IMPROVEMENT IN FOLDING WINDOW BLINDS
Year: 1884

page_text: I, CHARLES HOLME, Gentleman of Hillside, Hampstead Hill Gardens, Hampstead,
in the County of Middlesex do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
AN IMPROVEMENT IN FOLDING WINDOW BLINDS to be as follows:-
My invention consists of a new method of folding window blinds by means of
which paper and other similar materials. may be advantageously employed therein.
I construct my blind by folding a length of paper, or prepared fabric or other
material of the desired width in zig zag fashion across the width of the material.
I fasten to one end or at the top of the blind parallel with the folds a rod to
support the blind when hung, and another rod at the opposite end, or at the bottom
of the blind to give weight and rigidity to the blind, and by means of cords
fastened to the lower rod and passing through holes in each fold of the blind or on
the outside of it and through the upper rod the blind may be raised or lowered as
desired.
An Improvement in Folding Window Blinds.
I, CHARLES HOLME, of Hillside Hampstead Hill Gardens, Hampstead, in the
County of Middlesex, Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for AN IMPROVEMENT IN FOLDING WINDOW BLINDS and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
My invention consists of a new method of folding window blinds by means of.
which paper and other similar materials or fabrics may be advantageously used
therein

page_text: I construct my blind by folding a length of paper, or prepared fabric or other
material of the desired width in a series of parallel folds of zig zag fashion across
the width of the material Infasten to one end or at the top of the blind parallel
with the folds a rod of wood, iron, brass or other material, to support the blind
when hung, and -another similar rod at the bottom of the blind to give weight &
rigidity to the blind; and by means of cords fastened to the lower rod and passing
through holes in each fold of the blind and through the upper rod, I can by pulling
or loosing the cord raise or lower the blind as desired.
Having explained the nature of my invention I will proceed to describe it with
reference to the accompanying drawing.
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Fig. 1." "A"
represents in plan the folded material of the blind which
although here represented plain and without pattern may be painted or printed or
impressed with any suitable colour or design.
are the holes pierced in
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a,
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each fold of the blind through which the cord " passes.
These holes may be simply pierced through the fabric of the blind which may or
may not be stiffened at this point by an extra band of material being incorporated
with it, running parallel with the cords or may be strengthened by metal, eyelets
or in any or all of these ways or in any other similar ways. C and "d" repre
sent the upper and lower rods to which the top and bottom ends of the blind
,material are fastened.
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e," to allow
f" "f" are metal
In the upper rod "C" I insert 2 porcelain, glass, or metal eyes
the cord to pass through easily and without excessive friction.
pieces fastend to the rod "c" by which the blind may be secured with screws to
the window frame.
Fig. 2. is a drawing in section of the blind. Although I have in the accom-
panying drawing represented the cords passing through the material of the blind,
and through simple eyes or holes in the woodwork or rods and not over pulleys,
yet I wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise details
herein described and illustrated as the same may be varied without departing from
the nature of my invention; for example I may employ different forms of eyes or
pulleys to guide the passage of the cords and I may allow the cord to run outside
the material instead of through it, or I may alter the shape and form of the rods.
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
The application of the method of parallel zig-zag folding of paper, stiffened textile
fabrics and other materials of similar texture to folding window blinds.
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