Improvements relating to Rings for Curtain Poles.
Year: 1887

page_text: [Communicated from abroad by WILLIAM POMFREY HILL, of Somerville, Massachusetts,
United States of America, Merchant.]
Improvements relating to Rings for Curtain Poles.
1, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings in the County of Middlesex 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 :-
The ordinary curtain pole rings are objectionable for the reason that in drawing
aside the suspended portiere or drapery, the rings, which are connected at the bottom
with the said drapery, and which bear only at the top upon the pole, are swung out
of their normal vertical planes and are often brought into a position to bind upon the
pole, both at the top and bottom, which seriously interferes with the free sliding of the
said rings upon the pole, and provents the drapery from being drawn back at the top
as desired.
This invention has for its object to overcome this difficulty, and consists in the
combination with a curtain pole ring of a swinging semi-circular bail or hanger
adapted to be connected with the curtain or drapery to be suspended, and extending up
partially around and close to the outer periphery of the ring, and having its extremities
pivoted to said ring at points on opposite sides of the same on a horizontal line passing
through or near the centre of the ring when in position upon the pole, whereby the
force employed to move the ring along the pole, when the curtain or drapery is
drawn to one side, is applied through the said pivoted bail in such a manner as to
always maintain the ring in or nearly in a vertical position while being slid along the
pole, and all liability of its binding thereon is thus entirely avoided, and its free
movement in either direction at all times insured.
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a curtain or portiere suspended from a curtain pole.
by means of curtain pole rings constructed in accordance with this invention.
Figure 2 is a side elevation of one of the improved curtain pole rings.
Figure 3 is a sectional elevation of the same on the line of Figure 2.

page_text: In the said drawings A represents a curtain pole ring, which may be formed of
metal, wood, or other suitable material. To the outside of this ring, upon opposite
sides, is pivoted at points a, on a horizontal line passing through or near the centre of
the ring when in position upon the pole, and in a vertical plane passing through the
entire circumference of the ring, a swinging semi-circular bail or hanger B, preferably
composed of wire, and having a central eye or socket c at its bottom, for the reception
of the ordinary hook which is attached to the upper edge of the portiere or other
drapery D, suspended from the rings A, which are adapted to slide upon the pole G,
the latter being supported as usual by brackets d, as seen in Figure 1. When tho
drapery D is drawn to one side or the other, the bails or hangers Bare swung on their
pivots a out of their usual vertical positions, while the rings A romain in vertical or
nearly vertical planes, as seen in Figure 1; the draft or force exerted to slide the
rings along the pole being thus applied in such manner as to keep the rings always in
or nearly in a vertical position as they are slid along the pole, thereby effectually
preventing them from binding on the same, as would be liable to occur if the rings
themselves were drawn at an angle as heretofore; and consequently where the
improved rings are employed, no difficulty is experienced in drawing the drapery at
the top along the pole in either direction when desired, much trouble and annoyance
being thus avoided.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention,
as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
The combination with a curtain pole ring, of a swinging semi-circular bail or
hanger B, adapted to be connected with the curtain or drapery to be suspended, and
extending up partially around and close to the outer periphery of the ring, and having
its extremities pivoted to said ring at points a on opposite sides of the same, on a
horizontal line passing through or near the centre of the ring when in position upon
the pole, whereby the ring is maintained in a vertical or nearly vertical position, while
being slid along the pole in either direction, substantially as and for the purpose set
forth.
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.