Improvement in Curtain Fixtures.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Apr., 1899-Accepted, 27th May, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Curtain Fixtures.
I, FREDERICK LUDWIG MEYER, a Citizen of the United States of America, re-
siding at Nos. 12, 14 and 16, Fulton Street, in the Borough of Brooklyn, County
of Kings and State of New York, U.S.A., Hotel-Keeper, 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-
My invention relates to various new and useful improvements in curtain
fixtures for hanging portieres, draperies and similar varieties of curtains and for
analogous purposes. The objects of the invention are to provide and produce a
curtain fixture which is simple in construction, which can be made cheaply,
which will be ornamental in appearance, by which the curtains will be firmly
supported and in the operation of which the curtains may be quickly placed in or
rea oved from position. To attain these ends my invention comprises a hollow
or tubular curtain pole made of metal, papier-maché, paper, wood, or any other
suitable material, provided with a longitudinal slot in its bottom, said pole
having the usual and ordinary ornamental ends, at least one of which is remov-
able in order to disclose the free end of said slot and curtain supporting brackets
being employed having rollers or enlarged heads at their upper ends which work
within the bore of the pole, the shank thereof fitting within the slot and capable
of longitudinal movement therein.
In order that my invention may be better understood, attention is directed
to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification. Fig. 1 is a
longitudinal section of my improved curtain fixture, Fig. 2 a cross-sectional view
of same and Fig. 3 an enlarged perspective view of the preferred form of curtain
supporting clamp, the thumb-nut being removed. In all of the above views
corresponding parts are represented by the same reference numerals. (1) repre-
sents a pole of the required length tubular in form and provided with a longi-
tudinal slot (2) at its bottom extending preferably the entire length of the pole.
The pole (1) may be made of metal, papier-maché, paper, wood, or any suitable
material, and the slot is formed therein in any approved way. At one end the
pole may be provided with a removable cap (3) permanently secured in place and
at the other end the pole is provided with a removable cap (4) which is
removably secured in position and which when removed discloses the end of the
slot. The cap (4) may be and preferably is held in place by the friction between
it and the pole (1), the presence of the slot (2) in the pole allowing for a radial
expansion of the latter within the cap (4). In order to prevent any collapsing
of the pole in use and the consequent loosening of the cap (4), the said cap is
provided with an internal flange (5) fitting within the interior of
the pole, as shown in Fig. 1. (6, 6) are a plurality of curtain
supporting clamps carrying the curtain or curtains to be suspended
from the pole. These clamps comprise preferably two elements (7) and (8)
made of sheet metal and having enlarged flat heads (9, 9) lined with an elastic
substance (10) such as chamois leather, rubber or felt, so as not to injure or stain

page_text: the curtains. Obviously, however, the lower or elastic material may be omitted
and the interior surface of the heads (9, 9) may be suitably roughened to effect
a firm engagement with the curtains. Sections (7) and (8) are pivoted in any
suitable way, as for example, by providing said sections with upturned ears (11)
which overlap and are secured in the pivot (12) and section (7) is provided with
screw shank (13) rigidly secured therein, which extends through a slot (14) in
section (8) and receives the thumb-nut (15) by which the two sections may be
firmly clamped, together to grasp the curtain. The section (7) is extended up-
wards to constitute a shank (16) which works within the slot (2) and at its upper
end receives preferably a pair of semi-spherical rollers (17) secured to a small
shaft (18) working in said shank and by which the curtain supporting clamps
may be removed back and forth within the curtain pole to properly drape the
curtain. Obviously, the semi-spherical rollers (17, 17) may be clamped tightly
upon the shank (16) so as not to turn and to thereby constitute practically an
enlarged head for supporting the clamps.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1. In a curtain fixture, the combination of a tubular pole having a longitudinal
slot in its bottom, a removable cap frictionally maintained at one end of said
pole and engaging the exterior surface thereof, an integral internal flange on
the cap engaging the internal surface or bore of the pole, and a plurality of
curtain-supporting devices carried by the pole and depending through said slot,
substantially as set forth.
2. In a curtain fixture, the combination of a tubular pole having a longi-
tudinal slot in its bottom extending through one end thereof, a cap rigidly
secured to the pole at the other end thereof, a removable cap frictionally main-
tained at the slotted end of the pole and engaging the exterior surface thereof,
an integral internal flange on the cap engaging the internal surface or bore of
the slotted end of the pole, and a plurality of curtain-supporting devices carried
by the pole depending through the slot and introduced in position through the
slotted end of the pole, substantially as set forth.
Total th÷ 11+1 dav af I. AD 1900
FREDERICK LUDWIG MEYER,
Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.