Improvements in Inside Roller Blind Holders.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 17th July, 1889-Accepted, 7th Sept., 1889
Improvements in Inside Roller Blind Holders.
I, CHARLES EDMUND ISTED, of Warwick House, Freemantle, Southampton,
Commercial Traveller, 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 holding an inside spring or other
roller blind down, and is more especially adapted for use with the spring blinds of
the side windows of railway and other carriages.
It is the general practice to provide a large brass stud or button upon the carriage-
side to which the blind can be fastened when it is to be held down; and it is a matter
of common experience that if the occupant of a corner seat wishes to lean back or
repose comfortably in the corner, he finds that the comfort of his so doing is marred
or entirely destroyed by the projecting stud, with which his arm or back is soon
brought into painful contact no matter whether the blind be up or down.
According to my present invention, I dispense with the abovementioned button
or stud, and fix a plate centrally in the bottom of the window-frame. This plate bas
a hole formed through it, and a cavity is formed in the frame behind the said hole,
whereby the plate is adapted to receive and hold a suitable stud or catch fixed on the
bottom of the blind.
In order that my invention, and the means by which it is to be carried into
practical effect, may be thoroughly understood, I will now describe the same in detail,
referring in so doing to the accompanying drawings which is to be taken as part of
this specification and read therewith.
Fig. 1 is a front elevation shewing the blind up.
Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation illustrating the use of any invention.
Fig. 3 is a detail sectional elevation on a larger scale.
A is the body of the window frame, and B is the plate having the hole b¹ formed
in it.
The plate is preferably let in flush with the surface of the window-bar.
C is the cavity in the window bar behind the plate.
D is the blind, and E is the holder adapted to engage with the plate A. I have
shewn this in the detail figure 3 as consisting of a ball e sinall enough to pass through
the hole b into the cavity C, and a neck el which connects the holder to the device by
which it is attached to the blind. This device is illustrated as consisting of a disc f
fast to the neck el, and a second disc f' adapted by a screw to engage with the disc f
and to be thereby fixed to the blind.
G is a cup attached to the plate B, but this part may be dispensed with.
The blind is drawn down in the usual way and the knob c of the holder E is pushed
into the hole b. The resilience of the spring draws the neck c¹ into the slot b¹, and
the blind is held down securely.
I wish it to be distinctly understood that my invention is not confined to the exact
details illustrated, inasmuch as the latter may be modified without departing from the
said invention. The holder may be made as a hook, instead of being a ball and neck,
and any suitable device for attaching the holder to the blind may be used.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare, that what I
claim is :-
The combination of blind, plate, and holder attached to the blind and adapted to be
engaged with the said plate, as set forth.
of July 1889.
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
No. 22, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
Dated this 17th day of July 1889.
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
No. 22, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.