IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEANS FOR FIXING CURTAIN RODS, STAIR RODS AND OTHER RODS
Year: 1885

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I JOSEPH HENRY SAMS of 7 Edith Villas, West Kensington in the County of
Middlesex Mechanical Engineer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEANS FOR FIXING CURTAIN RODS, STAIR RODS AND
OTHER RODS to be as follows:-
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This Invention has for its object improvements in the means for fixing curtain
rods stair rods and other rods.
The invention is applicable to rods which enter and are held in two fixed eyes or
rings one near either end of the rod.
I make one of these eyes or rings to fit freely so that one end of the rod may
first be entered through this eye or ring and that the rod may then be drawn back
till its other end enters the other eye or ring.
Upon the rod near the end last mentioned there is a projecting pin and in the
eye à corresponding L form slot is made. The rod is pushed home until the pin
enters and passes along one limb of this slot and then the rod is turned partly
round which brings the pin into the other limb of the slot and so the rod is locked
in place.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Means for Fixing Curtain Rods, Stair Rods,
and other Rods.
I, JOSEPH HENRY SAMS of 7 Edith Villas, West Kensington in the county of
Middlesex, Mechanical Engineer 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 improvements in the means for fixing curtain
rods, stair rods and other rods.

page_text: The invention is applicable to rods which enter and are held in two fixed eyes
or rings one near either end of the rod.
I make one of these eyes or rings to fit freely so that one end of the rod may first
be entered through this eye or ring and that the rod may then be drawn back till
its other end enters the other eye or ring.
Upon the rod near the end last mentioned there is a projecting pin and in the
eye a corresponding L form slot is made.
The rod is pushed home until the pin enters and passes along one limb of this
slot, and then the rod is turned partly round which brings the pin into the other
limb of the slot and so the rod is locked in place.
Figs. I and II show the front and end views of the eyes E. E. attached by screws
or nails to the risers and treads A. and B. or to one or the other of them, of a stair.
R. represents the stair rod, made of any suitable length. and material. S. represents
the shaped slot made in the eye; this slot can be made in either the right-hand
eye or in the left-hand eye and either in the front or rear part of the eye. P. repre-
sents the projecting pin, which when it has been passed into the horizontal limb of
the slot and the rod has been turned round so as to bring it into the vertical limb
of the slot, holds the rod securely in place.
Fig. VII represents an ornamental end M. of a stair rod with the projecting
pin P. fixed to it. This end M. has one end N. of a less diameter so that it can be
driven into a hollow rod, if a hollow rod be used; but the projecting pin P. can be
fixed to the rod itself if separate ends are not required.
Figs. III and IV show the front and end views of the eyes E E¹ attached by
nails or screws to a window sash. R¹ represents the rod, made of any suitable
length and material. S¹ represents the L shaped slot, which can be made in either
the right-hand or left-hand eye. P₁ represents the projecting pin which is slid into
the horizontal limb of the slot S₁ and which, when the rod is turned round so as to
bring it into the vertical limb of the slot, holds the rod securely in place.
Figs. V and VI represent a metal clip. D. provided with a projecting pin P¹,
attached to the end of a wooden rod.
Having now particularly 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
The method of holding in place curtain rods, stair rods and other rods by means
of a projecting pin, fixed in or attached to one end of the rod, acting in an Ĺ shaped
slot in one of the holding eyes or rings, substantially in the manner as above
described.