IMPROVEMENTS IN STAIR RODS AND IN MEANS FOR SECURING THE SAME
Year: 1886

page_text: I HENRY JAMES HAMPSON, of The Woodlands, Stretford, in the County of
Lancaster, Builder and Contractor, do hereby declare the nature of said Invention
for IMPROVEMENTS IN STAIR RODS AND IN MEANS FOR SECURING THE SAME, 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 make a cheap and efficient stair rod which can
be readily secured in position and removed; when required.
I make the stair rod of wood, metal, or other suitable material or combination of
materials and preferably triangular in section to fit into the corner or angle formed
by the back or riser and the tread of the stair the rod being held in position by
means of screws nails or other fastenings secured in the angle of the tread outside
the stair carpet or other fabric.
And in order that my Invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect I will describe the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, reference being
had to the figures and letters marked thereon.
Fig. 1 is a sectional end view of my improved stair rod in position. Fig. 2 is a
front view of part of the rod and one of its fastenings. Figs. 3 and 4 are sectional
views of stair rods. Fig. 5 shows two views of the washer. Fig. 6 a plan of the
screw and washer. Fig. 7 a view on a reduced scale of the stair rod in position
and Fig. 8 is a sectional end view of an alternative form of stair rod and screw
fastening.
a is the tread and at the back of the stair; b the stair carpet; o is a stair rod
made according to my Invention; d is a screw secured in the frame work of the
stair and e is an open washer.
The stair rods c may be of wood backed with a piece or pieces of metal, see
Figs. 1, 3 and 4, or entirely of wood in one or more pieces or of wood faced with a
thin sheet of brass or other material see Fig. 3, or entirely of metal.
Each rod c is of suitable length to suit the width of the carpet to be held and
when the rods are employed in conjunction with my improved fastening I drill in
each rod two or other number of holes large enough to admit the rod being
passed over the heads of the screws d which are screwed into the wood work one
on each side of the carpet.

page_text: After the carpet has been laid the stair rods c are put in their positions over the
screws d and secured by the open washers e which bear lightly upon the rods and
against the underside of the screw heads and may be pivoted to the rods.
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If desired the washers e may be of thin metal and cupped to make them elastic,
or the washers e and the large holes may be dispensed with, see Fig. 8, by
making the screws d with loose heads d¹. In this case the rods c would only
require holes large enough to admit the shanks of the screws, the heads d¹ being
screwed on to the shanks to secure the rods after the latter have been placed in
position. Instead of the improved fastening described the improved stair rods
may be used in conjunction with screwed eyes or any other suitable fastenings.
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 use and application of the screws d and washers e or screws with loose
heads in combination with a stair rod provided with holes, substantially as and
for the purposes herein described and as illustrated by the Drawings annexed.
2. The improved stair rod consisting of wood strengthened with metal in
combination with a screw fastening such as that herein shown and described or
any other suitable form of fastening.