Drapery rod fixture

Claim 1

IN A TRAVERSE ROD HAVING LENGTHWISE EXTENDING WALL PORTIONS WITH ADJACENT EDGES THEREOF SPACED APART TO DEFINE A TRACKWAY THEREBETWEEN, A PLURALITY OF SLIDES EACH INCLUDING A BODY SLIDABLY RECEIVED IN SAID TRACKWAY AND HAVING A HEAD PORTION INSIDE THE TRACKWAY LARGER THAN SAID SLOT TO NORMALLY RETAIN THE BODY ON THE TRACKWAY, THE SLIDES EACH HAVING MEANS OUTSIDE THE ROD FOR ATTACHING A DRAPERY THERETO, A PULLEY HOUSING HAVING A CORD GUIDE PULLEY THEREON MOUNTED IN SAID ROD INWARDLY OF THE END OF THE ROD; THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING, SAID PULLEY HOUSING HAVING AT LEAST A PORTION SPACED LATERALLY FROM SAID WALL PORTIONS OF THE ROD TO PROVIDE A PASSAGE THEREBETWEEN FOR THE HEAD PORTIONS OF THE SLIDES, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID WALL PORTIONS HAVING A NOTCH THEREIN INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS OF THE ROD AND ADJACENT SAID PORTION OF THE PULLEY HOUSING, THE NOTCH INTERSECTING THE TRACKWAY AND HAVING A LENGTH AND WIDTH TO PROVIDE AN OPENING IN SAID TRACKWAY LARGER THAN SAID HEAD PORTION TO ENABLE LATERAL INSERTION AND REMOVAL OF THE SLIDE BODY FROM THE TRACKWAY, AND A SLIDE GATE HAVING MEANS MOUNTING THE SAME ON THE PULLEY HOUSING FOR MOVEMENT RELATIVE THERETO IN SAID PASSAGE INTO AND OUT OF A POSITION ADJACENT SAID NOTCH TO SELECTIVELY BLOCK MOVEMENT OF SLIDES OUT THROUGH THE NOTCH.