Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Mar., 1886.
Complete Left, 6th Dec., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 4th Mar., 1887
I, JAMES LANG of Castle Street Ludlow, in the County of Shropshire, Linen Draper,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention is designed to effect the easy and prompt attachment and disconnection
of ordinary cloth Window blinds to or from their rollers.
To accomplish this I take an ordinary wood blind roller, and divide it lengthways
into two parts, one, which I will call the lower part, being about two thirds, and the
other, which I will call the upper part or cover, being about one third, of the roller.
I then fix the cover to the lower part of the Roller, by means of hinges, attached to
one of its edges, which I will call the back edge, and I use by preference spring hinges,
which close automatically, and will not open without force being employed.
In the lower part of the divided roller I insert a number of pointed spikes or pins of
wire which project a short distance above the surface and which pins sheath their
points in the aforesaid cover.
Upon the front edge of the aforesaid cover I affix a thin strip of metal which
overhangs and covers the joint or juncture of the cover and lower part of the roller, in
such a way as to press the blind cloth tightly against the edge of the said lower part.
This metal strip or clip effects two objects viz. (1) assisting to hold the cloth firmly and
(2) helping to hold the cover tightly down to the lower part of the roller.
On the cover being opened the end of the blind cloth is inserted between the said
cover and the lower part of the Roller, and on the cover being closed, the cloth will be
found to be firmly held between the two portions of the roller. For greater security
and to prevent the roller from opening I insert pins through the wood roller ends or
through metal plates placed thereon which pins are so formed as to be readily
removable when it is desired to disconnect the blind cloth from the roller.
The advantages of this blind roller are (1) its small cost (2) the ease with which the
blind cloth can be fixed or detached (3) the absence of any tendency to tear the cloth as
happens when the cloth is nailed to the roller.
DDOMITA I
S. S. BROMHEAD
97, Newgate Street, E.C.,
Patent Agent.

page_text: I JAMES LANG of Castle Street Ludlow in the County of Salop Family Draper do
hreby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED BLIND ROLLER and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
My invention is designed to effect the easy and prompt attachment and disconnection
of ordinary Cloth Window Blinds to and from their Rollers.
To accomplish this I take any ordinary Wood blind roller and divide it lengthways
in two parts one of which I will call the lower part B being about two thirds, and the
other which I call the upper part or cover A being about one third of the Roller.
I then fix the cover to the lower part of the Roller by means of hinges H attached to
one of its edges which I will call the back edge, and I use by preference spring hinges
which close automatically and will not open without force being employed but do not
confine myself to the use of such spring hinges.
In the lower part of the divided roller I insert a number of pointed spikes, or pins of
wire S which project a short distance above the surface and which pins sheath their
points in the aforesaid cover.
Upon the front edge of the aforesaid cover, I affix a thin strip of metal M which
overhangs and covers the joint or junction of the cover and lower part of the roller in
such a way as to press the blind cloth tightly against the edge of the said lower part.
This metal strip or clip effects two objects videlicit (1) helping to hold the cover
tightly down to the lower part of the Roller, and (2) assisting to hold the cloth firmly;
I also propose to secure the same results by two or more moveable metal clips (pressed
over or around the roller.
On the cover being opened the end of the Blind cloth is inserted between the said
cover and the lower part of the roller and on the cover being closed the cloth will be
found firmly held between the two portions of the roller.
For greater security and to prevent the Roller from opening, I insert pins P through
the Wood roller ends, or through metal plates placed thereon, which pins are so
formed as to be readily removeable when it is desired to disconnect the blind cloth from
the Roller.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention
and in what manner the same is to be perforined I declare that what I claim is :-
1. Its small cost.
2. The ease with which the Blind Cloth can be fixed or detached.
3. The absence of any tendency to tear the cloth as happens when the cloth is nailed
to the Roller.
4. The use of a longitudinally divided Roller.