Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Nov., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Dec., 1894-Accepted, 5th Jan., 1895
I, GEORGE HAROLD BROWN, of 37 Turner Street, Pym Street, Nottingham,
in the County of Nottingham, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my
said invention to be as follows:
My invention has for its object improvements in portiere rods by which such rods
are made to have a parallel rise upon the opening of the door by a simple cheap and
effective means.
In carrying my invention into effect I mount my rod upon the top ends of two
inclined arms which have their bottom ends pivotted upon the door so that the rod
will rise and fall while retaining its perfectly horizontal position. The arms are
inclined towards the hinge side of the door and are curved in the direction of their
inclination as well as curved ont from the door, the arm at the hinge side being
made to extend as far as the projecting part of the architrave. Upon this
projecting part of the architrave, a plate bearing an eye or ring is fixed, through
which the aforesaid arm passes so that upon the opening of the door the lateral
movement of the arm is controlled to a certain extent and the arm is thereby
caused to slide up through the eye and thus raise the rod the arm being so curved
as to allow this action to occur freely.
Dated this 8th day of November 1894.
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.
I, GEORGE HAROLD BROWN, of 37 Turner Street, Pym Street, Nottingham,
in the County of Nottingham, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my
said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
.
My invention has for its object improvements in portiere rods by which such rods
are made to have a parallel rise upon the opening of the door by a simple cheap and
effective means.
In carrying my invention into effect I mount my rod upon the top ends of two
inclined arms which have their bottom ends pivotted upon the door so that the rod
will rise and fall while retaining its perfectly horizontal position. The arms are
inclined towards the hinge side of the door and are curved in the direction of their
inclination as well as curved out from the door, the arm at the hinge side being
made to extend as far as the projecting part of the architrave. Upon this
projecting part of the architrave a plate bearing an eye or ring is fixed through
which the aforesaid arm passes so that upon opening the door the lateral movement
of the arm is controlled to a certain extent and the arm is thereby caused to slide
up through the eye and thus raise the rod the arm being so curved as to allow this
action to occur freely.

page_text: In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practise I have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings upon which
I have fully illustrated the nature of my said improvements together with the mode
of carrying the same into effect.
Figure 1., is an elevation of the top part of a door and architrave with one of my
portiere rods attached thereto.
Figure 2., is a vertical section showing the attachment of the brackets to the
door.
Figure 3., is a similar section to Figure 2 but showing the connection B between
the rod and architrave.
Figure 4., is a front general view of the connecting eye B with the bracket
working therein.
Figure 5., is an elevation of the eye B showing a modification.
Figure 6., is a sectional plan of Figure 5.
My portiere rod A is mounted upon the brackets C and C' which are curved on
their front face to the shape shown and are attached to the door D by the projecting
pivots d¹ and to the rod A at a' in such a manner as for the rod to be capable of
having a parallel rising movement. Upon the architrave the projecting hook,
ring, or eye B is fixed the eye of which einbraces the bracket C and forms a fixed
support thereto thus retaining the rod in the position shown. Immediately upon
the opening of the door the bracket C¹ is caused to rise up through the ring or
eye B by reason of being controlled in its longitudinal movement by the said stop
and the rod A is thereby raised in such a manner that it retains its perfect horizontal
position..
To prevent any friction between the arm C¹ and eye or stop B I may insert the
pulley or roller b' as shown at Figures 5 and 6.
The arm C is curved as shown to allow of its free movement through the eye B
and the bracket C at the opening side of the door is made tó correspond in shape to
the bracket C³.
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:-
1st. The improvements in portiere rods substantially as & and for the purpose
herein set forth and shown upon the accompanying drawings.
2nd. In rising portiere rods the stop or eye B in combination with and
operating upon the bracket C' substantially as & for the purpose herein set
forth & shown.
Dated this 1st day of December 1894.
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.