Improvements in Portiere or Door Curtain Rods.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Sept., 1897-Accepted, 6th Nov., 1897
COMPLETE DIMOITICATION.
Improvements in Portiere or Door Curtain Rods.
I, JAMES GEORGE HALL, of the Firm of S. Hall and Sons, of Wrottesley Street,
Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturers, do hereby declare the
nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to
he particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement: ---
My invention has for its object improvements in portiere or door curtain rods
which when the door to which the portiere rod is fixed is opened and closed causes
the curtain which is attached to the said rol to rise and fall vertically so as to be
clear of the floor as the door is being opened.
In order that my invention may be more clearly understood and easily carried
into practical effect I have appended hereunto two sheets of drawings upon which
I have shown examples of my improved portiere rod.
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a door hung in its frame showing my portiere
rod attached thereto with the curtain in the position it assumes when the door is
closed.
Figure 2 shows the door partly open and the curtain raised so as not to touch
the ground.
Figure 3 is an enlarged view of my portiere rod showing the lifting rod in the
position it assumes when the door is closed.
Figure 4 shows the lifting rod in the position it assumes when the door is open
and the curtain raised.
Figure 5 is an enlarged cross section of Figure 4 taken through the line r―y.
In carrying my invention into practice I mount the rod in the brackets B
and C. The end of the bracket B which supports one end of this rod is formed
with the eye piece b' so as to allow the rod to move freely therein and this eye
piece is provided with the slot or recess in which the projection a¹ formed on
or attached to this portion of the rod A fits. This projection, rib or feather a
is formed helical or its equivalent at the end nearest the bracket B. The end of
the bracket C for supporting the opposite end of the rod A passes through the
bush c which fits loosely in the interior of the rod A, as shewn at Fig. 6. and on
to this end of the bracket I fix the knob c for holding it in position. The slot c³
is formed so as to allow the rod to revolve or twist as the curtain is raised. The
ends of the rod D which lifts the curtain when the door is opened pass through
holes formed in the rod A and these ends are screw threaded to receive the nut
and knob respectively. The bottom ends of the brackets B and C are provided
with two or more holes for attaching them by screws or other means to the door E
and frame F respectively.
The action of the portiere rod is as follows:-After the brackets have been fixed
in position on the door and frame the curtain H is attached to the rod A in the usual
When the
manner, the rod D being underneath as clearly shown at Figure 1.
door J is opened it causes the rod A to slide forward in the eye piece b¹ the helical
projection rib or feather a¹ on the underside of the said rod which works in the
slot 68 in the eye piece at the same time causing it to turn or twist in its bearings

page_text: thereby lifting the rod D outwards and upwards into the position as shown at
Figure 4, thus raising the curtain as shewn at Figure 2.
Instead of forming a curved projection on the rod A and a slot or recess in the
eye piece b¹ I may form a curved slot in the rod A. and a nose piece or projection
in the eye piece. It will be evident that this eye piece may be made in two parts
for convenience and secured together by a set pin or thumb screw or by other
дeans. It will also be evident that the projection or slot in the rod and eye
piere may be formed in any position.
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 :-
CLAIMS.
First. The improvements in portiere or door curtain rods consisting of the
rod A mounted in any suitable brackets B and C the said rod having a curved or
partly helical projection, rib, feather, or slot at one end which operates in a
slot or projection in the eye piece such as B, a loose bush at the other end to which
one end of the bracket C is fixed and a lifting rod such as D attached to it in the
manner and for the purpose substantially as hereinbefore described and as shown
upon the accompanying sheets of drawings.
Second. In portiere or door curtain rods raising and lowering the curtain by
the rod with a helical projection or recess such as a so as to cause the rod to turn
on its axis and thus operate D in the manner substantially as hereinbefore
described and as shewn upon the accompanying sheets of drawings.
Third. In portiere or door curtain rods the combination of the pole A with the
red D operated as and for the purpose set forth and shown.
Dated this 4th day of September 1897
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham. Agent for Applicant,