US636812A - Lace-curtain stretcher. - Google Patents

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No. 636,8l2. Patented Nov. I4, 1899. J. KLEMENZ.

LACE CURTAIN STRETCHER.

(Application filed Sept. 3, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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JOHN KLEMENZ, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

LACE-CURTAIN STRETCHER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 636,812, dated November 14, 1899. Application filed September 3, 1898. Serial No. 690.201. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, JOHN KLEMENZ, resid- 'ing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Lace-Curtain Stretcher, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is in the nature of a lace-curtain stretcher,and has forits object to cheapen and simplify such devices and render them more effective and durable.

With this object in view myinvent-ion con sists in a stretcher-frame provided with side pieces centrally divided and connected by hinges, end pieces slotted to receive said side pieces, and stretchers or braces for holding the hinged sections of the side pieces properly distended.

My invention further consists in the improved construction, arrangement, and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and afterward specifically pointed out in the claims.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention most nearly appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating my invention in position for practical operation. Fig. 2 is a top plan view showing the hinged side pieces in a different position. Fig. 3 is a detail view, being a longitudinal section through the joint between the inner sections of one of the side pieces in the position illustrated in Fig. 1.

Like letters of reference indicate the same parts wherever they occur in the different figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by letters, A A B B are the sections of the side pieces, which are centrally secured together by means of the hinges O and D. In order that the hinges may be securely attached, reinforcing-blocks E E E E are secured to the under sides of the inner ends of said sections and the hinges secured partly to the sections themselves and partly to these reinforcing blocks, which blocks SGIXG also as a rest upon which to support the central portion of the frame.

Pivotally secured to the under side of one of the blocks E is a brace or stretcher rod F, which passes through the loop or keeper G, secured to the under side of the corresponding block E, said stretcher-rod F being provided with outward-projecting hooks H bent at right angles to their body portions, as at h, and which are adapt-ed to engage with the side of theloop G, and thus hold the sections A A B B in their extended positions while stretching a curtain, the right-angular portions of the hooks being designed to engage the side of the loop to prevent a lateral displacement of the brace.

I .T are end pieces in which the side pieces engage, said end pieces being provided with perforations or holes I J which are made to register with similar perforations or holes A B in the side pieces to receive pins or bolts K to secure the parts of the frame together. Said bolts passing entirely through the side sections to the double or bifurcated ends of the end pieces and some distance below them serve as legs or supports upon which the outer ends of the frame may rest upon the floor.

Having thus described the construction of my invention, I will now proceed to describe its operation.

The parts being joined together, substantially as shown in Fig. 2, the lace curtain or other goods to be stretched is placed upon the frame by pressing it down upon the pins L, with which all of the parts of the frame are provided, until the whole of its edges are properly secured on the frame. The central bracerod F is then pressed inward, the operatorin the meantime drawing the sections B and B out-ward until the curtain is properly stretched in width, when the brace-piece F will be secured by engaging one of the hooks H over the inner edge of the loop G, which will detain the side sections in their outer distended positions, properly stretching the curtain in that direction.

The curtain may be stretched lengthwise by moving the pins K, which connect the end pieces with the side sections, readjusting said parts by securing the pins or bolts K in holes near the ends of said side sections.

The advantages attending the use of my invention will be obvious from the-foregoing description.

The hinges of the side sections not only permit of their being folded into one-half the space which rigid sections of the same size would occupy, resulting in economy of storage-room and greater ease in handling, but also permit the proper stretching of the whole length of the curtain sidewise in a manner superior to any stretcher with which I am acquainted.

Vhile I have illustrated and described the best means now known to me for carrying outmy invention, I wish it to be understood that I do not restrict myself to the exact details of construction shown and described, but hold that any slight changes or variations such as might suggest themselves to the ordinary mechanic would clearly fall Within the limit and scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

l. A cuMain-stretcher, comprising a frame consisting of the bifurcated end sections, side bars centrally hinged and adapted to swing inwardly at said central portion, a transversely-extending brace pivoted to one of said side bars at one end, and at the other end carrying a plurality of outwardly extending hooks, having their ends bent at right angles, a guide or loop secured to the opposite side bar th rough which said transverse brace extends and which is engaged by said hooks to adjust the said frame to any predetermined position, said right-angular portions adapted to prevent a lateral displacement of the brace, substantially as described.

2. In a curtain-stretcher, the combination with a frame, of the pivotally-securcd brace extending transversely of said frame, hooks secured to the free end of the brace, a loop secured on one of the side bars of the frame, through which the brace extends and which is engaged by said hooks, said hooks having right-angular projections adapted to overlap one of the sides of the loop, whereby the brace is insured against a lateral displacement, substantially as shownand described.

JOHN KLEMENZ.

\Vitnesses:

GEORG KLEMENZ, JosEPH KLUDEE.

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