Improved Lace Curtain Stretcher and Quilt Frame Combined.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Nov., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 31st Aug., 1891-Accepted, 17th Oct., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Lace Curtain Stretcher and Quilt Frame Combined.
I, JOHN PITT BAYLY, of 18 Fulham Place, Paddington, in the County of
London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a com-
munication to me from abroad by James Gilray, of Buffalo, New York State,
U.S.A. Inventor) to be as follows:-
1
This invention relates to an improved frame for stretching lace curtains, quilts
and the like after being washed, and whilst being dried.
The invention when constructed consists of four pieces of wood,-two long ones,
and two shorter ones-which are preferably of rectangular section, except that one
corner of each is bevelled off, or the edge of each is recessed. By means of
suitable clamps these wooden bars are clamped together in such manner as to make
a rectangular frame, with the recessed edges of each bar inwards. Suitable plated
pins are arranged along each bar in its recessed portion so that when the frame is
put together the pins are all round it. These pins are for the purpose of holding
the edges of the curtains, or the like, placed upon the frame. The longer bars of
the frame are each made in two pieces, which are hinged together so that the
frame can be conveniently folded for transport. When open, the hinge is made
rigid by metal channelled plates, which can be removed when desired by unscrewing
a nut or turn-button.
Dated this 29th day of November 1890.
J. P. BAYLY,
Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Lace Curtain Stretcher and Quilt Frame Combined.
I, JOHN PITT BAYLY, of 18 Fulham Place, Paddington, in the County of
London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communi-
cation to me from abroad by James Gilray, of Buffalo, New York State, U.S.A.
Inventor,) and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
Figure 1 is a top plan view of my stretcher in operative position.
Fig. 2 is an edge view of one of its side bars.
Fig. 3 an under face view of the same.
Figs. 4 and 5 are side views of one of the pins.
Fig. 6 is a sectional end view of one of the side bars.
Fig. 7 is a plan and end view respectively of one of the stiffening plates.
The stretcher frame consists of two longitudinal side bars A and two cross
bars arranged in rectangular form and firmly but adjustably united at the corners
by the C-shaped screw-clamps C. In order that the side bars may be closed into
a compact form, they are each divided midway of its length and the two parts
united by a top hinge a, so that one part may be folded over upon the other, as
indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2.
When in use the bars must be held in a stiff or rigid condition, and for this
purpose I apply to the under side of each bar across the joint, a metal plate f,
bolting the same at one end firmly to one of the parts of the bar, and con-
necting it at the opposite end to the other part of the bar by a butterfly-nut on
the end of a bolt scated in the bar. By giving this nut a partial rotation it is
permitted to pass through an opening i made in the plate, as shown in Fig. 7. so
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page_text: that the bar may be folded or closed. The plate is provided with uprising flanges
along its edges, which give it a channeled form, so that it embraces or encloses
the two parts of the bar in such manner as to keep them in line both vertically
and horizontally. The plate thus formed and applied co-operates with the hinge
on the opposite side in keeping the bar in proper form, and relieves the hinge to
a great extent from the severe strain to which it would otherwise be subjected.
Instead of providing the bars as usual with tenter-hooks, which are very
objectionable because of their extending beyond the bar in such manner as to be
frequently caught and bent accidently, I use straight pins d. Each bar has its
inner edge channeled or rabbeted, as shown at e, and in this channeled surface
the pins are inserted with an outward inclination and extend to the level of the
face of the bar. The pins thus applied and falling wholly within the planes of the
face of the bar admit of the bars being stored, transported, and handled without
serious liability of their being caught or bent, as in the case of hooks or of pins
projecting beyond the surface of the bars. In making use of the structure there
is danger of the ends of the pins being pressed or bent out of line with the
portion which is buried in the wood. When the pin is thus bent the strain of the
curtain will tend to cause it to turn in the wood so that the upper or bent end will
assume an outward inclination and allow the curtain to escape therefrom. To resist
this tendency and prevent the rotation of the pins I flatten their inner ends, as
shown at e in Fig. 4, so that when driven into the wood it is impossible for them to
turn. When the ends are thus flattened the straight pins will answer every
purpose of the more expensive hooks commonly employed and have the great
advantage that they may be applied so as to lie wholly within the edges of the
bar, as before explained.
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:
1. The herein-described curtain-stretcher, consisting of the cross-bars, the clamps,
and the side bars, each of the latter divided midway of its length, and having its
two parts united by a hinge applied to one side and by a flanged plate secured to
the opposite side.
2. In a curtain-stretcher, a side bar A, consisting of two parts or members jointed
end to end by a hinge ₺ on one face and by a channeled plate bolted to one of these
parts and connected to the opposite part by a nut or turn-button, substantially as
shown.
Dated this oth 1
A
1001
J. P. BAYLY,
Applicant.