Improvements in Portière Rods.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Jan., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 10th Oct., 1894-Accepted, 1st Dec., 1894
Improvements in Portière Rods.
I, GEORGE HAROLD BROWN of 37 Turner Street Nottingham in the County
of Nottingham, Salesman do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be
as follows:-
My invention has for its object improvements in portiere rods, by which means
the rod is raised in a parallel direction as soon as the door is opened and this is
effected in an exceedingly cheap, simple and effective manner.
In carrying my
invention into effect I mount the rod on two inclined supports
which are each fixed to the top rail of the door with pivoted joints and are also
attached to the rod with similar pivot joints. The end of the rod at the hinge
side of the door is provided with a hinge or socket which slides up or down on a
vertical rod or bracket upon which the curtain rod also turns and from the
supporting bracket the rod is continued past the hinge on this side this being
effected by this portion being fixed to the bracket apart from the rod or the
bracket may be projected from the archibrave sufficiently for the rod to be in one
piece. The carrying bracket or vertical sliding rod which is fixed on archibrave
may be placed in an inclined direction so that the rod would rise more quickly
upon the opening of the door. The action is as follows:-Upon the door being
opened the distance between the supporting bracket on the archibrave and the
ends of the supports on the door being diminished and the curtain rod being pre-
vented by being secured at the end from travelling with it the inclined supports
which are fixed to the door cause the rod to rise in a parallel direction.
Dated this 10th day of January 1894.
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Portière Rods.
I, GEORGE HAROLD BROWN, of 37 Turner Street, Nottingham, in the County
of Nottingham, Salesman, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:—
My invention has for its object improvements in portière rods by which means
the rod is raised in a parallel direction as soon as the door is opened and this is
effected in an exceedingly cheap simple and effective manner.
In carrying my invention into effect I mount the rod on two inclined supports
which are each fixed to the top rail of the door with pivoted joints and are
also attached to the rod with similar pivot joints. The end of the rod at the
hinge side of the door is provided with a hinge or socket which slides up or
down on a vertical rod or bracket upon which the curtain rod also turns and
from the supporting bracket the rod is continued past the hinge on this side this
being effected by this portion being fixed to the bracket apart from the rod or the
bracket may be projected from the architrave sufficiently for the rod to be in one
piece. The carrying bracket or vertical rod which is fixed on architrave may
be placed in an inclined direction so that the portiere rod would rise more

page_text: quickly upon the opening of the door. The action is as follows:-Upon the
door being opened the distance between the supporting bracket on the archi-
trave and the ends of the supports on the door being diminished and the
curtain rod being prevented by being secured at the end from travelling with
it the inclined supports which are fixed to the door cause the rod to rise in a
parallel direction.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood & more easily carried
into practise I have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings upon
which I have illustrated the nature of my said improvements.,
Figure 1, is a part view of a door having one of my portiere rods attached
thereto.
Figure 2, is a vertical cross section showing the connection to the door.
Figure 3, is a vertical cross section showing the connection to the
architrave.
Figure 4, is an enlarged front view of the connector to the architrave.
Figure 5, is a similar view to Figure 4 but showing a modification.
Figure 6 shows a further modification.
Figure 7, is a sectional plan of Figure 5.
The rod A is attached to the door by means of the two inclined rods or arms C
which are both fixed to the top rail upon pivotted joints in the usual manner the
said arms C being also pivotted to the rod A. At or near the end of the rod A. at
the hinge side of the door the socket a¹ is formed and is mounted upon the
vertical rod or bracket B which is fixed to the architrave to receive it by which
means the opening of the door causes the rod A to rise vertically, being prevented
from moving longitudinally by the rod or bracket up which it is consequently
forced to rise thus giving it a parallel movement & retaining it in a perfectly
horizontal position. In place of the plain eye I may form the socket a³ for sliding
upon the rod and to give a quicker action to the rod A when rising, I may incline
the rod B as shown by dotted lines b¹ Figure 6. In most cases the end a³ of the
rod is only made of sufficient length to clear the architrave in its movement but I
may form the end a separately as shown in Figure 5 in which case it may be
mounted to rise upon an independant rod B' being prevented from turning upon
this rod by the key on the rod B' which enters the slot a which is formed in the
inside of the socket of the eye to receive the key so that the said end a³ may rise
& fall without turning. The tongue a' on the rod engages with the end thereby
raising and lowering it but at the same time having a free & independant lateral
movement. By this means the end a³ may be of any required length.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
1st. The improvements in portière rods substantially as and for the purpose
herein set forth and shown upon the accompanying drawing.
2nd. In lifting portière rods the rod or bracket B or B¹ upon which one
end of the rod A is mounted to slide substantially as & for the purposes
herein set forth & shown upon the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 9th day of October 1894.
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.