An Improved Clip or Cord Fastener, applicable to Window Blinds,. Curtains, and the like.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Dec., 1893-Accepted, 13th Jan., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Clip or Cord Fastener, applicable to Window Blinds,.
Curtains, and the like.
I, CHARLES ERNEST GIBBS Coverdale Harcourt Road Wallington Surrey,-
Gentleman, 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 :-
The object of my invention is to replace the cord rack commonly employed for-
fixing and regulating the position of window blinds, roller curtains or the like-
articles similarly mounted, and effect the required purposes by cheaper, simpler and
more efficient means.
The construction and operation of my invention will be readily understood by
reference to the drawing in which :-
Fig. 1. is a plan of the improved clip.
Fig. 2. shews in front elevation its application to blind rollers in which only one-
cord is employed.
Fig. 3. a side elevation of same.
Fig. 4. is an end view of ordinary blind roller and pulley, having a double cord.
Fig. 5. shews my improvement constructed of metal of rectangular section.
Fig. 6. shews my improvement constructed with a screwed and chisel point.
In the drawing Fig. 1, shews my improvement which consists of a piece of round
wire 1, bent into the form of a loop, and having a tapering space 2, between the
two straight parts of the wire, which is soldered, riveted, or otherwise suitably
secured to the metal or other foot 3. The size of the space is proportioned so as to-
suit the size of the cord employed. Figs. 2, 3, shew the application of my invention
to a blind roller in which a single cord is employed; 4, is the roller; 5, the wood
or metal pulley; 6, the blind; 7, the cord; 8, the stick; 9, the cord and tassel..
The operation of my invention is as follows:-In the normal position, when the
blind is partly drawn, the cord 7, is held fast by the pressure of the sides of the
clip upon it, see Fig. 1. When it is desired to alter the position of the blind,.
curtain, or the like, the cord is pulled outwards so as to occupy the position shewn
in dotted lines Fig. 3. In Fig. 4, I have shewn the application of my invention to
blind rollers operated by a double cord, the cord is released by simply withdrawing
it from the tapering space, as previously described. Although in Fig. 1, I have
shewn my invention constructed with wire of round section, I do not confine
myself to such, as I may employ any section which will give the required elasticity
for gripping the cord, such for instance, as that shewn in Fig. 5.
The metallic foot 3 may also be dispensed with and the fastener formed with a
chisel point as at A, for driving into the wood work, or it may be screwed into it,.
the end being threaded as at B, Fig. 6.
The clip may also be employed, in the case of spring blinds, for holding down the
tassel cord 9, and is also applicable to Venetian or other forms of blinds.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven--
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed; I declare that what I
claim is
1. The improved clip or cord fastener constructed substantially as shewn, and.
for the purposes described.

page_text: 2. For the purpose of fastening the cords of blinds, curtains, and for like purposes,
the use and employment of a metallic spring clip formed as shewn in Figs. 1 and 5,
and operating as described.
3. The combination and use, with the cords operating window blinds, of a clip or
fastener so constructed as to grip the cord and hold it fast when forced into the
tapering space; and release the same when withdrawn into the looped end, in the
way and manner shewn.
4. In a cord fastener employed for the purposes described, the particular
modifications shewn under letters A and B, Fig. 6.
Dated 1st day of December 1893.
FRANCIS M. ROGERS,
Agent.