Improvements in the Means of Removing and Replacing Curtains placed over Doors for Protection from Draughts.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Jan., 1892-Accepted, 27th Feb., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Means of Removing and Replacing Curtains
placed over Doors for Protection from Draughts.
I, CHARLES LOWE of Princes Road Moss Side, Manchester in the County of
Lancaster Engine Fitter 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 improvements which are the subject of this invention relate to curtains that
are placed across or over doors of apartments as a means of protection from
draughts, and the object of this invention is to cause said curtains to be drawn back
by the action of the door being opened, and replaced over the door by the action of
the door being closed, in order to obviate the necessity of moving said curtains
by hand.
I attain this object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying sheet of
drawings and as hereinafter described. In the several views shown on drawings
similar letters refer to similar parts.
Fig. 1 represents a door closed and covered by a curtain with my invention
applied;
Fig. 2 shows the same door partly open, with the curtain partly withdrawn
owing to the action of the door opening.
In this invention I attach a bracket d to the upper corner of the door b on the
edge or side that opens and is opposite to the hinges c. I attach a pulley e to
the door frame fin proximity to the bracket d when the door is closed: I connect
a cord I to the end of bracket d, and pass said cord round the back of the
pulley e. I continue the cord g the width of the door b and pass said cord round a
pulley attached to the wall or to the door casing, returning the cord and fastening
the end thereof to the end ring j from which that part of the curtain æ is suspended
that is nearest the edge or part of the door that opens.
q
I attach one end of a cord m to the same ring j and pass said cord over a pulley !
secured to the door frame f. I connect a weight to the free end of said cord, said
weight being equal to the force required to draw the curtain along the pole ".
The weighty and the suspension cord m may wholly or partially be enclosed in
a tube v.
By the means hereinbefore described when the door is opened the bracket d to
which the cord 9 is attached pulls said cord round the pulleyse and h and draws the
ring and with it the remaining rings back along the pole as long as the door is
being opened or if opened to the full extent causing the curtain to be put back
entirely to the end of pole r. By the action of the door closing the weight q
draws the curtain a forward so as to again cover the door, said weight being attached
to the ring by means of the cord m.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:
In combination with curtains that are placed across or over doors of apartments
for protection from draughts, the means whereby said curtains may be drawn back
be the action of the door being opened, and replaced over the door by the action

page_text: of the door being closed, without requiring to be removed or replaced by hand, in
the manner substantially as hereinbefore described.
Dated this 22nd day of January 1892.
THOMAS PRESCOTT,
53, Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester,
Agent for Applicant.