A Substitute for Rings and Hooks for Hanging or Supporting Curtains or Valances.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 19th July, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 20th Apr., 1891-Accepted, 23rd May, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION..
A Substitute for Rings and Hooks for Hanging or Supporting
Curtains or Valances.
I CHRISTOPHER RICE of 210 Stockwell Road Brixton S.W. Herbalist do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
A wheel or sheave made of wood metal or other suitable material and hollowed
on the outer edge or rim. The sheave or wheel revolves on an axis formed by a
metal pin or pins from which axis hangs a loop of metal terminating in a pin
or hook.
Dated this 10th day of July 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Substitute for Rings and Hooks for Hanging or Supporting
Curtains or Valances.
I, CHRISTOPHER RICE, of 210, Stockwell Road, Brixton, in the County of
Surrey Herbalist do hereby declare the nature of this said invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
This invention consists of an improved device for hanging and supporting
curtains or valances from their poles or supports in substitution of the rings and
hooks now in use and has the following advantages over the ordinary system.
First. Greater freedom of running of the curtain or valance thus enabling it to
be drawn along its pole with greater facility.
Second. The curtain or valance can be hung without the aid of skilled labour
the adjustment & detachment being readily and easily made when put up or taken
down.
Third. There being less friction in moving the curtains along their supports the
lacquer or enamel of the pole or rod is not worn.
Fourth. No hooks or rings are required.
Fifth. The curtain or valance is kept well in position thereby avoiding deep
hems or stiffening, and unsightly gaps.
In order that my invention may be the better understood I now proceed to
describe the same in relation to the drawings hereunto annexed reference being
had to the letters and figures marked thereon.
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of my improved curtain support.
Fig. 2 is a plan.
Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same.
To carry my invention into effect I provide a sheave or pulley A formed with its
exterior hollowed out in the centre so as to approximately fit the pole, rod, or other
support upon which it rests. This sheave may be made of wood, metal, or any
suitable material and revolves upon a shaft or axis B from which hangs a loop C.
of metal or similar material.
At the lower part of the loop C. a wire hook D is situated with its upper end E
extending to the upper part of the loop C. A hook F preferably formed out of
the body of the metal of which the loop is composed is arranged from the side of
the said loop and behind which the wire hook D can be sprung. The upper part
of the hook D I may make with a small S hook for the purpose hereafter more

page_text: fully described. This support is threaded on to the poles in the usual way so that
the sheave or pulley A. shall run upon the upper part of the said pole.
The top hem of the curtain is first of all threaded on to the hook D and is passed
down so as to be supported at the lower part of the said hook. The hook D is
then sprung behind the retaining hook F and the top of the curtain or valance is
hung on to the upper end E of the hook D thus forming a support for the said top
of the curtain or valance and hiding if necessary the pole and supporting device.
I may in some cases make the hook D without the S bend at the top by simply
extending it straight upward. Or equivalently I may form the hook D much shorter
or substitute an eye for the same and I may also provide a separate hook at the upper
part of the loop to support the top of the curtain or valance. In the case of small
sizes no retaining hook F is required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
First. An improved device for supporting curtains or valances consisting of a
pulley or sheave formed to run upon the pole or other support, a loop supported by
and hanging from the axis of the said pulley and a hook or eye situated on the
lower part of the loop substantially as described.
Second. In such a curtain supporting device a hook arranged upon the upper
part of the loop or formed as an extension of the lower supporting hook in order to
support the uppermost part of the curtain, such extended hook being supported by
any suitable retaining catch or projection situated on the said loop substantially as
described.
Dated this 17th day of February 1891.
FELL & WILDING,
1, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.