Improvements in or relating to Supports for Window Curtain Rods, and with Pulley Attachment for Opening and Closing Curtains, and for other Purposes.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Dec., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 6th Sept., 1900-Accepted, 17th Nov., 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Supports for Window Curtain Rods,
and with Pulley Attachment for Opening and Closing Curtains,
and for other Purposes.
WILLIAM JOHN CHESTERS, 24, St. Anne Street, Liverpool, Foreman Upholsterer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:---
A full set comprises 4 supports. 2 of which consist of 2 pressed or moulded metal
clips for supporting rod, raised sufficiently from a back plate to allow curtains to
run smoothly, the back plate is bored for screws or nails for fixing in position, a
flange on one side of each support prevents the rod moving sideways.
The other 2 consist of pressed or moulded metal clips for supporting rod, raised
sufficiently from back plate, to allow space for 2 pullies on the one, and one pully
on the other, which also allows space for the curtain to run smoothly when drawn
with cords. The back plate is bored for screws or nails for fixing in position, a
flange on one side of each support prevents the rod from moving sideways. The
fixed eye in flange is for holding to outer hook of a curtain to prevent it moving
out of place when being closed.
The nature of this invention consists of an inexpensive method for supporting
curtain rods by means of a clip bracket which is illustrated in the drawing annexed,
and is also fitted with pullies by which window and other curtains may be opened
and closed by cords being passed through the pullies and attached to the rings
on the curtain, and drawn by the hand.
One of the uses of this invention is in connection with small curtains which are
now extensively used in place of the ordinary window blind.
T
1000
WM. JNO. CHESTERS.
Improvements in or relating to Supports for Window Curtain Rods,
and with Pulley Attachments for Opening and Closing Curtains
and for other Purposes.
I, WILLIAM JOHN CHESTERS, of 24, St. Anne Street, Liverpool, in the County of
Lancaster, Foreman Upholsterer, 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:-
In window curtain or blind rods, or the like, metallic brackets are used on the
Hitherto such brackets have
opposite ends of each rod for supporting the same.

page_text: often been cast, and provided with binding screws to bind the ends of the rod, and
prevent them moving lengthways when in position or becoming accidentally
detached, and there was often not sufficient space provided between the rod and the
wood-work to which the brackets were attached, to allow clearance for the rings and
curtain.
Now by the present invention I avoid the use of these binding screws, and
provide clip brackets, so stamped or formed out of sheet metal as to form a support
for the rod and resist endwise movement, while at the same time holding the rod
at the required distance away from the window or other object so as to leave plenty
of clearance.
The invention consists mainly in the peculiar construction of the clip bracket,
the essential part of which is formed entirely of one piece of metal, such as sheet
brass, by cutting or stamping a blank of suitable shape and size from a sheet
or plate, and then bending into the desired form, or if preferred it may be cast.
The invention will be understood from the following description, reference being
had to the accompanying drawings, in which,
Figure 1 is a general view of the curtain rod, and clip brackets in position;
Figure 2 a detail view of the clip bracket with sheaves fitted;
Figure 3 the bracket or clip without sheaves; and
Figure 4 a plan of the blank before being bent into shape.
Referring to Figures 1, 2, and 4, A is the curtain rod having metallic clip
brackets at either end, C the curtain rings, D the sheaves, E cords for drawing
the curtains together or sliding them apart. The brackets in this instance are
formed of two parts, namely, a front part B and a back plate b. The front part B,
which is attached to the back plate is formed with an embayment B to receive
the sheaves D, while at front of this embayment are two ears 133, so that the
vertical part of the bracket which stands forward to the front of the parts b¹ is
augmented in width. One of these ears is formed with a projecting piece 133 which
is bent into the form of a spring hook to receive the ends of the rod A, whilst the
other ear B2 is bent at right angles to the rod so as to form a flange or lip to
resist any movement of the rod endwise. The hook is somewhat springy so as to
clip the rod and prevent it accidentally coming out, the said hook forming in
conjunction with the augmented width from a to c, a seat or bearing for the
reception of the ends of the rod. The said seat or bearing, is closed at its outer
end by the lip 2 to prevent any possibility of endwise displacement of the rod
when the same is placed in the brackets. The bracket is bent into the required
form from a blank of the shape shown in Figure 4. The back plate is made flat
in the case of there being two sheaves (see Figure 2) with if desired a plate
between the two sheaves to separate them, but in a bracket in which there is only
one sheave, it is deflected inwards at the embayment 131 so as to form a shoulder
for the single sheave. The back plate can however if desired be dispensed with
and a separate vertical plate fastened in the embayment which forms a shoulder for
the sheave. The cord E passes over one of the sheaves in the bracket to the fore-
most ring C at one end of the rod to which ring it is attached, then the cord
passes round the sheave in the other bracket and back to the foremost ring C on
the opposite end, to which ring it is attached, and from thence the cord passes
over the second sheave in the first named bracket to the knob. Thus by pulling
one or other of the knobs, the curtains are drawn together or separated. The clip
bracket is secured to the wood-work or other part by screws which are passed
through the holes in 6. The formation of the embayment B¹ makes the rod stand
forward to the front of the parts b', and thus the rod is held at the required distance
away from the window or other object to which the bracket is attached, in order
to leave clearance between.
In cases where no sheaves are required, the back plate is altogether dispensed
with, as shown in Figure 3. This type of bracket is used where the curtains are
drawn by hand, instead of by means of cords. I is a fixed eve in flange for holding
the outer hook of a curtain to prevent it moving out of place when being closed.

page_text: One of the uses of the invention is in connection with small curtains which are now
extensively used in place of the ordinary window blinds.
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:-
1. The improved appliances or brackets for curtain rods or the like, consisting
of a piece or pieces so formed, or bent out of sheet metal, as to clip and form
a support for the rod, and resist endwise movement, while at the same time
holding the rod at the required distance away from the window or other object
to which the bracket is attached in order to leave clearance between, substantially
as described..
2. A clip bracket for curtain rods or the like, comprising a plate which is formed
wider at one part by means of two lateral ears or projections, one of which is bent
into the form of a spring hook so as to form in conjunction with the augmented
width aforesaid of the plate, a seat or bearing for the reception of the rod end,
and the other ear bent into the form of a lip to prevent any possibility of the end-
wise displacement of the rod when the ends are placed in a pair of the brackets
substantially as set forth.
3. The combination with a clip bracket for curtain rods or the like, of an eye F
fixed in the lip or flange B2 for holding the outer hook of a curtain stationary and
prevent it sliding, substantially as described.
4. The appliances or clip brackets for supporting curtain rods or the like, and
resisting endwise displacement, substantially as described with reference to and
shown in the drawings annexed.
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Patent Agents of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham & London.