IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR DEVICES FOR SECURING STAIR RODS AND CORNICE POLES to be as follows
Year: 1884

page_text: We JULIUS FAULKNER and JAMES HENRY STARLING both of Birmingham in
the County of Warwick Brassfounders do hereby declare the nature of the said
invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR DEVICES FOR SECURING STAIR RODS
AND CORNICE POLES to be as follows:-
"
This Invention relates to substitutes for what are commonly known as stair
eyes, the same being used for securing the holding rods of stair carpeting or other
coverings for stairs, and it is also applicable to cornice poles, and the Invention has
for its object enabling the rods or poles to be released and replaced in position with
greater facility and expedition than heretofore.
In carrying out the said Invention in order to effect this object, as applied to
stair rods, we support. the stair rod (which is made hollow or recessed) by and
between two plugs mounted in brackets attached to the stairs. One of these plugs
is fixed whilst the other is movable being capable of sliding in its bracket or
support but normally pressed towards the fixed plug under the action of a helical
or other suitable spring.
In order to secure the stair rod it is placed in position between the two brackets
or supports the yielding plug being drawn back by the aid of a knob or handle
and one end of the hollow or recessed stair rod being passed over the end of the
fixed plug whilst the other end of such hollow or recessed rod is situate opposite
the end of the retracted movable plug. The knob or handle of the movable plug
being then released the plug is caused under the action of its spring to enter the
stair rod which is thus securely maintained in its place. By the act of pulling
back the movable plug the stair rod is released again and in like manner may be
again restored to its place the actions being performed with the greatest ease and
celerity thus effecting a considerable economy of time and labour in the operations
of raising or removing the carpeting or covering from the stairs.
It is obvious that the parts may be slightly modified in their details whilst still
retaining the principle of a spring plug acting upon the stair rod so as to secure
the same in position as for example the plugs may be recessed so as to embrace the
ends of the stair rod as will be well understood.
The Invention is also applicable to the securing of cornice poles.

page_text: We JULIUS FAULKNER and JAMES HENRY STARLING both of Birmingham in
the County of Warwick, Brass Founders, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR DEVICES FOR SECURING STAIR RODS
AND CORNICE POLES" 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 partly to substitutes for what are commonly known as
stair eyes, the same being used for securing the holding rods of stair carpeting or
other coverings for stairs, but it is also applicable for securing cornice poles,
the Invention having for its object enabling the rods or poles to be released and
replaced in position with greater facility and expedition than heretofore.
In carrying out the Invention in order to effect this object the stair rods and
cornice poles are each secured by means of two plugs or studs, one of which is or
may be fixed, whilst the other is yielding or movable, the said plugs or studs being
respectively caused to enter or engage with opposite ends of the rod or pole as
hereinafter more fully explained.
We have shewn in the accompanying sheet of drawings a stair rod secured by
means of two plugs or studs in the form which we have found most convenient in
practice, and we shall now proceed more fully to describe the Invention by
reference to such drawings and the letters and figures marked thereon the same
letters indicating corresponding parts in both the figures.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a longitudinal section of the
plugs or studs and a stair rod secured thereby and Figure 2 is an end elevation
corresponding to Figure 1.
A is the stair rod which is made hollow (or may be recessed) and is supported
by and between two plugs B, B¹ carried by brackets C, C¹, attached to the stairs.
One of these plugs (the plug B in the example illustrated) is fixed whilst the
other B¹ is movable being capable of sliding in its bracket or support C¹ but
normally pressed in the direction of the fixed plug B under the action of a
spring D. The spring shewn in the drawings is a helical one surrounding the
reduced portion b of the plug and working between the shoulder 61 of the plug
and the annular projection c of the bracket, this arrangement being preferred,
although it is obvious that other arrangements of springs may be adopted.
In order to secure the stair rod it is placed in position between the two brackets
CC¹ the movable plug B¹ being drawn back by the aid of a knob or projection d'
and one end of the hollow or recessed stair rod being passed over the inner end a
of the fixed plug whilst the other end of such hollow or recessed rod is situate
opposite the end of the retracted movable plug B'. The knob or projection d² of
the movable plug B¹ being then released the plug is caused under the action of its
spring D to enter. the stair rod which is thus securely maintained in its place.
By the act of pulling back the movable plug B₁ the stair rod is released again and
by a repitition of the operation previously described may be again restored to its
place, the actions being performed with the greatest ease and celerity, thus effecting
a considerable economy of time and labour in the operation of raising or removing
the carpeting or covering from the stairs.
It is obvious that the knob or projection d¹ on the plug B¹ as also the similar
knob or projection d of the plug B may be of any desired shape and ornamentation
according to the taste of the designer and to suit the accompaniments of the
device.

page_text: We have not thought it necessary to illustrate a cornice pole with this invention
applied thereto, as the device will simply differ in dimensions and immaterial
details from that herein before described as applied to the securing of stair rods,
and the description of the one is sufficient to enable any person skilled in the arts
to embody the Invention in the other.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
Securing stair rods and cornice poles by means of two plugs or studs, one of
which is or may be fixed, whilst the other is yielding or movable, the said plugs
or studs being respectively caused to enter or engage with opposite ends of the rod
or pole, substantially as hereinbefore described.