Improvement in Stair Rod Eyes and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Jan., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 24th Oct., 1894-Accepted, 1st Dec., 189
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I
Improvement in Stair Rod Eyes and the like.
I, JOSEPH WALKER, of 13 and 14 Augusta Street in the City of Birmingham
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to construct preferably out of one piece of metal
(either stamped or cast) a stair rod eye which will slide horizontally so as to
allow of the rod being readily placed in position when the eye is drawn back,
and secured when the eye is drawn or slid forward again over the end of the rod.
My invention further consists of making the eye with a projecting portion on the
one side to represent the portion of the stair rod and ornamental end which is
usually passed through and projects beyond the stair eye.
In order to do this I preferably cut out of sheet metal, a blank having a
projecting piece at the top and at the bottom, each being pierced with a slot
running parallel to the stair. I now bend the projecting slotted pieces of this
blank to fit against the stair, the centre part being shaped to fit and allow of the
end of the rod passing underneath. The inner edge of this centre part nearest
the centre of the rod I bend or fold down to increase its strength and give an
appearance of thickness. The outer edge I extend to any convenient distance and
shape to represent a portion of the stair rod with an ornamental end. The eye is
fixed to the stair by means of two screws, one inserted in each of the slots, the
heads of the screws securing the eye to the stair, but at the same time allowing
the eye to be moved backward and forward over the end of the rod. By this
method of constructing the stair rod eyes, the rods can be readily fixed and
removed, and a considerable saving is effected by making imitation ends on the
eyes instead of fitting ends in the stair rods themselves.
Dated this 23rd day of January 1894.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Stair Rod Eyes and the like.
I, JOSEPH WALKER, of 13 and 14 Augusta Street, in the City of Birmingham,
Manufacturer, 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 :-
My
The object of my invention is to construct preferably out of one piece of metal
(either stamped or cast) a stair rod eye, which will slide horizontally so as to
allow of the rod being readily placed in position when the eye is drawn back, and
secured when the eye is drawn or slid forward again over the end of the rod.
invention further consists of making the eye with a projecting portion on the one
side, to represent the portion of the stair rod and ornamental end, which is usually
passed through and projects beyond the stair eye.
In the accompanying drawings :-
Figure 1. is a plan of my stair rod eye, showing imitation end of rod.
Figure 2. is a section of Figure 1. through D, D'.
Figure 3. is a plan of a stair rod eye without imitation end.
Figure 4. is a plan of a pair of eyes A, A' fixed in position, with the rod G
placed ready for the eyes to be slid over its ends to secure it.

page_text: In Figure 1.
A is the bridge under which the end of the rod is slid; B is the imitation end of
rod; C, C¹, are the slot holes, by which the eye is secured to the stair, and which
allows of the eye being slid backwards and forwards; E, E', are the screws, by
which the eye is secured to the stair. G is the stair rod.
In Figure 3:
F is the closed end of the eye, which covers the end of the rod and prevents it
projecting through.
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 :-
に 1. A stair rod eye, which will slide horizontally so as to allow of the rod
being readily placed in position, when the eye is drawn back, and secured when the
eye is drawn or slid forward again over the end of the rod, substantially as and for
the purpose herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2. A stair rod eye having a projecting portion, in imitation of the end of a
stair rod which projects through and beyond the eye, substantially as and for
purpose herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 19th day of October 1894.
the
JOSEPH WALKER.