Improvements in Roller Blind Furniture.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 7th May, 1883
Complete Specification Left, 6th Feb., 1389
Complete Specification Accepted, 4th May, 1889
Improvements in Roller Blind Furniture.
JAMES GILLINGHAM "Butler" 25 Station Road Kirkham, Lancashire and WILLIAM
HODGESON "Railway Inspector," No. 1 Porter Street Wesham Lancashire do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
The Roller will consist of two thin metal tubes (either Iron or Steel) with three
corrugations sunk from outside of tubes in a triangle to each other.
One of the tubes will be made to the length of two thirds of the length of the
Roller, on one end of which will be fixed a brass single Roller end, and at the other
end will be inserted in the tube a cast Iron nut.
The shorter length of tube to be made large enough to telescope on the longer
length with the corrugations to slide in the first named corrugations. On the edge
and slightly past the centre of one of the corrugations, in both tubes will be stamped
club shaped nibs leaving the nibs attached to the shoulder of the corrugated groove
which nibs being three inches apart can be risen by the thumb and finger to admit
the hem of the blind being put under the nibs when the nibs will spring into their
places and hold the blind in position.
The shorter length of tube will have a half pulley secured to one end with a hole in
the centre of half pulley through which an Iron rod screwed at one end will pass and
screw into the cast iron nut at the end of the longer tube. At the other end of the
iron rod a round pin will be formed to work in the roller bracket in the window frame
and will also be squared to receive a half pulley which will face close up to the half
pulley allready fixed on the shorter length of tube and held in position by a small
collar secured on the rod and fixed close up to the half pulley fixed on the end of
shorter tube, thus by turning the half pulley secured on the rod to the right the
shorter tube will telescope on the longer tube and on turning to the left the collar on
the rod will bring the tube back again at will.

page_text: There will also be fixed a small flush bolt in one of the grooves of the corrugations
and close up to the two half pulleys, which bolt will shoot through both half pulleys
and hold the screwed rod froin moving thus keeping the roller to the length desired.
Dated this Fifth day of May 1888.
JAMES GILLINGHAM.
WILLIAM HODGESON
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Roller Blind Furniture.
JAMES GILLINGHAM 25, Station Road, Kirkham Lancashire "Butler," and WILLIAM
HODGESON No. 1, Porter Street Wesham Lancashire Railway Inspector, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention will consist of three lengths of corrugated iron or metal Tubes, the
material of which will be rolled thin for lightness and corrugated to give strength
these tubes will appear end to end the middle tube being the thickness of metal less
in section than the two end tubes to allow of its insertion inside of the two end tubes."
The middle tube will be soldered fast to one of the end tubes and will slide inside the
other end tube drawn by a nutt on the inner end of tube working through which a
screwed rod will pass, the length of which will be made to suit the quantity of roller
required to telescope, on the extreme end of the screwed rod will be a short piece of
tube made to fit loosely, and made to clear the corrugations and work freely, into
which a guide will be fixed through which the end of rod will pass and be secured
with a washer and pin on both sides of the guide which will work in the roller as the
tube is screwed in or drawn out.
At one end of the roller will be fixed a common brass roller end," and at the other
end the roller end will be in two pieces in thickness," one half of which will be
soldered fast to the tube with a hole drilled through it to admit the screwed rod
working freely," on the inside of this half and fastened to the rod so as to work with
it, will be a small washer or collar," the end of the screwed rod will pass through the
first half of roller end sufficiently far to have a rounded pin formed to run in bracket,
and will also have a squared shoulder to receive the outer half of roller end," which
will be secured firmly to the rod, and face up to the first half of roller end, It will
then be seen that by turning the outer half of roller end the roller can be either

page_text: shortened or lengthened." There will be one hole drilled through the inner half of
the double roller end at P on drawing in a line with the bottom of one of the corru-
gations and also three or more holes drilled through the outer half of double roller
end at P on drawing each hole which can be brought seperatley opposite to the one
hole through the inner half of roller end at P on drawing there will also he fixed in
the corrugation opposite the hole in inner half of roller end a small bolt with a spiral
spring PP on drawing which can be held back during adjustment of roller to length
required which when adjusted the bolt will spring through the two thicknesses of
roller pulley and will secure the roller pulley firmly in position.
In one of the corrugations there will be stamped through the metal but not cut
away from the roller a quantity of heart or club shaped nibbs which will have the
point turned down so as to form a hook which will hold the blind securely on the
roller these nibbs can be risen with the finger and thumb and pressed through
the cloth where they will retain their position without hindrance to the rolling up of
the blind.
The said invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings of which
A shows end section of roller tube and plan of common roller end.
B on end section of tube shows the position of Stamped Nibb holding Blind in
position in corrugation of Roller.
C shows how blind will hang from Roller when held by nibbs.
D shows elevation of Roller with corrugation with nibbs attached ready for use.
E E E shows elevation and shape of nibbs.
F shows smaller section of Roller inserted in the larger and soldered fast.
G G G G shows longitudinal section of Roller also the process of working same.
IIH shows the screwed rod running the length of Roller.
JJ shows the guide as fixed in the short length of inner tube and pinned so as to
work with the rod in telescopeing.
KK shows the nutt at end of inner tube by which the roller is lengthened or
shortened.
M M shows inside half of Pulley roller end which is made fast to roller tube and
works with the roller in telescopeing inward.
N shows inside collar which is made fast to screwed rod bearing against inner half
of roller pulley for lengthening roller.
00 shows the outer half of thickness of pulley roller end which when turned either
to right or left produces the action mentioned above.
PP shows small bolt worked with Spiral Spring which bolts through both halves
of the pulley and holds the roller to the length required.
Qshows the squared part of screwed rod on which is made fast the outer half of
pulley roller end.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is,
Claim 1. The novel feature of our invention is to improve the present system of
roller blind furniture in light hollow metal tubes by the Telescopeing process with
selfcontained adjustment for secureing blind to roller.
Claim 2. The production of a window blind roller which will telescope and which
can be lengthened or shortened to suit different widths of windows at pleasure.
Claim 3. To insure a safe fastening of window Blind to roller by selfcontained nibbs
with points turned down by which the blind is held fast to roller.
Claim 4. To adjust the length of roller by a screwed rod running the full inside
length of roller when closed up.
Claim 5. Three corrugations in roller whereby the metal shell of roller is strengthened
to resist strain when in use.
Claim 6. A Guide fitted on to extreme end of screwed rod whereby the roller is
further strengthened.

page_text: Claim 7. For the cord pulley of roller being in two Halves whereby the screwed
rod can be acted on by the turning of the outer half of cord pulley to right or left
whereby the roller can be shortened or lengthened.
Claim 8. For one half of cord pulley being fast to end of roller thus forming a
collar whereby the roller is shortened.
Claim 9, For a washer or collar secured to screwed rod and against the inside of
half of cord pulley which is fast to roller end whereby the roller can be lengthened.
Claim 10. For a nutt fitted to end of inside or fast tube through which the screw
works in telescopeing.
Claim 11. For a small bolt fitted into one of the corrugations and acted on by a
Spiral Spring which bolts both halves of cord pulley when adjusted to the length
required.
Dated this Fifth day of February 1889
JAMES GILLINGHAM.
WILLIAM HODGESON.