Improvements in Curtain Rod and Band Brackets, and in the * Manufacture of the same.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 30th June, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 30th Mar., 1895-Accepted, 1st June, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Curtain Rod and Band Brackets, and in the
* Manufacture of the same.
I, PHINEHAS EDWARD AYTON, of the Firm of T. Pemberton and Sons of
Livery Street, in the City of Birmingham, Brassfounder, do. hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention pertains to rod and band carrier brackets for carrying or supporting
window curtains, and consists in the one part, in loose and attachable and detachable
carrier brackets, fitted to the respective ends of the rods and bands employed, so
that when the curtains are put up or taken down, the brackets are carried with the
said rods and band, and in the second part, in the manufacture of the said brackets
from sheet metal by a stamping and shaping process.
Each bracket has a boxed middle part, of the cross section of, and of sufficient
breadth to receive and support, the ends of the rod and band, and with the said
boxed middle part having top and bottom plates, pierced with key-hole shaped
piercings, with the enlarged ends (which pass over the studs on an attachment
plate) coming at the lower parts thereof.
Thus the box of the carrier bracket is open upon its inner side and closed upon
its other sides, and of a shape suitable for receiving the ends of the rod and band
members.
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Now the attachment plate, which is made a fixture to the window or other frame
by screws, has headed studs disposed at given distances apart upon it, or at
distances apart equal to the distance between the enlarged ends in the piercings.
Assuming that a window is fitted with four attachment brackets, and that the
rod and band ends are fitted with four of the carrier brackets, then to fix the
curtain up to a window, pass the enlarged ends of the key-hole piercings over
the heads of the studs, and then allow the whole to drop, when the carrier brackets
fall and slide upon the necks of the studs, bringing the narrow parts of the slots at
the backs of the heads.
In the manufacture of the carrier brackets from sheet metal, I cut out a blank
from thin sheet metal, of 'about the length of the bracket to be made, and of about
its breadth. One half is to form the box portion of the bracket with end plates,
and the other half is to form the closed bottom to it, having extensions corresponding
to the said end plates, which are pierced, as aforesaid, with key-hole shaped slots.
The middle part of the first-named half is then sunken, by dies and pressure, drop-
stamping or otherwise, into a well, corresponding in shape to the combined cross
sections of a rod and band, and having one side open.
This partially shaped blank is then folded about its middle so as to bring the
unsunken part over and coincident with the sunken part, thus forming a carrier
bracket of the kind as first described. The key hole slots are pierced through the
end parts, and if necessary, the folded-over parts, forming top and bottom plates,
may be united at one end by a rivet, or they may be united and made fast by a part
of the one being turned over a part of the other.
In a further form of making, I take a H-shaped blank, about corresponding to
the under and topside parts of the bracket, and by shaping tools, I sink and fashion
one of the said sides, and when done, fold the flat side over longitudinally upon the
shaned one

page_text: As a still further method of making, I take a long blank, and fashion the middle
of the same with a cross sinking, bounded upon one side by a ridge or set-off,
which is to form the stop to the outer end of the box, which is only semi-closed.
Then by folding the terminal ends of the blank inwards, the bracket is formed
with an open front and a partly closed back.
In making an attachment plate, I take a blank of sheet metal, with necked and
circular ends, from which latter the studs are fashioned by raising the same into
necked heads, at distances apart equal to the distance between the key-hole shaped
slots in the ends of the carrier brackets.
Or the said brackets may be made by piercing or back sinking globular parts in
the middle of the blank, and raising the same into headed studs upon which the
carrier brackets are suspended or hung.
When the studs are raised direct from the metal of the blank, I propose that the
same shall be side necked to the breadth of the narrow parts of the slots.
In
Referring again to the carrier brackets described in the first part of my
invention, I wish it to be understood that the same may be fitted to the ends of,
and made to carry rods only, or bands only, instead of rods and brackets.
such a case, the box parts for receiving the said rods or bands are made only of the
cross section of a rod or a band, as the case may be.
Dated this 29th day of June 1894.
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Improvements in Curtain Rod and Band Brackets, and in the
Manufacture of the same.
I, PRINEHAS EDWARD AYTON of the Firm of T. Pemberton and Sons, of
Livery Street, in the City of Birmingham, Brassfounder, 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 :-
My invention pertains to rod and band carrier brackets for carrying or supporting
window curtains, and consists in the one part, in loose and attachable and detachable
carrier brackets, fitted to the respective ends of the rods and bands employed, so
that when the curtains are put up or taken down, the brackets are carried with the
said rods and bands, and in the second part, in the manufacture of the said brackets
from sheet metal by a stamping and shaping process.
Each bracket has a boxed middle part, of the cross section of, and of sufficient
breadth to receive and support, the ends of the rod and band, and with the said
• boxed middle part having top and bottom plates, pierced with key-hole shaped
piercings, with the enlarged ends (which pass over studs on an attachment plate)
coming at the lower parts thereof.
Thus the box of the carrier bracket is open upon its inner side and closed upon
its other sides, and is of a shape suitable for receiving the ends of the rod and band
members.
Now the attachment plate, which is made a fixture to the window or other frame
by screws, has headed studs disposed at given distances apart upon it, or at
distances apart equal to the distance between the enlarged ends in the piercings.
Assuming that a window is fitted with four attachment brackets, and that the
rod and band' ends are fitted with four of the carrier brackets, then to fix the
curtain up to a window, pass the enlarged ends of the key-hole, piercings over
the heads of the studs, and then allow the whole to drop, when the carrier brackets

page_text: fall and slide upon the necks of the studs, bringing the narrow parts of the slots at
the backs of the heads.
In the manufacture of the carrier brackets from sheet metal, I cut out a blank
from thin sheet metal, of about double the length of the bracket to be made, and
of about its breadth. One half is to form the box portion of the bracket with end
plates, and the other half is to form the closed bottom to it, having extensions
corresponding to the said end plates, which are pierced, as aforesaid, with key-hole
shaped slots. The middle part of the first-named half is then sunken, by-dies-and-
pressure, drop-stamping or otherwise, into a well, corresponding in shape to the
combined cross sections of a rod and band, and having one side open.
This partially shaped blank is then folded about its middle, so as to bring the
unsunken part over and coincident with the sunken part, thus forming a carrier
bracket of the kind as first described. The key hole slots are pierced through the
end parts, and if necessary, the folded-over parts, forming top and bottom plates,
may be united at one end by a rivet, or they may be united and made fast by a part
of the one being turned over a part of the other.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents in front elevation, a sheet-
metal curtain rod and band carrier bracket affixed to an attachment plate, with an
end of the rod and band respectively, shown fitted within and carried by the box
part of the bracket, which is of the combined cross section of the said ends.
Figure 2 represents a section of the rod and band bracket upon the dotted line x
Figure 1, but with the necked or side-necked studs shown in elevation.
Figure 3 represents a section of the carrier bracket separately.
Figure 4 is a section of the attachment plate separately, showing the uecked
studs formed from the sheet metal of the plate.
Figure 5 is a back elevation of Figure 4.
Figure 6 represents a plan and edge view of the strip of metal from which the
said carrier bracket is made, whilst Figure 7 shows the said strip or length of sheet
metal Figure 6, having a stamped sinking formed within it constituting the box
part of the carrier bracket.
Figure 8 (Sheet 2) shows the front side of the attachment plate, which is made
from sheet metal.
Figure 9 is a cross section upon the dotted line & Figure 8.
Figure 10 shows the back view of the plate prior to the necking of the studs,
Figure 11 is a vertical section of it and Figure 12 is a section of Figure 10 upon
the dotted line a.
In Figures 1 to 12, a is the carrier bracket, with key-hole shaped sinkings a', at
its opposite ends, and with a boxed middle part a², as, open only upon one side at a²,
and shaped to receive one end of the rod band band c respectively. The said carrier
bracket is connected to the attachment plate d, by the key-hole shaped piercings a',
of the bracket a, taking over and engaging with the necked studs d', of the
attachment plate d, secured to the side e of a window framing.
of
In carrying out the manufacture of a carrier bracket according to this part of
my invention, take a strip or piece of sheet metal a, of the breadth of, or a little
greater in breadth than, the bracket to be made, and by shaping tools I raise from
out of the metal of the said strip, a cross sinking or combined sinkings a², a³,
the configuration shown in the sectional views Figures 2 and 3 and the plan
Figure 7. The edges of the blank are then clipped and the one half of the same
is folded over upon the other half upon the dotted line a in Figure 7, and the ends
are then preferably united' by a rivet a'. The key-hole shaped piercings are then
cut out and the carrier bracket is completed.
In making the attachment plate from sheet metal, sinkings d' are made from
the back within a suitable blank d, Figure 13. These sinkings then receive 1a
washer d, and are subsequently necked or side necked at and the screw holes.dt,
are formed at any convenient part of the plate.
In a further method of making, I take a H-shaped blank about corresponding to..
he under and topside parts of the bracket, and by shaping tools, I sink and fashion

page_text: the rod and band end sinking within one of the said sides, and then fold the flat
side over longitudinally upon. the shaped one.
Figure 14 represents the H-shaped blank, consisting of two plates a, a, united
together by a web a', and with the plate a, provided with the rod and band end
sinking a², a³. In making up the carrier the part a', is folded over upon the plate a,
and united together by a rivet, passed through both plates.
As a still further method of making, I take a long blank and fashion the middle
of the same with a cross sinking, bounded upon one side by a ridge or set-off,
which is to form the stop to the outer end of the box, which is only semi-closed.
Then by folding the terminal ends of the blank inwards, a bracket is formed having
an open side and a closed side.
Figure 16 represents a further form of combined rod and band carrier bracket
made according to this last described part of my invention.
Figure 17 represents the partially formed blank.
a is the carrier bracket, a' the key-hole-shaped piercings, a², a³ is the rod and band
end sinking, of which a' is the open side and as the closed side.
In carrying out the manufacture of the form of bracket, I take a strip or length
of sheet metal of any desired breadth, and fashion in the middle of the same, by
means of dies and pressure, a combined sinking a², a³, which is to form the box for
receiving an end of a rod and bracket respectively.
The ends a, of the partly formed blanks, are then folded upon the body of the
blank upon the dotted lines a³, and assume the position represented in Figure 16
and the said ends may be further secured by rivettings aⓇ.
Figure 18 represents a carrier bracket made according to a further method of
manufacture, in which a is a rod and band carrier bracket, with a boxed
chamber a, a³; a' is the closed back and at the open side.
Figure 19 shows the partly fashioned blank from which this bracket is made.
Figure 20 is an edge view of Figure 19.
In making this form of bracket, a strip or breadth of sheet metal is taken, and
then cut to the width of the bracket a, with a T-shaped ear or extension a', which
is to form the back to the box portion of the bracket to receive the band and rod.
Then by shaping tools the middle of the blank is shaped or pressed into a rod
and band sinking a², a³, and the ends a, of the strip are folded upon the lines a
onto the middle part and the ear part a' is folded at right angles to the general
plane of the bracket, thus closing an end of the sinking, and forming a box-
shaped chamber to receive an end of the band and rod respectively.
Figure 21 represents a modification of the carrier bracket Figure 18.
Figure 22 is an edge view of the same.
a is the carrier bracket, with key-hole shaped piercings a¹, and having a rod and
band sinking a², a³, with an open side a, closed back a' and a open bottom a³.
This form of bracket is made, in the same way as the former arrangement,
except that the base plate is made from a single thickness of metal instead of a
double or folded one.
It is understood that the various forms of carrier brackets herein before described
may be fitted to the ends of, and made to carry, rods only, or bands only, instead
of both rods and brackets. In such a case, the box parts for receiving the said
rods or bands are made only of the cross section of a rod or a band, as the case
may be.
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 :-
First. The improvements in curtain rod or band, or combined rod and band,
carrier brackets, substantially as herein described and set forth.
Secondly. The improvements in curtain rod or band, or combined rod and band,
carrier brackets, with their attachment plates, substantially as described and
set forth.

page_text: Thirdly. Making curtain rod or band carrier brackets, or combined curtain rod
and band carrier brackets, from sheet metal by the process and in the way
substantially as described and set forth in Figures 1 and 7.
Fourthly. Making the attachment plates of curtain rod or band brackets, or
combined rod and band brackets, from sheet metal by the process and in the way
substantially as described and set forth in Figures 1, 2, 4, 5 and 8 to 13.
Fifthly. Making curtain rod or band carrier brackets, or combined rod and
band carrier brackets, from sheet metal by the process and in the way substantially
as described and set forth in Figures 14 and 15.
Sixthly. Making curtain rod or band carrier brackets, or combined curtain rod
and band carrier brackets, from sheet metal by the process and in the way
substantially as described and set forth in Figures 16 and 17.
Seventhly. Making curtain rod or band carrier brackets, or combined curtain rod
and band brackets, from sheet metal by the process and in the way substantially
as described and set forth in Figures 18, 19 and 20.
Eighthly. The improvements in, and in the manufacture of, sheet metal curtain
rod or band brackets, or combined curtain rod and bank brackets, substantially as
described and set forth in Figures 21 and 22.
Dated this 29th day of March 1895.
PHINEHAS EDWARD AYTON,
By Henry Skerrett,
24, Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.