IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROLLERS FOR WINDOW BLINDS
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Susan Tuchet, commonly called the Honorable
Susan Tuchet, of 14, Liverpool Street, Dover, in the County of Kent,
Spinster, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION
OF ROLLERS FOR WINDOW BLINDS."
Sealed the 6th December 1864, and dated the 11th June 1864.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Susan Tuchet at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with her Petition, on the 11th,
June 1864.
I, SUSAN TUCHET, commonly called the Honorable Susan Tuchet, of 14,
Liverpool Street, Dover, in the County of Kent, Spinster, do hereby declare
the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROLLERS
FOR WINDOW BLINDS," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in the construction of the
rollers on which window blinds are mounted and wound up, by which great
facility is afforded in attaching blinds to rollers of this improved construction.
For this purpose blind rollers constructed according to my Invention have the
appearance externally of those in ordinary use, but are divided into two parts
longitudinally, which two parts are joined together by hinges or otherwise..
On one part or half of the roller needles or points are inserted at intervals
whereon to affix one end of the blind. The other part of the roller closes
over the needles or points by which the blind is held like the lid of a box:-

page_text: The two parts of the roller are secured together in addition to the hinges or
joints by rings or other fastenings. In place of attaching and holding the
end of the blind by means of needles or points as previously described, a
tongue or projection may be formed on one part or half of the roller and a
groove on the other, between which the end of the blind can be inserted and
held securely when the two parts are closed and fastened together; or in place
of forming the blind roller in two parts or halves, the end of the blind may be
secured to the roller by means of a hinged or jointed longitudinal bar or flap
fitting the surface of the roller and having points or other means of holding
the end of the blind when inserted between it and the roller.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Susan Tuchet in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 10th
December 1864.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SUSAN
TUCHET, commonly called the Honorable Susan Tuchet, of 14, Liverpool
Street, Dover, in the County of Kent, Spinster, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eleventh day of June, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-seventh year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Susan Tuchet, Her special licence that I, the said Susan Tuchet, my exe-
cutors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Susan
Tuchet, 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 THE CONSTRUC-
TION OF ROLLERS FOR WINDOW BLINDS," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Susan Tuchet, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment 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.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Susan Tuchet, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-

page_text: formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, that is to say
This Invention has for its object improvements in the construction of the
rollers on which window blinds are mounted and wound up, by which great
facility is afforded in attaching blinds to rollers of this improved construction.
For this purpose blind rollers constructed according to my Invention have the
appearance externally of those in ordinary use, but are divided into two parts
longitudinally, which two parts are joined together by hinges or otherwise.
On one part or half of the roller needles or points are inserted at intervals,
whereon to affix one end of the blind. The other part of the roller closes
over the needles or points by which the blind is held like the lid of a box.
The two parts of the roller are secured together in addition to the hinges or
joints by rings or other fastenings. In place of attaching and holding the
end of the blind by means of needles or points as previously described, a
tongue or projection may be formed on one part or half of the roller and a
groove on the other, between which the end of the blind can be inserted and
held securely when the two parts are closed and fastened together; or in place
of forming the blind roller in two parts or halves, the end of the blind may be
secured to the roller by means of a hinged or jointed longitudinal bar or flap
fitting the surface of the roller and having points or other means of holding
the end of the blind when inserted between it and the roller.
And in order that my Invention may be most fully understood, and readily

page_text: catch e fixed on the part a, which catch is formed with a sharp point to pass
easily through the blind. By pressing the slightly projecting end e³ of the wire
spring e¹ into the recess in the roller, the spring will be released from the
catch e', and the two parts of the roller may be opened to remove or replace
the blind when required. Other simple means of connecting and securing the
two parts a, a', of the blind roller together, such as moveable rings or sliding
bolts at each end of the roller may be substituted for the arrangement shown
if desired; and in place of forming the roller in two equal longitudinal parts
or halves, as previously described, it may be constructed with a hinged or
jointed longitudinal bar or flap for the purpose of readily securing the end of
the blind to the roller in place of nailing it thereto, as commonly practised.
The roller may be cylindrical in place of octagonal or other sectional form if
desired.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention and the manner in which
the same is carried into practice, I would have it understood that I do not
confine myself to the exact details herein shown and described so long as the
peculiar character of my Invention be retained; but what I claim is, the
improved construction of rollers for window blinds as herein described, whereby
blinds are securely and correctly attached thereto or removed therefrom with
great facility and without injury to the material of which the blind is
made.
In witness whereof, I, the said Susan Tuchet, have hereunto set my
-hand and seal, this Ninth day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.
Witness,
J. G. TONGUE,
SUSAN TUCHET. (L.S.)
Patent Agent,
34, Southampton Buildings,
Chancery Lane, W.C.