An Automatic Door Curtain Raiser and Draught Preventer.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Dec., 1886
Complete Left, 1st Sept., 1887
Complete Accepted, 25th Oct., 1887
An Automatic Door Curtain Raiser and Draught Preventer.
ALBERT DESLANDES 23 Stopford Road St. Heliers Jersoy Coal Merchant do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The principle being a tapered strip of wood hinged on top of door to hold the
curtain, the wood being worked by a swivel fixed to the door frame, which causes the
curtain to rise when the door is opened and fall when shut, the curtain being weighted
at the bottom and held in position at the side of door, by Rod, wire, or cord.

page_text: ALBERT DESLANDES, 13 & 23 Stopford Road St. Heliers Jersoy Coal Merchant, do
horeby 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:
The object of this invention is to prevent a draught entering the room from the
Door by means of a curtain, so placed to a strip of wood or any suitable substance
to the door and acted upon by a swivel, which is automatic in its action, by which
means the curtain rises or falls as required.
To accomplish this I construct a strip of Wood and fix it to the top of the Door
with Hinges or any suitable fastenings, which wood is connected by a swivel to the
frame of the Door, and being automatic in its action raises the curtain (which is
affixed to the strip of Wood) when the Door is opened off the floor and thus prevents
the possibility of the curtain choking under the Door and preventing its free opening,
and the curtain being weighted at the bottom when the Door is closed places it in
position thus excluding all draughts. The curtain being kept in position on one
side of the Door by means of a wire or other guide fixed to the jamb or side of
the Door.
In order that my invention may be more fully understood I will proceed to describe
the several figures on the sheet of Drawings hereunto annexed, all of which figures
aro marked with the like letters and figures of reference throughout.
Fig. 1. A is the swivel showing how fixed to the frame of the Door & the strip of
wood.
B. is the strip of wood acted on by the swivel A & holding the curtain.
C is the guide holding the curtain in position.
Fig. 2 is the swivel A which is constructed with a universal joint at each end of
the rod.
As my said invention is capable of various modifications without departing from the
principle thereof 1 do not restrict myself to material, dimensions or the precise form
or placement of the several parts thereof.
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
A strip of Wood or any suitable substance placed on the top of the Door acted on
by a swivel which is automatic in its action thereby acting on the curtain affixed, i.e.
raising the curtain when the Door is opened and letting it fall in its place when the
Door is closed and a guide down the side to keep it in position.
Dated the 1st day of September 1887
J. C. BAKER,
Agent.