Improvement in Devices for Fastening Curtains and the like to their Holders.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd July, 1898-Accepted, 10th Sept., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Devices for Fastening Curtains and the like to
their Holders.
I, FREDERICK WILliam Golby, of 36, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex,
Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by Hubert Alker, of Königshütte,
Ring 12, Silesia, Germany, Schoolmaster, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :—
This invention relates to devices for fastening curtains and the like to their
holders, these holders consisting usually of ornamented rods mounted above the
windows.
The present invention consists essentially of projections on the inner side of the
rod and a listel or fillet provided with corresponding recesses or holes by means of
which the curtain is fastened to the rod.
The invention is represented in the accompanying drawings.
Figs. 1-4 show one form of application of the new device, Fig. 1 being a front
elevation, Fig. 2 a plan partially in section on the line x-x of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 a cross-
section on the line a¹x' of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 a cross-section on the line y-y of
Fig. 2.
The device consists of a listel or fillet L provided with buttons a and an articulated
listel or fillet B provided with holes for said buttons and attached by means of hinge-
joints 6 to the listel L. The links of the listel B are connected to one another by
means of hinge-joints band each is provided with a spring c. To the listel L are
fitted turn-buckles d in such a manner that they fasten the listel B on the listel L,
when turned over the springs c. In the form shown in the drawing the listel B
consists of two parts meeting together in the centre, but it may also be made-in one
piece.
The buttons a do not fit tightly into the corresponding holes, so that the fabric of
the curtain G can be introduced between them. The device is appended to the
curtain-rod by means of ears e e¹, or the listel L may be attached to the rod by
means of screws or the like. When ears are employed these are fixed to the
listel L-see e-and to the listel B-see e¹-in order to increase the solidity of the
device.
Figs. 5 and 6 show another form of the invention, Fig. 5 being a front elevation
and Fig. 6 a cross-section on the line -z of Fig. 5. In this form the listel L is
fitted, instead of buttons, with a continuous projection f and the listel B is provided
with a corresponding groove f¹. The fabric is introduced between the projection and
the groove, being thereby firmly connected to the device.
Instead of one projection and one groove several projections and grooves may be
arranged. Fig. 7 shows the device fitted with two projections and grooves, and Fig. 8
one with three projections and grooves.
In order to simplify the device the listel L may be replaced by the curtain-rod
itself, as shown in Figs. 9 to 12; Fig. 9 being a front elevation of the inner-side of
such a rod, Fig. 10 a cross-section on the line 21, 21, of Fig. 9, the device being
locked, Fig. 11 a similar cross-section, the device being opened, and Fig. 12 a
diagrammatic view of the rod with the listel.

page_text: The buttons a are fitted directly on the rod A and the ends of the listel B are
attached to the rod by means of hinge-joints b¹. The turn-buckles may be fixed to
ears above the listel B. In the forin shown the links of the listel B are fastened
to the rod A by means of a spring locking-device. To the rod A is attached a
spring which lies in the path of one end of a bent lever k fitted in the holder g.
This lever turns on the centre n and helds the link of the listel B locked when it is
brought into the position shown in Fig. 10. Each link or each second link must be
provided with such a locking device.
These devices are very simple and the fabric of the curtain is not damaged by
them at all.
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
1. In fastening devices for curtains and the like the combination of a listel or
fillet L attached to the curtain-rod and provided with projections a or f, an articulated
listel or fillet B provided with corresponding recesses and attached to the listel L
by means of hinge-joints, and springs c and turn-buckles d for fastening the listel B
to the listel L substantially as described and illustrated.
2. In fastening devices for curtains and the like the combination of a curtain-
rod A having projections thereon, an articulated listel or fillet B connected to the rod A
by means of hinge-joints and provided with corresponding recesses, and a locking-
device hk substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated this 22nd day of July 1898.