IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR BINDING AND RELEASING CORDS, ROPES, AND BANDS, EMPLOYED IN CON- NECTION WITH VENETIAN, ROLLER, AND OTHER WINDOW BLINDS, SKYLIGHTS, AND HOUSE FITTINGS AND APPLIANCES.
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Haworth Hatton, of Everton, Liverpool,
in the County of Lancaster, and George Hatton, of Southport, in
the same County, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS
FOR BINDING AND RELEASING CORDS, ROPES, AND BANDS, EMPLOYED IN CON-
NECTION WITH VENETIAN, ROLLER, AND OTHER WINDOW BLINDS, SKYLIGHTS,
AND HOUSE FITTINGS AND APPLIANCES.' 1
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Haworth
Hatten and George Hatton at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents, with their Petition, on the 2nd September 1878.
We, EDWARD HAYWORTH HATTON, of Everton, Liverpool, in the
County of Lancaster, and GEORGE HATTON, of Southport, in the same
County, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "Im-
PROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR BINDING AND RELEASING CORDS, ROPES, AND
-BANDS, EMPLOYED IN CONNECTION WITH VENETIAN, ROLLER, AND OTHER WINDOW
BLINDS, SKYLIGHTS, AND HOUSE FITTINGS AND APPLIANCES," to be as follows:-
Our Invention relates to improved mechanism for binding and
releasing the cords used for raising and lowering Venetian, roller, and

page_text: window blinds generally, for binding and releasing the cords of skylights,
greenhouse sashes, ventilators, clothes drying frames, and other house
fittings and appliances.
The said mechanism or apparatus consists essentially of a tubular
binding clip secured in framework and free to rock on an axis. The 5
cord, rope, or band to be secured is passed through the opening in
the said clip. More than one tubular binding clip may be secured in the
frame. The frame is secured in any desired position.
The sectional view appended hereto shows a modification of the appa-
ratus applied to a window blind. a, framework; b, tubular binding 1
clip; o, cord; d, guiding pullies. The clip 6 as here shown is here
binding the cord o. The position occupied by 6 when the cord is released
is shown by dotted lines.
- SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Edward Haworth Hatton and George Hatton in the
Great Seal Patent Office on the 2nd March 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, EDWARD
HAWORTH HATTON, of Everton, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster,
and GEORGE HATTON, of Southport, in the same County, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Second day of September, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the thirty-
seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto us, the said Edward Haworth Hatton and George
Hatton, Her special licence that we, the said Edward Haworth Hatton
and George Hatton, our executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as we, the said Edward Haworth Hatton and George Hatton, our
executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with
and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR BINDING AND RELEASING CORDS, ROPES,

page_text: AND BANDS EMPLOYED IN CONNECTION WITH VENETIAN, ROLLER, AND OTHER WINDOW
BLINDS, SKYLIGHTS, AND HOUSE FITTINGS AND APPLIANCES," upon the con-
dition (amongst others) that we, the said Edward Haworth Hatton
and Goorge Hatton, our executors or administrators, by an instrument
in writing under our, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,.
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the
same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Edward Haworth Hatton and
George Hatton, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement, reference being had
to one Sheet of illustrative Drawings and to the figures and letters
marked thereon, that is to say:-
Our Invention relates to improved mechanism for binding and
releasing the cords used for raising and lowering Venetian, roller, and
window blinds generally, for binding and releasing the cords of skylights,
greenhouse sashes, ventilators, clothes drying frames, and other house
fittings and appliances.
The
The said mechanism or apparatus consists essentially of a tubular
binding clip secured in framework and free to rock on an axis.
cords, rope, or band to be secured is passed through the opening in the
said clip. More than one tubular binding clip may be secured in the
frame. The frame is secured in any desired position.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view, and Fig. 2 a sectional elevation of our
improved apparatus adapted for use in Venetian blinds. a are the tubular
clips through which pass the blind cords 6; the said clips work on a
pin o fitted in the frame d. The frame d is secured on the upper side
of the pulley lath e; f is a carrier or piece for raising the clips into
acting position; g is the check cord. It will be obvious that when
the clips are in the position shown in Fig. 1, that the blind cords can
pass freely in either direction therethrough, and the blind raised and
lowered at will.

page_text: When it is desired to secure the cords and retain the blind in any
required position, it is only necessary to raise the clips into the position
shown in Fig. 2, by means of the carrier fasted on by pulling the
check cord g
g. As soon as the clips are so far raised that the part of
the cord within the tubular portion of the clip is bent out of the direct 5
line of the rest of the cord, the friction caused between the clips and
cords at the two opposite angles o³, c³, will cause the said clips to be still
further raised until motion is arrested by the gripping of the cord.
between the outside surface of the clips and the top of the frame d.
When it is desired to alter the position of the blind secured as 'above 10
described the cords 6 are pulled which causes the clips to fall into
the position shown in Fig. 1, and allow the blind to be raised and
lowered at will until again secured by pulling the check cord.
Fig. 3 is an end view, and Fig. 4 a sectional elevation of a modifi-
cation of our apparatus adapted to fit above the pulley lath and re- 15
quiring no check cord. a are the tubular clips; b, the blind cords; o,
the clip pin; d, the frame; e, the pulley lath; f, the carrier acted on by
the lever g through the foot of which pass the blind cords. When it is
desired to raise the clips and secure the blind in position the blind cords
are pulled to the front so as to give motion to the lever and with it the 20
carrier and clips.
Fig. 5 is a further modification of apparatus adapted to fit above the
pulley lath.
The same letters refer to similar parts to those above
described. In this modification the clips fall by their own weight and
secure the cords as shown by the dotted lines. When it is desired to 28
lower the blind the check cord is pulled so as to raise the clips into the
position shown, and leave the blind cords free.
Fig. 6 is a modification of apparatus adapted for fitting under the
pulley lath and is used without a check cord. a are the clips; d, is the
frame. To secure the blind cords it is only necessary to draw them to 30
the front when the clips will assume the position shown by the dotted
lines.
Fig. 7 is a perspective view, and Fig. 8 is a sectional elevation of
apparatus adapted for a roller blind. a, a³, are the brackets to support
the roller secured to the top of the window casing. The lower part of 31
the bracket a forms the clip box; 6 is the roller with pulley c secured
to and around which wraps the cord d, its free end passing through the

page_text: clip e. In reference to Fig. 8 it will be seen that when the apparatus
is in the position shown the blind can be raised and lowered at pleasure.
To secure the cord and retain the blind in position it is only necessary to
draw the cord to the front and cause the clip to assume the position
shown by the dotted lines.
Figs. 9 and 10 are arrangements of apparatus to be fixed in any
desired position and suitable for use in connection with household and
other appliances operated by cords.
Having now described the nature of our said Invention and particu-
larized the same in such manner that others will be enabled to construct
our improved appliances, we would have it understood that we do not
confine ourselves to the exact details and arrangement of parts herein
described and illustrated, as various modifications thereof can be made,
but what we claim is, the tubular clip apparatus operating substantially
in the manner described and illustrated for the purposes set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edward Haworth Hatton, have.
hereunto set my hand and seal, the Twenty-seventh day of
February, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
and seventy-four.
EDWARD HAWORTH HATTON. (L.B.)
In the presence of
JAMES JOHNSON,
Clerk to J. T. King,
Patent Office,
Liverpool.