An Improved Holder for Cords of Blinds and for similar purposes.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 12th May, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 10th Feb., 1893-Accepted, 15th Apr., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Holder for Cords of Blinds and for similar
purposes.
I, JOSEPH HENRY STEWART of 111 Ivanhoe Road, Camberwell, London, S.E.
Electrician do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to holders of cords of blinds and is especially designed to
prevent venetians and other heavy blinds from slipping.
It consists of a small moveable arm pivotted at one end to a plate. This plate
is attached to the frame of the window by screws or otherwise and has two stops
on it regulating the length of the pivotted arm.
At the other end the arm is formed into a box having the two ends open to allow
the usual double cord to pass through.
This box has a swinging lid or small plate on one side pivotted about the
middle of its length to the two sides of the box.
The cord being passed through the box when it is required to lower or raise the
blind the cord is pulled up or down and when in the required position it is gently
released and by reason of its raising the pivotted lid at one end causes the other
end of the lid to grip the cord and draw up the pivotted arm from the vertical to
the horizontal position until it reaches the upper stop on the plate which as before
mentioned is fixed to the window frame. It should be understood that when the
pivotted arm hangs vertically the cord can pass freely, but when the arm is
horizontal through the pull of the blind the cord is held.fast.
Dated this 12th day of May 1892.
:
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, London, E.C., Patent Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Holder for Cords of Blinds and for similar
purposes.
I, JOSEPH HENRY STEWART of 111 Ivanhoe Road, Camberwell, London, S.E.,
Electrician 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 holders of cords of blinds and is especially designed to
prevent venetians and other heavy blinds from slipping.
It consists of a small moveable arm pivotted at one end to a plate. This plate
is attached to the frame of the window by screws or otherwise and has two stops
on it regulating the travel of the pivotted arm.
At the other end the arm is formed into a small sleeve having the two sides
open to allow the usual double cord to pass through.
This sleeve has a swinging lid or small plate on top pivotted about the middle of
its length to the two sides of the sleeve.
I will now describe the invention with reference to the accompanying drawings
in which :-
Fig. 1 shows a front elevation of my cord holder as applied to a blind cord.
Fig. 2 shows a side elevation of the same with the cord removed.
Fig. 3 is a cross section taken through line 1. 2 of Fig. 2.
a is the backplate with screw holes a', by means of which the whole is secured
to a window frame or anything stationary. b, is the swinging arm which is

page_text: attached to a by means of the pivot c. d is the sleeve formed at the outer end
of h. e is the lid working on a pivot at f, which forms the grip or interceptor
for the cord g. h, h are the stops which regulate the travel of the arm b.
The cord is first passed through the sleeve d. When it is required, to raise
the blind the cord is pulled down the pivotted arm 6 being thereby brought into
the vertical position, where the grip of the lid e is automatically released, and
when the blind is in the required position, the cord is gently released and the
weight of the blind brings the movable arm to the horizontal position and
the cord g, by its pressure raises the pivotted lid at one end and causes the other
end of the lid e to grip the cord and so hold the blind. It will be seen that the
movable arm b, when being raised to the horizontal position is prevented from
going further round by the stop h on the plate a, which plate as before mentioned,
is fixed to the window frame. It should be understood that when the pivotted
arm hangs vertically the cord can pass freely, but when the arm is horizontal
through the pull of the blind the cord is held fast. The action is thus
automatic.
Having now particularly described & 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 :-
:-
A cord holder consisting of the backplate a, with stops h, h, pivotted arm b,
sleeve d, with pivotted lid e, as herein described and set forth.
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S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, E.C., Patent Agent.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, E.C., Patent Agent.