An Improved Device for Holding in Place Stair Carpet Rods, Applicable also for Holding Cornice and other Poles or Rods.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Feb., 1889
Complete Specification L ft, 4th Nov., 1889-Accepted, 7th Dec., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Device for Holding in Place Stair Carpet Rods,
Applicable also for Holding Cornice and other Poles or Rods.
I, THOMAS LLEWELLYN, of 3 Rydal Road, Lancaster, in the County of Lancaster,
Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
In the class of holding appliances to which this invention more particularly relates
namely those for holding down stair carpet rods the holders are made fast on each
side of the carpet in the rectangular recess formed between the stair tread and the
riser the rod being first pushed endwise through a hole in one of the holders and then
moved back again so that the other end of the rod may be pushed through the other
holder at the opposite side of the stair carpet.
According to my invention that part of the holder covering the front upper part of
the hole is in the form of a lip or cap which may be moved or turned up sidewise out
of the way so that the rod may be laid down within the lower semi-circular recess
when the lip or cap may be turned down over the rod and thereby enclose and hold
it securely in position.
The movable lip or cap is (preferably at its upper end) so formed as to be capable
of easy rotation within a horizontal hole in the upright part forming the back of the
holder and its lower end is so formed as to enter a fastening groove or guide slot and
to be pushed against a stop on the upper side of the horizontal part forming the
bottom of the holder.
The above described arrangement of movable lip or cap is equally applicable for
use with other holders such for instance as those employed for sustaining cornice
poles.
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W. LLOYD WISE,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Device for Holding in Place Stair Carpet Rods,
Applicable also for Holding Cornice and other Poles or Rods.
1, THOMAS LLEWELLYN, of Rydal Road, Lancaster, in the County of Lancaster,
Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declaro 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 :-
In the class of holding appliances to which this invention more particularly
relates namely those for holding down stair carpot rods the holders are made fast
on each side of the carpet in the rectangular recess or corner formed between the
stair tread and the riser the rod being first pushed end wise through a hole in one
of the holders and then moved back again so that the other end of the rod may
be pushed through the holder at the opposite side of the stair carpet.
According to my invention that part of the holder covering the front upper part
of the hole is in the form of a lip or cap which may be moved or turned up side-
wise out of the way so that the rod may be laid down within the lower semi-
circular recess when the lip or cap may be turned down over the rod and thereby
enclose and hold it securely in position.
The movable lip or cap is (preferably at its upper end) so formed as to be capable
of easy rotation within a horizontal hole in the upright part forming the back of the

page_text: holder and its lower end is so formed as to enter a fastening groove or guide slot
and to be pushed against a stop on the upper side of the horizontal part forming the
bottom of the holder.
In the decompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 is a front view showing a stair carpet rod a secured within my improved
holder by means of the movable lip or cap barranged as above described.
Fig. 2 is another front view; and
Fig. 5 is an end view showing the lip or cap
way to allow of the rod a being either plured
holder.
Fig. 3 is a plan view of my improved holder; and
turned up sidewise out of the
within or withdrawn from the
Fig. 4 is an end view of the holder and stair carpet rod as shown in front view
in Fig. 1.
e is the semi-circular recess; the dotted lines at d (Figs. 4 and 5) indiente the
horizontal hole forming the hearing for the upper part of the lip or cap b; e is the
fastening groove or guide slot and the stop all hereinabove referred to.
Although I have described and shown my invention as applied only to stair
carpet roils the employment of a movable lip or cap is obviously equally applicable
for holding cornice poles or other rods.
It will be observed that the ahove described arrangement permits of the ends of
the stair carpet rod being of larger diameter than the rest of the rod thereby
permitting the ends of the rods being ornamented in bolder design than heretofore.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
For the purpose or purposes set forth the improved holding device having a
movable lip or cap constructed and arranged substantially as described and shown in
the drawings.
Dated this tid... 1000
W. LLOYD WISE,
Per F. J. B.
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.