Improvements in Curtains or Blinds.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Nov., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 10th Aug., 1893—Accepted, 4th Nov., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Curtains or Blinds.
I, JOSEPH HÉRARD, Merchant of 15 Rue des Halles, Paris, France, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A curtain or blind according to this invention comprises a number of slats or
frames (hereinafter called frames) of suitable material for example metal arranged
vertically one beside the other and held in place by suitable means such as swivels
in such a manner as to permit of their being readily moved or disengaged and
removed at will either for cleaning or for any other purpose.
Each of these frames is formed of a number of smaller frames that are united
to one another by means of S-shaped hooks or otherwise and serve to hold coloured
glass which is fixed to them by suitable means such as turned back claws. The
smaller frames may be of various shapes as for examples triangular, square, polygonal,
or circular, or of two or more of these forms. By varying the arrangement of the
frames, so as to produce a mingling of the several colours, designs of a great
variety of forms and colours can be obtained.
The frames may be fixed to a square rod, which may be of wood, furnished with
hooked nails, or to a wooden rail on which are mounted metallic rods able to
oscillate or turn under the action of another wooden rod operated by cords.
According to the direction in which the last mentioned rod is moved, the
ornamental frames will be operated so as to be either flat-wise towards the window,
or perpendicularly thereto, so as to allow light to pass freely between them.
Dated this 9th day of November 1892.
J. HERARD,
By L. W., per F. B.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Curtains or Blinds.
I, JOSEPH HÉRARD, of 15 Rue des Halles, Paris, France, Merchant, 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:—
A curtain or blind according to this invention comprises a number of slats or
frames (hereinafter called frames) of suitable material for example metal arranged
vertically one beside the other and held in place by suitable means such as swivels
in such a manner as to permit of their being readily moved or disengaged and
removed at will either for cleaning or for any other purpose.
Each of these frames is formed of a number of smaller frames that are united
to one another by means of S-shaped hooks or otherwise and serve to hold
coloured glass which is fixed to them by suitable means such as turned back claws.
The smaller frames may be of various shapes as for examples triangular, square,
polygonal, or circular, or of two or more of these forms. By varying the
arrangement of the frames, so as to produce a mingling of the several colours
designs of a great variety of forms and colours can be obtained.
The frames may be suspended from a square rod, which may be of wood, and
furnished with hooked nails, or by a wooden rail on which are mounted metallic
rods able to oscillate or turn under the action of another wooden rod operated by
cords, and from which the frames are directly suspended. According to the

page_text: direction in which the last mentioned rod is moved, the ornamental frames will be
operated so as to be either flat-wise towards the window, or perpendicularly thereto,
60 as to allow light to pass freely between them.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 shows in elevation a curtain or blind according to this invention, the
frames being arranged in the same plane so as to be parallel with the window to
which the curtain or blind is applied.
Fig. 2 is a similar view to Fig. 1 but showing the frames each turned through a
right angle so as to be perpendicular to the window.
A A are the frames, of which three are shown, each composed of smaller frames
connected together by hooks A' and fitted with sheets or pieces of coloured glass A³
held in place by claws A³. Each main frame is suspended from a rod E, the
three rods E being pivoted near one of their ends to a rod or bar D at the
points abc the other ends of the said rods E being pivoted at def in another
rod G. To each end of this rod G is attached a cord H passing around suitable
guide pulleys KK. It will be readily understood from the drawings that when
the frames A are in the position shown in Fig. 1, if the left hand cord H be
pulled, the frames will be moved to the position shewn in Fig. 2, the rods E being
swung about their pivots a, b, c and that the frames can be returned to the position
shown in Fig. 1 by pulling the other cord H.
Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6 are front elevations and Figs. 7 and 8 are elevations at right
angles to Figs. 6 and 5 respectively showing various forms in which the small
frames composing the main frames A can be made.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
A curtain or blind formed of slats or frames each composed of a number of
smaller frames united together and provided with coloured glass so as to produce a
required design, the said slats or frames being arranged one beside the other and
mounted in such a manner that they can be readily moved so as to be either
flatwise with reference to the window to which the curtain or blind is applied, or at
an angle thereto so as to allow light to pass freely between them substantially as
herein described.
Dated this 10th day of August 1893.
JOSEPH HERARD,
By L. W., per F. B.