Improvements in Curtain Rings or like Means of Suspension.
Year: 1887

page_text: Improvements in Curtain Rings or like Means of Suspension.
I JAMES WILLIAM LESLIE of 34 School Street Boston in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts one of the United States of America 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 for its object to construct a cheap and efficient curtain ring or
hanger adapted to be moved freely upon a pole.
In accordance with this invention the ring is provided at its upper side with a
roller receiving space or recess in which is placed a roller.
In the employment of a hollow tubular ring its inner side is cut away for a short
distance, and to provide a bearing for a roller a yoke or frame is placed in said recess.
The two opposite edges formed by cutting the roller receiving opening and
extending in the direction of the length of the roller are overturned to leave a
finished edge, and preferably the outer ends of the side arms of the yoke or frame in
which arins the friction roll is journalled are also turned over upon the tubular ring,
or to enter suitable recesses cut therein, and the arms of the yoke are provided with
ears which after the yoke is placed within the ring bear against the interior of the
said ring thereby preventing the yoke from being displaced.
In the employment of a ring made of flat metal, the roller receiving recess may be
formed by bending the ring outward from or beyond the general circumference of the
ring, or the ring may be entirely cut away, and its ends turned up, in either instance
the roller serving to complete the ring, and support it as the ring is moved on the rod.
The roller for cheapness, may be made of a core of wood or equivalent material
having a metallic covering, while in the more expensive rings the roller may be made
solid, and have if desired a concave bearing surface to better fit the pole.
Figure 1 shows in front elevation a curtain hanger or ring embodying this
invention.

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Figure 3 a cross section of the ring taken on the dotted line y-y, Figure 2.
Figures 4 and 5 details of the yoke or frame containing the friction roller.
Figure 6 in elevation shows a curtain ring embodying this invention and made of
flat metal.
Figure 7 a vertical section in the line x--x of a portion of the ring shown in
Figure 6.
Figure 8 a section of Figure 7 on the dotted line Y-Y.
Figure 9 is a cross section of the ring shewn in Figure 7 taken on the dotted
line and
Figure 10 shows a modified form of curtain ring.
The hollow or tubular ring a is made in any usual manner.
The ring a is cut away at its inner side as at a¹ to receive a yoke or frame a² in
which is journaled the friction roller a³.
The yoke or frame is herein shown as made of a single piece of metal having its
ends 2 bent upward at substantially right angles, and afterwards preferably having
the extreme points of the ends or arms 2 over-turned and bent outward, as at 3.
The arms of the yoke are also provided with ears 20 extended laterally therefrom.
The shaft carrying the friction roller is sprung between the side arms 2 of the yoke
or frame, and the said frame is placed in the receiving opening a³.
Previous to placing the frame in the opening the opposite edges 4 of said openings
are turned inwardly or over, as best shown in Figure 3.
The tubular ring a is herein shown as composed of a strip of metal rolled for
instance over a mandrel or former and afterwards bent into ring like form, the
edges 6, 7, of the metal coming together, and in placing the yoke or frame
carrying the friction roller into the opening a² the edges 6, 7, are preferably bent
outward slightly, as shown in Figure 2, to permit the entrance of the ends of the
shaft carrying the roller.
The frame having been placed in the opening the ears 20 prevent the same from
being displaced.
Referring to Figures 6 and 10 the ring is made from a flat piece of metal having
its side edges overturned, as best shown in cross section Figure 9, said ring being
of sufficient diameter to slide freely upon the poles with which it is to be employed.
it so
The ring shown in Figure 6 is bent outward from its general circumference at its
upper side, as at b to form a roller receiving recess in which placed a roller C,
fitting the recess as to practically form a continuation of its interior.
The roller c is provided with journals which pass through or enter the sides or
ends of the outwardly bent part 6 of the ring.
The roller c is preferably composed of a core c¹ as of wood, see Figure 8, mounted
upon or secured to the journal bearing shaft, and a tube or surrounding covering
of metal c² to enclose the core.
The ring has at its lower end a loop or eye d to which may be fastened the
curtain to be suspended from the ring.
In Figure 10 I have shown the ring as completely cut away for a short distance,
its ends being upturned to receive between them a solid or other roll having for
instance a concaved surface.
It will be understood from the foregoing that when the rings are placed upon a
pole with the rolls at the upper side of the pole that the said rolls riding
on the
pole enables the rings carrying, it may be a heavy curtain, to roll or travel freely
over the pole without friction as would be the case were the rolls omitted.
Having now particulary 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 :—
1. In a curtain hanger, the ring provided with a roller receiving recess, combined
with a yoke or frame placed within the recess and a friction roller journaled in the
yoke or frame, substantially as described.

page_text: 2. In a curtain hanger the ring provided with a roller receiving recess having
overturned marginal edges, combined with the yoke or frame a² and a friction
roller journaled in the yoke or frame, substantially as described.
3. In a curtain hanger, the ring provided with a roller receiving opening, combined
with a yoke or frame a² bent as shown and described, and having ears 20 and a
friction roller journaled in the yoke or frame, substantially as described.
4. A curtain ring or hanger composed of the ring having a roller receiving recess,
and a roller arranged upon a pin in said recess constructed of a non-metallic core,
and a metallic covering for said core, substantially as described.
5. The ring of sheet metal provided with the roller receiving recess, combined with
a roller journalled in such recess, substantially as described.