Improvements in Rings in Wood or Metal for Suspending Curtains and other Articles from Poles or Rods.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Nov., 1886.
Complete Left, 11th Aug., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 7th Oct., 1887.
RESERVE
Improvements in Rings in Wood or Metal for Suspending Curtains
and other Articles from Poles or Rods.
I JOHN WHITRIDGE THOMAS 64 Pool Road! Oswestry Grocer do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows :—
The object of this invention is to facilitate the drawing and withdrawing of
Curtains, and the moving of articles which are suspended, in the simplest manner,
for which purpose, I attach a Hook or Eye to the Spindle upon which a wheel or
roller turns, in such manner that the wheel or roller runs along the top of the pole
or rod.
The poles or rods may be of various forms, as, for instance, round or square or
partly round with a flat top, or either of them may have a groove or a ridge
along the top, the wheels or rollers being made to suit, I therefore do not restrict
myself to any one form.
The ring attached to the wheels or rollers may also be made in various forms,
as a simple ring-round-square or oblong-to suit the pole-or with a head or
prolongation above the wheel on each side, and which may, if preferred, be connected
across the top of the wheel.

page_text: Improvements in Rings in Wood or Metal for Suspending Curtains
and other Articles from Poles or Rods.
JOHN WHITRIDGE THOMAS 64 Pool Road, Oswestry Grocer 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 :-
The object of this invention is to facilitate the drawing and withdrawing of curtains
for which purpose I use a wheel or roller.
The poles may be of various forms or descriptions, as, a plain round pole,—or round
with a groove along the top as fig. 4, or a flat topped pole, square or otherwise, with
or without a groove, the kind of wheel being detormined by the description of pole.
The ring also may be of various shapes, determined partly by the description of
pole, but in addition it may have a Head rising vertically or otherwise above the
pole as fig. 2.
I do not restrict myself to the particular form shewn in fig. 2-as the head can be
made in a variety of forms.
I will describe how I alter an ordinary ring for a plain round pole.
I cut out a portion of the ring and insert a wheel of the description called a pulley
wheel as fig. 1, in length less than the diameter of the pole, and the concave of such
depth that the centre will not touch the pole, at the centre of the ends of the wheel I
put a small boss to prevent unnecessary friction, I secure the spindle or axle to the ring
by screws, rivets, or in other suitable manner, or the wheel may be fixed to the
spindle or axle, the ends of which would then be made to turn in sockets in the ring.
For poles with a groove on top, as fig. 4, I use a wheel, as in fig. 3, inserted in ring
as described for fig. 1-the wheel being of such diameter as to run on bottom of
groove, and keep the ring clear of the top of pole, the groove being of such width as
to allow the wheel to run freely in it.
To prevent noise when the rings close together, while curtains are being withdrawn,
I place the wheel in a shield, as fig. 5, on the sides of which I fix pieces of rubber or
other substance that will deaden sound.
The shield is also useful in preventing friction, when wheels, as fig. 3, and rollers
running on a flat topped pole are used (by rollers I mean a wheel which is of the same
diameter throughout its length).
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 :
1. A wheel so placed in relation to the ring that it forms an essential part of it.
2. A shield.
3. A ring with Head rising above the pole.
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Dated this Tenth day of August 1887.