Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Aug., 1886.
Complete Left, 21st May, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 26th July, 1887.
RESERV
EDWIN SHOWELL CHARLES SHOWELL, EDWIN ALFRED SHOWELL Brass Founders
Lower Loveday Street Birmingham do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
Our invention consists of a semi-circular disc of Brass or other metals having a
strap or shank projecting from its base; this shank having countersunk holes for
fixing. The disc we make domed or concave and bend forward so as to slant away
from the shank at an angle of about 22 degrees. At both sides of the shank where it
joins the disc we cut slots or hollows which are continued in a circular form to near
the edge of the disc, thereby forming points or tangs. These tangs we bend back-
wards so as to stand almost parallel with the back of the domed disc.
We propose making with either a plain, corrugated, or other fancy surface.
Cord holders, which have hitherto been made of two or more pieces of metal rivetted
together, can by our invention be produced, by means of dies and cutting tools of one
piece of metal, simple in construction, cheap and efficient, and not liable to
derangement.
In using the cord holder it is only necessary to pass the cord once into the slots at
the base of the disc, and once round the back of the disc, and it is effectually
jambed by the cord descending from the blind.

page_text: EDWIN SHOWELL CHARLES SHOWELL EDWIN ALFRED SHOWELL Brass founders,
Lower Loveday Street Works Birmingham 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 :-
Our invention consists of a semi-circular disc of Brass or other metals having a strap
or shank projecting from the base; this shank having countersunk holes for fixing.
The disc we make domed shape or concave and bend forward so as to stand away
from the shank at the required distance to allow the cord to pass the back of the
disc.
At both sides of the shank where it joins the disc we cut semi-circular slots or
hollows, thereby forming points or tangs.
Cord holders which have hitherto been made of two or more pieces of metal rivetted
together, are by our invention, produced by means of cutting tools and dies, of one
piece of metal; simple in construction, cheap and efficient, and not liable to
derangement.
We propose making with either a plain, corrugated or other fancy surface.
In using the cord holder, it is only necessary to pass the cord once into the slots
at the base of the disc, and round the back of the disc and it is effectually jammed by
the cord descending from the blind.
The dies and cutting tools we employ are of the ordinary kind; and the manu-
facture of cord holders according to our invention is completed in the ordinary way.
We will now proceed to describe by means of the accompanying drawings how our
invention may be performed.
Figure I represents the front and longitudinal section of a blank made of Brass or
other metals, which is produced by means of cutting tools; the upper part forming
the semi-circular disc A. Projecting from the base of the disc is the shank B having
the necessary holes for fixing. At the base of the disc, on each side of the shank the
slots CC are cut, thereby forming the tangs D D for purposes hereafter described.
By means of dies the disc is made domed shape or concave and bent forward to the
position required to allow the cord to be passed under the tangs D D and into the
slots CC. Figure 2. The said tangs keeping the cord in the required position in
the slots, the vertical portion of the cord prosses tightly against the domed disc.
Figure 2.
The loose or lower portion of the cord being passed horizontally between the domed
disc and the vertical portion of the cord, it is effectually jammed and held secure.

page_text: The cord holders described and shewn may be made large enough for any number
of cords.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is
1. The construction of cord holders of one piece of metal without any rivetted parts,
as described and shewn in the accompanying drawing Figure I.
2. The employment of a domed disc for securing the cord; and the slots and tangs
for keeping the said cord in position, as described and shewn in Figure 2.
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