Improvements in and in connection with Curtain Rings.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Oct., 1899-Accepted, 11th Nov., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in connection with Curtain Rings.
I, MARIE GAIR, of 51, Leonard Avenue, City of New York, State of New York,
United States of America, Gentlewoman 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:-
My invention relates more particularly to that description of curtain ring in
which there is combined with the ring two hooks adapted to hook into the curtain
so as to enable the latter to be readily attached and detached without requiring
any previous preparation.
in such constructions as heretofore employed the curtain ring has always been
a closed ring formed of a strip of metal so that in order to place the rings upon
the curtain pole it was necessary to first unscrew the knob at the end of the pole
and then raise the latter from its supports for sliding the rings upon it. This
not only causes considerable trouble, but also, the screw of the knob in being
repeatedly screwed and unscrewed in time wears out the thread in the pole so
that the knob is liable to fall off.
My present improvements have mainly for their object to do away with these
disadvantages by so constructing the curtain rings that they can be opened so
as to enable them to be fitted on to the pole without requiring to be slid on to
it from the end.
The invention consists further in a special manufacture of tubular curtain ring
fulfilling the above object.
Figs. 1 to 10 of the accompanying drawings shew one construction of my
invention in which the curtain ring is of tubular form.
Fig. 1 shews the tubular ring without its attachments in the open position.
Fig. 2 shews the complete ring with its hooks also in the open position for
fitting on to the curtain pole, Fig. 3 shews the same closed after being placed on
the pole, Figs. 4 to 9 shew detached details, Fig. 10 shews an underside view of
the ring.
The ring A is made of a thin sheet metal tube divided at a a¹ and having
sufficient elasticity to enable the ends to be drawn so far apart in the transverse
direction as shewn at Figs. 1 and 2, that the ring can be sprung over the curtain
pole. Into the one end a of the ring is secured the double hook B.Fig. 4, which
is formed of wire with a round loop at 6 of a size corresponding to the interior
of the tube, so that it can be inserted into the latter as shewn in part front and
side views at Figs. 5 and 6, the end of the tube being formed with a notch a²
to enable the loop to be passed in. After the loop is inserted it is secured by
soldering, after which the hooks are still farther secured on the ring by means
of the clip piece C shewn in side and front view at Figs. 7 and 8, and in underside
plan at Figs. 9 and 10.
This clip piece is formed by stamping with two ends c c¹ of such a form that
the one ende has a middle bulge and the two edges bent over into hook form
as shewn at Fig. 9, while the other end has only a middle bulge and is of such
a width that it can enter between the hooked ends of c. This clip piece is sprung
over the end of the ring so that the part 6 of the double hook is situated
between the bulges of c c. Pressure is then applied whereby the part c¹ is

page_text: forced in between the hooked ends of c and is spread out so as to be securely
held within the hooks and at the same time to firmly clip the part 6 of the hooks,
as shewn at Fig. 10.
As will be seen from Figs. 2 and 10, the outer end of the clip piece C projects
beyond the end a of the ring and serves as a socket to receive the end a¹ after
the ring has been fitted on the curtain pole, as shewn at Fig. 3, and in order to
insure that the end a¹ shall be securely held in the socket, such end, when un-
fastened, projects beyond the end of the clip piece C, as shewn at Fig. 10 so that
it requires to be sprung backward somewhat in order to enter its socket. Fig. 3
shews the curtain D hung on to the double hook B after the ring A has been
fitted on the pole and closed.
Fig. 11 shews a perspective view and Fig. 12 a part side view of another form
of curtain ring adapted to open for being sprung on to the curtain pole according
to my invention.
In this case the split ring E is formed of a strip of metal the cross section of
which is preferably made with a slight convex curvature on the inner side.
The flat end e of the ring has a hole adapted to be sprung over a spring stud F
fixed to the other flat end of of the ring, and thus to hold the ring securely closed
after it, has been sprung on to the curtain pole. The double hook B is secured
to the ring together with the stud F in the manner shewn at Fig. 12, the stud
being formed with a shank f which passes through the small wire loop of the
double hook and through a hole in the ring-end e', and is riveted over a washer G
at the back of the latter. The spring stud F may be of any known form, such
for example as those employed as glove fastenings.
Although I prefer to employ double hooks in combination with the above
described improved constructions of curtain rings it will be evident. that any other
known form of fastening for the curtains may be substituted for the hooks, such
as eyes or loops, into which hooks attached to the curtain are inserted.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is:-
1. The combination of a tubular curtain ring divided at one point, the two
ends being adapted to be sprung apart in the lateral direction sufficiently to
allow the ring to be placed upon a curtain pole without sliding it on from the
end, and devices fixed to the one end of the ring, serving on the one hand to attach
a curtain to the ring and on the other hand to serve as a socket for receiving
the other end of the ring, substantially as described.
2. The combination of a tubular divided curtain ring A, a double hook B
whose loop is secured within the one end of the ring A, and a clip piece C fitted
on to the said end of the ring and adapted both to secure the hooks, and to serve
as a socket for the reception of the other end of the ring A, substantially as
described with reference to Figs. 1 to 10 of the drawings.
3. A clip piece for a tubular curtain ring constructed and operating as herein
described with reference to Figs. 7 to 10 of the drawings.
4. A divided curtain ring adapted to be sprung over a curtain pole, consisting
of a strip of metal one end of which has fixed to it a spring stud and a double hook
or other attachment for a curtain, while the other end of the ring has a hole
adapted to be sprung over the stud so as to secure the ring in the closed position,
substantially as described with reference to Figs. 11 and 12 of the drawings.
Dated this 10th day of October 1899.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.