IMPROVEMENTS IN CURTAIN RODS
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frank Wirth, of the Firm of Wirth and Company, Patent
Solicitors, at Frankfort-on-the-Main, in the Empire of Germany, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN CURTAIN RODS." A communication from
Carl Lanzberg, Justice of the Peace, of St. Avold, in the Empire of Germany.
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said. Frank Wirth at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 7th February 1878.
FRANK WIRTH, of the Firm of Wirth and Company, Patent Solicitors, at
Frankfort-on-the-Main, in the Empire of Germany. IMPROVEMENTS IN CURTAIN
RODS." [A communication from Carl Lanzberg, Justice of the Peace, of St. Avold,
in the Empire of Germany.]
My said Invention relates to improved means for attaching curtains to the ceiling
of a room or apartment by using a rod fastened permanently to the ceiling in a con-
venient position and running vertically downward far enough to be within reacli
of the hand of a person in the said room.
In adapting my said Invention to a window, the said vertical rod is provided with
one or more horizontal arms arranged according to the height of the room, on which
arms the window curtains slide, the ends of the arms being bent round to meet the
wall.
In adapting my said Invention to beds, the horizontal curtain rods may be round,
oval, or of any other convenient shape suiting that of the bed to which they are
applied.
When it is desired to be able to place the curtains higher or lower at will, that is
to say, to have them moveable in a vertical direction, the said vertical ceiling rod is
provided with teeth at its sides and a groove behind, in which a cross piece when
slid up from below fits, thus preventing any lateral play of the curtain rods, while
the teeth serve as rests for a catch carried in the said cross piece. It will be easily
understood that on pushing up the cross piece its catch will rest on each tooth in

page_text: turn, and thus prevent a return unless, the catch be withdrawn by means of a screw
provided for the purpose.
The advantages of this Invention are as follows, that is to say:-The said vertical
rod remaining permanently fixed, the walls of the room in which it is placed are
not damaged by fastening up and taking down the curtain rods as is now done,
and the curtains are more easily removed for washing or otherwise.
may also be opened without touching the curtains.
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Frank Wirth in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 6th August
1878.
FRANK WIRTH, of the Firm of Wirth and Company, Patent Solicitors, at
Frankfort-on-the-Maine, in the Empire of Germany. "IMPROVEMENTS IN CURTAIN
RODS." A communication from Carl Lanzberg, Justice of the Peace, of St. Avold,
in the Empire of Germany.
My Invention relates to improved means for attaching curtains in the ceiling of
a room or apartment by using a rod fastened permanently to the ceiling in a con-
venient position and running vertically downward to a point within reach of the
hand of a person in the said room.
In the accompanying Drawing A shows my Invention in its simplest form and
adapted to a window. The aforesaid vertical rod is provided with one or more
horizontal arms arranged according to the height of the room. and on which the
window curtains slide, the ends of the said arm being bent round to meet the
wall.
A' in the said Drawing shows my Invention as applied to beds, in which case the
horizontal curtain rods may be round, oval, or of other convenient shape, according
to that of the bed.
B shows my Invention so arranged that the curtains may be placed high or low
at will, that is to say, they are rendered movable in a vertical direction by
having the said vertical ceiling rod provided with teeth at its sides and a groove
behind, in which a cross piece when slid up from below fits, thus preventing
any lateral play of the curtain rods, while the teeth serve as rests for a catch
carried in the said cross piece. It will be easily understood that on pushing up
the cross piece its catch will rest. on each tooth in turn, and thus prevent a
return movement unless the catch be withdrawn. Its withdrawal is effected
by means of a screw provided for this purpose.
The advantages of this Invention are as follows, namely:-The said vertical rod
remaining permanently fixed, the walls of the room on which it is placed are
not injured by fastening up and taking down the curtain rods as heretofore,.
and the curtains are more easily removed for washing or otherwise, and the
windows may be opened and closed without touching the curtains.
Having thus fully described the said Invention and the manner of performing

page_text: the same, I wish it understood that I claim, a vertical rod fixed to the ceiling of a
room, and constructed to sustain the curtains in any convenient and suitable manner
as above described and shewn.
In witness whereof, I, the said Frank Wirth, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this First day of August, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and seventy-eight.
FRANK WIRTH. (L.S.)