An Improvement in Suspending, Raising, and Lowering Curtain Rods or Cornice Poles.
Year: 1888

page_text: PROVISIONAL DI MUITIVATION.
An Improvement in Suspending, Raising, and Lowering Curtain
Rods or Cornice Poles.
CHARLES FOSTER Gem Setter No. 4 Osborne Terrace Guildford Street Aston
Birmingham do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
I attach to an ordnary Cornice Pole Pulley Blocks at eather ends I also attach
Pulley Blocks in centre of Pole if required I pass a cord through each Pulley and
fasten it to a tube or Wood Bar which I shall hereafter call, a Curtain Rod. Rings
will be put on the Curtain Rod in the ordnary way to which Curtains will be fastened.
When I require to fix or change Curtain I simply allow the Cord to which the Curtain
Rod is suspended to be loosened, which will allow the Curtain, Rod to come down
from Pole low enough to enable any person to fix or change Curtain without the
aid of steps or ladder, thus preventing accidents or endangering peoples lives.
Now to prevent the weight of Curtain Rod remaining on, or straining the cord
Inx a swinging Bracket to each side of the Framework of Window, the lower end
of Bracket will be made long enough and low enough to enable any person of
ordnary height to use without the aid of steps or ladder, to lower end of Bracket
I fix a leaver simelar to the leaver on an ordnary door Bolt, the lower sockets
which Bracket works in has a slot which is made to recieve the leaver, when I
which to lower the Curtain Rod I pull cord which raises, the Curtain Rod, now
Then I turn the leaver
I take hold of Bracket leaver, raise it out of the slot.
to the right or left. Thus I turn the Bracket from under the Curtain Rod or Pole
now I allow the Cord to slip through my hands which allows the Curtain Rod to
come down from the Pole then I change or fix Curtain accordingly. Then to
replace Curtain Rod to the Pole I pull the Cord which raises the Curtain Rod, then
1 turn the Bracket leaver to the front when it comes to the slot in the socket it
drops in and thereby prevents the Bracket from moving from under the Curtain
Rod and also takes all the strain of the cord. The Pole or Curtain Rod may be
supplyed with or without the swinging Bracket. The ordnary Cornice Pole can be.
dispensed with if required and a simple peice of flat wood used in place to which
all the attachments may be fixed.
The Emproved Curtain suspender can be made of Metal, Wood, or any other
suitable material.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION..
An Improvement in Suspending, Raising, and Lowering Curtain
Rods or Cornice Poles.
CHARLES FOSTER Engraver and Gem Setter No. 4 Osborne Terrace Guildford
Street Aston Birmingham do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :---
I hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as follows..
An Improvement in suspending, raising and lowering Curtain Rods, or Cornice
Poles, without the aid of Steps or ladder.
Firstly I attach to ordinary Cornice Poles (A) pulley blocks, (B) at either end.
I also attach pulley blocks in centre, if required. I pass a Cord (U) through each
pulley and fasten it to a tube (D) or Wood bar (D) which I shall hereafter call a
Curtain Rod (D) rings will be put on the Curtain Rod in the ordinary way to which
the Curtain will be fastened. When I require to fix or change the Curtain I simply
allow the Cord to which the Curtain Rod is suspended to be loosened which will allow
the Curtain Rod to come down from Pole low enough to enable any person to fix or
change Curtains without the aid of Steps or Ladder, thus preventing accidents or
endangering people's lives. Now to prevent the weight of Curtain Rod (D)
remaining on or straining the cord, I fix a swinging bracket (E) to each side of
framework of Window, the lower ( ) end of bracket (E) will be made long enough
and low enough to enable any persons of ordinary height to use it.
To the lower end of bracket I fix a lever (G) similar to the lever on an ordinary
door bolt, the lower socket (H) which bracket works in has a slot (M), which is made
to receive the lever (G) when I wish to lower the Curtain Rod (D) I pull a Cord
which raises the Curtain Rod (D). Now I take hold of bracket lever (G) raise it
out of the slot (M) then turn the lever (G) to the right or left, thus I turn the
bracket (E) from under the Curtain Rod or Pole. Now I allow the Cord (K) to slip
through my hands which allows the Curtain Rod (D) to come down from the Pole then
I change or fix Curtains accordingly, then to replace Curtain rod to the pole (A)
I pull the Cord which raises the Curtain Rod (D) when high enough then I turn the
bracket lever (G) to the front, when it comes to the slot (M) in the Socket (H). It
drops in & thereby prevents the bracket (E) from moving from under the Curtain
Rod (D) and also takes all the strain off the Cord the ordinary Cornice Pole (A) can
be dispensed with if required, and a simple piece of flat wood used in its place to
which all the above attachments can be fixed.
The Improved Curtain Rod can be made of Metal or Wood, or any suitable material
the pole or Curtain Rod may be supplied with or without the swinging bracket (E) J.
If necessary, the Curtain Rod can be dispensed with and ordinary Cornice pole, can
be used, the pulleys being fixed over the Cornice pole to lower in the same manner as
Curtain Rod (D) then in case of ordinary Cornice rings being dispensed with, I add

page_text: pulleys (I) to the pole (A) so that the Curtain Rod (D) can come close up to the pole,
then I add swinging brackets (J) part to work on Hinge in cases were the other
brackets (E) cannot be fixed to Window Frame, the bracket to be composed of Metal
or Iron, which I fix to each end of Pole (A). When Curtain Rod is required to come
down I pull a Cord (K) which pulls the swinging bracket (J) from under the Curtain
Rod (D) which allows the Curtain Rod to come down when the Curtain Rods are
pulled into place the rod is pulled up to bracket (J) then the rod slips into the
socket (L) and then the Cord is loosened and the rod becomes a fixture thus
preventing rod coming down in case, were the cord gives way or gets displaced
off hook.
.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
Firstly, the novelty of suspending, raising & lowering, Curtain Rod or Cornice
poles by means of pulley blocks, the pulley blocks are either fixed in or to the ordinary
Cornice poles.
Secondly, I claim the novelty of adding a Curtain Rod under the ordinary Cornice
pole for lowering the Curtain.
Thirdly, I claim the novelty of swinging brackets to be fixed under Curtain Rod or
Cornice pole, so as to take the strain of the Cord in case where the Cord gets dis-
placed from hook, and so prevent Curtain Rod or pole coming down.
.Dated this 21st day of November 1888.