or Improved Apparatus for Raising and Lowering Curtains and the like
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Apr, 1895-Accepted, 1st June, 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
New or Improved Apparatus for Raising and Lowering Curtains and
the like
I, JOHANN HERMANN NIIZSCHE, of 8 Heinrichstrasse Leipzig-Reudnitz in the
Empire of Germany, 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
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Thi invention relates to apparatus by means of which curtains, blinds and the
like, for windows doors and similar places, can be raised and lowered to enable them
to be easily repaired or changed
The cornices, curtain rods, and supporting boards used in this apparatus may be
made adjustable, so that they can be applied to windows or doors of any width
within reasonable limits
A convenient arrangement of the apparatus is shown in the accompanying
drawings, in which
Figure 1 is a front view showing the curtains partly lowered, and
Figure 2 an underside view of the cornice or supporting board
The cornice or supporting board a, which may be fixed above the window or door
by supports or hold fasts, or other wise in the usual way, 1s, unlike the coinices or
supporting boards heretofore in use, made so that it can be adjusted in length to
suit the width of the window or door to which it is to be applied
For this purpose
the cornice or supporting board a is made in two or more parts which can be slid
on one another and fastened together in the required position by means of suitable
screws or bolts In the arrangement shown in the drawing the bolts b, provided with
wing-nuts, pass through holes in one part of the cornice or supporting board and
through slots in the other part
The curtain board c and the curtain rod or pole d may be made adjustable in the
same way
On the underside of the two parts of the cornice or supporting board a are
airanged rollers e adapted to rotate in or on suitable bearings and over which are
led the straps g which are secured at one end to the curtain board c, and at the
other end to rollers fixed on the winding shaft f The straps g can be lengthened
or shortened by means of buckles, so that the curtain board c may be made to hang
horizontally
On the winding shaft f is also secured a roller round which the cord is wound
by which the curtain board c, the curtain rod or pole d, and the curtains, can be
pulled up or lowered at pleasure The cord may be operated by hand and be
fastened to the wall at any desired length, or it may be operated by a windlass and
crank handle, or otherwise
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
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First The new or improved apparatus for raising and lowering curtains and such
like, in which the curtain board c and the curtain rod or pole d, to which the
curtains are attached, can be raised or lowered by means of straps g con lucted
over 1ollers e adapted to turn n or on bearings on the fixed cornice or supporting
board a, and an actuating roller and shaft foperated by a cord h, substantially as
described with reference to the accompanying diawings

page_text: Second In an apparatus for raising and lowering curtains and the like, making
the cornice or supporting board a, the curtain supporting board c or the curtain rod
or pole d, or either or any of these, in two or more parts adjustable on one another,
and held in position by means of screws b, substantially as described with reference
to the accompanying drawings, and for the purpose specified
VISIO
JH NITZSCHE,
Per W H Beck,
115, Cannon Street, London, EC, Agent