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B. C. HILL.
CURTAIN FIXTURE.
APPLxcATloN FILED SEPT. 3. 191s.
Patented Mar. 4,1919,
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BEULAH C. HILL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
CURTAIN-FIXTURE.
Specification of Letters Patent.
rammed nar. e', 191e.
Application ñled September 3, 1918. serial No. 252,299.
To all wiz-0m ¿I? may concern .'
ln the accompanying drawings, which
Be it known that I, BEULAH C. HILL, a _form a part of this specification, I have
citizen of the United States, residing at illustrated two forms of the adjustable rod
Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of support, each of which is a preferred form
illinois, have invented certain new >and use-> in the use to which it is particularly adapt
ful In'iprovements in Curtain-Fixtures, of ed. In these drawings F igure l is a face
which the following is a specification.
view of a window frame, showing a two
My invention relates to devices for hold part curtain and the curtain rods’held by
ing curtains by means of top and bottom theJ devices of Figs. 2 and 6, the holding 'ele
rods. More specifically it relates to an ad ments being enlarged proportionately and
justable member for holding one end of one the curtain being shown as mere strips of
of the rods.
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20
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fabric, for clearness of illustration; Fig. 2
The objects of my invention are chiefly is a face view of the ñxture applicable to lthe
to provide simple, low-cost and readily op inner sides of ‘a window frame, as in Fig. l,
erable means for holding a curtain on the together with a fragment of the frame;
curtain rods so that the effective distance Fig. 3 is an edge view of the device of Fig.
between the upper and lower rods may be 2; Fig. 4 is a face view of a form of the ‘de
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varied, whereby curtains of dilferent lengths vice for application to the window frame or
may be placed upon the rods and maintained sash surfaces which are substantially par 75
in the desired taut or stretched condition, allel with the window; Fig. 5 is an edge
and, importantly, whereby the curtain may View of the device of Fig. 4; and Fig. 6 is a
perspective of the lower lrod-retaining mem
rial shrinkage thereof, due to washing, and, ber of Fig. 1.
further, whereby, after washing such cur
Referring' to Fig. E2, the structure con
be so maintained, although there be mate
tain, it may be‘put upon the rods while wet sists of a strip of metal 10, suitably of iron
and the rods then separated until the fabric or brass, stamped up to "provide thepro
_ is drawn taut, thus substantially “ironing”
the washed curtain without the great difli
culty incident to stretching vthe same onV
30 some auxiliary device. As to the specific
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jec'ting'middle portion 11, which is notched
at 12 to receive the'end of the upper curtain
rod 13. The device is thus provided with
two legsA and B, extending from the cen
construction, it is a prime object to provide tral portion 11, and each of these legs is pro
a form of device of simple construction, of vided with a longitudinal slot 14 of a width
few parts, and one which may be readily in suflicientto receive loosely the shank of a
stalled; and, further, a form of device which holding screw, and a plurality of screw
>may be used on either side of the window receiving slots or brancheslö extending on
frame, thus avoiding the difliculty incident each side of slot 14 and turned normally up
to the application of “rights” 'and “lefts”, `ward at‘thei'r ends respectively, when this
as where the devices are used in pairs. Fur member'lO-is used for holding' the' top rod.
ther objects and advantages will appear The provision of such lateral slots or
hereinafter.
Í branches- 15'on both sides of the central slot
It is common practice to secure window
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14 makes the device available for use on
curtains by means of a rod passing through either side of the window frame. As shown
a hem or turned-overportion at both the top in Fig. 2, the screws 16 and-17, which may
and bottom of the curtain. Numerous ad be ordinary wood-screws of commerce, pref 100
vantages exist in such an arrangement over erably round-headed, are screwed into the
the method of suspendingl the curtain from a wood frame, the two being’preferably in a
single rod at the top. Heretofore, however, substantially vertical line, and are spaced
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such difficulties as maintaining the curtain apart the distance between corresponding
taut under the various conditions Lof service grooves or branches 15 in the upper and 105
and diiiiculties of installation, removal, etc., lower legs of the structure 10. ’The con
have limited the eifectiveness and practica struction and arrangement are such that the
bility of the two-rod system. These difiicul structure 10 may be moved up and down
ties are overcome by the present improve with the screws 16 and 17 in the longitudinal
ments, and numerous advantages due to the slots 14, and becomes looked against down 110
particular form of construction illustrated ward Vmovement'when the structure 10 is
are also obtained.
moved laterally so that the screws 16 and 17
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of the variations in length ordinarily
will each be _engaged by one of the grooves less
found
to exist. Furthermore, when these cur
or branches 15 in the upper and lower legs,
are washed they usually shrink quite
vA and B. The structure 10 may therefore, tains
by a simple movement of the hand, be moved considerably, which shrinkage can be readily 65
in effect, by the simple adjust
out of one of its locked positions and into overcome,
ment
of
the
rod-holding members 10
another thereof, higher or lower, thus vary or 20, as theupper
case may be. I have found,
ing the distance ‘between the upper and too, that a notable
advantage can be secured
lower rods. The screws 16 and 17 are not
by
putting
the
curtains
back on the rods
turned into the frame so tightly as to bind
in
their
wet
condition
after
being washed, 70
10 upon the device 10,but only Vso closely there
and,
by
means
of
the
adjustable
feature de
Vto as to maintain the device 10 substantially
close to the window frame, while permitting scribed, drawing -them taut and leaving
its movement for adjustment in the manner them to dry in that condition, thus avoid
ing much additional and laborious work.
Referring to Fig. 4, the device 20 is simi By this construction, too, the curtain may be 15
removed and replaced as desired.
larlyV provided with two legs A and B, readily
The device can be formed by stamping Y
each having a longitudinal slot 21, and, on
one >side of this slot, a plurality of branches processes well understood.
indicated.
Y
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or recesses 22, each terminating in an en
20 larged recess 23, one portion of the en
I claim:
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1. A curtain fixture Comprising a rela
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largement extending upwardly and .the tively long and narrow plate-like base hav
other poî‘tion downwardly with reference to ing intermediate its ends Va support for a
the recess 22. This construction admits of curtain rod, said support being carried by
the same device being used on either side said base, each end portion of the base hav
of fthe window frame, making it at once a ing a longitudinal slot therein provided
“right” and a “left” by merely turning it with a plurality of branches extending -lat
upside down. The screws 16 and 17 are erally therefrom, each of said slots and the
spaced 'apart theV distance between corre branches thereof being respectively adapted
sponding branches or recesses 22 in the to accommodate a screw-like .holding ele
ment, substantially as described.
30 two legs A and B, and the operation of
2. A curtain rod support comprising a
»_ shifting the structure to make adjustments
base
and a rod-supporting elementV carried
is as already described for Fig. 2.
thereby,
said -rod-supporting element hav
Intermediate of the two legs A and B,
a rod-supporting extension 25 is turned sub ing an opening on' one side thereof to Vac
commodate a curtain rod and being closed
35 stantially at right angles to the base parts
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A `and B and then turned over at 26 and Y on the opposite side thereof to prevent said
then back toward the base A and B as at rod from projecting through said support,
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27, the part 27 constituting a. stop for the said base having a main longitudinal slot
end of the upper rod 13. The parts 25 and and branching slots extending therefrom
26 are slotted as at 28 to receive the end on one side thereof, each branch slot termi
of the rod 13, and the slot in the part 25 nating in an enlarged opening having a part
is cut out to form an enlarged recess 29, thereof extending beyond saidbranchslot
one part of the enlargement extending in each of the general directions of said
downward and the other part upward main slot to form a seat for a screw-like
with reference to the slot 28, the enlarge holding element when the device is applied
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ment 29 thus providing a firm seat for the with either end up, substantially as -de
rod 13 when the device is used on either
3. A curtain fix-ture comprising a rela
side of the window frame.
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Y
tively
long and narrow base adapted to rest
The lower rod 30 will ordinarily be held
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by a fixed and non-adjustable holding de vertically against a window frame part, an
outwardly
projecting
support
for
the
end
vice as 32, secured, as by screws, upon the
window frame. It is usually desirable to ofa horizontally disposed curtain rod car- '
have the lower end of the curtain main ried by said base, said basev having a main
tained close Ito the lower horizontal part of longitudinal slot normally vertically dis 115
posed and a plurality of lateral branchv
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locking
slots extending on oneside of said
It is diflicult to make curtains from the
scribed.
Y
Y
materials usually employed of such exact main slot for accommodating the shank of
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length as to fit tightly between two fixed a holding screw or the like in the window
as set forth. c
rods. ^ With the present device, the curtain frame part, substantially
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can be drawn and maintained Itaut regard
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