An Improved Device for Attaching Cords to Blinds.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Oct., 189C-Accepted, 15th Nov., 1890
An Improved Device for Attaching Cords to Blinds.
I, JOHN JESSE JAMES of the firm of Dutson & Co. 11 Whittall Street Birmingham
in the County of Warwick Manufacturers do hereby declare 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:-
My invention has for its object an improved device for attaching cords to blinds
by which means the cord may be attached to the blind so as not to interfere
with the fringe or other trimming which may be attached below the blind
stick.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practice have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings upon which the device
is illustrated together with a modification of the same.
Figure 1 is a view of a portion of the lower part of a blind shewing the cord
attached thereto by my device.
Figure 2 is an enlarged front elevation of the device detached from the blind.
Figure 3 is a side elevation of Fig. 2.
Figure 4 is a vertical section through Figure 2 but with the cap removed.
Figure 5 shews an enlarged elevation of a modification of the device.
Figure 6 is a side elevation of Figure 5.
Figure 7 is a vertical section through same.
My device consists of the plate A having the swell or cup a which may be stamped
out or cast to any desired form or shape to contain the knot E' of the cord E which
cord is threaded through the hole a² in the bottom of the cup a¹ the knot El being
then formed resting in the cup as shewn at Figure 1. The top of the cup a is
provided with the removable cover 3 which slides on to the top of the cup and
remains firmly in position by having the sides of the cover slightly pinched in at the
edges at a groove being pressed into the cup to receive the edges a.
In the example illustrated an acorn shaped cup and cover is shewn but the cup and
cover may be of any design or the plate A and cap al may be used without the
cover a³. The plate A is fixed to the stick B by the screws a³ and a in front of
the blind B as seen in Figure 1 by which means the fringe or other trimming B is
in no way interfered with by the attachment.
In place of forming the cup a' I may form by stamping or casting the hollow boss
or swell a as seen at Figures 5, 6 and 7 in which case the cord E would be threaded
through the hole and through the back of the plate before the plate was fixed the
knot being then made resting in the boss as seen at Figure 7.
The boss a, cup al and other parts may be partly or wholly burnished and the shape
and configuration of the plate A may be varied to any extent.
Having therefore now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is:
An improved device for attaching cords to blinds having a front swell such
as shown by Figures 1 and 5 which hides and protects the end of the cord
substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth & shewn upon the accompanying
drawings.
Dotal this 1th Oota!
1000
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.