Improvements in Portiere Rods.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Aug., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 30th Apr., 1896-Accepted, 30th May, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Portiere Rods.
I, GEORGE HAROLD BROWN of 37 Turner Street Pym Street, Nottingham in
the County of Nottingham, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my
said invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object improvements in portiere rods which are more
simple and more easily to work than those now in the market.
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My rod is hung by two arms which are pivotted or hinged to the door at the
lower end thus forming what is well known as a parallel motion the action of which
is to lift the rod and curtain from the floor equally at both ends and to this motion
in itself I lay no exclusive claim. My invention consists in the apparatus and
mode by which the portiere rod is lifted which is as follows:-1 fix to the
archetrave or other part of the door frame or the wall which is not a moving part
of the door, a staple or bent wire or rod which is threaded through a slot formed
in one of the arms attached to the portiere rod so that.when the door commences to
open the action of the bent rod upon the arm is to lift it into an upright position.
Another equivalent of this is to use a double bent rod or staple or a slotted rod
through which the arm passes which has precisely the same effect. Each side of
the arm slot may carry an anti friction roller or rollers.
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I, GEORGE HAROLD BROWN of: 37. Turner Street Pym Street, Nottingham in
the County of Nottingham, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
My invention has for its object improvements in portiere rods which are more
simple and more easy to work than those now on the market.
My rod is hung by two arms which are pivotted or hinged to the door at the
lower end, thus forming what is well known as a parallel motion the action of
which is to lift the rod and curtain from the floor equally at both ends, and to this
motion in itself I lay no exclusive claim. My invention consists in the apparatus
and mode by which the portiere rod is lifted which is as follows:-I fix to the
architrave or other part of the door frame or the wall which is not a moving part
of the door a staple or bent wire or rod which is threaded through a slot formed
in one of the arms attached to the portiere rod so that when the door commences to
open the action of the bent rod upon the arm is to lift it into an upright position.
Another equivalent of this is to use a double bent rod or staple or a slotted rod
through which the arm passes which has precisely the same effect. Each side of
the arm slot may carry an antifrictional roller or rollers.

page_text: In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practical effect I have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings upon which
examples are shown of the same but it will be understood that variations in shape
& design may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a door D and frame F with its lintel L and one
of my portiere rods attached thereto the door being shut.
Figure 2 is a front elevation of the same door and frame but with the door
partly open.
Figure 3 is a plan of Figure 2.
Figure 4 is a plan of the portion E of slightly different shape fastened at both
ends e and e² to the frame For lintels L or partly to each.
Figure 5 is a front elevation of Figure 4.
The portiere rod A may be of any size or design as also the arms B and B¹ which
are attached by plates b² to the door but the arm B or one of the arms nearest the
door post F has a slot 63 made or formed along it, into which slot the staple or bent
wire E is threaded.
This staple E is fastened to the architrave or lintel L or to some stationary
portion of the frame or wall either at one end e' as shown at Figures 1, 2 and 3 or
at both ends as shown by Figures 4 and 5. The effect of this staple E upon this
arm B when the door is being opened is to cause the arm B to rise into a more
vertical position as seen at Figures 2 and 3 and this is increased as the door is opened
still more.
In cases where it is not convenient for the staple E to stand out as
shown I hinge the staple at or near the root e', or e¹ and es so that it turns down
somewhat like drawer handle, when the door is closed and rises as the door
commences to open. It is also obvious that the staple E may be formed with a
curved slot and the arm B may be made solid where the slot 63 is shown so as to
work in the slot of E as an alternative mode but I prefer to have the slot in the
arm B or in B' for a door opening on the reverse side.
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 improvements in portiere rods which are caused to lift as-the-door_opens_by_
means of a such like staple as E operating upon one of the arms B or B
substantially as herein set forth and shown upon the accompanying drawings by
Figures 1 to 5.
Dated this 29th day of April 1896.
GEORGE BARKER,
77 Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.