Year: 1899

page_text: HENRY KITCHER, 87, Payne's Road, Freemantle, Southampton, Furniture
Dealer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
An invention for the purpose of hanging curtains to windows and other
places.
Also for the purpose of hanging curtains by means of a metal tube speceally
constructed with a narrow opening or slit from end to end. This tube thus
becomes the curtain rail.
Also for the purpose of hanging curtains to curtain rails by means of specially
constructed curtain hooks.
Also for the purpose of moving curtains to any desired position by means of
pulling a cord which cord runs over pulleys and through holes in the curtain
hooks. The metal curtain rail consists of a piece of metal constructed in the
shape of a tube, with a narrow slit or opening from end to end.
Fig. No. 1-shews an open section of the curtain rail, with the heads of the
curtain hooks resting on the inner surface of the curtain rail, and with the
curtain hooks, and cord, and pulleys and chain, in their proper positions.
The curtain-hook is made either with a pin with a large head, or with a pin
inserted through a washer. The purpose of the large head of the curtain hook is
to rest or slide on the inner surface-adjoining the slit-of the curtain rail.
A Fig. No. 1-shews the heads of the curtain hooks in their proper positions.
Immediately beneath the head is the shank of the curtain hook. The shank
is about a half-inch in length. The shank is inserted and moves along in the,
slit of the curtain-rail. It also has attached to it the chain which regulates the
folds of the curtains B Fig. 1.
Immediately beneath the shank the
with a hole in its centre C Fig. 1.
curtain-cord in its proper position.
hang the curtains D Fig. No. 1.
curtain-hook is bent into the shape of a ring,
The purpose of these rings is to keep the
Below the ring is the hook on which to
The pulleys are for the convenience of moving the cord when desired.
No. 1-shews the pulleys in their proper positions on the curtain rail.
Fig.
It is
The chain is for the purpose of regulating the folds of the curtains.
attached to the pulley at each end of the curtain rail. It is also attached to the
shank of each curtain hook, B Fig. No. 1--shews the chain in its proper position
on the curtain rail.
The cord is for the purpose of moving the curtains to any desired position. It
is applied as follows."
A cord of sufficient length is bent into a loop in its centre, see F Fig. No. 1.
The two ends of the cord are then passed over the centre pulley in opposite
directions. The ends passed through the holes of the two central curtain-
hooks, and the cord is fastened to the two hooks by means of knots. The purpose
of these knots is to keep the cord from slipping when in use.

page_text: The ends of the cord are then carried in opposite directions, placed through the
holes of all the other curtain hooks, and over the pulleys at the ends of the curtain
rail from which they hang loose--see G Fig. No. 1.
To open the curtains the cord at G is pulled. To close the curtains the central
loop F is pulled.
Dated this 22nd day of December 1899.
HENRY KITCHER.
HENRY KITCHER, 87, Payne's Road, Freemantle, Southampton, Furniture
Dealer, 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:-
An invention for the purpose of hanging curtains in front of windows and in
other places.
Also for the purpose of hanging curtains (partly) by means of a thin tubular
piece of metal constructed with a narrow slit or opening from end to end.
This piece of tubular metal is the curtain rail.
Also for the purpose of hanging curtains (partly) by means of specially con-
structed curtain hooks.
Also for the purpose of moving hanging-curtains to any desired position, by
means of pulling a cord-which cord runs over pulleys and through holes in
the curtain hooks. There is a pulley at each end of the curtain rail, for the
purpose of opening the curtains; and one in the centre of the curtain rail, for
The purpose of closing the curtains.
The metal curtain rail, consists of a piece of metal, constructed in the shape
of a tube, with a narrow slit, or opening, from end to end. Fig. No. 1-shews
an open section of the curtain rail, with the heads of the curtain hooks resting
on the inner surface of the curtain rail; and with the curtain hooks, and cord,
and pulleys, and chain, in their proper positions.
The curtain hook is made either with a pin with a large head, or with a pin
inserted through a washer. The purpose of the large head of the curtain hook,
is to rest, or slide, on the inner surface (adjoining the slit) of the curtain rail.
A Fig. No. 1-shews the heads of the curtain hooks in their proper positions..
Immediately beneath the head is the shank of the curtain hook. The shank
is about half an inch in length. The shank is inserted, and moves along in
the slit of the curtain rail. It also has attached to it the chain which regulates
the folds of the curtains B Fig. No. 1.
Immediately beneath the shank, the curtain hook is bent into the shape of a
ring, with a hole in its centre C Fig. No. 1. The purpose of these rings is to keep
the curtain cord in its proper positions. Below the ring is the hook on which
to hang the curtains 1), Fig. No. 1. The pulleys are for the convenience of moving
the cord when desired. E, Fig. No. 1-shews the pulleys in their proper positions
on the curtain rail.
The chain is for the purpose of regulating the folds of the curtains. It is
attached to the pulley at each end of the curtain rail. It is also attached to
the shank of each curtain hook. B Fig. No. 1-shews the chain in its proper
position on the curtain rail.
The cord is for the purpose of moving the curtains to any desired position. It
is applied as follows.

page_text: A cord of sufficient length is bent into a loop in its centre F Fig. No. 1. The
two ends of the cord are then passed over the central pulley in opposite directions.
The ends are then passed through the holes of the two central curtain hooks,
and the cord is fastened to the two hooks by means of knots. The purpose of
these knots is to keep the cord from slipping when in use, the ends of the cord
are then carried in opposite directions, placed through the holes of all the other
curtain hooks, and over the pulleys at the ends of the curtain rail, from which
they hang loose G Fig. No. 1. To open the curtains the cord at G is pulled. To
close the curtains the central loop F is pulled.
The drawing herein referred to is that left with the Provisional Specification.
Having now particularly described, and ascertained the nature of my inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
The curtain rail. The curtain hooks, the regulating chain, and the cord, and
each, and every part described in this specification which united constitute the
curtain rail and its fittings.
Dated this 4th day of January 1900
HENRY KITCHER,
Applicant.