IMPROVEMENTS IN CURTAIN HOLDERS
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frank Wirth, of the firm of Wirth and Company,
Patent Solicitors, at Frankfort on the Main in the Empire of Germany, for
an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN CURTAIN HOLDERS a communication from
Joseph Vaas, architect, a person resident at Karlsruhe, in the Empire of
Germany
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frank Wirth at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 18th October 1883.
FRANK WIRTH of the firm of Wirth and Company Patent Solicitors at
"IMPROVEMENTS IN CURTAIN
Frankfort on the Main, in the Empire of Germany,
HOLDERS [a communication from Joseph Vaas, architect, a person resident at
Karlsruhe, in the Empire of Germany]
"
This Invention relates to adjustable bracket holders for curtain poles and rods
whereby they may without unfixing from the wall or window be readily adapted
for poles and curtains of different dimensions.
The invention relates further to adjustable holders or knobs used for looping up
or draping the curtains, and consists in a means of fixing the same whereby they
may be changed or fixed in different positions without injury to the wall in
removing and refixing
The improved bracket holder consists essentially of a back plate or wall plate
slotted and chambered to receive a T headed bracket arm and admit of said
Thead sliding along the plate from end to end in order to adjust it to the required
position. These plates are to be fixed at either side of the window at the proper
height the adjustment above described enabling the bracket holders to be shifted
laterally to suit the curtain pole or rod without unfixing the back or wall plate,
This Theaded bracket arm is made tubular or grooved to form a socket for or
receive the stem of the hook or holder which carries the curtain pole or rod and to
admit of the same being slid in and out for adjusting the length of the bracket arm
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page_text: as required. This telescopically sliding portion of the bracket is prevented from
turning in its socket or supporting arm by a pin working in a longitudinal slot in
the Bocket or arm and is firmly secured in whatever position it may be adjusted by
a thumb screw.
To enable the side holders or knobs used in draping the curtains to be unfixed
and refixed or changed to suit the curtains without injury to the wall, wood blocks
are let into the wall and metal plates screwed thereto said plates having holes in
them tapped to receive screw stems with which the holders or knobs are provided
so that the latter can be readily fixed and unfixed by merely screwing their stems
in and out of the fixed plates or nuts without injuring the wall or its decorations.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Frank Wirth in the Patent Office on the 18th April 1884,
FRANK WIRTH, of the firm of Wirth and Company, Patent Solioltors, at
Frankfort-on-the-Main, in the Empire of Germany. "IMPROVEMENTS IN CURTAIN
HOLDERS A communication from Joseph Vaas, Architect, a person resident at
Karlsruhe, in the empire of Germany.
"
This Invention relates first to adjustable bracket holders for curtain poles and
rods whereby they may, without unfixing from the wall or window, be readily
adapted for poles and curtains of different dimensions &o.
The invention relates secondly to adjustable holders or knobs used for looping
up or draping the curtains, and consists in a means of fixing the same whereby
they may be changed or fixed in different positions without injury to the wall in
removing and refixing,
The improved bracket holder consists essentially of a back plate or wall plate
slotted and chambered to receive a T headed bracket arm and admit of said
T head sliding along the plate from end to end in order to adjust it to the required
position, These plates are to be fixed at either side of the window at the proper
height, the adjustment above described enabling the bracket holders to be shifted
laterally to suit the curtain pole or rod without unfixing the back or wall plate.
This T headed bracket arm is made tubular or grooved to form a socket for or
receive the stem of the hook or holder which carries the curtain pole or rod and to
admit of the same being slid in and out for adjusting the length of the bracket arm
as required, This telescopically sliding portion of the bracket is prevented from
turning in its socket or supporting arm by a pin working in a longitudinal slot in
the socket or arm and is firmly secured in whatever position it may be adjusted by
a thumb screw.
To enable the side holders or knobs used in draping the curtains to be unfixed
and refixed or changed to suit the curtains without injury to the wall, wood
blocks are let into the wall and metal plates screwed thereto said plates having
holes in them tapped to receive screw stems with which the holders or knobs are
provided so that the latter can be readily fixed and unfixed by merely screwing
their stems in and out of the fixed plates or nuts without injuring the wall or its
decorations,
The Invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is
a longitudinal section, figure 2 is a front view and figure 3 a perspective view of
the bracket holder, Figure 4 shews separately a modified form of the hook or
holder and figure 5 the means whereby the holder is fixed after adjustment.
Figure 6 illustrates the adjustable holder or knob for looping up or draping the
curtains.
Referring to figures 1 to 5 A. is the back plate or wall plate slotted or chambered
at A¹ to receive the T head of the bracket arm B and admit of said T head
sliding along the plate from end to end. The bracket arm is made tubular so as
to form a socket to receive the stem of the hook or holder C which is prevented
from turning in its socket by a pin a (figure 1) working in a longitudinal slot a¹
in the socket or arm B. d is a thumb screw for firmly securing the hook or
holder C in the position to which it is adjusted.
In figure 6 D is a wood block let into the wall and provided with a metal
plate E screwed to its face. This plate has a hole e tapped to receive the screw
stem f of the holder or knob F

page_text: The improved forms of bracket holder for curtain poles or rods and the holder
or knob are supplemental to one another but may be used separately if desired.
Having described the nature of the said Invention and the manner of performing
the same I declare that what I claim as the Invention to be protected by the
herein before in part recited Letters Patent is :-
1 An adjustable curtain holder consisting of an arm B fitted in a slotted plate
so as to be movable parallel with the surface of the wall and formed with a socket
for the reception of the hook or support for the curtain pole or rod, substantially
as shown and described.
2nd The improved means of attaching curtain holders or knobs to walls consisting
of wooden blocks let into the wall and provided with a metal plate tapped to
receive the screw of the holder or knob, substantially as shown and described.
In witness whereof I the said Frank Wirth have hereunto set my hand and seal
this Twelfth day of April A.D. 1884.