Removable Rod for Curtains, Roller Blinds, and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Apr., 1899-Accepted, 27th May, 1899
Removable Rod for Curtains, Roller Blinds, and the like.
I, ERNST EMIL KAMMER, of 25, Paulinen Allée, Eimsbüttel, Hamburg, Germany,
Manufacturer, 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;-
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The present invention relates to a rod for curtains, roller blinds and the like,
which allows of fastening the curtain or the roller blind with one operation, and
which without considerable exertion of labour, can be lengthened in such a man-
ner as to enable it to fit windows of greater width. This rod is also particularly
suitable for use with patent fittings or spring fittings, that is to say, with fittings
in which by the drawing down of the curtain or roller blind a spring is placed
under strain which draws the blind up again automatically when the blind cord
is pulled.
An arrangement according to this invention is given by way of example in the
accompanying drawings in which:-
Figure 1 is an underside view.
Figure 2 is an elevation.
Figure 3 is a side elevation showing the device closed.
Figure 4 is a longitudinal section showing the device opened and drawn out, and
Figure 5 is a cross section of the same.
The curtain rod consists as shown in the drawings, essentially of the main rod a
which is formed on its underside (Figures 4 and 5) with a suitable notch, and has
on its longitudinal side, a head 6 on which is fixed a tubular part c. This rod a
is enclosed by a casing d which is likewise notched on its under side and which
is provided on its longitudinal side with a pivot pin e. A bent wire piece f is
movably slipped over this pivot pin by nieans of an eye or ring. The long leg of
the bent piece f is guided in a tube which fits in the notch in the rod a and in
the casing d, and which is closed by means of a pin h that is adapted to be pushed
with a rubbing fit into the tubular piece c of the cap 6 of the rod.
The mode of operation of the subject of this invention is as follows:-The rod a,
as also the tube 9, will allow of lengthening the device, whilst the tube g
in com-
bination with the casing d, serves to hold fast and support the curtain or roller
blind. If required, a number of pins which take over the tube g, may be provided
along the casing d, said pins serving to prevent the casing g sagging.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is;
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(1) A rod for curtains or roller blinds, characterized by a grooved main rod a
which is provided with a head be, by a casing d which is likewise grooved and
which is provided with a pivot pin e, and is adapted to be slidden over the rod a
and by a clamping casing gh which is movably connected thereto by means of a
bent wire piece f, for the purpose of enabling the curtain to be fixed rapidly, and

page_text: of rendering the rod capable of being suitably lengthened to fit the width of the
window.
(2) An improved rod for curtains, roller blinds and the like substantially as here-
in before described and shown.
Dated this 25th day of April 1899.
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., M.I. Mech. E.
Chartered Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Associate Agent.