IMPROVEMENT IN STAIR ROD EYES OR CLIPS
Year: 1884

page_text: JOSEPH WALKER Diesinker 13 & 14 Augusta Street Birmingham County of
Warwickshire do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENT
IN STAIR ROD EYES OR CLIPS to be as follows:-
The usual way is to make the stair eyes or clips solid or in one piece, thus
necessitating the pushing or threading of the stair rods through the eyes when
fixing or taking up the carpets.
My invention consists of a method of releasing the stair rods from the stair eyes
or clips without threading or pushing them through, I will now describe my
invention it consists of a stair rod eye or clip made in either two or three parts;
the first part (which I will call the back) is a piece of metal of oblong or other
shape bent across the middle to fit the stair, having two or more holes to screw or
nail it to the stair, at each end of the said back part a joint take another piece of
metal, say of oblong shape (which I will call the front piece) and form a joint or
hinge at one end which will fit and work in one of the ends of the back piece just
described, the opposite end of the front piece is bent, so that it will shut over and
fit the stair rod-the third part (which I call the lock piece) is a square or other
suitable shape piece of metal having a hinge or joint at one end which will fit and
work in the joint at the end of the back piece opposite to the end to which the
front piece is attached, this lock piece is of such a length, that when the front part
is shut down over the rod, it will close against it and thus secure the rod in its
place.
My invention will be better understood by the following illustrations:
Figure I is a front view of the stair-eye or clip closed.
Figure II is a side view closed.
Figure III is a side view of the stair eye or clip open.
Letters a a a, Figures I II. III. show the back part which is screwed or nailed
to the stair.
Letters b. b. figures I II and III shows the front part which shuts over the rod.
Letter c, figures I II III shows the lock piece which shuts down against the
front part b and prevents it opening.
Letters d. d. figures I II and III show the hinges or joints by which the front
piece and lock piece are connected with the back part and upon which they work.
The lock piece c may be dispensed with and the front part b secured against or
over the stair rod by means of a catch, button, spring or other contrivance fixed
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page_text: The advantages of my invention are: that the stair rods can be readily secured
or released without pushing or threading them through the stair eyes or clips, also
that the heads of the screws or nails are covered.
I claim the making of stair rod eyes or clips from rolled sheet metal in two or
more parts, the front part which shuts over the rod being secured to the fixed back
part by means of a hinge or joint, the other end of the front part being held down,
when closed by a plate of sheet metal hinged to the said back fixed part as shown
by letters c, figures I II III, I also claim the fixing of front part bb by means of a
spring, button, snap or other contrivance.
I JOSEPH WALKER of 13 & 14 Augusta Street Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Brassfounder, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN STAIR ROD EYES OR CLIPS, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
The usual method of making stair rod eyes or clips is to make them solid in one
piece thus necessitating the pushing or threading of the stair rods through the
eyes when fixing or taking up the carpets. The object of my invention is to do
away with the necessity of threading the rods through the eyes-thus saving time
in fixing and releasing the same. For this purpose I make an adjustable eye or
clip capable of opening and shutting to allow the rods to pass as hereinafter
described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Fig 1 shows the eye open.
Fig 2 shows it closed with the rod in its proper position.
It is preferably made in 3 pieces which I will call respectively the back piece A
the front piece B & the closing or locking piece C the back piece A is made of an
oblong piece of metal bent in the centre to fit the angle of the stairs & having two
or more holes e & f to screw or nail it to the stairs, at each end a joint or hinge
g&h is formed for the purpose of hinging the front piece and closing piece to, as
hereinafter specified.
The front piece B is preferably made out of an oblong piece of metal hinged at
the top joint g to the back piece and at the opposite end is bent to suit the shape
of the stair rod D over which it closes as shewn at Fig 2. The locking or closing
piece C is a square or other suitably shaped piece of metal, jointed at the lower
end of the back piece at hand is of such a length that when the front piece is
shut down over the rod it will close against it and thus secure the front piece and
therefore the rod firmly in position.

page_text: From the foregoing it will be perceived that the back piece is first screwed or
nailed to the stairs and the rod placed in its position after which the front piece is
closed over it and the lock piece shut down so that it will butt against and
secure it.
The method of unfastening is to first turn up the locking piece when the front
piece may be opened and the rod released.
The advantages are the rods are more easily fixed or removed, also the nails or
screws being on the underside of the front piece and closing piece are entirely hid
from view.
Having now particularly described & 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 stair rod eye or clip consisting of a back piece & front piece in combination
with a closing or locking piece butting against the lower end of the front piece as
substantially set forth.
2. A stair rod eye or clip consisting of the parts arranged & combined as set
forth in this specification & illustrated by the accompanying drawings.