US524972A - Anton schtjlte - Google Patents

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, i A. SGH'ULTB. GAR CURTAINZSTRETGHER R01) .AND GUIDE ATTAHMBNT HOOK.

,1v-0,524,972. Patented Angel, 1894.

'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. f

,ANTON sonUL'rE, or sir. LOUIS, MISSOURI, AssIcNoR orV ONEHALFTO W1LLtAM`B.-KRU EeER, or SAME PLACE.

CAR-CURTAIN STRETCHER-ROD AND'GUlDE TTACHMENI-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION formngpart of Letters 4Patent No. 524,972, dated August 21, 1894.

Application filed March 24, 1894.

.To al? whom it may-concern: *d

Be 1t known'th'at I, ANTON SCHULTE, of the city of St. Lou1s,m the State-of Missouri, have invented a certain new and usefulIrnprovement in CarfCurtain Stretcher- Rods and GulderAttachment-Hooks, of which the following is a` full, clear, and exactdescriptiom reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to devices for the secure attachment, outward stretching and free movement of car curtains, in combination with aspring tension dual rod; and the'` 'inyention consists in features of novelty herelnafter fully described-and pointedout in the claims..

. telescopic tube, that incloses the Vdual spring,

Figuregl is-a front or inside elevationofthe curtain frame, an with its stretcher attac ment therein. Fig. II is an enlarged, horizontal sectionoi the tension rod that constitutes a spring exten# sion stretcher at the f t of the curtain, and shows the coll spring hat also actuates' the longitudinal tension of. said dual telescopic. rod; 1t also shows the self adjusting rocker seat of the attachmentl hooks -t'o the guide 'holder bar on the `frame. Fig. III is an enlarged, vertical section of 'said telescopic tube, and shows the dual tension rod, minus the coll spring that is disrnounted therefrom.,-

' Fig. IV is an enlarged, horizontal, detailedl section, and shows the curtain, its attachment stretcher hook, the guide holder bar and the framelto which said bar is secured. Fig. V is an4 enlarged, vertical section of the same parts.' Fig. VI is an enlarged, horizontal, detail section of the intermediate stringent stretcher rod, with its hook and its guide holder bar. Fi g.'VII is an enlarged, vertical section of the same parts. Fig. VIII is an enlarged angle section, taken Online VIII- VIII, Fig. II, and shows the self-adjusting rocker bearings of the attachment hooks in engagement with the guide holder bar. Fig.

y T X is an enlarged, horizontal section, and

shows a modification of the means for secnr` ing said guide holder bar to the frame. Fig.

X is an enlarged, horizontal section, and shows a second modification of the means for Securing said guide holder bar, to the frame;

shows the curtain j sam Noi 595,029. (No man.)

Vand Fig.4 XI is an enlarged, detail viewof the curved top of the guideholder bar with part broken away to show its facile formv for 'the attachment fand. detachment of the hooks from said'guide holder bar. v v l A Referring to the drawingsz--l represents the inclosing window and curtain frame, and 2 is the sill of said frame.

3 is the usual spring aotuatedcurtain roller, the journal pivots 4of whicha'reusually pivotally seated in said frame at 5, and spring actuated by ,the usual means, (in which no novelty is claimed or shown) to spring elevate the curtain'as usual after` its initialstart.

. 6 represents the curtain, the top of'which is `secured to said roller,"and which during its ascent rolls around the same.

` 7 represents the Vertical metallic guide ends 8 of which, as shownin 'the preferred form in Fig. II, are secured to the inside faces ofthe sides of the combined curtain and win- -dow frame bythe screws 9i.

10 represents .amoditication of the attachable ends of the guide holder bars, in which modification straight perforate attachment .ends `8 are seated inbox slots 1l in said frame, to reinforce thel hold' of said' guide holder bars where they are also held by the aforesaid attachment screws 9.

l2 represents a second modification of the attachable ends of the guide'holder bars, in which the perforate attachable' ends 82 are holder bars, the perforate attachable flange" also straight, as in the first moditication,and

are seated on the bevel corners V13.0f said frame, the saidI cornersbeing thus prepared to eet'said seats for said modified perforate attachment ends of said guide holder. bars, which are there secured by the aforesaid screws 9. The said modified attachment end Vis preferably beveled off at I4, as shown in i Fig. X, to line with the front of the side piece of the curtain inclosure frame l, to which it is secured. l5 are the inwardly turned angle clutch holds of said guide holder bars 7.

16 represents the dual sectional tension spring and telescopic-curtain stay rod, the 'outer telescopic tube. 17 loosely embracing which, is inclosed within the skirt fold 1S of the curtain (l.l For brevitys sake, in numerous references, said part 16 may be 'referred to as the f telescopic stay rod. 19 represents the major or large end of the primary section 2O of -said dual spring actuatedtensionsec-- tionsof the telescopic stay rod, which major end 19 lits and works freely within said outer telescopic case 17. 21 is a' minor-central extension of said major part of said rod, and lntegral therewith, but of considerably reduced diameter, to allow room for the-mounting and work of one end of the actuating Vtension coil-spring 22, the said end being secured by its clutch loop 23 to the hook lug 24 that projects from said central extension 2l of said primary section 2O of said telcs copic stay rod 16. 25 is a center tube piston bore that passes through said minor center extension 21 of said rod and fora certain distance into said major part 19; 26 is the clutch hook, integral with the outer end' of said major end 19 of said telescopic .stay rod, which hook is mounted on and clutches the angle hold 15 lof the guide .holder bar 7, and 26' is the broad terminal of said hook` that runs on line with the insideofsaid guide bar, and braces itself against the same. 27 represents the major or large end of the seco ndary member 28 -of said dual spring ten- .sion sections of said telescopic stay rod, and Integral with said secondary major end 27 is a like clutch hook alike numbered 26 withT a like broad brace-terminal 26', to its exact counterpart on the reverse end and for the like purpose above described. 29 are the dual'v inner and outer convex rocker seats of said clutch hooks, which rocker seats are self-adjusting on the inside and outside of said angle clutch holds 15, of said guide holder bars 7,

so as largely to facilitate the adjustment of the curtain as it is elevated and lowered, preventing its'cramping clutch of saidguide holder bar 7, and constituting an anti-fri-ction device. The said major part-27, as in its counterpart 19, is alike ltted'to- Work freely` withinthe outer telescopic case 17.

30 represents an internal, centralscrew bore in the secondary major end 27 of the rod, to adjust its stay tension. v

dual telescopic stay rod 16. 31 is a minor extension of said secondary section of said telescopic stay rod, the screw tip 32 of which is adjnstably seated in, said internal screw 30, to regulate the requiredl length of said 33 represents a piston rod extension of said secondary minor extension 31, of-l still further reduced diameter, which pistonworks in the center tube bore 25,-within the primary section 20 of said telescopic stay rod. The reverse end of the actuatiugcoilspring 22 to that mounted yand secured onfthre primary minor'extension rod 21, is mgunted on the secondary minor extension rod 31,'to which it is secured by the seating and fastening of its terminal hook 34 in the lock seat bore 35 in said rodl 31.

. 36 is *thehand knob, that is secured'by the clamp helder flange 37, to the middle of the outer telescopic tube 17, from which said hand knob hangs pendentd Y 38 represents the stili'enine; rod, which rod has perforate shoulders 39 adjacent to' its ends, in Awhich and in the selvae'e 40 on each` A' side of the curtain, the rivets 41 arerseated and secured, stretchingvthe curtain outward to its extreme width. Clutch hooks 42 are integral-witht'he terminal vends of said stiffening rod,and said hooks have substantially similar dual convex-rocker faces 29, as have the aforesaid holsjl, ofthe telescopic stay rod'16, land for the same reason that as said hooks-clu-tch and travel on the angle-holds 15'of the guide'holder bar- 7, `the said rocker` faces inside and out of said guide hold conj s titute self adjusting rocker bearings that se1vagef40 of the curtain by rivets 45, and` in combination with the other previously de scribed ,curtainhook mounted on the same y guide bars keepthe curtain stretched. The said stretcher clutch hooks like the hooks 26 and 42,' have substantially the same form of dual convex rocker seats-orbearings 29, pref viously described 1in relation to said hooks,

as shown in section i'n VFigi VIlL'that pre- 'veut the cramping of any of said hooks on theirrcombined inside and outside? bearings on saidguide bars. Only one'pair of said stretcher hooks 43, are. shown in Fig. Las the curtain being partly elevated, the upper. pair vis .rolled around the vroller out o f sight.

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Also only one stiffening rod is l shown, but I do not confine myself to thenumberof 'said rods and stretcherrr hooks, for it is evident that the number canbe increased of exactly 5 the same specified construction, without any departure fromthe essential features .of the invention.

46 represent the curved, surmounting ends of the guide holder bars 7, part being broken awaytobetter show its construction'. The` said surmounting curve to said guide bar,

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facilitates the passage of the stretcher hooks,

the'stiening ba'r and its hooks, &c., from said guide bar to the curtain roller around.v which they are wound. N

The operation of the device vhas been partly,A bufnot fully indicated during the introduction of the several parts, and it may be further stated that the guide holder bars7, with their inwardly turned angle clutch holds 15, present an effective donbleguide and holdlfor the traveling stay hooks 26,' s tiiening hooks42 andstretch-erhooks v43,.and the curvilinear summits-46 of said guide, holder bars, direct, and facilitate the passage'of said hooksand of the stilfening bar ,38,.from said guide bar to thecurtainv roller around which 5 they are wound. Also the dual'inside '(not manipulated) ,safety bar or bars,

-outside convex, rocker bearings '29 of all said hooks, makes them self-adjusting, when there is any tendency to stick or cramp in the travels ofsaid hooks, and th broad extension ends '26 .of said hooks 26 braces the saine in niain line with the guide bar 7, vs as to steady said lifook on its travels.` Also the piston jointed double telescopic ,stay rod 16,- y(telescop'ing within itself and within the outer telescopic tube 17",) with its self actuating spring22. Thesaid-spring, with its connections, constituting a self adjusting elastic lstay tension of saidv hooks 26 on the angle clutch holds ofthe guide holder bars 7 when the curtain is at rest, and also on theother hand when the balance of power'is turne'd vin favor of either an upwardY or downward movement of the curtain by simply respectively' pushin g or pulling on' the knob, theelast-ic's'pring gives way, as it were, under protest until said balance oiv p OWer ceases to be exerted. Also all the hooks act as ,stretcher-hooks, tc'laterallystretch and retain the curtain in its taut position, while at the same time the convex double (inside and outside) rocker bearings 29 of said hooks on the inwardly turned angle guides 1'5 of the guide holder bars '7, constitute self-adjusting anti-cramping bearings, that facilitate the movement ofA saidy hooks. yAlso said stiffening rod or rods 38, movable with'the curtain as it adjusts, both Vstretch said curtain laterally .and likewise constitutes a that V arrests any object that accidently falls against it, whether it be. a child thatfalls from the arms of its nurse, or a. passenger that` may accidentally stun1-v ble; .thus preventing-a precipitation through the'window, and also preventing any injury to eitherLcurtain or`window-from said faliing object.

`I claim as my invention-L' l. Incar curtain attachments, the combinat-ion of the curtainsuspended from the usual springactuated roller, the guide holder` bars 7, having the inwardly turned angle clutch holds 15, the sectional telescopic stay rod 16), having the piston rod extension 3.3 and provided with the piston bore 25, the clutch stay1y` 4substantially 'as shown and described.

hooks 26, and the outer telescopic tube 17 2. In car curtain attachments, the combina-` tion of the inclosing frame, the curtain 6sus-I pended frin the usualspring actuated roller, the guide holder bars 7, having the inwardly. turned angle clutch holds 15, and tlie perforate attachable flange ends 8, the'attachment screws .9, the sectional telescopic stay rod 16,`

and the stay hooks 26; said hooks having the dual inside and outside convejx ,rocker bearings 29,' that self adj ustably engage and travelv,

on theinside and outsi'de of said clutch seats` 15; substantially as shown and described. t

3. In car curtain attachmentsthe combination of the curtain suspended from the usualspring actuated vroller,`the guide holder bars 7, having the inwardlyangle turned clutch u i holds 15, and-the curved sui-mounting guide major enlarged en d 19, the iiiwardly pi'oject ing central extension 21,a,nd the springholder hook lug 24, and said extension-provided with the center piston tubebore 25, the

secondary section 28, of said sectional stay. V rod, saidsection having the major end 27, pro vided -with the internal screw adjusting bore 30,' and .having the adjustable screw tipped y. minor extension rod 31, provided with the spring lock holder bore 35,. and `having the 8o telescopic piston rod 33, that worlis in said tube bore 25 of the adjacent section, the act-` uating coil spring 22, having the 'clutch loop 23, and the terminal hook 34, the outer telescopic tube 17, and the stay hooks 26: mountedl 8 5 on said clutch holds 15 of said guide barI 7; substantially as shown a-nd described. 4, In car curtain attachments, the combina' tion of the curtain suspended-from the usual spring'actuated roller, theguide holder bars 9o 7, having theinwardly angle turned clutch holds 15, the sectional telescopic'stay rod 16, the actuating spring mounted on andsecured to mutual sections of said rod, and the stay hooks 26, having the double convex rocker bearings 29, and having the broad terminal' 26 that braces in contact lin'e with said guide holder bar 7; substantially as shown and de, scribed. f

5.1In car curtain attachments, the combiname tion of the curtain suspended from the usual spring actuated roller, the guide holderbars 7, having the inwardlyA turned angle clutch holds 15, the sectional telescopic stay rod 16, theautoi'natic actuating spring 22, ,the stay ro5 hooks 26, the stiiening rod 38 having thei'ncunting hooks 42 said hooks having the `dual convex rocker bearings 29, the perforate shoulders 39 of said stiening rod, and 'the rivets 41 that` attach said rod to the curtain; x ia substantially `as shown and described.

6. In car curtain attachments,the combination of the curtain suspended from the usual spring actuated roller, theguide holder bars .7, having the inwardly turned angle clutch holds 15, the sectional telescopic stay rod.16,

the self-actuating spring, niountedon and secured to diverse sections lof said-rod, the stay and the stretcher hooks 43, having 'the dual convex rocker bearings 29, and the rivets 45- :z o,

that secure said hooks to said curtain; su'b` stantially as shown and described. f

I 7. In c'ar curtain.attachmentsgtheeumbination of the curtain suspended from the usual spring actuated roller, the guide holder bars i 25 7, havingu the Vinwardly-turned angle clutch holds 15, thesectional telescopic stay rod 16, having the Vstay hooks 26 .said stay hooks having the dual convex rockerA bearings 29 thes'elf adjustingactuating spring 22, the 13o stiening rod 38, the rivets that secure said rod to the curtain, the hooks 42 that secure `said rodto said clutch holds 15, the said hooks having the dual convex rocker bearings 29,

- 4 v v einem of said guide holder bars 7, and the stretcher 'hooks 43, having the perforate attachment stems 44, and having the dual convex rocker bearings 29, and the rivets 45, that secure 5 said attachment stems to said curtain; substantially as shown -andfdescribed. g

8. In car curtain attachments, the combina'- tion of the curtain suspended fron the usual spring actuated roller, 'the inciosing frame l,

lo the vside bars of said frame having the bevel attachment corners 13, the guide holder bars V7, having the inwardly turned angle clutch holds 1-5, thestraight perforate attachment ends 82, having the bevel end lig-which attachment ends .are seated on said bevel corners 13, the screwsQ that secure said perfoscopic stay rod 16, the self-actuating spring mounted on and secured to diverse sections of saidtelescopic'rod, and the outer telescopic tube 17; substantially as shown and -raie 4ends to said corners, the sectional tele.

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