IMPROVE- MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SECURING WINDOW BLIND AND OTHER RODS OR BARS AND METALLIC BANDS
Year: 1880

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LETTERS PATENT to John Wyatt Meacher, of No. 10, Hillmarten Road,
Camden Road, in the County of Middlesex, for an Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SECURING WINDOW BLIND AND OTHER RODS OR
BARS AND METALLIC BANDS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Wyatt Meacher at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd March 1880.
JOHN WYATT MEACHER, of No. 10, Hillmarten Road, Camden Road, in the
County of Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SECURING WINDOW
BLIND AND OTHER RODS OR BARS AND METALLIC BANDS."
My Invention is designed to enable window blind and other rods or bars and
metallic bands to be secured in place without the use of loose screws and nuts or
other removable parts liable to be lost or mislaid.
According to my Invention the rod or bar is held in brackets, one of which is or
may be bored or formed with a hole only partly through it, so as to receive one
end of the rod or bar, and prevent endwise movement thereof in one direction ;
the bracket at the other end (for example, at the opposite side of a window) has
a hole entirely through it, and is provided with a gate or closure arranged to open
and close on a hinge pin; or by sliding in such manner as when open to allow of
the rod or bar being passed through the hole until the one end of the rod or bar
has entered the hole or recess in the one bracket, and the other end of the rod or
bar is in the bracket having the gate or closure, which then closes, or is closed, and
until again opened prevents the rod or bar leaving its place. In connection with
this arrangement for securing rods or bars in place I, in some cases, also provide in
the brackets recesses or grooves for holding metallic bands or bars, such, for example,
as are used in conjunction with the round rods for window curtains, or in lieu of
recesses or grooves I may form or provide the brackets with projections, which serve
to hold such metallic bands or bars in place.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John Wyatt Meacher in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
28th August 1880.
JOHN WYATT MEACHER, of No. 10, Hillmarten Road, Camden Road, in the
County of Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SECURING WINDOW
BLIND AND OTHER RODS OR BARS AND METALLIC BANDS."
My Invention is designed to enable window blind and other rods or bars and
metallic bands to be secured in place without the use of loose screws and nuts or
other removeable parts liable to be lost or mislaid.
According to my Invention the rod or bar is held in brackets, one of which is or
may be bored or formed with a hole only partly through it, so as to receive one
end of the rod or bar, and prevent endwise movement thereof in one direction; the
bracket at the other end (for example, at the opposite side of a window) has a hole
rather more than twice as long as that in the first named bracket; or the hole may
extend entirely through the bracket, which is provided with a gate or closure
arranged to open and close on a hinge pin, or by sliding in such manner as when
open to allow of the rod or bar being passed into or through the hole until the one
end of the rod or bar has entered the hole or recess in the one bracket, and the
other end of the rod or bar is in the bracket having the gate or closure, which then
closes, or is closed, and until again opened prevents the rod or bar leaving its place.
In connection with this arrangement for securing rods or bars in place I, in some
cases, also provide in the brackets recesses or grooves for holding metallic bands or
bars, such, for example, as are used in conjunction with the round rods for window
curtains; or in lieu of recesses or grooves I may form or provide the brackets with
projections, which serve to hold such metallic bands or bars in place.
Fig. 1 of the accompanying Drawings shews in front elevation one of my improved
arrangements for securing window blind or other rods or bars.
Fig. 2 is an end view thereof.
a is the rod or bar; b, c, are brackets for holding it in position. The bracket b
is formed with a hole b¹ about halfway through it, in which one end of the rod or
bar rests.
The other bracket c is formed with a hole entirely through it, also with a slot c¹
in its centre at right angles to said hole, in which slot fits a gate or closure & hinged
or working on a pin at d, which gate or closure acts as a stop to the end of the
rod or bar in this bracket, preventing its endwise movement when placed in
position between the brackets, as shewn in Fig, 1. The holes in the brackets
should be of larger diameter than the rod or bar, as shewn, to enable the rod or bar
to be got in and out. To place the rod or bar in position the gate or closure d is
opened, as shewn in dotted lines, Fig. 2, and one end of the rod or bar passed
through the hole e in the bracket c, so as to bring the other end of the rod or bar
opposite the hole b₁ in the bracket b, whereupon the rod or bar is moved
contrariwise, thereby inserting the one end in bracket b, and the other end
having thus cleared the slot c' in the bracket c the gate or closure d is closed, thus
securing the rod or bar in place.
Figs. 3 and 4 shew a modification in which the brackets are made with tubular
extensions bx, cx, and the hole in bracket c does not extend entirely through it, but
is longer than the hole in bracket b to a sufficient extent (it must be at least twice
the length) to enable the rod or bar to be got in and out.. f, f¹, are grooves or
recesses to receive the ends of a broad metal band g, such as ordinarily used with
window blinds; and h, h', are ledges or projecting parts of the brackets by which
the said band is supported.
Fig. 5 shews in side elevation a modification which may be attached by screwing
or otherwise to pillars or posts, and used for stair rods, handrails for machinery,
and for various other purposes.

page_text: Fig. 6 is an end view thereof. The bracket a has a hole b through it, and the
gate or closure c slides in V-shaped grooves c formed in the bracket a.
Two
slots d, d, are formed in the sliding face of the bracket, into which enters a
projection e on the back of the gate or closure, which acts as a stop thereto when
in the closed position by coming in contact with the projection or stop piece a¹.
Fig. 7 shews another modification, somewhat similar to the last, but in this case
the gate or closure c is formed with a slot c¹, through which passes a stud d screwed
into the bracket to act as a stop to the gate or closure.
Fig. 8 is a side elevation, and Fig. 9 an end view of an arrangement suitable
for securing bars to windows, and for other purposes. The bars a are carried and
secured by the brackets b and c in a similar manner to that described with reference
to the arrangement illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4, but in this case as many brackets
as are required for each side of a window or door or the like are cast together with
a single plate p.
Fig. 10 shews an arrangement for receiving the ends of a metal band or bar, in
which the brackets are formed with projections in lieu of the recesses f, f¹, in the
arrangement shewn in Figs. 3 and 4.
Fig. 11 shews an arrangement of bracket for retaining or supporting a flat metal
band for window blinds. Each end of the band rests on a projecting part m of the
bracket, the band being kept in its position against the window frame by the
projecting tubular part n of the bracket. The projection m may with advantage
be turned slightly outwards to prevent the band slipping down.
Fig. 12 shews an arrangement of bracket for holding and securing flat bars for
shutters, doors, and other places.
Having described the nature of the said Invention, and explained in what manner
it is to be or may be performed or carried into practical effect, I would remark that
in carrying out my Invention the details may be more or less modified without
departure from the essential peculiarites of my Invention; thus, for instance, the
gate or closure may be arranged to turn on a pin at the outer end of the bracket
instead of in a slot; or to slide in a slot instead of at the end of the bracket, and
means for holding metallic bands may be used in conjunction with those arrangements
of rod or bar securing devices hereinbefore described and shewn without metallic
band holders, and furthermore I would have it understood that what I claim as
secured to me under the Letters Patent herein before in part recited is,―
The improved apparatus, constructed and arranged substantially as herein before
described and shewn in the accompanying Drawings, for securing window blinds
and other rods or bars with or without metallic bands.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Wyatt Meacher, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty seventh day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and eighty.
J. W. MEACHER. (L.S.)