Improvements in Cornice Pole, Rod, and like Brackets.
Year: 1895

page_text: Improvements in Cornice Pole, Rod, and like Brackets.
1, WILLIAM JOHN EVANS of River Street, in the City of Birmingham, Manager
of Works, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in cornice pole, rod and like brackets,
and has for its object primarily, an extensible bracket.
The said bracket consists of two parts, viz. a movable front part and a back
fixed part. The fixed part is made from a length of strip metal with the end parts
return upon themselves to a short distance and then continued and directed out-
wardly into bracket arms which are considerably separated from each other and by
which the front adjustable part is carried.
The edges of the ends of these carrier arms are widened out and the wide parts
are turned over hook-wise so as to form socket guides into which the middle-slotted
terminals or arms of the front part, which is formed with inverted hook-shaped or
semi-circular rod seatings or carriers, take and slide adjustably. The middles of
the socket arms may be like longitudinally slotted carrier arms, whilst coming
vertically between the lower sets and the upper sets is an upright tube, with the
shanks of headed screw pins taking through the coincident slots of both the
movable and fixed parts, and screwing into the ends of the tube, whereby
the movable part is clamped and made fast to the fixed part after adjustment.
Assuming that the bracket requires to be brought out or extended so as to bring
the bracket from the wall, then loosen one or other of the screws, when the fitted
and loose part can be drawn out from the fixed part, and then be made rigid with
the said fixed part by clamping as aforesaid.
The concaved seating for the pole or rod may be made from a single length of
strip metal, with the middle part folded trough-wise upon itself and with the ends
spread out into sprayed branches.
Instead of the tubular sockets being upon the fixed part they may be upon the
movable part thereof and the ends taking thereinto may be carried by the fixed
part.
As a modification, the fixed part of the bracket may carry outstanding and split
tube or rod lengths, separated from each other and within the tubes, rod ends
carried by the adjustable part may take and slide, or over the rods, tube ends or
eyes carried by the adjustable part may take, and the parts are arranged to work
stiffly one over the other or within the other, so that the same may be affixed in
any adjusted position without the use of screws or like clamping expedients.
This 10th TL. 100%
WILLIAM JOHN EVANS,
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicant.

page_text: Cornice Foie, Rod, and like Brackets.
I, WILLIAM JOHN EVANS, of River Street, in the City of Birmingham, Manager
of Works, 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in cornice pole, rod and like brackets,
and has for its object primarily, an extensible bracket.
The said bracket consists of two parts, viz., a movable front part and a back
fixed part. The fixed part may be made from a length of strip metal with the end
parts returned upon themselves to a short distance and then continued and directed
outwardly into bracket arms which are considerably separated from each other and
by which the front adjustable part is carried.
The edges of the ends of these carrier arms may be widened out and the wide
parts are turned over hook-wise so as to form socket guides into which the
terminals or arms of the front part, which is formed with inverted hook-shaped or
semi-circular rod seatings or carriers, take and slide adjustably.
Coming vertically between the lower sets and the upper sets of arins is an
upright tubular stay or sleeve with the shank of a headed screw pin taking through
the coincident holes and slots in the movable and fixed parts respectively, and
passing through the tubal stay and terminate in a nut, by the screwing up of which
the movable part is clamped and made fast to the fixed part after adjustment.
Assuming that the bracket requires to be brought out or extended so as to bring
the bracket from the wall or other support so as to come clear of blinds or the like,
then loosen the screw when the fitted and loose part can be drawn out from the
fixed part, and then be made rigid with the said fixed part after adjustment by
clamping as aforesaid.
The concaved seating for the pole or rod may be made from a single length of
strip metal, with the middle part folded trough-wise upon itself and with the ends
spread out into sprayed branches.
As a modification, the fixed part of the bracket may carry outstanding and split
tube or rod lengths, separated from each other and within the tubes, rod ends
carried by the adjustable part may take and slide, or over the rods, tube ends.or
eyes carried by the adjustable part may take, and the parts are arranged to work
stiffly one over the other or within the other, so that the same may be affixed in
any adjusted position without the use of screws or like clamping expedients.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents in side elevation an adjustable
or extensible two-part curtain rod or cornice pole bracket constructed according to
one form of my invention.
. Figure 2 represents a complete vertical section of the same.
Figure 3 is a topside plan of the bracket.
Figure 4 is a cross section of Figure 3, upon the dotted lines x-x.
:
Figure 5 is an elevation, partly in section, of the movable part of the bracket
separately.
Figure 6 is a topside plan of Figure 5.
Figure 7 is an elevation of the inner fixed part of the bracket and Figure 8
a plan of same.
Figure 9 represents longitudinal and cross sections of the guide or clip for
keeping the movable part of the bracket in line with the fixed part whereon it
slides.
Figure 10 is the clamping pin separately, and Figure 11 the tubular stay
separately.

page_text: The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in Figures 1 to 11 of
the drawings.
a is the adjustable and sliding part of the bracket, consisting of arms or
branches a', and a pole or rod support a², fitted with an affixing screw a³, and b is
the fixed part of the said bracket, attached to the frame of a window or the like by
small screws passed through holes 62, or otherwise, and having longitudinally
slotted carrier arms 6', coming upon or against the arms a', of the adjustable part,
whilst c is a clamping screw pin passing through holes a', of both branches of the
movable part a and through slots 63, of the branches or carrier arms 61, of the fixed
part b. The wormed end c', of the screw pin takes into a screw nut d', of a guide
or clip d, whose sides d², overhang the edges of the branches a, b, and keep the
same in line with one another, whilst the said arms are supported and prevented
from being drawn together by a distance sleeve or tubular support e, so that the
pin c, can be tightly drawn up without distorting or pressing the arms inwards.
Instead of employing one clamping pin in common for both pairs of arms of
the bracket each pair may be independently clamped by a separate pin and nut.
Figure 12 represents a modified form of attachment plate.
Figure 13 represents a modified form of my invention in which the movable part
of the bracket is made to slide into or telescope the other part, and is made to work
stiffly by splitting the tubular socket although clamping screw pins may be
employed for fixing the movable part to the fixed part.
a is the movable part of the bracket, consisting of a pole or rod support a²,
carried by arms or rods a', sliding or socketting tightly into tubes or sleeves b',
split at 62, and carried by the fixed attachment part b, of the bracket.
If necessary the attachment plate b, may be provided with carrier rods over
which tubular ends carried by the movable part of the bracket, take.
The brackets herein described may be made from rolled or drawn strip metal or
by casting as may be most desirable.
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 :-
First. An adjustable and extensible cornice pole or like bracket, consisting of a
fixed part and a movable part and with the members or arms of the one part sliding
upon members or arms of the other part.
Secondly. An adjustable and extensible cornice pole or like bracket, consisting
of a fixed part and a movable part, with the members or arms of the one part
sliding upon members or arms of the other and affixed by a screw pin or screw pius
or screw pins and nuts, which said pins pass through slots in the one part and
through eyes or take into eyes in the other part, substantially as described and set
forth.
Thirdly. The general construction, arrangement and combination of the parts of
adjustable and extensible cornice pole or like brackets having a distance sleeve or
tubular support, substantially as and for the purpose as described and set forth
in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 11.
Fourthly. An adjustable or extensible cornice pole or like bracket, consisting of
a movable part having tubular or solid ends or arms which telescope or slide over
or into solid or tubular arms carried by the fixed part, substantially as described
and set forth in Figure 13.
Dated this 4th day of February 1896.
WILLIAM JOHN EVANS,
By Henry Skerrett,
24 Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.