US 3,958,691 A · Hanger cartridge for facilitating assembly of traverse rods

Abstract

Cartridge system for facilitating the insertion of hangers into a traverse rod. For the rapid and inexpensive assembly of traverse rods, a cartridge arrangement is provided for groups of hangers whereby such groups may be rapidly and inexpensively inserted in predetermined numbers into a traverse rod. The carrier portion of the cartridge may be removed immediately from said hangers or, if desired, it may be left in place to hold the hangers against movement relative to each other during shipment and may then be quickly and easily removed by the installer or other purchaser at any time following shipment. Said cartridge comprises a plurality of hangers, each having a depending pendant and an elongated carrier member having successive perforations therein for receiving the pendants of such plurality of hangers. The relationship of the elongated member, hangers and pendants and the traverse rod are all such that the presence of the elongated member does not interfere with the insertion of the hangers into the traverse rod and hence same may be inserted in groups with the elongated carrier member in place and the latter then removed as and when convenient.

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Dependent claims

A retainer for facilitating the insertion into a slotted traverse rod of a plurality of hangers, each said hanger having a head portion and pendant means depending from said head portion, said retainer comprising:

an elongated member having a plurality of openings therethrough, each of said openings being sized to receive snugly but slidably therein the pendant portion of one of said hangers, said elongated member being generally channel-shaped and comprising a web flanked by flanges, said openings being positioned through the web of said channel;
said openings being substantially the full width of the space between the flanges of said channel, said flanges at said opening being resilient and capable of being sprung outwardly, at least one side of said opening adjacent one of said flanges having a projection extending into said opening to an extent that a pendant projecting through said opening bears against said projection and distorts the adjacent side of said flanges sufficiently to develop a tension holding said projection firmly but slidably against said pendant and thereby holding said pendant snugly but removably in said opening.

A cartridge arrangement for facilitating the insertion of hangers into the slot of a slotted traverse rod, said cartridge arrangement comprising:

a plurality of hangers each having a head portion arranged for projecting through said slot, said head portion including means engageable with said traverse rod at least adjacent said slot for longitudinal travel of said hanger on said traverse rod, each of said hangers having means providing a downwardly facing surface positioned at least adjacent said head portion for location outside of said slot when said hanger is in operative position on the traverse rod, each hanger having a pendant portion projecting beyond said surface in a direction away from said head portion;
and
an elongated retainer having a plurality of openings therethrough, said openings receiving said pendant portions snugly but releasably therethrough with said retainer bearing against said downwardly directed surfaces of said hangers, said retainer being channel-shaped with the openings in the web of the channel, the flanges being resiliently deformable and including means lying closely against the opposed sides of said pendant portions for resilient gripping and retaining said hanger pendants snugly between said flanges, said hangers extending upwardly and downwardly beyond said flanges.

A traverse rod assembly system, comprising:

a substantially linear, elongated retainer member having a web and flange means extending continuously alongside the web, longitudinally spaced segments of said web being omitted and providing a series of openings through said web and transversely extending substantially the width thereof;
a plurality of drapery hangers each having a head and a reduced width pendant extending downward from said head, said hangers each including downwardly facing surfaces at least adjacent the underside of said head and flanking the side edges of said pendant, each said hanger pendant extending through and being releasably fixed in a corresponding said opening in said retainer member with said head of said hanger above said retainer member, said downwardly facing surfaces of said hangers bearing on opposed upwardly facing surfaces of said retainer member to align said heads in a row parallel to and above said retainer member, said hanger pendant being adjacent said retainer member flange means;
an elongate traverse rod having a longitudinal slot means for receiving and longitudinally movably securing said hanger heads and along which slot means said retainer member is axially movable, said slot means including opening means responsive to movement of said retainer member alongside said traverse rod for loading the heads of said hangers carried by said retainer member into said slot means without contact of said traverse rod by said member, said retainer member being held spaced from and substantially parallel to said traverse rod by ones of said hangers simultaneously engaging said retainer member and traverse rod, the securement of said hanger pendants to said retainer member being released by pulling said retainer member transversely away from said traverse rod when said hangers are loaded on such traverse rod.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Hanger cartridge for facilitating assembly of traverse rods

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Hanger cartridge for facilitating assembly of traverse rods

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