Abstract: A hanger and driving assembly for hanging clothes or curtains that has a simple and reliable driving mechanism involving an easy operation to close and open the curtain without the need of cords, the assembly having a rail fixed to a wall or a roof of a building, a rod extending inside and along the entire length of the rail, the rod having at least one helical thread length, at least one driven runner being slidably mounted on the rod, the runner comprising a threaded bore through which the rod passes whereby the threaded bore is engaged with the helical thread length of the rod so as to be moved along the rod when the rod is rotated, the runner having at least one pair of wheels rotatably mounted to rotate about an axis and along inner surfaces of the rail the runner having a horizontally projecting hanging arm passing through an elongated opening extending along the bottom or the front wall of the rail.