Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 4th June, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Mar., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 11th May, 1889
I, THOMAS BACHE, of Mayers Green, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of the improvements herein described in or connected with
curtain rods for carrying suspended curtains over swinging doors, the objects being
to render the curtain rod frictionless and adjustable and so that it and its supports can
speedily be removed when required.
In carrying out this invention I make the curtain rod in two parts, which are not
hinged together (as is usually done) but are separate and distinct from one another.
One of the said parts of the curtain rod is longer than the other and is carried
horizontally at a convenient height above the door by two brackets which fit in
vertical metal sockets fixed to the door. The other part of the curtain roa is carried
by a similar bracket from the door jamb. When the door is shut the two parts of the
curtain rod form a straight line and their meeting ends abut against each other and
are by preference inclined so as the better to fit together.
As that part of the curtain rod which is carried by the door is rigidly fixed thereto
and is separate from the other part which is carried by the door jamb, there is no
straining or movement of the parts relatively to each other when the door is being
opened or closed thus entirely preventing friction and wear.
The said brackets are by preference made with rectangular, shanks which fit into
corresponding holes in the sockets and each socket is provided with a set screw or
other means by which the brackets and rod can be fixed at the height required, or
removed from the sockets when a curtain is not required.
DL: 11r of June 1888
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I, THOMAS BACHE, of Mayers Green, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, Manufacturer,
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
This invention consists-of-the-improvements herein described in or connected with
curtain rods for carrying suspended curtains over swinging doors, the objects-being-to-
render the curtain rod frictionless-and adjustable and so that it and its supports can
speedily be removed when required.
In carrying out this invention I make the curtain rod in two parts which are not
hinged together (as is usually done) but are separato and distinct from one another.
One of the said parts of the curtain rod is longer than the other and is carried-
horizontally at a convenient height above the door by two brackets which fit in
vertical metal sockets fixed to the door. The other part of the curtain rod is carried
by a similar bracket from the door jamb. When the door is shut the two parts of the
curtain rod form a straight line and their meeting ends abut against each other and
are by preference inclined so as the better to fit together.
As that part of the curtain rod which is carried by the door is rigidly fixed thereto
and is separate from the other part which is carried by the door jamb, there is no
straining or movement of the parts relatively to each other when the door is being
opened or closed thus entirely preventing friction and wear.
The said brackets are hy preference made with rectangular shanks which fit into
corresponding 'holes in the sockets and each socket is provided with a set screw or
other means by which the 'brackets and rod can be fixed at the height required or
removed from the sockets when a curtain is not required.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying drawing the
'mianner in which my said'invention is 'to be performed.
Fig. 1 represents in elevation a curtain rod and brackets constructed according to
'my invention fixed in position to a door and door jamb; Fig. 2 shews the same with
the door open and Fig. 3 is a plan of the same with the door open; Fig. 4.represents
in front and side clevations one of the brackets of the same separately:and Fig. 5
represents in front and side elevation and in plan one of the sockets for the said
*brackets.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the Figures.
a' is that part of the curtain rod which is carried by brackets 616 fixed to the door,
and a² is that part of the curtain rod which is carried by a bracket fixed to the door
jain. The parts a' a' of the curtain' rod are entirely separate from each other and
they are fixel at the same level so that when the door is closed as shewn by Fig. 1
their adjacent ends will meet and abut against each other; and so as the better to fit
together their meeting ends are by preference inclined as seen inore clearly in Fig. 3.
c is the curtain which is suspended by rings from the rods a' a' in the usual manner.

page_text: The curtain rods a¹ a² are held in the brackets by set screws g. As the part a' of the
curtain rod is entirely separate from the part a² there is no straining or sliding of the
curtain rod when the door is opened or closed as is the case with such curtain rods as
are formed in two parts hinged together. The brackets 61 62 63 are by proference
made with rectangular shanks marked d which fit into the sockets e fixed to the door
and door jamh respectively, a set screw for other means being employed for fixing.
the shanks d in the sockets e. This method of securing the brackets 61 62 6* to the
door and door jainb enables the two parts a' a' of the curtain rod to be fixed at any
required height and accurately adjusted so that they will properly meet together when
the door is closed, and also enables the brackets, curtain rod and curtain to be readily
removed from the door when not required and readily replaced.
Instead of the brackets b¹ 6 6 being removably secured in sockets as above
described they may if preferred be fixed to the door and door jamb by screws in the
usual manner.
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:-
1. A curtain rod for swinging doors formed in two separate parts one of the said
parts being adapted for fixing to the door jamb and the other for fixing to the door so
as to swing therewith for the purpose and substantially as hereinbefore set forth.
2. The combination with a swinging door, of a curtain rod formed in two separate
parts one of the said parts being fixed by a bracket to the door jamb and the other
part fixed by brackets to the door so as to swing therewith for the purpose and
substantially as herein before set forth.
3. The combination with the adjustable brackets b₁ 6 and sockets e, of the
divided curtain rod a' a' carried by the said brackets for the purpose and substantially
as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 28th day of February 1889
THOMAS BACHE.