Improvements in Metal Brackets for Supporting Window Curtain Rods and for other like Uses and in the Manufacture of the same.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Jan., 1889
Specification Accepted, 2nd Mar., 1889
Improvements in Metal Brackets for Supporting Window Curtain
Rods and for other like Uses and in the Manufacture of the
same.
I, SAMUEL TIMINGS, of 23, Great Hampton Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire,
Brassfounder, 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 this invention is to make the sheet metal brackets for supporting
the rods or rods and metal bands which carry short window curtains in such a
way that they will be cheaper and stronger than heretofore, the said brackets
being applicable for carrying or supporting rods for other purposes.
I will describe my invention by referring to the accompanying drawings on
which Fig. 1 represents in front elevation and plan, Fig. 2 in back elevation and
Fig. 3 in side elevation and sectional plan, a curtain rod bracket constructed according
to this invention; Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the same opened; Fig. shews
the base of the same separately and Fig. 6 illustrates in back and side elevations
and in plan the lever of the same separately; Figs. 7 and 8 shew how two of the
said levers are made from a single sheet metal blank. Fig. 9 represents in front
elevation, Fig. 10 in back elevation, and Fig. 11 in side elevation, a bracket
constructed according to this invention for carrying a curtain rod and metal lath
or band; Fig. 12 shews the base of the same separately and Fig. 13 represents
separate views of the lever of the same; Figs. 14 and 15 represent in side and
front elevations the said metal bracket opened shewing how the band is held in
position.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.
Referring firstly more particularly to Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, one of
my said improvements consists in making the base a. of the bracket from sheet
metal without the usual corner joints which I accomplish by means of dies of the
shape of the base which raise the base from the sheet metal, the superfluous metal
being afterwards clipped off the base all round leaving it in the form represented
by Fig. 5; the necessary holes a' for the jointed clip 6 and the holes a² for the

page_text: jointed lever care then punched in as are also the holes a³ for the fixing screws.
The base a made in this form is necessarily stronger than those made in the
usual way with the corners jointed and is also of a neater appearance. The clip
is of the usual form. Another of my improvements consists in providing a pair
of ears c¹ cat the base of the lever c which are bent at right angles to the lever
and then turned inwardly towards each other so as to engage in the holes a² in
the base a and thus form the hinge joint of the lever.
A further improvement consists in forming the blank end c² of the groove in
which the curtain rod .fits, in a piece with the lever c thereby greatly strengthening
the lever instead of as heretofore fixing the said end to the base of the bracket.
In making the lever c I prefer to operate upon a blank large enough to form two
levers side by side then by means of dies having the shape of the recess d I raise
the metal round the sides and ends of the recess d so that that part will have the form
represented by Fig. 7. The superfluous metal is then clipped off round the edges and
the piece of waste metal e is cut out from between the two levers which will then have
the forms represented by Fig. 8. By operating upon a blank large enough to make
two of the levers the metal will draw evenly at each end of the recess das will be
readily understood.
The bracket represented by Figs. 9 to 15 both inclusive is generally speaking
similar to the bracket herein before described and represented by Figs. 1 to 8 both inclusive
except that it is constructed so as to carry a metal band or lath in front of the curtain
rod. This metal band is marked fand is supported by two tongues g¹ g² formed out
of and projecting from the base a, the tongue 2 being bent parallel with the band so
as to prevent it falling forward when the lever is opened as seen by Figs. 14 and 15.
The top of the lever c is bent forward through a short space as usual so as to allow for
the thickness of the band f.
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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 :-
1st. In sheet metal brackets of the kind herein referred to for supporting window
curtain or other rods, making the sides and ends of the sheet metal base integral with
the front thereof without corner or other joints or seams substantially as hereinbefore
described.
2nd. In sheet metal brackets of the kind herein referred to for supporting window
curtain or other rods, hinging the lever (which holds the curtain rod or curtain band
and rod in position) to the base by side ears on the lever taking into side holes in. the
base, substantially as hereinbefore described.
3rd. In sheet metal brackets of the kind herein referred to for supporting window
curtain or other rods, making the blank end of the recess in the slicet metal lever
integral with the said lever substantially as hereinbefore described.
4th. A sheet metal bracket for supporting a window curtain or other rod constructed
as hereinbefore described and illustrated by Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of the
accompanying drawings.
5th. A sheet metal bracket for supporting a window curtain or other rod and a
metal band or lath, constructed as hereinbefore described and illustrated by Figs. 9,
10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 29th day of January 1889.
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CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.