Improvements in Eyes or Holders for Stair Rods and such like purposes.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 5.h May, 1890
Complete Specificat.on Left, 3rd F.b., 1891-Accepted, 7th Mar., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Eyes or Holders for Stair Rods and such like
purposes.
I, JAMES WHITFIELD of 38 and 39, Oxford Street, Birmingham, in the County
of Warwick, Brassfounder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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This invention is carried out by making the one eye or holder with a closed end,
the corresponding eye or holder is made open in the usual way but has a hinged or
pivotted end piece to keep the rod secure.
The stair rod which may be of any required length and section is passed through
the open eye, the one end of the rod is received and held firmly by the eye with the
closed end.
The hinged or pivotted end piece on the open eye is then closed down flush over
the other end of the stair rod, and kept firm and in its place by means of a pin upon
the hinged piece which takes into a slot upon the foot of the open eye piece.
Thus the stair rod cannot become misplaced until released by the lifting of the
hinged piece when the stair rod can be withdrawn.
The eyes or holders are secured to the stairs in the usual manner by screws or
otherwise.
EDWARD J. PAYNE & SON,
104, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Eyes or Holders for Stair Rods and such like
purposes.
1, JAMES WHITFIELD, of 38 & 39, Oxford Street, Birmingham, in the County
of Warwick, Brassfounder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement, reference being had to the drawings
hereunto annexed and to the letters and figures shewn thercon :-
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the stair rod and eyes or holders when in position.
Fig. 2 shews the eye or holder having a closed in end.
Fig. 3 is an end view of the open eye or holder having the cover or pivotted end
piece raised.
Fig. 4 is a perspective view.
(AA) in all the figs. are the eyes or holders which retain in position the stair
rod (B).
(A) is the eye or holder with closed in end which receives the end of the stair
rod (B) after it has been passed through the open eye or holder (A') this having
been done the end of the stair rod (B) will come flush with the edge of the open
eye (A) thus allowing the pivotted end piece or cover (C) pivotted or hinged to
the eye or holder (A³) as at (C') to be shut down over same thereby keeping the
stair rod firmly in its place & preventing it from being withdrawn until released &
allowed to by the raising of the pivotted end piece or cover (C).
As will be seen in Fig. 4, the pivotted end piece (C) has a stud or catch piece (D)
upon its underside or lip which when shut down takes into a corresponding slot or
groove (E) upon the foot of the eye or holder thus keeping the whole arrangement
firm.

page_text: The thumb piece (F) upon the pivotted end or cover (C) may form the head or
other ornamentation upon the eye or holder as shown in Fig. 1.
The stair rod may be of any required length and section, the eyelet holes upon
the holders obviously being made of a suitable form to correspond thereto.
The eyes or holders are fixed to the stairs or any other position where desired by
the ordinary method of screws or other suitable means.
These stair eyes or holders materially improve the appearance of the rods andl
allow the carpet to be very easily removed (by raising the pivotted end) without
removing the stair eye or holder and possess all the advantages of hinged
open eyes.
They also allow for a much wider carpet being used as no ends are required, and
are very simple effective and cheap.
In the annexed drawings I have illustrated the stair rod in a half round section
as will be seen, the eyes or holders also being of the same conformation to
correspond.
I wish it to be understood that in describing this my invention I do not confine
myself to the precise nature of detail as to the formation of the several parts as the
same may be varied to suit different requirements.
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 :-
The improvements in eyes or holders for stair rods and for other similar
purposes
where required to apply same, whereby an easy and effective method of adjustment
and removal is obtained for stair carpets and such like by means of a stair rod of
any suitable section and eyes or holders, the one eye or holder being provided with
a pivotted end piece or cover which when closed down and fastened keeps the rod
firin and in place all substantially as herein set forth and specified.
Dated this 2nd day of February A.D 1891
EDWARD J. PAYNE & SON,
104, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agents for Applicant.