AN IMPROVED STAIR ROD FASTENER
Year: 1884

page_text: I, JOHN MILLER BRYDEN, of Sixteen Frederick Street, Edinburgh, in the County
of Midlothian, North Britain, Brassfounder, do hereby declare the nature of the
said invention for AN IMPROVED STAIR ROD FASTENER to be as follows:-
This Invention of an improved stair rod fastener consists in making such fasteners
of two pieces the upper of which is pivoted to the lower or larger piece inserted
at the angles of the stair steps.-The eyes of the fasteners in place of being made
continuous as hitherto and which have necessitated the sliding in of the stair rod
endwise, are, under the present Invention made open at the top and above this
opening the second or pivoted piece hangs.-By moving the pivoted pieces round
upon their pivots the opening in the fastener is unobstructed and the stair rods can
be lowered thereinto or lifted out therefrom, whilst, when the pivoted pieces are
returned to their normal position, the said openings are obstructed and the stair rod
thereby properly retained in the fasteners.
J. H. JOHNSON, DAY & JOHNSON,
Petitioner's Agents,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow.

page_text: I, JOHN MILLER BRYDEN, of Sixteen Frederick Street Edinburgh, in the County
of Midlothian, North Britain, Brass-founder do hereby declare the nature of my
said Invention for AN IMPROVED STAIR-ROD FASTENER and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
My Invention of an improved stair-rod fastener consists in making such fasteners
of two pieces the upper of which is pivoted to the lower or larger piece inserted at
the angles of the stair steps.-The eyes of the fasteners in place of being made
continuous, that is to say, of a ring form as hitherto and which form has necessitated
the sliding in of the stair rods endwise, are under the present Invention made open
at the top and above this opening the second or pivoted piece hangs. By moving the
pivoted pieces round upon their pivots the opening in the fastener is unobstructed
and the stair-rods can be lowered therein to or lifted out therefrom, whilst, when
the pivoted pieces are returned to their normal vertical position, the said openings
are obstructed and the stair-rod thereby properly retained in the fasteners.
In order that my said Invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect, I will proceed to describe the drawing hereunto annexed.
This Figure of drawing is a perspective view of a stair-rod held within fasteners
constructed according to and constituting my present Invention, one of the said
fasteners being shewn in the position necessary for the lifting out therefrom of the
said stair-rod.
In constructing the improved stair-rod fastener in accordance with my present
Invention, I form the said fastener in two pieces a, and b.-The upper piece a, which
I shall hereinafter refer to as the cover, is pivoted by the pin c, to the lower
piece b. The horizontal member of the lower piece b, is provided with the peg d,
and the vertical member thereof is provided with the counter sunk hole e.
When securing my improved stair-rod fastener into the angle of a stair the peg d,
is inserted into the "tread" and a Screw passed through the hole e, is screwed into
the "riser."
In placing the stair-rod f, in the improved fasteners herein before described, the
covers a, are turned about their pivots c, into the position represented at A on the
annexed drawing and the rod f, is laid in the hollows or grooves of the lower
pieces b. The covers a, are then turned or allowed to fall by their own gravity
into the position indicated at B on the annexed drawing.
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
A stair-rod fastener of two pieces a, and b, the piece a, constituting a pivoted
cover for enabling the removal from and the locking in of a stair-rod substantially
in the manner herein before set forth with reference to the annexed Drawing.
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J. H. JOHNSON, DAY & JOHNSON,
Applicant's Agents.