Improvements in Brackets for Portière Rods.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Sept., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 16th June, 1894-Accepted, 21st July, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Brackets for Portière Rods.
We, RICHARD PHILLIPS and HENRY FRANCIS PHILLIPS, Brassfounders, of
Camden Drive, Legge Lane, in the City of Birmingham, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to the construction of brackets for carrying portiere rods,
and our object is to produce the said brackets from strips of metal, preferably steel
in such manner as to cheapen the cost of manufacture while providing strong and
reliable articles.
In carrying our invention into effect we construct the bracket for attachment to
the door from a steel strip preferably doubled on the flat. This strip is bent in the
form of a loop at one end; the said loop is firmly secured by means of a rivet and
the double end is bent over on the Hat and provided at its lower extremity with
screw holes for attachment of the bracket to the door. The double strip may be
riveted at its lower end as well as at the upper end near the loop. The single strip
may be used when desired and bent in the form of a bracket, a loop being formed
at the upper end and riveted over. If the strip be made stiff enough the loop may
be simply bent over without riveting.
In constructing the bracket for attachment to the door frame we bend a steel
strip similarly and rivet to the upper end a round rod by means of a palm flattened
from the said round rod. The lower part of the bracket we perforate for screws.
The round rod passes through the holes in the portiere rod and serves for attachment
of the portiere rod at the fixed end.
Our metallic strip brackets we preferably form of steel in which case we electro-
plate them with brass in the usual manner.
Strips of brass or other metal, however, may be used instead of steel.
MARKS & CLERK,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applican
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Brackets for Portière Rods.
We, RICHARD PHILLIPS and HENRY FRANCIS PHILLIPS, Brassfounders, of
Camden Drive, Legge Lane, in the City of Birmingham, 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 :--
Our invention relates to the construction of brackets for carrying portiere rods,
and our object is to produce the said brackets from strips of metal, preferably steel,
in such manner as to cheapen the cost of manufacture while providing strong and
reliable articles.
In order that our invention and the method of carrying the same into effect may
be the more readily understood, we append hereunto one sheet of explanatory
drawings to be hereinafter referred to-
Figure 1 is an end elevation and Figure 2 a front elevation of our improved
bracket for attachment to the door, while Figures 3 and 4 are similar views of a
modified form of the same.

page_text: Figure 5 is an end elevation and Figure 6 a front elevation of our improved
portiere rod bracket as constructed for attachment to the door frame.
Figure 7 is a sectional view through A B Figures 4 and 6.
The same reference letters in the different figures indicate the same parts.
In carrying our invention into effect we construct the bracket in the one form for
attachment to the door from a steel strip preferably doubled on the flat as illustrated
in Figures 1 and 2. This strip is bent in the form of a loop such as C at one end; the
said loop is firmly secured by means of a rivet e, and the double end is bent over on
the flat and provided at its lower extremity with screw holes as d, for attachment of
the bracket to the door. The double strip may be riveted at its lower end as well
as at the upper end near the loop. The single strip may be used when desired and
bent in the form of a bracket, a loop being formed at the upper end and riveted
A bracket made in such form is illustrated at Figures 3 and 4, the necessary
strength being obtained by corrugating or depressing the strip as illustrated in the
said figures, and also by the sectional view at Figure 7. If the strip be made stiff
enough by continuing the corrugation to the extreme end or otherwise, the loop
may be simply bent over without riveting.
Over.
In constructing the bracket for attachment to the door frame we bend a steel
strip similarly to the manner in which we form the door bracket, and rivet to the
upper end a round rod such as D, by means of a palm D flattened from the said
round rod. The lower part of the bracket we perforate as at d, for screws.
round rod D passes through the holes in the portiere rod and serves for attachment
of the portiere rod at the fixed end.
The
Our metallic strip brackets we preferably form of steel in which case we electro-
plate them with brass in the usual manner.
Strips of brass or other metal, however, may be used instead of steel.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is
1. An improved bracket for supporting a portiere rod, consisting of a strip of
steel or other metal suitably hent and shaped to the required form, substantially as
herein before described and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2. The construction of a portiere rod bracket by bending and forming one strip
of sheet steel or other metal to the required configuration, substantially as herein-
before described and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 15th day of June 1894.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicants.