EP0995384A2 - Gardinenstange - Google Patents

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EP0995384A2
EP0995384A2 EP99308146A EP99308146A EP0995384A2 EP 0995384 A2 EP0995384 A2 EP 0995384A2 EP 99308146 A EP99308146 A EP 99308146A EP 99308146 A EP99308146 A EP 99308146A EP 0995384 A2 EP0995384 A2 EP 0995384A2
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Orazio Gualtieri
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47H—FURNISHINGS FOR WINDOWS OR DOORS
    • A47H1/00—Curtain suspension devices
    • A47H1/02—Curtain rods
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47H—FURNISHINGS FOR WINDOWS OR DOORS
    • A47H1/00—Curtain suspension devices
    • A47H1/02—Curtain rods
    • A47H2001/0205—Curtain rods being curved

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  • This invention relates to curtain poles.
  • Curtain poles are currently a well used method of hanging curtains.
  • the usual form of such devices comprises an elongate pole, generally but not always of wood, which carries rings thereon, slidable along the pole and from which the curtains are suspended by means of hooks.
  • the pole itself is supported adjacent to its ends and, where the pole is intended for use with a pair of curtains, at its mid point.
  • curtain poles are very successful with straight windows, but they cannot be used where a bend is required, such as is found in full- or semi-bay windows.
  • the present invention seeks to provide a pole construction which will enable curtain poles to be used around bends without significantly detracting from the appearance of the pole.
  • a corner arrangement for a curtain pole comprising two or more pole pieces, each piece having two substantially flat ends which are not parallel to each other, the pieces being connectable to adjacent pole pieces and/or curtain pole ends
  • the wedge shaped pole pieces are connected together in such a way that they are rotatable relative to each other about the axial aperture.
  • a pole piece may have one end inclined perpendicular to the central axis of the pole pieces and the other end parallel to that plane so as to lie parallel to the end surfaces of the pole parts while the intermediate pole pieces may have both sides inclined in opposite directions.
  • the means for connecting pole pieces to adjacent pole parts may comprise a short cylindrical pole piece connectable at one end to the end pole piece and at the other end to the adjacent pole part.
  • a tensioning wire or spring may pass through the axial apertures of all the pole pieces and be tensioned by a mechanism carried by the cylindrical pole piece.
  • a corner arrangement 1 according to one embodiment of the invention is show in a straight configuration.
  • the ends of two standard poles are shown at 3 and 5.
  • the corner arrangement comprises, in the case shown, five intermediate pole pieces 7, two end pole pieces 9 and two cylindrical tensioner connectors 11 by means of which the pole pieces are connected to the adjacent pole parts 3 and 5.
  • the corner arrangement also has a spring or like tensioner 13 passing through axial apertures in the pole pieces 7 and 9 which retains the pole pieces together with a tension maintained by the cylindrical tensioner connectors 11 as will be described hereafter.
  • Figure 2 shows the same corner arrangement in a bent or cornering form
  • pole pieces 7 are short lengths of basically cylindrical pole of which the sides 15 and 17 have been transversely slanted at an angle ⁇ to the diametral plane, indicated at 19. Both sides are slanted in opposite directions by the same angle so as to form an isosceles wedge like formation.
  • the angle used is 15° but other angles may be used.
  • the pole piece 7 has a central axial aperture 21 adapted to receive a tensioning spring on which all the pole pieces, both 7 and 9, are threaded. It will be further observed that one of the sides 15 of the pole piece 7 has an annular rib 23 surrounding the aperture 21 which, when the pole pieces are assembled together, mates with a complementary annular recess 25 on the other side 17 of the adjacent pole piece to provide increased stability.
  • Figure 5 shows an end pole piece 9 in a similar sectional view to figure 4.
  • the only difference between the intermediate pole pieces and the end pole pieces is that the end pole piece has only one slant side 27, the other side 29 lying in a diametral plane at right angles to the axis of the pole piece.
  • the end pole piece 9 for use at the end of a set of intermediate pieces 7 will have its rib 23 on the slant face and the recess on the diametral plane face.
  • FIG. 6 is a cross sectional view of a cylindrical tensioner connector 11.
  • the connector shown is for the right hand end of the corner arrangement and thus has an annular recess 25.
  • the connector 11 at the other end being reversed and having a rib 23 instead of a projection.
  • the tensioner connector 11 comprises a cylindrical piece of pole having two axially extended bores 31 and 33 therein. These bores are threaded in opposite senses to provide a tightening function to be described.
  • a suitably dimensioned spring 13 is located in the left hand bore 31.
  • the spring 13 is so arranged that its coils form a thread engaging the threads in the bore 32.
  • the right hand bore 33 is intended to receive a threaded element formed with a wood screw at the other end which screws directly into the end of the pole part 5.
  • the curve can be tightened up by screwing the tensioner connectors 11 further onto the spring 13.
  • the corner attachment can then be attached to the pole parts 3 and 5 using the threaded bores 33 and threaded element referred to above.
  • a final tensioning can be given to the corner arrangement by rotating the tensioner connectors to bring the pole parts and the pieces of the corner arrangement more tightly together.

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  • Curtains And Furnishings For Windows Or Doors (AREA)
EP99308146A 1998-10-19 1999-10-15 Gardinenstange Withdrawn EP0995384A3 (de)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB9822796 1998-10-19
GB9822796A GB2343834B (en) 1998-10-19 1998-10-19 Curtain pole

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EP0995384A2 true EP0995384A2 (de) 2000-04-26
EP0995384A3 EP0995384A3 (de) 2001-01-24

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Families Citing this family (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2423918B (en) * 2005-03-11 2008-05-21 Orazio Gualtieri Curtain pole

Family Cites Families (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB278958A (en) * 1927-03-21 1927-10-20 Charles Wallingford Smith Improvements in curtain poles
CH162949A (fr) * 1932-07-18 1933-07-31 Huguenin Jacques Corniche de baldaquin.
GB2147797B (en) * 1983-10-14 1987-03-25 John James Terry Improvements in and relating to curtain rods
GB2194726B (en) * 1986-08-27 1990-12-19 Barry Philip Mccomb Improvements in and relating to curtain rods
IT1246391B (it) * 1990-07-20 1994-11-18 Stanley Works Italia Profilo per il supporto e lo scorrimento di tende ed elemento di giunzione a posizionamento variabile
US5295595A (en) * 1991-06-14 1994-03-22 Artizana Drapery Hardware, Inc. Reinforced foam drapery hardware
GB2275600B (en) * 1993-03-04 1996-10-23 Helm Prod Ltd Curtain pole kit
GB2302645A (en) * 1995-06-28 1997-01-29 Mckechnie Uk Ltd Connector eg for curtain rails

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GB9822796D0 (en) 1998-12-16
GB2343834A (en) 2000-05-24
GB2343834B (en) 2002-07-31
EP0995384A3 (de) 2001-01-24

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