Stair Rods, Curtain Rods, and other Articles.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Mar., 1886.
Complete Left, 17th Dec., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 28th Jan., 1887.
Stair Rods, Curtain Rods, and other Articles.
1, FREDERICK FRENCH of 3 Cardigan Villas Murdock Road, Handsworth in the
County of Stafford, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF EYES OR LOOPS FOR SECURING STAIR RODS, CURTAIN RODS
AND OTHER ARTICLES to be as follows:-
The object of my Invention is to provide a strong and Simple Eye or Loop in one
piece for securing Rods or other Articles in lieu of those now in use, the said eye or
loop is also applicable to various uses, among others, Sash Lifts, Shutter Lifts Draw
Pulls and Pipe or Tube Holders.-I proceed to manufacture my Invention as
follows. I take a piece of Sheet Metal, Iron or other like substance and cut there-
from a narrow strip, in one end of such strip a hole is pierced and countersunk to
allow a Screw or Pin to pass through, the other end of the said Strip is fashioned as
an ordinary Stair Eye that is with a point having a shoulder to permit of being driven
or may be made and pierced as the end first mentioned, at a convenient distance from
each end of the said Strip varying according to the size of Eye or Loop required,
I cut or pierce a Slot half way across and on each side of the said Strip which is then
ready for forming or looping. That part of the said strip between the two slots is
by means of a Press or Machine turned round a Mandrel thus forming a loop and
allowing the slotted portions to inter-lock or slide the one within the other. This
operation of looping leaves the ends of the said Strip in a line one within the other
so forming a Curtain Rod Eye or Loop.-To form a Stair Eye the ends of the said
strip are now shaped or bent to right angles thus leaving the Eye or Loop within the
angle in the position of an ordinary Stair Eye--Instead of Cutting the two Slots in
the mode & places before mentioned, a Strip of metal or other substance may be cut
of the said shape except that it has the middle part cut away on each side length-
wise and in an oblique direction thus leaving the middle Strip half the width of the
first mentioned Strip and so to be looped as aforesaid-One or both ends of the said
strip may if desired be cut to any shape either plain or ornamental.
I may vary my Invention by making the Eyes or Loops from Wire, those ends 'or
portions of the same which require to be fashioned are first flattened by means of a
Stamp or Press and afterwards formed in the same manner and by the same Tools as
the Strips first before mentioned.

page_text: Stair Rods, Curtain Rods, and other Articles.
FREDERICK FRENCH of 3 Cardigan Villas, Murdock Road, Handsworth in the
County of Stafford Manager of Works 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:-
The object of my invention is to provide a strong and Simple Eye or Loop in one
piece for securing Rods or other articles in lieu of those in use, the said Eye or Loop
is also applicable to various uses among others Sash Lifts Draw Pulls and Pipe or
Tube holders.
I proceed to manufacture my invention as follows. I take a piece of Sheet Metal,
Iron or other like substance and cut therefrom a narrow strip Fig. 1. in one end of
such strip a hole is pierced and countersunk A to allow a Screw or pin to pass through
the other end of the said strip is fashioned as an ordinary Stair Eye that is with a
point having a shoulder to permit of being driven B or may be made and pierced
as the end A first mentioned, at a convenient distance from each end of the said Strip
varying according to the size of Eye or Loop required.
I cut or pierce a slot half way across and on each side C & D of the said strip which
is then ready for forming or looping. That part of the said strip between the two
slots is by means of a Press or Machine turned round a mandrel thus forming a loop
and allowing the slotted portions to interlock or slide the one within the other. This
operation of looping leaves the ends of the said Strip in a line one with the other so
forming a Curtain Rod Eye or Loop Fig. 2.-To form a Stair Eye the ends of the strip
are now shaped or bent to right angles thus leaving the Eye or Loop within the
Angle in the position of an ordinary Stair Eye Fig. 3 & 4. Instead of Cutting the
two slots in the mode and places before mentioned a strip of metal or other substance
may be cut of the said shape except that it has the middle part cut away on each side
lengthwise and in an oblique direction Fig. 6 thus leaving the middle part of the
Strip half the width of the first mentioned strip and so to be looped as aforesaid.
One or both ends of the said Strip may if desired be cut to any shape either plain or
ornamental. I may vary my Invention by making the Eye or Loop from Wire, those
ends or portions of the same which require to be fashioned are first flattened Fig. 5.
by means of a Stamp or Press and afterwards formed in the same manner Fig. 7 and
by the same Tools as the Strips first before mentioned.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is
The cutting away piercing or slotting of a portion of a Strip of Metal Iron or other
substance in such a manner that when formed in the manner before described it is so
interlocked as to make the article perfectly secure when in use, and further that owing
to such interlocking the article can be made of a much lighter material than is
generally used, thus greatly reducing the cost of production.
FREDERICK FRENCH.