IMPROVEMENTS IN VENETIAN BLIND AND OTHER CORD HOLDERS
Year: 1884

page_text: I, WILLIAM HENRY BARACLOUGH of. Colmore Row, Birmingham in the County
of Warwick, Mechanical Engineer do hereby declare the nature of said invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN VENETIAN BLIND AND OTHER CORD HOLDERS
" to be as
follows
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My invention relates to Venetian blind and other cord holders, for fixing in any
determinate or desired position Venetian blinds and other objects to be suspended
or held.
Cord holders of the ordinary construction consist of moveable gripping devices
which are brought into action by the movement of the suspending cord.
My said invention consists essentially of depending fork like arms or prongs and
a projecting horn between and around which the suspending cord is held-By my
invention an efficient and cheap cord holder is produced simple in its construction,
efficient in its action, and free from any liability to derangement.
A cord holder constructed according to my invention consists of depending fork
like arms which stand away from the object to which it is attached-The division
between the forks is wedge like tapering upwards; that is, the part is of large
diameter at the extremities of the forks, and on the front of the holder, an oblique
horn pointing upwards is situated-The stem or shank of the holder consists of a
screw or plain peg at right angles or nearly so to the forks; which said stem may
be either screwed or driven into a window frame or other object, or the holder may
be attached by a. fixing plate-The forks may be in duplicate or double and
disposed at a greater or less angle, or the depending or inclined forks may be
enclosed so as to constitute a loop-The loop simply keeps the cord in juxta
position to the wedge like incline between the forks.
In using the cord holder, for holding or suspending a Venetian blind or other
object in position, it is only necessary to wind or coil the cord or cords once, twice
or thrice around the body of the holder and between the forks; the cords of the
first, second or third coils wedging or jambing themselves between the sides of
the forks and the sides of their own coils thereby securely and effectually, holding
the suspending cords.

page_text: The closed ends of the forks are preferably narrower than the breadth of the
cords employed, so that the weight of the object being suspended, draws the cords
tightly into the contracted part and so holds them in any position.
Although I have described the use of a horn coming in front of the cord holder,
yet the the holder may be used if required without the said horn.
Dated this twolfth day of Danamhon 1804
WILLIAM HENRY BARACLOUGH.
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham,
Agent to the Applicant.
Improvements in Venetian Blind and other Cord Holders.
I WILLIAM HENRY BARACLOUGH of Colmore Row Birmingham in the County
of Warwick, Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of said invention
for IMPROVEMENTS IN VENETIAN BLINDS AND OTHER CORD HOLDERS and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :—
My Invention relates to Venetian blind and other cord holders for fixing in any
determinate or desired position Venetian blinds and other objects to be suspended
or held.
.
My said invention consists essentially of depending fork like arms or prongs and
a projecting horn between and around which the suspending cord is held.
By my invention an efficient and cheap cord holder is produced, simple in its
construction efficient in its action and free from any liability to derangement.
A cord holder constructed according to my invention consists of depending fork
like arms which stand away from 'the object to which it is attached. The division
between the forks is wedge like tapering upwards that is the part, is of larger
diameter at the extrémities of the forks and on the front of the holder an obliqué
horn pointing upwards is situated. The stem or shank' of the holder consists of a
screw or plain peg at right angles or nearly so to the forks which said stein may
be either screwed or driven into a window frame or other object or the holder may
be attached by a fixing plate. The forks may be in duplicate or double, and
disposed at a greater or less angle, or the depending or inclined forks may be
enclosed so as to constitute a loop. The loop simply keeps the cord in juxta-
position to the wedge like incline between the forks.
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In using the cord holder for holding or suspending a Venetian blind or other
object in position, it is only necessary to wind or coil the cords once round the body
of the holder and between the forks, the cords forming the said coil wedge and

page_text: jamb themselves between the sides of their own coils thereby securely and
effectually, holding the suspending cords.
The closed ends of the forks are preferably narrower than the breadth of the
cords employed, so that the weight of the object being suspended draws the cords
tightly into the contracted part and so holds them in any position.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying Drawings the
manner in which my Invention may be performed.
Figures 1. 2 and 3. represent side elevations, Figure 4. a vertical section, and
Figure 5. a front elevation of a cord holder constructed according to my said
Invention.
In Figure 1 the cord holder is represented in its normal position with the cord
in the act of being wound or coiled round it.
In Figures 2. 3. 4 and 5. the cords are represented as wound or coiled round the
holder which securely and effectually holds the said cords.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several Figures of
the Drawings.
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a, a¹ are the fork like arms or prongs, b. is the projecting horn, between and
around which the cords c. suspended is held. d. is a recess above the said arms or
prongs and at the base of the horns into which the cords c. takes when they are
wound or coiled round the holder. e. is the plate of fastening which is fixed to the,
window frame g.
f. is the stud which connects the cord-holder to the plate e.
In using the cord holder for holding or suspending a Venetian blind or other
object in position as illustrated in Figures 2. 4 and 5. it is only necessary to wind
or coil the cord c. once round the body of the holder and between the forks a. a¹
the division between the said forks being wedge like, tapering upwards the coils
thus formed wedge or jamb themselves between the sides of the said forks or
prongs, the closed ends of the said forks being narrower than the cords, the
weight of the Venetian blind or object suspended draws the cords c. tightly into
the contracted part, and holds them in any desired position.
In Figure 3 I illustrate the said cord holder showing the reversed side of
Figure 2. the projecting horn b round which the cord c has been wound or coiled
forces the said coils into the recess d, and binding themselves between their own
coils thus causing a double grip of 'the cord.
In Figure 4 I represent the plate e. in section shewing the stud f. which connects
the holder to the said plate, the plate is fixed to the window frame g. by the
screws h. h.
Figures 5 and 7 shew the plate e. in front elevation fixed to the window
franie 9.
In Figure 6 I represent in side elevation, and figure 7 in front elevation & cord
holder constructed according to my invention in which the fork like arms or.
prongs a. a and the projecting horn b stand a little distance from the plate e.
In Figures 8 and 9 I represent side elevations of a cord holder constructed
according to my said invention. In this arrangement I dispense with the plate e.
and use the screw i or a plain peg k. which said screw or peg may be either
screwed or driven into a window frame or other object, the said screw or plain peg
being cast into the collar l.
In Figure 8. I use a much smaller horn. In Figure 9 I illustrate the said cord
holder without a horn, in this arrangement the cord is wound or coiled round the
body of the holder and between the fork like arms or prongs a: a¹ the said forks or
prongs jamb or wedge the cord into the narrow part and produces a firm grip of
the said cord.
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In Figure 10 I represent a side elevation of a cord holder constructed according
to my said Invention in which the forks a a¹ are made in duplicate so as to secure
a double grip of the cord. In this arrangement it is only necessary to wind or coil
the cord once round and between the said forks or prongs.,

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In Figures 11 and 13 I represent side elevations, and Figures 12 and 14. plans
of a cord holder constructed according to another of the arrangements of my said
Invention. In the said cord holder I enclose the forks a. a¹ within a loop m, as
represented in Figures 12 and 14.
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In Figures 11 and 12 I have shown the forks a a¹, near to the shank of the
holder which is disposed at an angle pointing downwards. "I have also shown this
arrangement in Figures 13 and 14, where the forks a. a are placed at the end
of the loop m. of the said holder, which is 'disposed' at an angle pointing
upwards.
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In these two last parts of iny said Invention the loops simply keep the cord in
juxta-position to the wedge like incline between the forks, thus securely holding
the said cord.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of niy said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
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First. Improvements in Venetian blind and other cord. holders, hereinbefore
described and illustrated in Figures 1: 23. 4 and 5 of the accompanying
Drawings, whereby 'a'suspending cord is held in any desired position by depending
fork like arms or prongs and a projecting horn between and around which the
cord is wound or coiled, the said fork like arms or prongs being wedge like
tapering upwards, the cords wedge or jamb themselves between the sides of 'the
forks, and the sides of their own coils, the projecting born forcing the coils into the
recess producing a grip against their own coils, substantially as herein before
described and illustrated in Figures 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6 and 7 of the accompanying
Drawings.
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Secondly. The projecting horn being dispensed with, the fork like arms or prongs,
producing the grip by the weight being applied to the cord which forces or jambs
itself into the narrow part thereof substantially as herein before described and
illustrated in Figures 8 and 9 of the accompanying Drawings.
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Thirdly. The arms or prongs being enclosed within a loop disposed at a greater
or less angle and which keeps the cord in juxta position to the wedge like inclined
forks substantially as herein before described and illustrated in Figures 11: 12. 13
and 14 of the accompanying Drawings.
Dated this Fourth day of August 1885