Improvements relating to Cord Holders for Venetian and other Blinds.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Cord Holders for Venetian and other
Blinds.
I, WILLIAM HITCHIN, of 28, Alma Street, Six Ways, Aston, Birmingham, in
the County of Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:--
This invention consists of improvements relating to cordholders for Venetian
and other blinds and has for its object to provide means whereby they may be
more easily and securely attached to a window frame or the like such cord holders
being produced better and cheaper than heretofore. Cordholders consist gene-
rally of an oblique horn piece projecting from a plate by which it is attached
to a window frame by wood screws, the horn piece terminating in a disc some-
what at right angles to the horn piece. It has been usual to make such cord
holders by casting in brass or iron in two or more parts and rivetting them up
together. Difficulties occur by the parts becoming disconnected rendering the
article useless. By my invention these difficulties are overcome. In carrying
my invention into practice I cast the said cord holder in one piece of metal the
horn piece projecting from a short plate from which project several short pointed
prongs the plate being furnished with a screw hole to take an ordinary wood
The object of these said prongs is to fix the cord holder to the window
frame whilst the screw is driven in and to prevent the cord holder turning round
should the screw become loose. The cords are held by the holder in the usual
way that is by coiling around the horn piece and becoming jambed between the
horn piece and disc aforesaid.
screw.
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WILLIAM HENRY BARACLOUGH,
36, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements relating to Cord Holders for Venetian and other
Blinds.
I, WILLIAM HITCHIN, of 28, Alma Street, Six Ways, Aston, Birmingham, in
the County of Warwick, Manufacturar, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention consists of improvements malatine to noull
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page_text: and other blinds and has for its object to provide means whereby they may be
more easily and securely attached to a window frame or the like such cord holders
being produced cheaper and better than herefore. Cord holders consist gene-
rally of an oblique horn piece projecting from a plate by which it is attached
to a window frame by wood screws, the said horn piece terminating into a disc some-
what at right angles to the horn piece.
It has been usual to make such cordholder by casting in brass or iron in two
or more parts and rivetting them up together.
Difficulties frequently occur by the parts becoming disconnected rendering the
article useless. By my invention these difficulties are overcome.
In carrying my invention into practice I cast the said cord holder in one piece
of metal the frame piece projecting from a short plate from which project one or
more short pointed prongs the plate being furnished with a screw hole to take
an ordinary wood screw.
The object of these said prongs is to fix the cord holder to the window. frame,
whilst the screw is being driven in, and secondly to prevent the cord holder from
turning round should the screw become loose. The cords are held by the horn
piece and become jambed between the horn piece and disc aforesaid.
The nature of my invention will be more clearly understood from the accom-
panying drawing the same letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout.
Figures and 2 show inside and front elevation respectively and Figures 3
and 4 in side and front elevation a cord holder according to my invention,
a, represents the plate or body of the holder, b, the oblique horn piece terminating
into the disc d. f, represents prongs by which the holder is first attached to the
window frame and e, a screw hole arranged to take a wood screw which fixes the
cord holder in its place.
In the arrangement shown at Figures 3 and 4 I use two or more prongs f, for
the purpose of first attaching the same to the window frame.
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:―
1. The improvements in cord holders for Venetian and other blinds, cast in
one piece of metal consisting of the plate a, the oblique horn b, the disc d, the
prong or prongs f, and the screwhole e, combined and arranged in the manner
substantially as described and for the purpose set forth
Dated this 9th day of December 1898.
WILLIAM HENRY BARACLOUGH,
36, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicant.