Improvements in Window Furniture for Holding Blinds and Curtains.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application. 1st Aug., 1889
Complete Specification Left. 11th Dec., 1889-Accepted, 11th Jan., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Window Furniture for Holding Blinds and
Curtains.
I, JOHN HOLT, of 47 Victory Street Bolton, in the county of Lancaster, spinning
overlooker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object the production of a portable appliance for the
purpose of holding curtain rods, or cornice poles in place, and also carrying the
blind roller, an additional advantage being in that the arrangement may be adapted
to suit a window of any width, without needing structural alteration.
In order that my invention may be better understood, I have appended the
accompanying sheet of drawings Figure 1 shews the metal bracket A, with drilled
plate for attachment to the wall, extension B and hook B' for carrying a cornice
pole or the like, and a slide D, adjusted by means of a thumb nut E so that the
eye carrying one end of the blind roller may be placed so as to suit a window of
any width within the range of tho slotted slide D. Figure 2 represents the cor-
responding bracket intended for attachment to the other side of the window. The
end of the blind roller is furnished with a wheel w with three teeth, into, and between
which a pawl or tappet t suitably balanced may engage. The cord c is wound round
a drum or reel upon the roller R, and passes through an eye F, which forms an
extension of the tappet aforesaid. Therefore an angular pull upon the cord releases
said pawl or tappet t from engaging with the teeth of we and the blind may be lowered
or drawn up at will, and retained in any position.
Dated this 1st day of August 1889
FREDK. WALKER & HYDE,
4, Little Moorfields, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Window Furniture for Holding Blinds and
Curtains.
I, JOHN HOLT, of 47 Victory Street Bolton, in the County of Lancaster, spinning
overlooker 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 has for it objects the production of portable appliances for the purpose
of holding curtain rods or cornice poles in place, and also carrying the blind roller,
an additional advantage being in that the arrangement may be adapted to suit a
window of any width, without needing structural alteration.
In order that my invention may be better understood, reference may be had to the
drawings accompanying my provisional specification, in which Figures 1 and 2 shew
the device as applied to a window.
In carrying my invention into effect, I employ a metal bracket A with drilled plate
for attachment to the wall or window frame, with an extension B and a hook B¹ for
carrying a cornice pole, or curtain rod. A slide D is provided upon each bracket,
slotted so as to allow of linear adjustment to suit the width of the window, which when
once arranged may be permanently fixed by means of a thumb nut or the like, so
that the eye C carrying one end of the blind roller may be adjusted to suit the width
of any window within the range of the two slotted slides D. Figure 2 shews the
arrangement at one end of the blind roller R for raising, lowering, and holding the
blind in any position, and the fittings upon one of the brackets for this purpose,

page_text: This end of the blind roller is furnished with a ratchet, with three teeth, into, and
between which, a suitably balanced pawl or tappet t may engage. The cord cis wound
round a drum or reel upon the roller R, to which the blind is attached, and said cord
passes through an eye or metal loop F, which forms an extension of of the tappet t
aforesaid. The lower end of the blind being provided with a weighted rod, an
angular pull upon the cord e causes the pawl or tappet to release the ratchet, when
the descent of the blind, due to the weight, winds the blind cord upon the reel, and
whenever said cord is released the balanced tappet falls again into its place between
the teeth of the ratchet before mentioned. When it is desired to draw up the blind,
the tension of the cord through the loop or eye F, causes the pawl or tappet to
release the ratchet, and the unwinding of the cord c from the reel effects the raising
of the blind, which may be retained in any position by the pawl or tappet t falling
into place when said cord c is released.
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
First. In window furniture for holding and operating blinds and curtains, the
combination of a pair of brackets A, extensions B, B', adjustable slides D, and roller
attachments substantially as and for the purposes herein described, with reference to
the drawings.
Second. In window furniture, the combination of a ratchet, pawl or tappet t,
cord and reel, attached to roller R, with the brackets A and slides D referred to
in the preceding claims substantially as herein described, and according to the
drawings.
Dated this 9th day of December 1889.
FREDK. WALKER & HYDE,
4, Little Moorfields, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.