Improvements in Means or Apparatus for Supporting Curtains and the like upon Poles, Rods, and other Supports therefor.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Oct., 1894
Complete Specification Left. 15th July, 1895-Accepted, 24th Aug., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means or Apparatus for Supporting Curtains and
the like upon Poles, Rods, and other Supports therefor.
I FRANCIS WOODCOCK PERRY, of Deer Park, Castleknock, County Dublin,
Ireland, Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
In supporting curtains of various kinds and the like articles on poles, rods and
other similar supports various devices are at present employed such as metal rings
strung in series on a pole each ring having an attached eye through which a book
from the curtain is passed; and other methods of support are used, but many
inconveniences arise, not the least being the difficulty of applying the rings to the
poles and their removal or rearrangement thereon.
In carrying out my invention I dispense with the ordinary form of ring and loop
or eye and in place thereof I form from wire or rod or tube of appropriate cross
sectional form and area a support consisting essentially of a middle portion or bar to
which the curtain or article is attached or sewn and from each side of this portion
the metal is continued in a bent form so as to produce two oppositely disposed
hooks or part ring supports which in use embrace the upper portion of the pole.
In order to apply a series of the supports attached to a curtain to a pole each
double hook is turned so that the hooks lie one on each side of the pole above their
position of rest in use and in planes at right angles thereto-the pole lying on the
middle part and leaving room for the two hooks or part rings to be by a turning
movement brought over and so as to clasp the pole, each hook then having its end
projecting on opposite sides of said pole.
For removal the reverse tactics need simply be followed.
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Improvements in Means or Apparatus for Supporting Curtains and
the like upon Poles, Rods, and other Supports therefor.
I, FRANCIS WOODCOCK PERRY, of Deer Park, Castleknock, County Dublin,
Ireland, Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
inanner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :—
The invention consists of a novel form of hook or support for attachment to a
curtain or other article to be held or suspended thereby and capable of being
readily applied to or removed from a pole or other support.
In supporting curtains of various kinds and the like articles on poles, rods and
other similar supports various devices are at present employed such as metal rings
strung in series on a pole each ring having an attached eye through which a hook
from the curtain is passed; and other methods of support are used, but many

page_text: inconveniences arise, not the least being the difficulty of applying the rings to the
poles and their removal or rearrangement therein.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 shows my improved support or hook by a side view in perspective.
Fig. 2 shows the same by a perspective front view.
Fig. 3 shows the support suspended from a rod or pole and carrying means for
attachment to a curtain or other article.
or
In carrying out my invention I dispense with the ordinary form of ring and loop
or eye and in place thereof I form from wire or rod or tube of appropriate cross
sectional form and area a support a consisting essentially of a middle portion
bar b to which the curtain or article c is attached or sewn and from each side of this
portion the metal is continued in a bent form so as to produce two oppositely
disposed hooks d d or part ring supports which in use embrace the upper portion of
the pole e.
Suitable holes f may be provided.in the bar 6 for the purpose of attachment to
the curtain.
In order to apply a series of the supports a attached to a curtain to a pole e
each double hook dd is turned so that the hooks lie one on each side of the pole
above their position of rest in use and in planes at right angles thereto-the pole
lying on the middle part and leaving room for the two hooks or part rings dd to
be by a turning movement brought over and so as to clasp the pole e each hook
then having its end projecting on opposite sides of said pole.
For removal the reverse tactics need simply be followed.
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 :-
1. A curtain suspender consisting of two hooks in opposed directions formed
integrally with a curtain supporting bar, substantially as set forth.
2. In a curtain suspender two hooked arms connected by a cross bar formed
integrally therewith and perforated with holes for sewing or other means of attach-
ment, said hooks having their ends oppositely disposed one to the other, substantially
as set forth.
Dated the 15th day of July 1895.
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56 Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.