IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SUN BLINDS FOR RAILWAY AND OTHER CARRIAGE WINDOWS, OR FOR OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Jenner, of Railway Terrace, Stafford, Civil
Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF
SUN BLINDS FOR RAILWAY AND OTHER CARRIAGE WINDOWS, OR FOR OTHER
SIMILAR PURPOSES."
Sealed the 5th July 1864, and dated the 19th January 1864.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Jenner at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
19th January 1864.
I, GEORGE JENNER, of Railway Terrace, Stafford, Civil Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CON-
STRUCTION OF SUN BLINDS FOR RAILWAY AND OTHER CARRIAGE WINDOWS, OR
FOR OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
And consists in combining the axis of the upper roller with a rod or bar at
the bottom of the blind by an endless band, cord, or chain at each side of the
window, by which means the blind will remain wherever it may be placed;
by merely pressing the bottom rod up or down the blind will gather itself on
the roller. The blind roller is supported on a pivot at each end turning
in the side frame of the window in the usual manner; on each of the
pivots of the roller there is a pin, sproket, or star wheel fitted to the holes of
the band, cord, or chain. At the bottom of the window at each side there is
a plain wheel for keeping the endless bands, cords, or chains extended. The
blind is fasten'd to the upper roller in any of the usual methods and at the

page_text: bottom to a rod stretching across the window. Each end of this rod being
fasten'd to the band, cord, or chain the blind will be kept straight and flat at
any height in which it may be placed, where it will remain, requiring no
cords, catch, or any other contrivance to keep it stationary.
Such is the general principal of this Invention, but subject to any modifi-
cation that may be found desirable, either in form of parts or of materials
employ'd.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said George Jenner in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
16th July 1864.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
JENNER, of Railway Terrace, Stafford, in the County of Stafford, Civil
Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Nineteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-seventh year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said George Jenner, Her special licence that I, the said George
Jenner, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said George Jenner, my 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
THE CONSTRUCTION OF 'SUN BLINDS' FOR RAILWAY AND OTHER CARRIAGE WINDOWS,
OR FOR OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES," upon the condition (amongst others) that
I, the said George Jenner, my executors or administrators, by an instrument
in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should par-
ticularly 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 imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Jenner, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, viz. :-

page_text: This Invention cousists in the roller of the blind having a band, cord, or
chain at each end, and passing either over a sheave attached to the roller at
each end, or over the roller without the sheaves, and under a pulley fixed on
each side and below the level of the bottom rod of the blind when drawn down
to its fullest extent. The band, cord, or chain being attached to the bottom
rod on each side, so that by pressing the bottom rod either up or down the
motion is conveyed to the roller, through which the blind becomes self-
winding, and will remain stationary at any height required. The sheaves at
each end of the roller may have studs or pins inserted in the barrel at equal
distances to form a sprocket wheel, and the bands, cords, or chains have cor-
responding holes to lock on the studs or pins inserted in the wheel to prevent
their slipping. When used without the sheaves or sprocket wheels the bands,
cords, or chains are fastened to the roller. The pullies, bands, cords, or
chains, and also the roller are concealed from view, as well as protected from
injury by a thin wood casing, in the top part of which a small chase is formed
to allow the blind to pass through, and a corresponding chase on each side to
guide the bottom rod up and down; the ends of the rod being flattened to fit
the chase.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Jenner, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Ninth day of July, in the year of our Lord
Eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
GEORGE JENNER. (LS.)