IMPROVE- MENTS IN CURTAIN BANDS FOR WINDOWS
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Edmett, of Long Acre, in the County of
Middlesex, Glass and Sign Writer, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN CURTAIN BANDS FOR WINDOWS."
Scaled the 26th April 1876, and dated the 27th October 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Edmett at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
27th October 1875.
I, JAMES EDMETT, of Long Acre, in the County of Middlesex, Glass
and Sign Writer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CURTAIN BANDS FOR WINDOWS," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to certain improvements in curtain bands for
windows, whereby the said bands will not be liable of becoming tarnished
or oxidyzed as with those now in use.
The manner by which I propose to effect the above object is as
follows: I construct the bands of flat glass of any suitable length,
width, and shape, and having gilt, silvered, or bronzed one side thereof,

page_text: I apply the said bands of glass on to bands of wood or other rigid
material, of the same dimensions and shape as the glass bands aforesaid,
and cement them together. At each end of the band of wood I fix two
hooks or other suitable appliances for holding the rod, to which is sus-
pended the curtain, or for attaching the strings thereof.
It will be found that curtain bands constructed as above will have
(when gilt) the appearance of ordinary brass curtain bands having a
high polish, and will not tarnish or oxidize by exposure to the atmo-
sphere, as is now the case with ordinary brass curtain bands.
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said James Edmett in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 27th April 1876.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
EDMETT, of Long Acre, in the County of Middlesex, Glass and Sign
Writer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-seventh day of October, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five,
in the thirty-ninth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs
and successors, give and grant unto me, the said James Edmett,
Her special licence that I, the said James Edmett, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said James
Edmett, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at, any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man,
an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CURTAIN BANDS FOR WINDOWS,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said James Edmett,
my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under
my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed
in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent,

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Edmett, do hereby declaro
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, that is to say:
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This Invention relates to certain improvements in curtain bands for
windows, whereby the said bands will not be liable to become tarnished
or oxidized, as is now the case with the ordinary brass bands now in
use.
The manner by which I propose to effect the above object is as
follows: I construct the bands of flat glass of any suitable length,
width, and shape, and having one side thereof gilt, silvered, or bronzed.
I apply the said bands of glass on to bands of wood or other rigid
material, of the same dimensions and shape as the glass bands aforesaid,
and securely connect them together with cement composed of two parts
of rosin and one part of copal varnish, mixed together and applied
boiling hot. At each end of the aforesaid band of wood I fix two hooks
or other suitable appliances for connecting the band to the window frame
by eyes screwed thereinto, or other suitable means, and also for holding
the rod from which the curtain is suspended, or for attaching the strings
of the curtain thereto.
Curtain bands constructed as above described will (when gilt) or
otherwise coated present the appearance of ordinary brass curtain bands
having a high polish, and will not tarnish or oxidize by exposure to
the atmosphere, as is now the case with ordinary curtain bands made of
brass.
Having now described the nature and object of my said Invention for
"Improvements in Curtain Bands for Windows," and the means by
which it may be effected, I hereby declare this to be the Specification of
my said Invention, and that I verily believe myself to be the true and
first Inventor of the said improvements.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Edmett, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-sixth day of April, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.
JAMES EDMETT. (LS)
JAMES EDMETT. (L.S.)