Improvements in and connected with Rollers for Blinds, Cloths and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 12th May, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 20th Sept., 1898-Accepted, 22nd Oct.,
1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Rollers for Blinds, Cloths and
the like.
I, RICHARD FREDERICK SHILLINGFORD, M.R.C.V.S., of High Street, Bucking-
ham, in the County of Buckingham, Veterinary Surgeon, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
This invention relates to roller blinds, cloths, screens, and the like, and the rollers
or fittings therefor; and consists of an improved method of attaching the blinds,
cloths, and the like to their rollers and of improved devices for the ends of the
rollers.
In ordinary roller blinds the cloth or other material is tacked or otherwise
fastened at one end to a roller the ends of which are supported in bearings or
brackets, one on each side of the window frame. One of the disadvantages of
this arrangement is that when the blind is required to be removed from the roller
for cleaning or other purposes the end fastened is very much injured or entirely
destroyed in being detached therefrom.
Now in this invention I dispense with the use of nails, tacks, or other like
fastening devices for attaching the cloth to the roller, and employ two three
or more rods, battens tubes, or strips of any suitable diameter, and section which
together form the roller. These rods battens, or strips are kept tightly together
by means of rings or caps placed one on each end and each having a central
pin in a line with the axis of the roller which rests in a suitable bracket or
bearing in such manner that the roller can be rotated. One of these. rings or
caps may be formed with a groove for the purpose of allowing the cord or the
like to be wound thereon to enable the blind to be raised or lowered when desired.
The improved fittings for the ends of the rollers consists of hollow caps which
fit over the ends of the roller or rods and where this is formed of more than one
part the cap serves to hold the parts together. The central pins on the caps
form bearings on which the roller rotates and the caps are formed with a slit or
slits of sufficient width to enable the edge of the blind to be inserted therein thus
enabling the blind to be of a width equal to the full length of the roller.
Where the roller is formed of two or more parts one end of the blind is in-
serted between and gripped by the parts of the roller, the whole being then held
tightly together by means of the caps.
Where the roller is composed of two or more parts, in order that different thick-
nesses of blinds may be employed, I in some cases form a wedge or wedges or
a central pin inside the cap, for the purpose of forcing the segments of the roller
apart when the caps are placed in position, thus fixing the whole tightly
together. Or holes may be formed in the ends of the caps and wedges or pins
driven through for the same purpose.
Where the roller is composed of one only instead of several parts, this being
inserted in the seam at the end of the blind, the improved caps may still be used,
serving in that case to prevent the roller turning without the blind.

page_text: The divided roller can be applied equally well to curtains, hammocks, ambu-
lances, screens, and the like.
Dated this 12th day of May 1898.
WILLIAM J. MUNDEN,
75, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.-
Improvements in and connected with Rollers for Blinds, Cloths and
the like.
I, RICHARD FREDERICK SHILLINGFORD, M.R.C.V.S., of High Street, Bucking-
ham, in the County of Buckingham, Veterinary Surgeon, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention relates to roller blinds, cloths, screens and the like and the rollers
or fittings therefor; and consists of an improved method of attaching the blinds,
cloths, and the like to their rollers and of improved devices for the ends of the
rollers.
In ordinary roller blinds the cloth or other material is tacked or otherwise
fastened at one end to a roller the ends of which are supported in bearings or
brackets one on each side of the window. frame. One of the disadvantages of
this arrangement is that when the blind is required to be removed from the roller
for cleaning or other purposes, the end fastened is very much injured or entirely
destroyed in being detached therefrom:
Now in this invention I dispense with the use of nails, tacks, or other like
fastening devices for attaching the cloth to the roller, and employ one, two, three,
or more rods, battens tubes, or strips of any suitable diameter, and section which
together form the roller. These rods, battens, or strips are kept tightly together
by means of rings or caps placed one on each end and each having a central
pin in a line with the axis of the roller which rests in a suitable bracket or
bearing in such manner that the roller can be rotated. One of these rings or
caps may be formed with a groove for the purpose of allowing the cord or the
like to be wound thereon to enable the blind to be raised or lowered when desired.
The improved fittings for the ends of the rollers consist of hollow caps which
fit over the ends of the roller or rods; and where this is formed of more than one
part the cap serves to hold the parts together. The central pins on the caps
form bearings on which the roller rotates and the caps are fornied with a slit or
slits of sufficient width to enable the edge of the blind to be inserted therein thus
enabling the blind to be of a width equal to the full length of the roller.
.
Where the roller is formed of two or more parts one end of the blind is in-
serted between and gripped by the parts of the roller, the whole being then held
tightly together by means of the caps.
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Where the roller is composed of two or more parts, in order that different thick-
nesses of blinds may be employed I in some cases form a wedge or wedges or
a central pin inside the cap for the purpose of forcing the segments of the roller
apart when the caps are placed in position, thus fixing the whole tightly
together. Or holes may be formed in the ends of the caps and wedges or pins
driven through for the same purpose.
Where the roller is composed of one only instead of several parts this being
inserted in the seam at the end of the blind the improved caps may still be used
serving in that case to prevent the roller turning without the blind.

page_text: The divided roller can be applied equally well to curtains, hammocks, ambu-
lances, screens, and the like.
In order that my invention may be fully understood and ascertained I append
drawings in which:
Fig. 1 is an elevation of an end of a solid blind roller and blind shewing one
end fitting only.
Fig. 2 is an elevation of the end fitting detached.
Fig. 3 is an end view of same.
Fig. 4 is an elevation of one end of a blind roller which is composed of three
parts or laths.
Fig. 5 is an end elevation of same.
A, indicates the blind and B the roller, C the end fitting or ferrule, c the pin
upon which the roller and fittings rotate, and c¹ the groove in the fitting.
In Figs. 1, 2 and 3 the roller B is solid being formed in one piece which is
inserted through the hem in the upper end of the blind. The caps or ferrules C
are then placed in position upon the ends of the roller, and these having slits c¹
formed in the parts which pass on and fit over the roller ends, the edge of the
blind is inserted therein and is thus enabled to occupy the whole length of the
roller, the width of the blind being thus equal to the length of the roller.
In Figs. 4 and 5, the roller is composed of three parts or rods marked B, B',
and B one or two of these being inserted in the hem of the blind, and the whole
held together in position by the caps or ferrules C which in all respects are
similar to those described and shewn with reference to Figs. 1, 2, and 3 which
shew a solid roller. The slits are employed and serve the same purpose as
before.
In some cases the roller is composed of two parts, and when this is the case
I sometimes form a wedge or spike projecting inwardly from the end of each
cap or ferrule in or near the axial line in such manner that it enters between
the ends of the rods B, B, and B forming the roller, and forcing these apart
fix them firmly in the interior of the caps or ferrules simultaneously fixing the
blind.
Instead of a wedge or spike a hole or holes may be bored in the end of the
ferrule C, and a nail or pin inserted through the same.
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:-
1. A ferrule or cap for the ends of blind rollers and the like in which a slit
is formed in such manner that the blind edges being inserted therein the width
of the blind can be equal to the length of the roller substantially as described
and shewn.
2. In a ferrule or cap for the ends of blind rollers and the like, the combination
of the cap or ferrule C, the slit c¹, and the pin c substantially as described and
shewn.
3. A blind roller or the like consisting essentially of one or more rods B, two
ferrules or caps C each having a slit cand a pin c, substantially as described
and shewn.
4. For use with blind rollers and the like, a ferrule or cap having a wedge
or spike C either forming an integral part thereof, or capable of being inserted
in the same, substantially as described and shewn."
Dated this 20th day of Santonition 1000
WILLIAM J. MUNDEN,
75, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.