Traverse rod and support assembly
AssigneeGraber Industries, Inc.
InventorRonald G. Darner
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AssigneeGraber Industries, Inc.
InventorRonald G. Darner
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A drapery traverse rod and support assembly including a pulley housing at each end of the rod and a mounting bracket for mounting the pulley housing on a supporting surface. The pulley housing has a bottom wall, upstanding inner and side walls and a front wall and a rod engaging portion for supporting an end of a traverse rod with the rod extending transverse to the inner side wall of the pulley housing adjacent the front wall. The mounting bracket has a rear mounting pad portion and pulley housing support arms extend forwardly from the mounting pad portion and into the pulley housing. The pulley housing support arms have cord guides adapted to guide traverse cords from the end of the rod rearwardly toward the wall, and the mounting bracket has cord guides adapted to guide traverse cords downwardly adjacent the rear mounting pad portion of the mounting bracket. A pulley housing cover is detachably mounted on the pulley housing to cover the pulley housing cord guides and a mounting bracket cover is detachably mounted on the mounting bracket to cover the mounting bracket cord guides. A latch plate is mounted on the mounting bracket and arranged to engage the pulley housing to releasably latch the pulley housing in different adjusted positions on the mounting bracket.
A drapery traverse rod and support assembly comprising, a traverse rod having a lengthwise extending trackway, master carrier means mounted for movement along the trackway, traverse cord means for moving the master carrier means along the trackway, at least one pulley housing, and a mounting bracket for mounting the pulley housing on a support surface, the pulley housing having a bottom wall and inner and outer side walls and a front wall, the pulley housing having an open area at a top side thereof and an open area at a rear side thereof and rod engaging means for supporting an end of the traverse rod with the rod extending transverse to the inner side wall of the pulley housing adjacent the front wall of the latter, the pulley housing having first cord guide means for guiding the traverse cord means fom the end of the rod rearwardly toward the mounting bracket, the mounting bracket having mounting pad means at a rear end thereof adapted for attachment to a support surface and pulley housing support means extending forwardly from the mounting pad means and adjustably received in the pulley housing through said open rear end thereof, the pulley housing support means having second cord guide means for guiding the traverse cord means downwardly adjacent said mounting pad means, a pulley housing cover detachably mounted on the pulley housing and overlying said first cord guide means, a mounting bracket cover detachably mounted on the mounting bracket and overlying the pulley housing support means, the mounting bracket cover being adapted to overlap the pulley housing cover to accommodate adjustment of the pulley housing relative to the mounting bracket.
A drapery traverse rod and support assembly comprising, a traverse rod having a lengthwise extending trackway, master carrier means mounted for movement along the trackway, traverse cord means for moving the master carrier means along the trackway, a pulley housing at each end of the traverse rod, and a mounting bracket individual to each pulley housing, each pulley housing having a bottom wall and inner and outer side walls and a front wall, each pulley housing having an open area at a top side thereof and an open area at a rear side thereof and rod engaging means for supporting an end of the traverse rod with the traverse rod extending transverse to the inner side wall of the pulley housing adjacent the front wall of the latter, each mounting bracket comprising a rear mounting pad portion adapted for attachment to a supporting surface and pulley housing support arm means extending forwardly from the mounting pad portion and into the pulley housing through the open area at the rear side of the latter, means guidably mounting each pulley housing on the support arm means of the associated mounting bracket for adjustment therealong, a pair of grooved cord guide pulleys mounting on each pulley housing for rotation about spaced upright axes, each mounting bracket having open top cord guide channel means adapted to guide the traverse cord means downwardly adjacent the associated mounting pad means, a pulley housing cover detachably mounted on the pulley housing and overlying the pair of cord guide pulleys therein, and mounting bracket cover means detachably mounted on the mounting bracket and overing the open top cord guide channel means.
A drapery traverse rod and support assembly comprising a traverse rod having a lengthwise extending trackway, master carrier means mounted for movement along the trackway, traverse cord means for moving the master carrier means along the trackway, a pulley housing at each end of the traverse rod, and a mounting bracket individual to each pulley housing, each pulley housing having a bottom wall and inner and outer side walls and a front wall, each pulley housing having an open area at a top side thereof and an open area at a rear side thereof and rod engaging means for supporting an end of the traverse rod with the traverse rod extending transverse to the inner side wall adjacent the front wall of the pulley housing, each mounting bracket including a rear mounting pad portion adapted for attachment to a supporting surface and arm means extending forwardly from the mounting pad portion and into the pulley housing through the open area of the rear side of the pulley housing, means guidably mounting each pulley housing on the support arm means of the associated mounting bracket for adjustment therealong, a first cord guide means on each pulley housing for guiding the traverse cord means to and from the rod, a second cord guide means on each mounting bracket for guiding the traverse cord means downwardly adjacent the associated mounting pad portion, a latch plate having a rear end mounted on the mounting pad portion of each mounting bracket and extending forwardly therefrom and underlying the support arm means and at least a portion of the bottom wall of the associated pulley housing, and interengaging means on each latch plate and the associated pulley housing for releasably latching the pulley housing in different adjusted positions on the support arm means.
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