IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANU- FACTURE OF OUTSIDE SUN BLINDS
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Abraham Williams, of No. 21, Queen's
Road, Bayswater, in the County of Middlesex, Window Blind
Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANU-
FACTURE OF OUTSIDE SUN BLINDS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Abraham
Williams at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 17th February 1872.
I, GEORGE ABRAHAM WILLIAMS, of No. 21, Queen's Road, Bayswater,
in the County of Middlesex, Window Blind Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF OUTSIDE SUN BLINDS," to be as follows:-
The Invention consists in a combination which is designed for the
purpose of bringing before the public an outside sun blind of a more
simple and economical description than at present constructed, and it

page_text: can be readily adapted to sun blind cases now in use. It consists of a
box smaller than that generally used, and which box having no wings
does not darken the room so much as the boxes of existing sun blinds.
The box comprises a facia (variously ornamented) with top, and orna-
mental brackets at sides, and also at sides narrow fillets or linings, in
front of which fillets are fixed upright rods, the top of which fit into
the top pulley rail, and the bottom of which are screwed to the fillets
a few inches from the bottom. These rods are for the purpose of
carrying the horizontal rods herein-after referred to. The fillets how-
ever are not indispensible. The said box and fillets are to be fixed
to the sash frame or wall of the house, the former to contain the blind
when not in use, and the latter being fixed vertically to the side of
the window answers two purposes: 1stly, that of carrying the lower
ends of the upright rods; and, 2ndly, that of preventing the rays of the
sun from getting between the edge of the cloth and the side of the
window into the room. At the bottom end of the cloth of the blind
is sewn in a hood rod with swivel eyes or rings at the end to slide up
and down the upright rods. About two feet up the cloth is also sewn
in a horizontal rod with an eye or ring at the ends which also slides up
and down the upright rods. When in use these rods cause the cloth
to form a hood at the bottom, but without the side pieces of cloth as
applied to most outside blinds now in use (the side pieces may,
however, be added with a slight additional expence). In the box
forming the top of the blind is a wooden rail with pullies working in
mortices. The upper end of the cloth is nailed along the edge of the
said rail nearest the facia of the box. On the cloth is sewn a number
of rings in rows, through which and the pullies in the top rail pass
the lines which reef up the blind when not in use.
SPECIFICATION filed in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters
Patent, and of an Order of the Lord Chancellor, by the said George
Abraham Williams in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 23rd
August 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
ABRAHAM WILLIAMS, of No. 21, Queen's Road, Bayswater, in the
County of Middlesex, Window Blind Manufacturer, send greeting.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Seventeenth day of February, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the
thirty-fifth year of Her reign, did for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said George Abraham Williams, Her special
licence that I, the said George Abraham Williams, my executors, admi-
nistrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said George Abraham
Williams, 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 "Iм-
PROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF OUTSIDE SUN BLINDS," upon the con-
dition (amongst others) that I, the said George Abraham Williams, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument 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 on or before the Twenty-third day of August One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Abraham Williams, do hereby
declare the nature of my said 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 is designed for the purpose of bringing before the
public an outside sun blind of a more simple and economical description
than those at present constructed, and the improvements to which my.
Invention refers can be readily adapted to sun blind cases now in use.
In the construction of my Invention I use a box smaller than that
generally used, which box has no wings" and therefore does not
darken the room so much as does the box of existing sun blinds.
The said box consists of facia (variously ornamented) with top, and
ornamental brackets at sides, and also at sides narrow fillets or linings,
in front of which fillets are fixed upright rods, the tops of which fit
nto the top pulley rail hereafter mentioned, and the bottoms of which
are screwed to the fillets a few inches from the bottom. The upright
ods are used for the purpose of carrying the horizontal rods herein-after

page_text: referred to. The fillets however are not indispensable. The said box
and fillets are fixed to the sash frame or wall of the house.
The box contains the blind when not in use, and the fillets, being
fixed vertically to the side of the window, answer two purposes: first,
to carry the lower ends of the upright rods; and, secondly, to prevent the
rays of the sun getting between the edge of the cloth and the side of
the window into the room. At the bottom end of the cloth of the blind
is sewn in a "hood" rod with swivel eyes or rings at the end so as to
slide up
and down the upright rods. About two feet up the cloth I
sew in a horizontal rod with eyes or rings at the ends, which rod also
thus slides up and down the upright rods. When in use these rods
cause the cloth to form a "hood" at the bottom, but without the side
pieces of cloth as applied to most outside blinds now used. The side
pieces may however be added if desired at a slight additional expense.
In the box forming the top of the blind is a wooden rail (called the
"pulley rail") with pullies working in mortices. The upper end of
the cloth is nailed along the edge of the said rail nearest the facia of
the box. On the cloth is sewn a number of rings in rows, through
which, and through the pullies in the top rail, pass the lines, which
being fastened to the hood end of the blind reef up the blind when
not in use.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Abraham Williams, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of August, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
toro
GEORGE ABRAHAM WILLIAMS. (L.S.)
GEORGE ABRAHAM WILLIAMS. (L.S.)