled from the lower end in the attempt to move it and its supporting ring
along the pole. Such difficulty has been obviated by making the pole hollow with
interior sliding cylindrical rollers or buttons connected with the curtain through a slot
in the pole. Neither of said devices are successfully applicable where, as is common,
two pairs of curtains are hung one over the other on the same pole, nor can such
devices be used for the supporting and lateral moving of two or more maps hung one
over the other, or for supporting and moving on the same pole two or more trays or
other dependent objects, as common in store windows. My invention is therefore
distinct from either of these devices, and accomplishes a purpose for which neither of
them are applicable,
Referring to the drawings, A represents the hollow pole or bar which may be round
or flat as desired, the flat form being particularly desirable where space would not
permit of the usual round form. It is slotted longitudinally facing downward when
the bar is in position; the slot, shown at a figure 2 extending from one end of the bar
to a point near the other end, in order that balls or buttons B inserted into the hollow
part of the pole and free to slide therein, may have their shanks or hooks projecting
wholly or in part through the said slot; and to such shanks or hooks the curtain is

page_text: secured in the ordinary manner as it would be to the hook, of the ring as now used,
and the number of such balls would about equal the number of rings as now usually
employed. The sizes of the parts relatively to each other, are such, that the ball will
casily slido, in the hollow of the pole, while it is greater in diameter than the longi-
tudinal slot thereof, the latter being sufficiently wide to permit the lateral movement
therein of the shank or hook of the ball. The balls or buttons being secured to the
curtain D, they are inserted in the hollow of the rod or pole, to the open ends of which
removable knobs Care secured by-any-known means..
It is apparent that my improvement enables two curtains or other dependent objects
to be hung over each other on the same pole and slide along the same independently
of each other and that it is applicable not only to curtains, but to any kind of hanging
drapery, hanging maps, one over the other that slide laterally instead of roll up, or to
supporting in like manner sliding trays, and for other analogous uses.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me
by my foreign Correspondent I declare that what I claim is
First. A supporting device for laterally sliding curtains or other analogous purposes,
consisting of a hollow pole or bar provided with two or more parallel longitudinal
alots or openings extending from end to end of the har, or nearly so, and facing down-
wards when the bar is in position in combination with two or more series of balls or
buttons adapted to slide freely within the interior of said bar and provided with
shanks or hooks projecting into or through the said longitudinal slots, substantially as
described.
Second. A curtain supporting device consisting of the hollow pole or har A, provided
with two or more parallel longitudinal slots A facing downwards when the bar is in
position, sliding buttons B with projecting hooks or shanks adapted to be secured to
a hanging curtain, and with one or more renovable knobs C, substantially as set
-forth.
1000
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for tho Applicant.