Improvements in Rings or Suspenders for Curtains or Hangings.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Aug., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 22nd May, 1890-Accepted, 28th June, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Rings or Suspenders for Curtains or Hangings.
1, WILLIAM TAYLOR of Great Driffield in the County of York, Machinist, do
RINGS OR
hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
SUSPENDERS FOR CURTAINS OR HANGINGS, to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is the construction of rings or suspenders which will
run more easily and with less noise than those in general use.
For this purpose I bend a piece of wire or a flat strip of metal into the form of the
letter or almost into a circle, but with the ends bent away from the centre and
parallel with, but a short distance from, each other. I then connect these ends,
which should first be flattened, by passing through them a pin, screw, or rivet, on
which I place a small loose sheave or roller with its periphry of a shape suitable for
running on the rod or bar for which it is intended. On the outside the ends of the
pins or rivets may be covered by pieces of metal of ornamental design.
Sometimes instead of bending the wire or strip of metal into a simple U or circle,
I turn the bottom part into an eye, hook, or loop, or bend it to form a recess on
which to hang the curtains, or the hooks to carry the same.
When it is desired to make the rings or suspenders noiseless, I cover the sheaves
or rollers (which may be made of wood, metal, or other suitable substance) with
cloth, indiarubber, or other noiseless material, and also fix at the sides where they
would touch the rods, similar material, by means of cement, rivets, or clipping in
suitable recesses stamped in the metai for the purpose. By perforating the metal
and using coloured fabrics, an ornamental appearance can be given to the
suspenders.
1000
WM. TAYLOR.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Rings or Suspenders for Curtains or Hangings.
I, WILLIAM TAYLOR of Market Place Great Driffield in the County of York,
Machinist, 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 object of this invention is the construction of rings or suspenders which will
run more easily and with less noise than those in general use.
For this purpose I bend a piece of wire or a flat strip of metal into the form of
the letter U or almost into a circle, but with the ends bent away from the centre and
parallel with, but a short distance from each other. I then connect these ends, which
should first be flattened, by passing through them a pin, screw or rivet on which l
place a small loose sheave or roller with its periphery of a shape suitable for running
on the rod or bar for which it is intended."
On the outside the ends of the pins or rivets may be covered by pieces of metal of
ornamental design. Sometimes instead of bending the wire or strip of metal into a
simple U, oval or circle, I turn the bottom part into an eye hook or loop, or bend it
to form a recess on which to hang the curtains or hooks to carry the same.
When it is desired to make the rings or suspenders noiseless, I cover the sheaves
or rollers (which may be made of wood, metal, or other suitable substance) with
cloth india-rubber, or other noiseless material, and also fix at the sides where they
would touch the rods similar material by cement or rivets, or by clipping the same
in suitable recesses stamped in the metal for the purpose. By perforating the metal

page_text: and using coloured fabrics an ornamental appearance may be given to the rings
or suspenders. My invention is also applicable to wooden curtain rings or
suspenders.
And in order that my said invention may be more clearly understood and readily
carried into effect I will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings more fully to
describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1. is a side elevation and
Figure 2. is an edge view of a simple form of my improved ring or suspender made
of wire bent to the shape desired.
Figure 3. is an edge view of a generally similar ring or suspender made of a
slightly more ornamental appearance.
Figure 4 is a side elevation and
Figure 5 is an edge view of my improved ring or suspender made of metal
tubing.
Figure 6 is a side elevation,
Figure 7 is an edge view and
Figure 8 is a vertical section of my improved ring or suspender inade of sheet
metal and
Figure 9 is a side elevation of one made of wood.
In all the Figures like parts are indicated by similar letters of reference.
The rings or suspenders shown at Figures 1. 2. 3 have the hoops or rings a
formed of a length of wire bent into somewhat of an oval form and with a downwardly
projecting depression a' at the bottom to serve as an eye or loop to receive the hooks
attached to the curtains or hangings, the ends a² of the wire forming the hoop or
ring a are bent parallel to each other and are flattened and perforated, a centrally
perforated sheave or pulley b preferably of wood but which may be of other suitable
material, is placed between the ends a², a rivet or pin c is passed through the
perforations in the ends a² to form an axis of motion for such sheave or pulley and
such pin or rivet is rivetted to the ends a² to secure it in position and at the same
time prevent the opening out of the ends a² away from each other. The ring or
suspender shown at Figures 1 and 2 is of the simple form above described, that
represented at Figure 3 is of generally similar construction but it has the addition of
an ornamental rose d to the outside of each end a² of the hoop or ring a and the
latter is bent and twisted at the bottom to form a complete eye or loop a¹.
The ring or suspender shown at Figures 4 and 5 has the hoop or ring a made of
metal tubing provided at the lower part with an eye or loop a¹ as usual, the hoop or
ring a is divided at its upper part, the ends a² are flattened perforated and bent so
as to stand parallel with each other, a longitudinally perforated sheave or pulley b
is placed between them and a pin or rivet c is passed through the perforations in
such parts and rivetted to the ends a² which latter are provided with ornamental
roses d as described with respect to the ring or suspender shown at Figure 3.
b
The ring or suspender shown at Figures 6. 7. and 8 has the hoop or ring formed
of sheet metal which may be plain or of any desired ornamental outline, in the
drawing it is shown broader at the sides than at other parts and the sides are
perforated, it is also preferably as shown of oval form, it is provided with an eye or
loop a and with parallel ends a² between which is mounted a sheave or pulley 6 as in
the rings or suspenders previously described. The perforated sides of the hoop or
ring a are lined internally with coloured leather or other suitable material a³ to
prevent noise and to give an ornamental appearance through the perforations and
such material is represented as cemented thereto but it may be secured by rivetting
or by clipping the same in suitable recesses stamped in the metal for this purpose or
by sewing the same in which latter case holes would be formed in the metal to
receive the stitches; the sheave or pulley 6 is also fitted with two india-rubber rings b¹
to render it noiseless.
Figure 9. represents my invention applied to a wooden ring or suspender; in thiṣ

page_text: case the ring or suspender is of the ordinary circular form, except that a piece is
removed from the top to enable a sheave or pulley to be placed in such position and
said sheave or pulley b is held in position by a pin or rivet c fixed in the ends a² as
in the rings or suspenders before described.
I prefer to form my improved rings or suspenders of oval shape that is to say with
a vertical axis longer than their cross axis in order that they may be enabled to
assume a slanting position without binding on the pole or rod carrying the same, and
yet not be of unnecessary width, but if desired they may be made circular as
heretofore.
I would here remark that I am aware that rings or suspenders have heretofore
been provided at their upper parts with a pair of friction rollers mounted in carriers
which have been secured to a complete hoop or ring by pins passing into its substance
or by wire passing around the same but this arrangement necessitated using a ring
or suspender much larger than that ordinarily required for a given size of pole or
rod. I am also aware that it has before been proposed to remove a portion of the
upper part of a ring or suspender and to mount in the space so formed two rollers or
sheaves working on a wire spring but such construction lacked the solidity required
in a ring or suspender for curtains or hangings.
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 ring or suspender consisting of a hoop or ring divided at its upper
part, a sheave or pulley placed between its ends and an axial pin or rivet fixed in the
ends of the hoop or ring substantially as herein shown and described.
2: A curtain ring or suspender consisting of a hoop or ring divided at its upper
part and there formed with flattened perforated parallel ends, a sheave or pulley
placed between such ends and an axial pin or rivet fixed to said ends substantially
as herein shown and described.
3: A curtain ring or suspender consisting of a sheet metal hoop or ring having
perforated parallel ends at the upper part and either perforated or not at the sides, a
lining of noiseless material and a sheave or pulley mounted between the parallel ends
on a pin or rivet fixed to the latter substantially as herein shown and described.
4 In curtain rings or suspenders provided with rollers at the upper part a side
lining of noiseless material to the hoop or ring and a covering of noiseless material
to the rollers substantially as herein shown and described.
Autono na IXAR
Hatod
WILLIAM TAYLOR.
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents.