An Improved Method of Modelling and Calculating Quantities in the Arrangements of Window Draperies, Curtains and Hangings, and the Combinations thereof..
Year: 1889

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of Modelling and Calculating Quantities in
the Arrangements of Window Draperies, Curtains and Hangings,
and the Combinations thereof..
1, ERNST FIEDLER, of 28 Seidnitzerstrasse, Dresden, Saxony, in the Empire of
Germany, Upholsterer, 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 :—
The object of my invention is to provide simple and effective means for enabling
upholsterers and decorators to design and arrange decorative window draperies,
curtains or hangings, and also to calculate the quantities of materials required to
carry out such designs, without the assistance of draughtsmen, artists or experts.
My invention also enables ordinary workmen to design the most varied decorative
draperies, curtains and other hangings, and to display the same for approval, upon
the model, previous to carrying out the same.
My invention consists of a board or plate formed of wood, papier mache, or metal,
and made to any suitable reduced scale, or of full size, having a window or a repre-
sentation of a window, or a looking glass or door formed therein or attached thereto.
This is fitted with movable attachments for sustaining and arranging the position of
the drapery.
And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and ascertained,
reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of
reference indicate corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 is an elevation of the model.
Fig. 2 shows the same furnished and decorated; and the remainder of the diagrams
represent the details.
T is the board or plate, which is formed with slots e e', s, s¹, s³, s³, 4, 5, and so, and
is fitted with looks or studs bb. Curtain rods or poles c c are also fitted thereto.
ff are movable feet, the slots e e fitting the board T when the feet are inserted in
the slots e e¹, as shewn in Fig. 2. The slots s to serve to receive the tabs 11, which
may be formed of thin metal, inserted in the slots, and having their corners h h folded
as shown in the figures, whereby they are firmly held in position. In this manner the
several portions of drapery marked B B1 B2 B3 B4 B³ Z'Z' Z³ Z³ Z Z' S and S' are
fitted to the board T as shown in Fig. 2.
Fig. 3 is an enlarged section and Fig. 4 an elevation of a portion of the board T,
showing the method of using the slots s and attaching the tabs 1, by turning the
corners hh when inserted in the slots.
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
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1. The improved device or contrivance for fitting up, fixing and displaying window
draperies, curtains and hangings and the combinations thereof, upon a board or
stand T, provided with slots for the fixing of the parts required to be used in
combination, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the drawings.
2. In combination with the aforesaid device, the application and use of the tabs
and turned or folded corners hh for securing the same in the slots s of the
board or stand T, substantially as herein before described and illustrated by the
drawings.
3. The general construction, combination and arrangement of the several and
respective parts, together constituting my invention of an improved method of

page_text: modelling and calculating quantities in the arrangements of window draperies,
curtains and hangings, and the combinations thereof, substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated by the drawings.
101
1000
GEO.
DOWNING,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.