IMPROVEMENTS IN SUNBLINDS AND REFLECTORS
Year: 1884

page_text: I, JOHN WALKER of 203 Lord Street, Southport in the County of Lancaster,
Draper do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
SUNBLINDS AND REFLECTORS to be as follows:-
An improved arrangement for shading windows from the sun and at the same
time reflecting light.
The improvement consists in having a series of Shutters made of wood, metal,
glass, enamel, papier-machè or a combination of any two or more, fixed horizontaly
in a frame of wood or metal. Fastened on the end of each Shutter are two centers
one of which works in a socket of the frame & the other in a movable rod which is
connected to a lever that opens and closes the Shutters.
The lever is made of metal & can be fixed to work either inside or outside of
the premises.
The frame can be fixed permanently or made to work on a slide so that the
whole can be lowered and so form Shutters to the premises.
I will now describe the drawing sent herewith.
The drawing is an end view and shows the Shutters partly open. A and B
represent the end of frame. C is the rod to connect the Shutters, so that all lift
up together. D is a bell crank, keyed. to a rod which passes through the tops of
frame froin end to end, with a crank keyed at the other end, to do the same work
as D crank.
One end of D crank is bolted to connecting rod O and the other end is bolted to
connecting rod E which passes through the premises and is bolted to bell crank F.
G is a lever that opens and closes the Shutters.
H is a joint fastened to building from which the frame is suspended. K is a
slide bar also fastened to building, and to lower the blind, you disconnect rod E
when frame being rule jointed at both ends slides on bar K.

page_text: 1, JOHN WALKER of 203, Lord Street, Southport in the County of Lancaster,
Draper, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
SUNBLINDS AND REFLECTORS" and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
'
It consists of an improved arrangement whereby shop or other windows are
shaded from the direst rays of the sun but a sufficient supply of light is reflected
into the shop or other apartment.
This I accomplish in the following manner:-I place a series of horizontal
shutters or reflectors of suitable material (such as wood, metal, glass, enamel, papier
maché or a combination of any two or more) in a suitable frame of wood or metal
projecting from the shop front or other window which frame may be either
permanently fixed or capable of being raised or lowered by means of counterpoise
weights or other ordinary method and so be used instead of ordinary shutters.
Each shutter or reflector has attached to its ends two centres or pivots one of these
works in a suitable socket or bearing in the frame, and the other is pivoted in a
metal rod which connects the whole of the shutters together and by which they
can be altered to any desired angle. This rod is actuated either from inside or
outside the buildings by suitable connecting rods and angleirons so as to reflect
more or less light as is desired.
In order that the foregoing may be better understood I send herewith a sheet
of Drawings, in which Fig 1 shows a side elevation and Fig 2 a perspective view
of the apparatus when fixed. In Fig 1 a indicates the shutters or reflectors bb
the frame, c c the bearings in the frame d d the metal rod for adjusting the angle
of reflection by means of angleirons e and f and connecting rods g and h The
frame is lowered by means of the rule joint i which is pushed up the rod k into
the position shown by the dotted lines l.
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
1st The apparatus, substantially as described and shown hereinbefore and in the
accompanying Drawing for the purpose set forth.
2nd The combination of a sunshade or blind with a reflector, substantially as
described and shown hereinbefore and in the accompanying Drawing for the
purpose set forth.
Dated this 18th day of Tune 1005
JOHN HENRY TOPHAM,
Agent to Applicant.