Improvements in Cornice Pole and Curtain Pole Rings.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 30th May, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 27th Mar., 1890-Accepted, 3rd May,
1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cornice Pole and Curtain Pole Rings.
I, CHARLES FREDERICK GRIMMETT, of 284, Burbury Street, Lozells, Aston,
Warwickshire, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as.
follows:-
This invention has reference to cornice pole and curtain pole rings and it relates
more particularly to the eye or loop part with which the curtain hook engages.
An ordinary method of forming the said eye or loop part is to bend a piece of wire
to form the eye and shank the said shank passing through the cornice pole ring or
curtain pole ring and being secured thereto by its end being riveted over on the
inside of the ring. This method is comparatively expensive and unless the riveting
is carefully done the eye or loop is liable to become detached from the ring which
defect it is one of the objects of my invention to overcome.
In carrying my invention into practice I provide a sheet metal clip or band which
is passed through the curtain pole ring or cornice pole ring and bent round and
closed thereon; the ends of this clip hang down underneath the ring and are
pierced and rounded so as together to form an eye which may either serve as the eye
for the curtain hook or a small ring may be threaded through these eyes for
the curtain hook to engage with. The said clip may either be loose on the ring or
(and this is what I prefer) it may be fixed thereon which can readily be accomplished
by providing a projecting part or projecting parts on the clip which engage with a
hole or holes in the ring part and secure the clip thereto; or the clip may be caused
to firmly grip the ring and the two ends of the clip held tightly together by any
convenient means such as by an eyelet passing through the eyes or by the metal round
the eye in one half of the clip being raised and closed through the eye of the other
half so as to secure the two ends together.
The eye of the clip may either lie in the same plane as the plane of the ring
or it may be turned a quarter round so as to be at right angles thereto which can
readily be accomplished by bending the eyes of the clip a quarter round before
the clip is closed upon the ring or afterwards. The said clip is by preference
fixed on that part of the ring where the ends of the metal forming the ring are
soldered together so as to hide the joint, and in some cases I am enabled to utilize the
said clip for securing together the ends of the metal forming the ring thus dispensing
with soldering. This can be accomplished by teeth or prongs projecting from the
clip and engaging with a hole or holes near each end of the metal forming the ring.
Dated this 29th day of May 1889.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cornice Pole and Curtain Pole Rings.
I, CHARLES FREDERICK GRIMMETT, of 284, Burbury Street, Lozells, Aston,
Warwickshire, Manufacturer, 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 :-
This invention has reference to cornice pole and curtain pole rings and it relates
more particularly to the eye or loop part with which the curtain hook engages.
An ordinary method of forming the said eve or loop part is to bend a piece of wire
to form the eye and shank, the said shank passing through the cornice pole ring or
curtain pole ring and being secured thereto by its end being rivetted over on the
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page_text: inside of the ring. This method is comparatively expensive and unless the rivetting
is carefully done the eye or loop is liable to become detached from the ring, which
defect it is one of the objects of my invention to overcome.
I will describe my invention by referring to the accompanying drawings on which
Fig. 1 represents in side elevation, Fig. 2 in vertical cross section and Fig. 3 in
inverted plan a cornice pole ring or curtain pole ring with its eye or loop part formed
according to this invention and Fig. 4 represents the clip part of the same separately
before being bent. Figs. 5, 6 and 7 illustrate a modification of my invention,
Figs. 8, 9 and 10 illustrate a further modification Fig. 11 shews a further modifica-
tion and Figs. 12, 13, 14 and 15 a further modification.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the
Figures of the Drawings.
Referring firstly more particularly to Fig. 1 to 10 both inclusive a is the cornice
pole or curtain pole ring and in carrying my invention into practice I provide a sheet
metal clip or band b which is passed through the curtain pole or cornice pole ring a
and bent round and closed thereon. The ends of this clip b hang down underneath
the ring a and are pierced at c and rounded so as together to form an eye which may
'either serve as the eye for the curtain hook or a small ring d may be threaded through
these eyes c for the curtain hook to engage with. The clip b may either be loose on
the ring a or (and this is what I prefer) it may be fixed thereon which can readily be
accomplished by providing projecting parts ee (Fig. 4) on the clip b which before the
ring d is engaged with the clip are bent inwardly (see Figs. 1, 2 and 3) so as to
engage with a hole a¹ in the ring a and thus secure the clip thereto; or the clip b may
be caused to firmly grip the ring a and the two ends of the clip held tightly together
by any convenient means such as by an eyelet f (Figs. 5, 6 and 7) being passed
through the eyes cc, which in this case are plain round holes, and then clenched
over; or by the metal c¹ round the eye c in one half of the clip (Fig. 10) being raised
and closed through the eye c of the other half (Figs. 8 and 9) so as to secure the two
ends of the clip together.
The eye of the clip may either lie in the same plane as the plane of the ring (as in
Figs. 1 and 2, 6 and 7, 8 and 9) or it may be turned a quarter round (Fig. 11) so as
to be at right angles thereto which can readily be accomplished by bending the
: eyes of the clip a quarter round before the clip is closed upon the ring or
afterwards.
The clip 6 is by preference fixed on that part of the ring a where the ends of
the metal forming the ring a are soldered together so as to hide the joint, but in
some cases I am enabled to utilize the clip 6 for securing together the ends of
the metal forming the ring a thus dispensing with soldering. This can be
accomplished as shewn in Figs. 12 13, 14 and 15 by teeth or prongs g projecting
from the clip. which are first bent upwardly (Fig. 15) so that when the clip is
bent round the ring a the prongs 9 will enter the holes a² which are provided
near each end of the metal forming the ring, and thus the ends of the ring a
will be firmly secured together when the eyes cc have been secured together as
above described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
claim is :-
:-
Making the eye or loop part of a cornice pole ring or of a curtain pole ring
in the form of a pierced ended sheet metal clip which embraces the said ring and i
fixed thereto in either of the several ways substantially as herein before described and
illustrated, or is movable thereon, as hereinbefore set forth.
Did this 96th day of March 1890
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.