Year: 1885

page_text: I JOSEPH TAYLOR TIMMINS of Alma Lodge, Lower Norwood in the County
of Surrey, Merchant do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows:-
My Invention relates to an improvement in stair eyes and has for its object to
enable the stair rod to be readily inserted in or withdrawn from the eyes without
the necessity of sliding the rod through the eyes which is sometimes difficult or
inconvenient to do.
The invention consists in making the stair eye open or in the form of a hook or
segment of an eye crossing the resultant line of strain so as to retain the stair rod
in its position against the pull of the carpet and combining therewith a pivoted
hook or segment forming a mousing for the fixed hook to prevent the stair rod
escaping or falling out.
In practice the eye would consist of an L shaped plate with duplicate side
cheeks in the form of hooks or segments with the pivoted segment between them.
The latter closes the only opening at which the stair rod can fall out and can be
readily thrown up out of the way when it is desired to insert or withdraw a rod.

page_text: I JOSEPH TAYLOR TIMMINS of Alma Lodge Lower Norwood in the County of
Surrey Merchant do hereby declare the nature of this 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 relates to stair-eyes, or stair-rod fasteners; and it has for its object
to enable the stair rod to be readily inserted into and withdrawn from the eyes
without the necessity of sliding the rod through the eyes endwise which it is
generally difficult or inconvenient to do.
The Invention relates to what may be termed "open" stair eyes in which a
pivoted cover is employed to close the eye and prevent the stair rod falling out.
My Invention consists in making the stair-eye in the form of a hook or segment
of an eye crossing the resultant line of strain so as to retain the stair rod in its
position against the pull of the carpet, and combining there with a pivoted hook or
Begment forming a mousing for the fixed hook to prevent the stair-rod escaping
or falling out.
The eye consists of an L shaped plate preferably with duplicate side cheeks in
the form of hooks or segments with the pivoted segment between them. The
latter closes the only opening at which the stair rod can fall out and can be readily
thrown up out of the way when it is desired to insert or withdraw a rod.
The Invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein figures 1
and 2 are side elevations and front views respectively shewing the stair eye closed;
and figures 3 and 4 corresponding views shewing the stair-eye open. Figure 5
shews a perspective view with the stair rod in position.
As will be seen, the stair eye consists of two portions viz-An L shaped plate a
adapted to be screwed to the tread and riser as usual and provided with down-
wardly projecting side cheeks a¹ in the form of hooks or a segment of an eye, and
a cover 6 pivoted at b¹ to the upper part of plate a and formed with a hook or
segment 62 which when the cover plate is in the closed position as in figure 1 closes
the eye.
The hooks or side cheeks a¹ cross the resultant line of strain and prevent
the rod being detached by the pull of the carpet while the hook or segment b³ on the
cover prevents the stair-rod from falling out of the eye. The cover b is preferably
provided with a projecting piece d to enable the cover to be readily raised.
Although it is preferable to make the plate with a pair of hooks or side cheeks a¹
the stair eye may consist of a plate having a single hook combined with the pivoted
segment.
I am aware that it is not new to make open stair-eyes having a hinged cover
but they have heretofore been provided with springs or locking devices for holding

page_text: the cover closed and preventing the escape of the rod which are unnecessary when
made in accordance with my Invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is;-
A stair eye consisting of an L shaped plate having a hook or a pair of hooks in
the form of a segment of an eye, and a pivoted hook or segment forming a mousing
for the fixed hook or hooks, substantially as described and shewn in the drawings.