Improvements in the Method of, and Means for Hanging and Fixing Roller Blinds.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 28th July, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 13th Oct., 1898-Accepted, 19th Nov., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of, and Means for Hanging and
Fixing Roller Blinds.
I, THOMAS PATRICK LEVEY, of the Queen's Old Castle, Grand Parade, Cork,
Ireland, Draper, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the method of, and means for, hanging
and fixing roller blinds, and in accordance therewith, I suspend the blind roller in
brackets by means of horizontally protruding pins carried upon flanged plates,
attached to the ends of the roller. One of these flanged plates I form with a
double flange forming a groove in which works a cord or wire, one end of which
cord or wire is attached to a hole formed in the centre of the flange. The cord or
wire passes through a suitable iron or other metal tube attached to the side of the
window frame which tube is of the length of the window from the bottom of the
double flange. At the end of the cord or wire and working within the tube
aforesaid, there is attached a suitable weight or weights to form a counterbalance
to the roller blind, and as the blind is raised or lowered so will the weight work
down or up the tube.
To actuate the blind, a ring plate is screwed to the wooden lath at the bottom
of the blind by which in the case of large windows, such as those in asylums and
public buildings, an attendant with a hooked rod can pull same down. Or, and
which means may be more convenient in the case of private houses a slot may be
out in the length of the tube and a button or knob be attached to the weight, which
button or knob shall work in the slot aforesaid and by means of same, the blind
may be readily raised or lowered. The counterbalance weight permits the blind to
remain at rest at any desired position.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of, and Means for Hanging and
Fixing Roller Blinds.
I, THOMAS PATRICK LEVEY, of the Queen's Old Castle, Grand Parade, Cork,
Ireland, Draper, 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 relates to improvements in the method of, and means for hanging
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page_text: arrangement to such blinds whereby the latter can be raised and lowered in a
much more convenient manner than heretofore, while at the same time such blinds
will remain at any dosired elevation without the aid of catches and equivalent
devices as at present in use. Other objects and advantages of the invention will
appear in the course of the subjoined description.
In order to accomplish the objects above mentioned, the invention consists in
certain novel features and details of construction and arrangement of parts,
whereby advantages in point of simplicity and efficiency are attained, as
hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the drawings, and finally embodied in the
claims.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1, is a front elevation of a window and roller blind, to which my improvements
are applied.
Fig. 2, a side elevation of same, while,
Fig. 8, illustrates a broken away portion of a detail of the invention.
Referring to the drawings, wheroin like letters of reference indicate
corresponding parts throughout the several figures, a represents the blind attached
to the roller b, which is susponded in brackets c fixed to the window frame g by
means of horizontally projecting pins de carried upon flanged plates d d¹ attached
in any suitable manner to the ends of the blind roller b. One of these plates d' I
form with a double flange as shown, forming a central groove in which works a
cord, wire, or its equivalent e, one end of which cord or the like is fixed to the
centre of one of tho flanges by means of a perforation or its equivalent
provided therein. The said cord e or its equivalent passes downwards through
an iron or other metal tube ffixed to one side of the window frame g, which
tube is preferably of the length of the window taking it from a point just beneath
the double flange d¹.
A guide f is provided at the top of this tube f over which the cord or its
equivalent passes. At the lower extremity of the said cord e or its equivalent,
and working within the tube f aforesaid, I provide a suitable weight (or
weights) h, to form a counter-balance to the roller blind a, such weight (or
weights) h, as the blind is raised or lowered, working in harmony down or up
the tube f.
In order to actuate the blind, a ring plate (not shown) may be screwed to the
wooden lath at the bottom of the roller blind a, by means of which ring, in the case
of large windows such as those in asylums and public buildings, an attendant
provided with the usual rod with a hook at one end, can pull such blind down, or
raise same.
As an altornative arrangement for actuating the blind a, I provide
a longitudinal slot in the tube f through which a button or the like h¹ upon the
weight may project. By means of this button or the like h¹ which works in
the slot f, the blind a can be readily raised and lowered, the counter-balance
weight permitting such blind to remain at rest at any desired elevation.
For private houses and similar buildings, this latter mode of actuating the blind
will be found most convenient, as it will dispense with the necessity of always
having a hooked rod at hand.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-

page_text: the combination of the cord and counter-balance weight working in a vertical tube,
with a longitudinally arranged slot in the said tube e through which projects
a button or its equivalent h¹, fixed to or formed integral with the weight h,
all arranged combined and operating, substantially as described and as illustrated
by the drawings.
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HUGHES & YOUNG,
55 and 56, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.