AN IMPROVED HOLDER FOR DWARF WINDOW BLINDS, CURTAINS VALANCES, AND THE LIKE
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION:
I, ALEXANDER KELVIE Clerk of 37, Walden Street, Stepney, E. in the county
of Middlesex do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED
HOLDER FOR DWARF WINDOW BLINDS, CURTAINS VALANCES, AND THE LIKE to be as
follows:-
The blind clamp is made of wood, rabbeted on one side, and having metal hooks
fastened in the rabbet, a metal needle forming a slide is placed through the blind
material and suspended upon the hooks, the eye of the needle being on the end
hook, prevents the blind shifting from it's position, whilst a wooden moulding upon
binges, covers the whole of the action from view. The same action also applies, to
the lower part of the blind, thus forming a reversible arrangement. My blind
clamps may be made of wood, or brass, and ornamented in any desired way.
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page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
ALEXANDER KELVIE (Clerk) 37 Walden St Stepney London, E. I do hereby
declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED DWARF WINDOW BLIND
HOLDER and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention is an improvement upon any description of window blind holder,
at present before the public; being a complete novelty, in the suspension of the
blind; combining the fact, that in it's entirety, it becomes an ornament to the
window is easily removed, for the purpose of changing the blind, and in it's
simplicity together with it's usefulness, promises to become an article of furniture
greatly in demand in the future.
The blind holder being made of two pieces of wood, rabbeted on one side, with
metal books screwed into the rabbet, and the blind is placed upon the needle the
eye of the needle is suspended upon the end hook of the rabbet, thus preventing
its shifting about, and also keeping the blind in it's required position.
An ornamental moulding is attached upon hinges covering the rabbet and the
whole of the action; and forming a clamp against the hooks, thus preventing the
needles from jerking from their fastenings a button being screwed on the upper
edge, to keep the action closed when the blind is in use.
The bottom action being the same as the top, the blind can be turned upside
down, at will.
The above action will also apply to cornice poles, or valance holders.
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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
1st, My claim is based upon the double needle support of the blind.
2nd, The clamp which I now introduce has not before been patented, and that
the conjunction of the needles, and the clamp, not having been previously brought
into notice, shows that this is my original idea.
3rd, That any arrangement with regard to the reversible action, of the blind
holder, is my own idea.
4th, That the ornamentation of the blind holder (being wood and brass work
combined), is the result of my own judgment, and as such I claim a right to
protection from any future infringement of the specification now laid before you.
In witness whereof, I have attached my signature, this 4th day of March 1885.