Improvements in Picture Cord Holders and Adjusters."
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Nov., 1897-Accepted, 11th Dec., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
66 Improvements in Picture Cord Holders and Adjusters."
I, GEORGE WILLIAM WHEELER, of Shrub Hill, Tupsley, in the county of Here-
ford, Gentleman, 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:-
My invention relates to an improved device for use in suspending pictures and
designed to enable the length of the cord to be readily and easily adjusted and
to be held firmly in any desired position, my improved holder and adjuster being
designed to serve in lieu of the usual rings or to be used in combination with
such rings.
My improved device comprises a plate of metal or other suitable material having
in it two holes through which the cord is passed the said holes being inclined
slightly towards one another so as to afford a firm grip for the cord.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawing, in which :-
Figure 1 is a side view of one form of my improved holder adapted to be applied
to a picture frame in lieu of the usual ring; and,
Figure 2 is an end view of the same:
Figure 3 is a rear view of a portion of a picture frame having a holder of
the kind shewn in figures 1 and 2, applied to it:
Figure 4 is a view similar to figure 1 illustrating a slight modification:.
Figures 5 and 6 are respectively a face view and an edge view of a holder
adapted to be applied to a cord used in conjunction with an ordinary ring; and,
Figure 7 is a side view illustrating the application of this device:
Figures 8 and 9 are views similar to figures 5 and 6 respectively illustrating
another holder of this class; and,
Figures 10 and 11 are a side view and a back view respectively showing tha
mode of using the device shewn in figures S and 9:
Figure 12 is a view of another modified form of holder.
a is the plate of my holder and b, c are the holes formed through the same
which holes are inclined towards each other as clearly shewn in the drawing.
When a wire or cord is threaded through these holes and one end of the said
cord is pulled, the edges d, d of the holes will bite the cord so as to prevent the
latter from slipping, in a manner whch will be readily understood by reference to
figure 3 of the drawing.
As hereinbefore stated my holder may be used in lieu of the ordinary picture
ring, and in this case it is provided with a screw shank e, as shewn in figures 1
and 2, which is screwed into the picture frame, as shewn in figure 3. Although
in figure 3 I have represented one end of the cord as being attached to an
ordinary ring f it is to be understood that both ends of the cord may be held by
my device.
In order to adjust the cord it is only necessray to loosen the tension upon it
and to slide the said cord through the holes to any desired extent, the pull upon
the cord producing the required hold without any further fastening. In order

page_text: to facilitate the pulling of the cord through the said holes I sometimes forn
in the plate
a a slot g, as shewn in figure 4, so that after the cord has been
pulled through one hole the end of it may be passed through the said slot into
the other hole in a manner which will be readily understood.
When I use my device in conjunction with a ring or eye I advantageously use
a plate of the form shewn in figures 5 and 6, the end of the cord, after being
threaded through one hole in the plate through the ring and then through the
other hole in the plate, being knotted as shewn in figure 7. With this arrange-
ment in order to effect the adjustment of the cord it is only necessary to raise
or lower the plate to the desired extent. Or instead of using my device in this
manner I may make the plate with one of its ends slightly larger than the rings
or eyes in conjunction with which it is to be used, as shewn in figures 8 and 9,
so that the said device will lie within the usual ring as shewn in figures 10
end 11. Or the said plate may be provided with a third hole h. as shewn in
figure 12, for enabling the holder to be tied to the ring by a separate piece of
⚫ cord i.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is: :-
1. A picture cord holder and adjuster consisting of a plate of metal or other
material having two holes formed in it through which the cord is passed, the
said holes being inclined towards each other so as to form edges which bite the
cord, substantially as described.
2. The manufacture and use of picture cord holders and adjusters constructed
and arranged to operate substantially in the manner described with reference to
figures 1 to 3 figure 4, figures 5 to 7, figures 8 to 11 and figure 12 of the accom-
panying drawing.
ted the 11th day of November 1897.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.
4, South Street, Finsbury, London. Agents for the Applicant.