Improvements in Brackets for Holding Window-blind Rollers.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Feb., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 12th Mar., 1898-Accepted, 7th May, 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Brackets for Holding Window-blind Rollers.
I, ALFRED ROBERTS, of 83, Hollydale Road, Peckham, S.E., in the County
of London, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in brackets for holding or supporting
window-blind rollers and has for object to construct such brackets that they may
be fastened or fixed to the window framing without the necessity of having to use
screws or other seperate fastening devices.
For this purpose I construct my improved brackets of metal plates cut out or
formed to the required shape and size and formed with arms provided with
pointed ends for entering the woodwork of the window frame. I prefer to form
the said brackets of approximately rectangular shape the arms extending
horizontally from the front edge at top and bottom so that the said edge forms a
surface for hammering directly against and in line with the said arms thereby
fixing the brackets evenly in position.
The verticle face of one bracket is formed with a hole and that of the other one
with a slot for fixing and holding the end pins of the roller in position in the
usual manner and the arms or their pointed ends may be slightly inclined outwards
to hold the brackets more firmly in position.
In some cases I may form my improved brackets with a central end spike and
two small spikes one above and the other below carried by a vertical arm or cross-
piece for fixing them in position.
J. B. FLEURET,
5, Hatton Garden, Holborn Circus, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant,
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Brackets for Holding Window-blind Rollers.
I, ALFRED ROBERTS, of 83, Hollydale Road, Peckham, S.E., in the County
of London, 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: —
This invention relates to improvements in brackets for holding or supporting
window-blind rollers and has for object to fasten or fix the same to the window
frame without the use of screws or other seperate fastening devices.
For this purpose the said brackets are constructed of metal plates cut out or
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page_text: formed to the required shape and size and are provided with arms having pointed
or knife-edged ends for entering the woodwork of the window frame.
The said arms extend horizontally from the front edge at the top and bottom of
the bracket so that the said edge forms a surface for hammering directly against
and in line with the arms thereby fixing the bracket evenly in position.
The vertical side face of one bracket is formed with a hole and that of the other
one with a slot for receiving and supporting the end pins or axes of the roller in
the usual manner.
I may in some cases form the brackets with a central large spike and two small
spikes one above and the other below the central spike and carried by a vertical arm
or cross-piece for fixing the brackets in position.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings Fig. 1 is a side view of one of my
improved brackets for fixing to one side of the window frame and Fig. 2 is a
similar view of the other bracket for fixing to the opposite side of the window frame.
Fig. 3 is a top edge view of the bracket and Fig. 4 is a side view of a modified form
of bracket.
a is the plate forming the bracket and a¹ the arms extending horizontally from
the front edge and provided at their rear ends with the knife-edged..points or
spikes a² The front edge opposite these arms is formed with the projections or
vertical faces b, and c Fig. is the slot for receiving one end of the roller blind
axis or pin d. The other bracket Fig. 2 is formed with the hole e for receiving
the other end of the roller axis.
In fixing my improved brackets in position the spikes a² are first forced into
the woodwork of the window frame and the fixing is completed by hammering
against the projections b. By means of my invention the brackets are fixed evenly
in the required position by first placing the blind roller within and between the
same when they may be forced and hammered into the window frame as before
described.
For fixing the arms a¹ more firmly in position they may be inclined slightly
outwards from each other at their rear ends and the spikes may also be toothed
or corrugated on their outer edges as shewn at a in Fig. 3 the said arms may also
be formed, with tongues or projections f, f', for bearing against the frame of the
window.
In the modified arrangement shewn in Fig. 4 the bracket a is fixed by a single
central spike g driven into the woodwork by hammering on the front end of the
bracket and by the two small spikes h, h¹ carried by the vertical arms or cross-
piece i.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to performed I declare that what
I claim is
(1) The improved roller blind bracket comprising a plate formed with two
horizontal arms or extensions provided with knife-edged points or spikes and
having the usual slot or hole for supporting the axis of the blind roller substantially
as described and for the purposes specified.
(2) In brackets for roller blinds the combination of a plate a arms a¹ points or
spikes a projections b slot c or hole e teeth or corrugation a and tongues or
projections f, f substantially as described and for the purposes specified.
(3) In brackets for roller blinds the combination of a plate a the central spike g
and the small spikes h, h¹ carried by the arms or cross piece i substantially as
described and for the purposes specified.
1000
J. B. FLEURET,
5, Hatton Garden, Holborn Circus, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant,
J. B. FLEURET,
5, Hatton Garden, Holborn Circus, London, EC.,
Agent for the Applicant,