An Improved Cord Holder for Use in connection with Roller Blinds and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Mar., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 4th July, 1896-Accepted, 19th Sept., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION..
An Improved Cord Holder for Use in connection with Roller Blinds
and the like.
We, WILLIAM TIMMINS of 10 Soho Square, London, W. Merchant and
JOSEPH TAYLOR TIMMINS of 10 Soho Square, London, W., Merchant, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
It is a metal case to screw to window frame or any similar convenient position,
containing 1, 2 or more wheels of varying shapes, which may be of any material
and so arranged in relation to each other, that side cord of blind is guided round
or between the wheels and the tension being regulated by a spring or set screw,
the blind is held stationary in any position desired.
Dated this 13th day of April 1896.
WILLIAM TIMMINS:
JOSEPH TAYLOR TIMMINS.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Cord Holder for Use in connection. with Roller Blinds
and the like.
We, WILLIAM TIMMINS and JOSEPH TAYLOR TIMMINS, both of 10, Soho
Square, in the County of London, Merchants, 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 invention relates to an improved cord-holder for use in connection with
roller blinds and the like.
According to our invention we provide a metal frame or case in which are
mounted one or more wheels or rollers around or between which the blind or other
cord is adapted to be wound, a spring or set-screw being provided to hold the cord
in the desired-position.
To enable our invention to be fully understood we will, describe, it by reference
to the accompanying drawing, in which
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a cord-holder made according to. our invention
wherein a set-screw is employed to hold the cord in position :;
Figure 2 is a side view, of the same:
Figure 3 is a vertical section on the iiue 3-3 of Figure 1:
Figure 4 is a plan of the holder::
Figure 5 is a horizontal section on the line 5-5 of Figure 2:
Figure 6 is a front elevation of our cord-holder. wherein a spring is employed to
hold the cord in position:
Figure 7 is a sectional elevation of the same; and,
Figure 8 is a horizontal section of the same:
Figure 9 is a similar view to Figure 6 but shewing the cord in the position in
which it is grinned:

page_text: Figure Is a vertical section; and,
Figure 11 is a horizontal section of the same.
a is the frame or case, the said frame or case being provided with holes b, b by
means of which it is affixed to its support, for instance, a window-frame in the case
of a blind cord; e is the cord.
Referring now to Figures 1 to 5, d, d' are two rollers preferably covered with a
layer of india-rubber a and mounted on pins f, f supported in the frame or case a,
the pin is only free to rotate whilst the pin is supported in slots g, g in the
frame or case a so that the roller d besides being free to rotate can also be moved
Dearer to or farther away from the roller d' so as to allow of adjusting the rollers
to grip the cord which passes between them with the pressure required to hold the
blind or the like in any position.
The adjustment of the rollers is effected by the set-screw à passing through an
internally screw-threaded hole in the case or frame and being connected to a plate i
secured to the pin f so that when the said screw is turned the plate i moves
towards or away from the roller d' carrying with it the pin f which moves in the
slots g, g.
From the above description it will be obvious that in the case of a blind cord, for
instance, that to pull up the blind, it is simply necessary to pull on the cord f
while to lower the blind, this latter must be pulled down by a cord attached
to it.
Referring now to Figures 6 to 11, instead of the two rollers d and d¹, described
in the preceding arrangement, only a single roller d is employed, the said roller
being mounted in the frame a so that it is free to rotate. The cord c is wound
around the roller d in the manner shewn clearly in the figures and a spring his
provided for the purpose of gripping the cord.
In Figures 6, 7 and 8 the cord is shewn loose on the roller and can be pulled
freely in the direction of the arrow. Should, however, the cord be pulled in the
direction of the arrow Figures 9 and 10, it is immediately caused to pass laterally
on the roller so as to come under the spring and be gripped by the same. is
a pin designed to retain the lower portion of the cord e in such a position
that its axis lies under the part of the spring which comes in contact with the
cord.
With this arrangement therefore it will be obvious that when the cord is pulled
in the direction of the arrow, Figure 6, no resistance will be offered to its passage
around the roller whilst when it is pulled in the opposite direction the cord becomes
coiled up underneath the spring hand is thereby gripped with sufficient force to
hold the blind.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. A cord-holder for use with roller blinds and the like, the said cord-holder
consisting of a frame or case having one or more rotatable rollers around or
between which the cord is adapted to pass and of means for gripping the cord,
substantially as described.
2. A cord-holder of the kind described consisting of a frame or case in which
are mounted two rotatable rollers between which the cord passes and one of which
can be caused to move towards or away from the other by means of a screw or the
like substantially as, and for the purpose, described.
3. A cord-holder of the kind described consisting of a frame or case in which
is rotatably mounted a roller around which the cord is wound and of a spring
adapted to grip the cord substantially as, and in the manner, hereinbefore
described.
4. The manufacture and use of the improved cord-holder for roller blinds and
the like hereinbefore described and illustrated in Figures 1 to 5 of the accompanying
drawing.

page_text: 5. The manufacture and use of the improved cord-holder for roller blinds and the
like herein before described and illustrated in Figures 6 to 11 of the accompanying
drawing.
Dated the 4th day of July 1896.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.