An Improvement on Inside and Outside Window Blinds or Shades.
Year: 1896

page_text: This print is in accordance with the Original Specification as it stands after
Amendinent (under Section 18 of the Patents, &c., Act, 1883) as allowed
by the decision of the Comptroller General of the 23rd day of August 1898.
Date of Application, 25th July, 1896
Complete Specification Loft 24th Apr 1897 Accented 10th June
1807
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement on Inside and Outside Window Blinds or Shades.
I, JOHN FRANCIS ADAMS, of Taplow Grammar School, Taplow, England, Student,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A blind or shade, made of thin strips of hard or soft wood, woven together with
cord, thread or wire & being attached at top & bottom to heavier pieces of
wood, or other material. On the top of top piece two screw eyes are attached to
hang on nails simply & quickly.
Another screw eye to be attached under the top piece. At the centre, on the
back of the blind, on the top piece, a cord is attached, and let hang down the
length of the blind or shade, then continued up the full length on the inside,
through the screw eye and cut off two feet more or less, then by pulling this cord
the blind will roll up from the bottom.
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JOHN FRANCIS ADAMS.
JOHN FRANCIS ADAMS, Taplow Grammar School, Taplow, Student, 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:-
I make my blind of thick shavings or thin strips of hard or soft wood, which are
about one sixteenth (1) of an inch in thickness, and one quarter to seven eighths
(t to ) of an inch in width.
These strips are fastened together with cord, tape or other material, which is
dipped in glue or other adhesive material, and stretched on a table, two or more
inches apart. I then place the strips K in Fig. 3, edge to edge to any desired
length, as close, or with as much space between the slips as may be desirable. I
then take a similar cord, tape, h, or other material, which is also dipped in the
adhesive material, and placed on top of the strips, directly opposite the cords or
tape, h, underneath. The ends of these cords or tape, h, h, are tied together, o,

page_text: and then the top & bottom strips are attached to the moulding, E, for the top
piece, and a half round, D, for the bottom piece.
On the upper edge of the top piece, E, I put in two screw eyes or openings, u, a.
In the centre of the under edge of the top piece, E, I place another screw eye, or
opening, B.
The blind, Fig. 1, is raised by placing small rings, 8, at different distances on the
front, and passing the cord, which is attached to the ring nearest the bottom, up
through the other rings s, s, and screw eye or opening, B, the end of which being
pulled, the blind folds up in equal laps of six inches or inore.
For full description, a drawing has been filed with the application, July 25th 1896,
Number 16523, in which
Fig. 1, shows blind partly folded up.
Fig. 2 shows a view of shaving or strip inch thick by inches broad.
Fig. 3 shows the cord or tape, h, with several shavings or thin strips, K, laid ou
the cords or tapes, which is attached to the strips K with glue or other adhesive
material.
Having now particularly described, and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare, that what I
claim is :-
A blind or shade made of thick shavings or thin strips of hard or soft wood,
folding in equal laps from bottom upwards, substantially as described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawings.
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