Cable-suspended draw-curtain system

Claim 1

A horizontally traversable curtain system comprising a tensioned cable removeably anchored at one end and having tensioning means at its opposite end, and arranged so that a portion thereof is disposed as a horizontally oriented span between said anchored end and a guide means which redirects said cable to said tensioning means, an aligned plurality of carriers engaging the upper portion of said cable for traversing movement with respect thereto, a flexible curtain having a straight upper edge and pendantly supported by said edge held at spaced points by attachment to portions of said carriers disposed below said cable, an inclined transfer means positioned above said cable at that extreme of said horizontal span adjacent said guide means, the lower terminus of said transfer means being directed toward said anchored end and adapted to transversely straddle said cable, the upper terminus of said transfer means engaging with the forward end of a rigid storage track which is initially coextensive with said cable, the disposition and interaction of said transfer means and said storage track being such as to provide a transition region wherein said carriers disengage from said cable, said transition region being located above said horizontal span and between the lower terminus of said transfer means and said guide means whereby said carriers are transferred from said cable onto said storage track.