Improvements in Venetian Blind and other Cord Holders.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Dec., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 21st Mar., 1896-Accepted, 2nd May, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Venetian Blind and other Cord Holders.
I WILLIAM HITCHIN of No. 28 Alma Street, Six Ways Aston juxta
Birmingham in the County of Warwick Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the improvements hereinafter described in Venetian
blind and other cord holders, for holding in any determinable or desired position
Venetian blinds and other objects to be suspended or held.
My said invention consists essentially of a projecting horn and disc around
which the suspended cord is held.
By my invention an efficient and cheap cord holder is produced simple in its
construction, efficient in its action, and free from any liability to derangement.
In carrying my invention into practice I provide a metallic connecting plate,
preferably cast brass, though I may use any suitable metal, projecting from the
topmost end of the said plate is an oblique horn terminating into a disc, inclining
slightly inwards from its periphery that is to say the termination of the said horn
is at the edge of the disc. The said disc is slightly conical from its centre to its
periphery the inclination of the cone and the inclination of the horn being at right
angles or nearly so with each other. The centre of the cone which projects
inwards forms a kind of stop or grip for the cords. The connecting plate
aforesaid is furnished with screw holes for connecting to a window frame or other
object.
I may in some cases form a shank or stem consisting of a screw or plain peg for
driving into a window frame or other object.
In using my improved cord holder for holding or suspending a Venetian blind
or other object in position, it is only necessary to wind or coil the cord or cords
once around the horn piece or body of the holder, the coils wedging or jambing
themselves between the side of the conical part of the disc and the sides of their
own coils thereby securely and effectually holding the suspending cords.
Dated this 18th day of December 1895.
WILLIAM HENRY BARACLOUGH,
86, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicant.
emple Street, Dirwingaw, Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Venetian Blind and other Cord Holders.
I, WILLIAM HITCHIN of No. 28 Alma Street Six Ways Aston juxta
Birmingham in the County of Warwick, 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 relates to the improvements hereinafter described in Venetian
blind and other cord holders, for holding in any determinate or desired position
Venetian blinds and other objects to be suspended or held.

page_text: My said invention consists essentially of a projecting horn and disc around which
the suspended cord or cords are held.
By ny invention an efficient and cheap cord holder is produced simple in
its construction, efficient in its action and free from any liability to derangement.
In carrying my invention into practice I provide a metallic connecting plate
preferably cast brass, though I may use any suitable metal, projecting from the
topmost end of the said plate is an oblique horn, terminating into a disc inclining
slightly inwards from its periphery that is to say the termination of the said horn
is at the edge of the disc. The said disc is slightly conical from its centre to its
periphery the inclination of the horn and the inclination of the cone being at right
angles or nearly so with each other. The centre of the cone which projects
inwards forms a kind of stop or grip for the cords. The connecting plate
aforesaid is furnished with screw holes for connecting to a window frame or other
object.
In using my <
improved cord holder" for holding or suspending a Venetian
blind or other object in position, it is only necessary to wind or coil the cord or
cords once around the horn piece or body of the holder, the coils wedging or
jambing themselves between the side of the conical part of the disc and the
sides of their own coils thereby securely and effectually holding the suspending
cords.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying drawings the
manner in which my invention may be performed.
Figures 12 and 3 represent respectively a side elevation, a plan, and a front
elevation of a cord holder constructed according to my invention.
Figures 4 and 5 represent respectively a side elevation and a front elevation of
a cord holder attached to a window frame shewing the cords wound or coiled
round the holder which securely and effectually holds the said cords.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several figures of
the drawing.
A is a metallic connecting plate from which projects an oblique horn D shewn
in section on the line e. d. at Figure 6 around which the cords F and G are wound
or coiled. B is a disc provided with a conical projection H, the cords F, and G,
take into the recess I between the said disc and the projection, when they are
wound or coiled round the holder. The cordholder is connected to the window
frame J by the plate A.
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In using my
improved cord holder" for holding or suspending a Venetian
blind or other object in position as illustrated at Figures 4 and 5 it is only necessary
to wind or coil the cord or cords F and G once around the oblique horn D the
coils wedging or jambing themselves between the sides of the horn piece D and the
side of the conical projection H and the sides of their own coils the weight of
the Venetian blind or other object suspended draws the cords F and G tightly into
the recess I thus holding them in any desired position.
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 :-
1. The improvements in Venetian blind and other cord holders substantially as
described and illustrated in the several figures of the accompanying drawings and
for the purpose set forth.
2. In a cord holder consisting of an oblique horn D, the disc B, and a conical
projection H whereby a suspended cord is held in any desired position substantially
as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 20th day of March 1896.
WILLIAM HENRY BARACLOUGH,
36, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicant.