Improvements in or connected with Angular Ended Cornice or Rod Poles.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Sept., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 24th May, 1894-Accepted, 30th June, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Angular Ended Cornice or
Rod Poles.
I CHARLES SHOWELL, of Lower Loveday Street, in the City of Birmingham,
Brassfounder do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in or connected with the jointing together
the lengths constituting cornice or rod poles, by which such parts may be readily
adjusted to and assume any angular position required.
To accommodate the ordinary varied shape of bay or recessed windows, a longer
(main) length is supplemented by a shorter additional length at each end, which
accommodate the sides of the said windows, whose angle with the main length
varies in different windows.
The object of my invention is therefore to provide an improved combination of
parts by which such connection and adjustment may be effected.
In the ends of the tubes forming the two parts to be connected I fix two plugs,
which said plugs are further formed for connection to each other as hereinafter set
forth. Each part is shaped with a surface at an angle of 45 degrees to the line
of tubing. Such surface is also made circular, and may be further shaped each
hemispherical as far as permissible, or otherwise shaped according to taste.
Central with this circular angular surface is a transverse pin or screw which passes
into or through the two said surfaces, and by means of which they may be securely
fastened together.
Thus by turning these surfaces around one upon the other, any desired angle of
the two tubes from a straight line up to 90 degrees may be obtained, when by
tightening the screw pin it may be secured in such given position.
It being desirable to keep the diameter of the said joint parts as small as
convenient and in conformity to the diameter of the tubes, the diameter of the
joint surfaces may be made equal to that of the tubes, and then shaped away where
necessary to accommodate their attachment to the said tubes.
Dated this 21st day of August 1893.
CHARLES T. POWELL,
Applicant's Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Angular Ended Cornice or
Rod Poles.
I CHARLES SHOWELL, of Lower Loveday Street, in the City of Birmingham,
Brassfounder, 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 or connected with the jointing together
of the lengths constituting cornice or rod poles, by which such parts may be readily
adjusted to and assume any angular position required.
To accommodate the ordinary varied shape of bay or recessed windows, a longer
(main) length is supplemented by shorter additional lengths at each end, which
accommodate the sides of the said windows, whose angle with the main length
varies in different windows.

page_text: The object of my invention is therefore to provide an improved combination of
parts by which such connection and adjustment may be effected.
In the ends of the tubes forming the two parts to be connected I fix two plugs,
which said plugs are further formed for connection to each other as hereinafter set
forth. Each part is shaped with a surface at an angle of 45 degrees to the line
of tubing. Such surface is also made circular, and may be further shaped each
hemispherical as far as permissible, or otherwise shaped according to taste.
Central with this circular angular surface is a transverse pin or screw which passes
into or through the two said surfaces, and by means of which they may be securely
fastened together.
Thus by turning these surfaces around one upon the other, any desired angle of
the two tubes from a straight line up to 90 degrees may be obtained, when by
tightening the screw pin it may be secured in such given position.
It being desirable to keep the diameter of the said joint parts as small as
convenient, and in conformity to the diameter of the tubes, the diameter of the
joints may be made equal to that of the tubes, and then shaped away where
necessary to accommodate their attachment to the said tubes.
In order to more clearly explain this my invention I have appended hereunto an
illustrative sheet of drawings upon which are figures and numbers of reference,
similar numbers referring throughout the several views to the same thing or
part.
Fig. 1, is a part sectional view of this my invention.
Fig. 2, is a plan view of the working face of the joint.
Fig. 3, shows the joint as it appears when the two poles or rods are at right
angles to each other.
Fig. 4, shows the joint at a more obtuse angle than that of a right angle, and
also its attachment to wooden poles or rods.
5 and 6 are the two tubes or poles which are to be connected by my improved joint.
The joint consists primarily of two parts 7 & 8 whose ends are plug shaped
at 9 & 10 to fit into the tubes 5 & 6, and there secured by screws or solder or other
approved method. Each of the parts 7 & 8, are provided with a surface at 11 & 12,
which is at an angle of 45 degrees to the axial line of the pole or rods 5 & 6.
These surfaces are made circular as far as convenient, in the manner shown. 13, is a
concentric connecting pin by which the two parts are secured together. In some cases
this pin would be firmly secured in position by access through the open end 14, of
the joint piece, before the tubes 5 & 6 are attached, while in some cases I may
provide the hole 15 in the joint piece through which such tightening may be
effected, or in some cases I may fix such adjusted position by means of the
additional screw pin 16. For the pin 13, I may substitute a rivet or other suitable
fastening.
Instead of attaching the joint parts to the poles or rods by means of the
plugs 9 & 10, in the case of wooden poles I may use ordinary screws as shown
at 17, 17, in Fig. 4.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
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In mechanism for the connecting or jointing together of parts forming cornice or
rod poles, the employment of two parts & 8, having the angular surfaces 11
and 12, and secured together after the manner herein described, all substantially
as set forth and shown.
Dated this 23rd day of Mon 1804
CHARLES T. POWELL,
12, Cherry Street, Birmingham, Applicant's Agent.