Abstract: A curtain-rail assembly in which the rail segments are joined by a connector at meeting ends of the rail segments and the connector has bridging shanks which overlie guide strips of the rail flanking a slot. The bridging flanges are formed with run-up and run-off ramps for a carrier guided through the slots and between the bridging shanks.

Abstract: A connector is used with a pair of hollow rails having longitudinally confronting ends and each forming a downwardly open longitudinal slot and having a pair of upwardly directed support faces flanking the slot. A hanger has a head longitudinally displaceable inside the rails on the support faces thereof, a body projecting through the slot downward out of the rails, and a horizontally projecting guide flange immediately below the rails and at a predetermined spacing below the head. The hanger is adapted to carry a curtain below the rails.

Abstract: A tubular rail formed with a longitudinally extending and downwardly open slot of predetermined width is provided with a plurality of curtain slides spaced along the rail and each having a body and a core. The body is formed with a pair of horizontally oppositely projecting wings extending perpendicular to the rail and with a V-shaped loop underneath the rail engaged through the curtain upper edge. The core is formed with a T-shaped head normally engaged in the rail and of a width greater than the slot width and a thickness less than the slot width. The head is pivotal between a holding position in the rail perpendicular thereto and a freeing position parallel to the slot. A spring is braced between the body and the core and urges the head into the holding position. An arm projects transversely from and is fixed rotationally to the head so that the head can be rotated into the freeing position by means of the arm.

Abstract: The pane wiper apparatus for the windshield of a motor vehicle has a driven wiper implement in the form of a wiper strip which is moved over the height of the windshield. The strip is guided and driven by guide and drive elements arranged in side or edge regions of the windshield, and a prescribed tension is imparted to the wiper strip. The wiper can be guided so that it does not lift off of the pane surface even at high vehicle or operating speeds, and the wiped field is optimized.