An Improved Method of Attaching Blinds, Maps, Drawings, and the like to Rollers.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Jan., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 8th Sept., 1892-Accepted, 10th Dec., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of Attaching Blinds, Maps, Drawings, and the
like to Rollers.
I, ALFRED THOMAS KAY 129 Everton Road Chorlton-on-Medlock Manchester
in the County of Lancaster Prime Cost Clerk do hereby declare the nature of this,
invention to be as follows:-
This invention refers to roller blinds, such as are commonly used in the windows
of houses, and necessitating a roller or staff ordinarily made of wood, upon which is
wound a fabric of cotton, woollen, or other material, the said fabric being usually
nailed upon the roller or staff, or sewn to another material which is afterwards
nailed to the roller or staff.
My invention is to secure the fabric of cotton, woollen, or other material to the
roller or staff, without the necessity of nailing, screwing, or sewing the said material
to the said roller, or staff; and also to enable the fabric to be adjusted, changed, or
taken away altogether, without taking out nails, screws or stitches, and without
any damage to the fabric.
This invention is equally applicable to large photographs, drawings, tracings,
maps, papers, and such like articles which require to be secured to rollers or staffs.
either in a vertical or rolled-up condition, without being damaged by nailing,
screwing, or sewing the same to the rollers or staffs.
To effect this I attach to the roller or staff, metal clips, holders, or springs, made
in a circular or bent shape, and sprung upon the roller or staff, thus binding
themselves securely to the said roller or staff, the cotton, woollen or other material
being then placed between the said clips, holders, or springs, and the roller or staff;
the pressure exercised by the metal clips, holders, or springs, on the roller or staff,
and the fabric, being sufficient to hold the fabric in a firm position, as if the said
fabric had been fastened in the ordinary manner, and enabling the fabric to be
adjusted, altered, replaced, or taken away with greater ease and expedition than by
the ordinary process.
Dated this Tlfth of T1000
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of Attaching Blinds, Maps, Drawings, and the
like to Rollers.
I, ALFRED THOMAS KAY, of 129 Everton Road, Chorlton-on-Medlock,
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Prime Cost Clerk, 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 refers to roller blinds such as are commonly used in the windows
of houses and necessitating a roller or staff ordinarily made of wood upon which is
wound a fabric of cotton woollen or other material, the said fabric being usually
nailed upon the roller or staff or sewn to another material which is afterwards
nailed to the said roller or staff.
My invention is to secure the fabric of cotton woollen or other material to the
roller or staff without the necessity of nailing screwing or sewing the said material
to the said roller or staff, and also to enable the fabric to be adjusted, changed, or
taken away altogether without taking out nails, screws or stitches, and without any
damage to the fabric

page_text: This invention is equally applicable to drawings tracings maps papers photographs
etc. which require to be secured to rollers or staffs, either in a vertical or rolled up
condition, without being damaged by nailing screwing or sewing the same to the
rollers or staffs.
To effect this I attach to the roller or staff, metal clips, holders, or springs made
in a circular or bent shape, and sprung upon the roller or staff, the cotton woollen
or other material being then placed between the said clips holders or springs and
the roller or staff, the pressure exercised by the clips holders or springs on the
roller or staff and the fabric being sufficient to hold the fabric in a firm position, as
if the said fabric had been fastened in the ordinary manner, and enabling the fabric
to be adjusted, altered replaced or taken away with greater ease and expedition
than by the ordinary process.
In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will describe the accom-
panying sheet of drawings.
Fig. 1. This sketch shews the blind or other substance attached to the roller by
the spring or clip marked A..
The spring or clip is almost a circle, sufficiently so as to enable it to be used for
most of the ordinary sizes of rollers in use, whatever the shape, either round,
hexagon or octagon, the quantity required being regulated by the length of the
roller.
There is no projection or burr upon the inside of the clip but the ends are turned
over outwards, so that no damage may be done to the fabric either in putting on or
taking down.
A hole is punched in each spring or clip as shewn on the sketch, through which
is passed & knotted at each spring, twine or cord, as shewn on sketch and marked B.
this I do in order to prevent the fabric between each spring from bulging out or
hanging loose, the action of the springs being rigid creating a tension in the twine
or cord which prevents the selvage of the fabric from overlapping or being loose.
The twine or cord acts also as a pull for the springs by which they may each be
lifted when placing the fabric between the springs and roller.
Fig. 2. shews the same principle, but in place of the twine or cord, strips of
metal or wood marked C-are placed between each spring or along the whole
length of roller, the pressure of the clips or springs keeping them in place, and they
in turn prevent unsightly selvages, and also prevent the blind hanging loose
between the springs or clips.
These strips, by means of the hole in each spring-can be fastened to the springs,
so that they become consolidated.
Fig. 3. shews the same spring or clip with a projection at one end, marked D.
this projection runs parallel with the roller, and acts in the same manner as the
twine, cord, or strips of metal or wood, each projection being sufficiently long to
keep the selvages of the blinds from hanging loose.
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:
1st. The circular spring or clip made in the form described with a hole punched
or drilled in each, the ends of each spring being turned over on the outside, to
prevent damage to the different fabrics.
2nd. The circular spring or clip made with a projection at one end.
3rd. The combination of various modes of attaching these springs or clips to the
rollers, namely with twine or cord through the punctured holes in the clips or
springs, and also the strips of metal or wood, for the prevention of unsightly.
selvages and the loosening or bulging of the material between each clip or spring.
Dated this 6th day of September 1892
ALFRED THOMAS KAY.