Improvements in and relating to Outside Window Blinds.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Mar., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 20th Dec., 1893-Accepted, 20th Jan., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Outside Window Blinds.
I ALBERT WILLIAM PYKE trading as a Tailor at 22 Bishopsgate Street
Without in the City of London do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows :-
This my invention relates to improvements in outside window blinds and more
particularly to the preservation of the front edges of saine, the object of my
nvention being, to attach an arrangement to that part of the blind to carry off the
results of the adverse elements as snow and rain, which usually accumulates and
proves destructive to the material of which the blind is made.
To this end my invention consists of an interlaced trellis work of wire rope, or
any suitable pliable material, attached to the front edge of the ordinary blind which
will wind up and close into the recess with the blind when not in use.
It is also provided with a waterproof attachment which encircles the blind when
folded in and thus preserves the interlaced trellis work from rust and dirt &
prevents decay, and is also an ornament when the blind is in use.
Dated this 20th day of March 1893.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Outside Window Blinds.
I, ALBERT WILLIAM PYKE, of 22 Bishopsgate Street Without, London, E.C.,
Tailor, 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 my invention relates to improvements in outside window blinds, and more
particularly to the preservation of the front or lower edge of the same, the object
of my invention being to provide an arrangement to that part of the blind in order
to carry off the results of snow or rain, which usually accumulate at the bottom of
the blinds, and prove destructive to the material of which the blind is made.
To this end my invention consists of an interlaced trellis work of wire rope or
webbing, or any suitable pliable material attached to the front or lower edge of the
ordinary blind, and which will wind up and close into the recess with the blind
when not in use.
It is also provided with a waterproof attachment which encircles the blind when
folded in, and thus preserves the interlaced trellis work from rust and dirt and
prevents decay, and is also an ornament when the blind is in use.
In order that my invention may be better understood, I will proceed to describe
the same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1, represents a front view of a blind showing the interlaced trellis work
aforesaid, and Fig. 2, represents a sectional end view of the same,-A being the
blind, B the interlaced trellis work, C the bottom lath of the blind, and D the
waterproof attachment which falls over the trellis work when not in use, and which
may be folded and kept back in position by any convenient means.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. The provision of interlaced trellis work of any suitable material fixed at the
front or lower edge of outside window or other blinds, substantially as set forth and
herein described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
2. The provision of a waterproof attachment for protecting said trellis work
from rust, dirt and decay, substantially as set forth and herein described and
illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
3. The application of this invention to any form or kind of blind or covering
used for protection from weather, substantially as set forth and herein described and
illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 20th day of December 1893.
REGINALD W. BARKER,
Applicant's Agent.