Improvements in and connected with Curtain Poles.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Curtain Poles.
I, JOSEPH COPESTAKE, of 150, Stockwell Gate, Mansfield, Notts, Joiner and
Cabinet Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
There is a groove worked in pole on underside, the size of wheels to run therein.
The wheels work on two strips of iron screwed to underside of pole, leaving a
space in centre for pendant to hang down. Pendant about half-inch wide or
more hangs from between two wheels and space between two strips of iron screwed
on under side of pole. The curtains are hung on pendants as described above,
pendants guiding the two wheels running on the two strips of iron that is screwed
on underside of pole or beam. Also wheels made to fit brass or iron split or shaped
pole, of any pattern or design to taste.
Thin 95th day of March 1800
JOSEPH COPESTAKE.
JOSEPH COPESTAKE, of 150, Stockwell Gate, Mansfield, Cabinet Maker, 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 relates to improvements in, and connected with curtain poles,
the object of the invention being the construction of a curtain pole or its equiva-
lent and curtain hangers which will allow of the curtain being opened and closed
in a simpler and easier manner than when suspended from rings.
According to this invention the curtain hangers are provided with rollers which
are arranged to run under the pole, in the inside of the same, or in a recess
formed therein.
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1, shows the application of this invention
to a round metal curtain pole, and Fig. 2, is transverse section, and Fig. 3, a
longitudinal section showing the application of this invention to a wooden pole.
The curtain hanger consists of a central plate a with a hole b to receive the
curtain hook and at both sides of the same there are rollers c. These rollers are
carried by an axle d which passes through the plate a and has a rivetted head at
both ends.
In Fig. 1 there is shown the application of this invention to a specially shaped
metal pole which is divided on its underside, and made with flats f for the
rollers to run upon and with stiffening flanges g. When it is desired to apply

page_text: the invention to an existing tubular metal pole a groove is cut in the underside
and the edges of the groove may be strengthened by angle strips which form
flats for the rollers to run upon, or the rollers may run upon the curved interior
of the tube.
In the application of this invention to a wooden beam or pole as shown in
Figs. 2 and 3 a recess his formed on the underside of the same and the bottom
of the beam is fitted with metal strips upon which the rollers run.
The shape
and size of the beam or pole may be varied, and the metal strips / may be
replaced by strips of wood or other suitable material, and the front of the pole
may be ornamented to form a cornice. This invention may also be applied to
existing beams or cornices by attaching strips of wood there to and forming a
recess for the rollers to run in or suitably shaped metal strips may be used.
With this invention the surface of the pole is not damaged as when rings are
used and the curtain can be drawn easily and rapidly to and fro as required.
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:
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The combination of a hollow curtain pole with roller carrying surfaces and a
curtain hanger fitted with rollers to run on the carrying surfaces substantially
as herein set forth.
Dated this 30th day of October 1899
W. H. POTTER, M.I.M.E.,
Patent Agent, Nottingham.