IMPROVEMENTS IN BRACKETS OR SUPPORTS FOR CURTAIN PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION OR SUPS FOR CURTAIN RODS, BANDS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Smith, of Malpas Road, Brockley, in the County
of Kent, and John Drewitt of Danby Street Peckham, in the County of Surrey.
for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN BRACKETS OR SUPPORTS FOR CURTAIN
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Smith & John
Drewitt at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 14th December
1882.
THOMAS SMITH, of Malpas Road, Brockley, in the County of Kent, and JOHN
"IMPROVEMENTS
DREWITT, of Danby Street, Peckham, in the County of Surrey
IN BRACKETS OR SUPPORTS FOR CURTAIN RODS, BANDS, AND OTHER SIMILAR
ARTICLES
"
This invention relates to brackets or supports used for holding the ends of rods
or bands to which curtains are attached, or rods used in shop windows for carrying
articles to be exhibited, or other similar articles. It has for its object novel
methods of constructing such brackets or supports so that they are cheap, simple,
and easily made, whilst the ends of the rods or bands which they support are
easily fitted in their places or removed and are firmly held when in their proper
position.
Supposing that the improved bracket is to be screwed or fixed to the side of a
window frame, so as to receive the end of a round rod of metal or other material
to which the edge of a curtain or blind is fixed, and also a flat band of metal or
other material across the window, we make the bracket of brass, or other suitable
metal or material; but preferably of sheet brass stamped to the shape desired, and
we form its base in the shape of a rectangular or, more or less oval plate having
a flange turned up at right angles round its edge, the plate being provided with
a hole near each end by which it can be screwed with the edge of the Hange
against the window frame or other place to which it is to be applied. Upon the
outer edge of the plate we form an upright projecting piece inside which the end
of the rod to be supported fits, the brackets at each side of the window being fixed
at such a distance apart that the rod fits freely between the projecting pieces.

page_text: upon them; and from the body of the plate we punch a strip the lower end of
which is left attached to the plate so that it can be bent into the form of a spring.
hook or support into which the end of the rod can be introduced and pressed down
from above.
* The two ends of the rod being thus held by the two brackets are firmly and
securely supported, but can be readily removed and replaced as desired.
Where a metal or other band or strip is to be fitted in front of the bar, we omit
the flange described from the inner edge of the plate of the bracket and also from
a part of its upper edge so that a recess is thus formed into which the end of the
transverse strip or band can be dropped behind the plate. If it is desired that two
or more transverse bands or strips should be fitted across the window the bracket
may be made of sufficient length, the ends of the bands being adjusted and
supported in the desired positions, and spring hooks and projecting pieces or plates
similar to those already described may be formed and arranged in the bracket
opposite to each such band or in other positions.
Where the bracket is required only to support and hold the end of a rod, the
plate may have the turned up flange extending completely round its edge, but
preferably of less depth, and instead of one strip two strips may be punched from
the plate, one end of each being left attached to the plate and their ends being
bent in opposite directions so as to form spring hooks or clips between which the
end of the rod is forced and is held firmly whilst it can very easily be removed and
replaced as desired.
The improved bracket may be made of brass or other metal cast or stamped,
or of other suitable material, the spring hooks or clips being formed as described,
or being made separately and rivetted or otherwise attached to the plates, and
it may be modified in its form to suit the varying circumstances in which it is to
be applied.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Thomas Smith & John Drewitt in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 14th June 1883.
THOMAS SMITH of Malpas Road, Brockley, in the County of Kent, and JOHN
DREWITT of Danby Street, Peckham in the County of Surrey "IMPROVEMENTS
IN BRACKETS OR SUPPORTS FOR CURTAIN RODS, BANDS, AND OTHER SIMILAR
ARTICLES"
Our invention relates to brackets or supports used for holding the ends of rods
or bands to which curtains are attached, or rods used in shop windows for carrying
articles to be exhibited, or other similar articles. It has for its object novel
methods of constructing such brackets or supports so that they are cheap, simple,
and easily made, whilst the ends of the rods or bands which they support are
easily fitted in their places or removed and are firmly held when in their proper
position.
Supposing that the improved bracket is to be screwed or fixed to the side of a
window frame, so as to receive the end of a round rod of metal or other material
to which the edge of a curtain or blind is fixed, and also a flat band of metal or
other material across the window in front of the rod, we make the bracket of brass,
or other suitable metal or material, but preferably of sheet brass stamped to the
shape desired. We form its base in the shape of a rectangular or more or less oval
plate having a flange turned up at or about at right angles round its edge, the
plate being provided with a suitable hole near each end by which it can be screwed
with the edge of its flange against the window frame or other place to which it is
to be applied.
Upon the outer edge of the plate we form or bend up an upright projecting
piece, inside' which the end of the rod to be supported fits, a bracket being fixed
at each side of the window at such a distance apart that the rod fits freely between
the projecting pieces upon them; and from the body of the plate itself we punch
or cut a strip the lower end of which is left attached to the plate so that it can
be bent into the form of a spring hook or support into which the end of the rod
can be introduced and pressed down from above. The two ends of the rod
being held in this manner by the brackets upon the two sides of the window
frame are firmly and securely supported, but can be readily removed and replaced
as desired.
Where a metal or other band or strip is to be fitted in front of the bar, we omit
or cut away the flange described from the inner edge of the plate of the bracket
for a sufficient depth, and also from a part of its upper edge, so that a recess is
thus formed into which the end of the band or transverse strip can be dropped
behind the plate. If it is desired that two or more transverse bands or strips
should be fitted across the window the brackets may be made of sufficient length,
the ends of the bands being adjusted and supported in the desired positions; and
spring hooks and projecting pieces or plates similar to those already described may
be formed and arranged in the bracket opposite to each such band or in other
positions.
Where the bracket is required to support and hold the end of a rod, as for
instance at the lower edge of the curtain, the plate may have the turned up flange
extending completely round its edge, but preferably of less depth than in the
bracket first described, and instead of one strip two strips may be punched from
the plate one end of each being left attached to the plate and their ends being bent
round in opposite directions so as to form spring. hooks or clips between which the

page_text: end of the rod is forced inward and is held firmly, whilst it can very easily be
removed and replaced as desired.
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The accompanying drawing is in illustration of our invention. Figures 1, 2, 3,
4, and 5 represent different views of the bracket as first described, stamped from
sheet metal and having a recess for a band or strip, whilst figures 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10
represent similar views of the bracket for holding a rod only. Figure 11 shews
the relative positions of the upper and lower brackets upon a window frame, with
a band or strip fitted in front of the rod.
In figures 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, a is the base of the bracket, having the flange b and
fixing screws at c and d. The projecting piece or guard e is bent up to retain the
end of the rod.f, and g is a piece or tongue cut from the base'a and bent as shewn
so as to form a spring hook into which the end of the rod f can be forced down.
h is a band or strip adjusted in front of the rod f and having its ends dropped
into recesses formed by cutting away part of the flange bas.shewn, the bar being
supported and retained in its position by the screws c and d. In figures 6, 7, 8, 9,
and 10, the base a is shewn having a flange b of less depth, and two tongues g
and glare cut from it and bent outward and toward each other so as to form a
spring clip to retain the end of the bar f.
The improved brackets may be made of brass or other metal cast or stamped,
or of other suitable material, the spring hooks or clips' being formed as described,
or. being made separately and rivetted or otherwise attached to the plates, and
they may be modified in form to suit the varying circumstances in which they are
to be applied, as for instance to carrying or suspending articles in shop windows,
or other purposes.
Having now described our invention and the manner in which it is to be
performed, we claim -The method of making brackets having hooks or clips,
substantially as and for the purposes described and shewn in the drawing. Also,
the method of supporting the ends of bands or strips by means of recesses or
openings formed in the flanges of the brackets, substantially as described and shewn
in the drawing.
1.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Smith, for myself and on behalf
of the said John Drewitt, have hereunto set my hand and seal, this
thirteenth day of June, 'in, the year of Our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and eighty three.
".