A New or Improved Method of and Means for Attaching Blinds to Rollers.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 21st July, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 5th Sept., 1894-Accepted, 6th Oct., 18:4
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Method of and Means for Attaching Blinds
to Rollers.
I, ROBERT ELLATT WARE of 50, South Street, Worthing, Sussex, England,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a new or improved method of attaching blinds to rollers
without the use of tacks or the like and has for its object to provide a means
whereby the blind can be effectually attached to the said roller in an extremely
short space of time, while it can be more easily adjusted so as to hang square with
the window than is at present the case with blinds fixed in the usual manner, and
further the said blind when dirty can be removed and replaced by a fresh one.
In carrying my invention into practical effect, I form a casing of cotton or other
suitable material which is woven of a sufficient diameter to slip readily over the
blind roller where it is secured by two or more tacks so as to prevent it turning.
This casing of webbing etc. has formed integrally with it two strips running side by
side the whole length of the said casing or webbing and between these two strips
the edge of the blind is placed and secured by a few stitches.
By means of my invention when a blind roller has once been furnished with a
casing, any number of blinds may be attached and removed by simply taking out
the few stitches by means of which they were secured.
In some cases one strip only may be provided, the blind being attached thereto
in a similar manner to the former, or a circular casing only can be woven and
the edges or strips formed separately and attached by means of stitches or in any
other suitable manner.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Method of and Means for Attaching Blinds
to Rollers.
I, ROBERT ELLATT WARE, of 50 South Street, Worthing, Sussex, England,
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:-
My invention relates to a new or improved method of attaching blinds to rollers
without the use of tacks or the like and has for its object to provide a means
whereby the blind can be effectually attached to the said roller in an extremely
short space of time, while it can be more easily adjusted so as to hang square with
the window than is at present the case with blinds fixed in the usual manner, and
further the said blind when dirty can be removed and replaced by a fresh one.
In carrying my invention into practical effect, I form a casing or webbing of
cotton or other suitable material, which is woven of sufficient diameter to slip
readily over the blind roller where it is secured by two or more tacks so as to
prevent its turning. This casing or webbing etc. has formed integrally with it two

page_text: strips running side by side the whole length of the said casing or webbing and
between these two strips the edge of the blind is placed and secured by a few
stitches.
By means of my invention when a blind roller has once been furnished with a
casing or webbing, any number of blinds may be attached and removed by simply
taking out the few stitches by means of which they were secured.
In some cases a casing or webbing having one strip only may be employed, in
which case the blind would be attached thereto in a similar manner to the former,
or a circular casing or webbing only could be woven, and the edges or strips
formed separately and attached by means of stitches or in any other suitable
manner.
In order that my invention may be more fully understood, I will now proceed
to describe same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a cross section through the webbing or casing and Fig. 2 a similar view
of a webbing or casing of a slightly modified form which is furnished with one edge
or strip only.
Fig. 3 shows a part of the webbing or casing and blind attached to roller, and
Fig. 4 is a cross section through same.
My improved means of attaching blinds to rollers consists essentially of a casing
or webbing w of sufficient diameter to readily slip over the blind roller and with
strips or edges ab formed or woven integrally with it which extend along the whole
length of the said casing or webbing, and between which the blind is securely fixed
by means of stitches or in any other suitable manner, the casing or webbing being
slipped over the aforesaid roller r and secured by a few tacks so as to prevent it
slipping round the roller.
Fig. 2 shows a slightly modified form of casing or webbing furnished with but
one strip or edge a¹ to which the blind is secured by stitches etc.
My improved casing or webbing designed to enable blinds to be more easily and
conveniently attached to the rollers than has hitherto been the case, may be made
or woven in various lengths, to suit the different widths of window blinds required
or it may be woven or made in a continuous length, and a sufficient quantity for
attaching the blind in hand, can be cut off each time. In the case of shop or
outdoor blinds, the casing or webbing would be woven or made of stronger and
coarser material than in the case of that intended for attaching ordinary house
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 means of attaching blinds to rollers, consisting of the
webbing w furnished with strips or edges ab either woven all in one piece or
attached separately, substantially as herein described and shown and for the
purposes specified.
2. The modified form of casing or webbing w having only one edge or strip a¹,
substantially as herein described, and shown in Fig. 2 of the accompanying
drawings.
3. The new or improved method and means of attaching blinds to rollers,
substantially as herein described and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 23rd day of August 1894.
F. G. CASSELL,
Of Cassell & Co.,
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.
F. G. CASSELL,
Of Cassell & Co.,
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.