IMPROVEMENTS IN CURTAIN STRETCHERS
Year: 1885

page_text: I, THOMAS WATSON of 32 Wellington Street, Moss Side, Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Joiner, do hereby declare the nature of said invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN CURTAIN STRETCHERS to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is the construction of a curtain stretcher capable of
folding into small compass and which is adjustable in width and length to suit
various sizes of curtains. In carrying out my invention I construct the sides of
the frame with hinges so as to fold in the centre and with a series of long slots
which are further drilled transversely through with a number of holes--the inner
edge of these sides being provided with pins or points upon which the sides of the
curtains are to be impaled. Through the slots before mentioned the upright ends
of the frame pass these ends being similarly provided with holes and impaling pins.
The frame thus constructed being put together to suit the desired size of curtain
pins or pegs are inserted in the corresponding holes in the sides and ends to hold
the frame together and the same is supported in an upright position by the lower
extremities of the ends being inserted in suitable detachable blocks or feet. In
order to provide for the adjustment of the frame according to the width of the
curtain and yet to bring the pins or points which support the ends of the curtain
right up to the side frame I arrange slides capable of sliding upon the ends and
which sides are provided with further pins or points and thus I obtain the desired
support for the curtains with facilities for adjustment to the greatest nicety.

page_text: I THOMAS WATSON of 32 Wellington Street, Moss Side, Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Joiner, do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The object of this invention is the construction of a curtain stretcher capable of
folding into small compass and which is adjustable in width and length to suit
various sizes of curtains.
On the accompanying drawing Fig. 1. represents a front view broken off near
the centre and Fig. 2. an end view of a curtain stretcher constructed in accordance
with my invention. Fig. 3. represents a plan (broken off) of the top rail shewn
distended and Fig. 4. a side view of the same folded up. Fig. 5. represents an end
sectional view of the top rail shewing its connection with one of the upright ends,
and Fig. 6. is a sectional plan of one of the upright ends shewing how the same is
provided with slides as hereinafter described.
In carrying out my invention I construct the top and bottom rails a of the frame
with hinges b. so as to fold in the centre and with a series of long slots c. which
are further drilled transversely through with a number of holes d., the inner edge
of these rails being provided with pins or points e. e. (see Fig. 5.) upon which the
sides of the curtains are to be impaled. Through the slots before-mentioned the
upright ends f. of the frame pass, these ends being similarly provided with holes
and impaling pens. The frame thus constructed being put together and adjusted
to suit the desired size of curtain, pins or pegs g. are inserted in the corresponding
holes in the top and bottom rails a. and in the ends f. to hold the frame together
and the same is supported in an upright position by the lower extremities of the
ends f. being inserted in suitable detachable blocks or feet h.
In order to provide for the adjustment of the frame according to the width of
the curtain and yet to bring the points or pins which support the ends of the
curtain right up to the top and bottom rails I arrange slides i. i. capable of sliding
upon the ends (as seen more clearly in full-size sectional plan Fig. 6.) and which
slides are provided with further pins or points e¹ e¹ and thus I obtain the desired
support for the curtains with facilities for adjustment to the greatest nicety. The
projecting bracket or stay j. serves, when a peg is passed through its eye k. and
through one of the holes in the top rail to lock and keep the curtain stretcher in
the desired rectangular form.
It will be observed that, having pins at both sides of my frame, a pair of
curtains can be stretched simultaneously upon the same frame-one curtain on
either side.

page_text: Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
The improved combination and arrangement of parts constituting an adjustable
folding frame for stretching curtains, substantially as herein before described and
illustrated on the accompanying drawing.