NECTING WINDOW BLINDS WITH THEIR ROLLERS
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Nightingale, of Newhall Street, Birmingham,
Brassfounder, for the Invention of NEW OR IMPROVED MEANS OF CON-
"
NECTING WINDOW BLINDS WITH THEIR ROLLERS."
Sealed the 3rd December 1878, and dated the 7th June 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Nightingale at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 7th June 1878.
WILLIAM NIGHTINGALE, of Newhall St., Birmingham, Brassfounder.
IMPROVED MEANS OF CONNECTING WINDOW BLINDS WITH THEIR ROLLERS."
" NEW OR
The object of this Invention, which relates to improved means of attaching or
connecting window blinds to their rollers, is to substitute a spring clip for the usual
methods of connecting the blinds to their rollers by nailing, screwing, or sewing
the same thereto or thereon, and thus to prevent the tearing and damage to the
blinds attendant upon the use of such means, and to enable the blinds to be more
quickly connected to, removed from, and adjusted on their rollers.
In carrying my Invention into practice I secure in a line along the blind roller
two or more thin metal clips, either nailing or screwing them thereto. These clips
may be of any suitable configuration so as to nip the blind (which is simply inserted
between them and the roller) at one or more parts, and they may be turned up at
their outer ends for facility of being raised in placing, removing, or adjusting the
blinds, and they may extend partly or entirely around the roller; but a very
suitable forin consists of a clip made conformably to the contour of the roller, and
extending about half way round, and with a plain outer end, as the blind can then
be rolled up or unrolled in raising or lowering it without showing or making any
creases or marks in the linen or other fabric composing the blind.
The above-described clips act very efficiently in retaining blinds in position upon
their rollers, and allow of them being very easily adjusted, placed, or removed at
any time, and will prevent them slipping.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said William Nightingale in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
7th December 1878.
"NEW
"5"
WILLIAM NIGHTINGALE, of Newhall Street, Birmingham, Brassfounder.
OR IMPROVED MEANS OF CONNECTING WINDOW BLINDS WITH THEIR ROLLERS."
The object of this Invention, which relates to improved means of attaching or
connecting window blinds to their rollers, is to substitute spring clips for the usual
methods of connecting the blinds to their rollers by nailing, screwing, or sewing
them thereto or thereon, and thus to prevent the tearing and damage to the blinds
attendant upon the use of such means, and to enable the blinds to be more quickly
connected to, removed from, and adjusted on their rollers.
In carrying my Invention into practice I secure at or near the ends, and in a line
along the blind roller 1, as illustrated in Figure 1 of the accompanying Sheet of
Drawings, two or more thin metal clips 2, by either nailing or screwing them
thereto, or driving them thereinto. These clips may be of any suitable configura-
tion, so long as they each fulfil their intended use, which is to nip the blind 3 at
one or more parts against the roller 1, the blind being simply inserted between them
and the roller.
Figures 2 to 6 illustrate various forms of spring clips which are adapted for the
purposes of this Invention.
.
Figure 2 represents a clip made of a metal strip in the form of a ring, which
encircles the roller, the edge of the blind being placed under the tongue 4.
Figure 3 represents the clip shewn in position in Figure 1 detached.
Figure 4 represents another form of clip, the end 5 of which is driven into the
roller 1, in lieu of being secured by nails or screws.
And Figures 5 and 6 represent clips made of wire, the pointed ends 5 being
driven into the roller.
The clips may be turned up at their outer ends for facility of being raised in
placing, removing, or adjusting the blind, and they may extend either partly or
entirely around the roller; but a very suitable form consists of a clip made con-
formably to the contour of the roller, and extending about half way round, and with
a plain outer end, as the blind can then be rolled up or unrolled in raising or
lowering it without receiving any creases or marks in it.
The above-described spring clips act very efficiently in retaining the blinds in
position upon their rollers, and allow of them being very easily placed, and adjusted,
and removed at any time, and will prevent them from slipping.
Having now described the nature and object of my said Invention, together with
the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or carried into practical
effect, I would remark in conclusion that I claim as my Invention the application of
specially formed spring clips to blind rollers, and the use thereof for securing
window blinds in position thereon, substantially as above specified, and as illus-
trated on the accompanying Sheet of Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Nightingale, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Second day of December, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
Witness,
JOHN KENDRICK.
WILLIAM NIGHTINGALE. (L.S.)