Improvements in, and in the Manufacture of, Pole, Rod and Shelf Brackets.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Nov., 1896
Complete Specification Loft 21st July 1897--Accented 21st Aug 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in, and in the Manufacture of, Pole, Rod and
Shelf Brackets.
I, WILLIAM HENRY RICHARDS of 187 Warwick Road, Sparkhill, near the City of
Birininghain, Tool Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
This invention relates to improvements in, and in the manufacture of, sheet metal
brackets for supporting poles, rods and shelves, and consists in the one part, in a
new bracket, and in another part, in strengthening such brackets by longitudinally
troughing or corrugating the same.
According to my invention, I make a curtain rod or pole bracket up of three
component parts, viz., a back plate, a console bracket and a stay. The back plate
consists of a length of strip of sheet metal, a little longer than the depth of the
bracket, and being longitudinally and deeply fluted or corrugated, thus forming a
channel upon the back side and a rib upon the inner side. The console part consists
of a semi-circular shaped end, continued inwardly into a straight member and
terminated by an upwardly turned plate, which is affixed in position to the back
plate by the turning of the end of one part over that of the other, or by eyeletting
the parts together, the eyelet being preferably bulged from the metal of one of
them.
This top member is deeply corrugated throughout the whole of its length, with
the rib presented uppermost, and with the corrugation at its attachment end fitting
over the corrugation of the back plate. The corrugations at the joints may be
reinforced if necessary in order to enhance the strength of those parts.
The diagonal stay consists of a member corrugated throughout nearly the whole
of its length and with the semi-circular fore part bent so as to follow the semi-
circular part of the console, and with end piercings of the one coming coincident
with piercings of the other and with cleats or like connections passed therethrough,
whilst the lower part is directed vertically and is fixed to the back plate by turning
over the lower end of the back plate upon it. This stay member has two corrugations,
one of them on the inside and the other at the junction of the back plate, on the
outside. The ends of the stay and back plate are preferably bulge eyeletted for the
attachment of the bracket to woodwork.
The fore part of the curve of the console is also formed into a bossed eye which is
internally screwed to take the pole-affixing screw pin. Thus the bracket produced,
which has all its members corrugated in directions best adapted to resist the strains
put upon it, comprises a trussed frame made up of three members enclosing a
triangular or similar space, and as the members are made from thin sheet metal,
lightness with strength is obtained.
Dated this 23rd day of November 1896.
WILLIAM HENRY RICHARDS,
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in, and in the Manufacture of, Pole, Rod and
Shelf Brackets.
I, WILLIAM HENRY RICHARDS of 187 Warwick Road, Sparkhill, near the City of
Birmingham, Tool Maker, 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 relates to improvements in, and in the manufacture of, sheet metal
brackets for supporting poles, rods and shelves, and consists in the one part, in a new
bracket, and in another part, in strengthening such brackets by longitudinally
troughing or corrugating the component parts of the same.
According to my invention, I make a curtain rod or pole bracket up of three
component parts, viz., a back plate, a console bracket and a stay, each part being
made from a separate blank of sheet metal which is troughed or corrugated at suitable
parts to give strength thereto.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing represents an elevation of a curtain rod or
pole bracket made according to my invention.
Figure 2 is a complete longitudinal vertical section of the same.
The console bracket part a, which is shown separately in plan in Figure 3, and
in side elevation in Figure 4, consists of a semi-circular shaped end or pole
seating a', continued inwards into a straight member a², and terminating in an
upwardly turned plate a³, by which the said part is secured to the back plate, as
hereinafter described.
The said bracket is made by taking a strip of sheet metal, Figure 5, and then
shaping and longitudinally troughing the same so as to give thereto the figure
represented in front elevation and longitudinal vertical section in Figure 6, a socket,
bossed eye or eyelet at, being formed at the lower end, which is subsequently inside
wormed and receives the pole affixing screw. The lower part of the blank is then
curved into the shape represented in side elevation and plan in Figure 7 to form the
pole seating a', and slits or piercings a', are made to receive the cleat b, by which
the console bracket is secured to the upper end of the stay. The plate end a³ is
finally bent up to a right angle with the part a².
The back plate c, is made from a strip of sheet metal Figure 8, a little greater in
length than the depth of the bracket, and is deeply fluted or longitudinally corrugated
at c¹, as shown in Figure 9, thus forming a channel upon the back and a rib upon
the inner side. The extreme ends c, c³, are next turned at a right angle to the
body part, as shown in edge view and front elevation in Figure 10, after which the
back plate is secured to the bracket and stay parts as hereinafter described.
The diagonal stay member d, is longitudinally corrugated throughout its whole
length, one part of the said corrugations coming upon the inner side, and the
other part d², upon the outer side, at the junction of the vertical lower part or foot d³,
of the same with the diagonal part d', which is upwardly terminated by a curved
end d', of the same radius as the seating of the console bracket, and with the
corrugation of the one lying within or over that of the other. Slits d, are also
formed in this curved end, coincident with the piercings as, in the bracket and
through which coincident holes, the cleat b, is passed and its ends 61, are bent over
in making the connection of one part to the other, as shown in Figure 11, in section
on the dotted line x, Figure 1 and upon an enlarged scale.
The said stay is made from the blank Figure 12, which is corrugated and pierced
as shown in Figure 13 and then bent to the desired shape, as shown in edge view and
front elevation in Figure 14.
The console bracket is secured to the back plate by placing its plate end a³,

page_text: against the top of the back plate with the corrugation at the angle of the former
coming over the top portion of the corrugation of the latter and then turning down
the end c, and piercing a counter-sunk hole a', through the three thicknesses of
metal, whilst the foot ds of the diagonal stay is secured to the lower part of the back
plate by turning over the end c³, and piercing them in the same way. The meeting
parts of the console and stay are then connected by the cleat b, when the bracket is
complete.
The ends of the console bracket and stay may also be secured together by
eyeletting, the eyelets being preferably bulged from suitable parts of the metal.
The corrugations, at the joints, may if necessary, be reinforced in order to further
enhance the strength of the bracket at those parts.
It is understood that by certain sunken parts of the component members of the
bracket socketting or seating themselves over or upon certain other and raised or
ribbed parts, the said members are kept in their assigned relative positions.
The bracket thus produced, has all its members corrugated in directions best
adapted to resist the strains put upon it, and comprises a trussed frame made up of
three members enclosing a triangular or similar space, and as the members are made
from thin sheet metal, lightness with strength is obtained.
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 I
claim is:-
First. A pole, rod or shelf bracket, comprising a console bracket, a back plate
and a stay, made from sheet metal and arranged and fitted together in the way
such as herein described and represented.
Secondly. In pole, rod or shelf brackets of the kind referred in the first claim,
longitudinally corrugation or troughing the component members thereof at parts,
so as to give strength thereto and adinit of certain sunken parts of such members
seating themselves or socketting upon other raised parts, thereby keeping the said
members in their assigned positions, substantially as described and set forth.
Dated this 19th day of July 1897
WILLIAM HENRY RICHARDS,
By Henry Skerrett,
24 Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.