Improvements in Window Blind Cord Holders, applicable to other similar purposes.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Apr., 1893-Accepted, 17th June, 1893
COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Window Blind Cord Holders, applicable to other
similar purposes.
I FREDERICK WILLIAM HITCHIN of 16 Braydon Road Stamford Hill
London N. Clerk 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 has for its object improvements in window blind cord holders
applicable to other similar purposes and is for the purpose of holding and perfectly
securing such cords without the aid of a knot loop or other such contrivance.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and easily carried into
practical effect I have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings showing a cord
holder for thin cord and for thick or double cord and also giving one example
of the possible modifications in shape without departing from the spirit of the
invention.
Figure 1 is a front view of a cord holder suitable to secure a double or a thick
cord.
Figure 2 is a part section and part side elevation of the same cord holder.
Figure 3 is a front view of a smaller cord holder slightly modified for holding a.
thinner double or single cord.
Figure 4 is a part section and part side elevation of Figure 3.
Figure 5 is part side elevation and part section of a cord holder somewhat.
modified in regard to the bell or guard E for the purpose hereafter to be explained.
Cord holders as now in use have a front guard piece which is flat on its under
side and set at a considerable angle to the foundation plate A. Now according to
my invention I place the guard or bell plate or cover E quite parallel to the
foundation plate as shown so that the cord is far more easily and securely passed
around the same without slipping off during the operation of passing the cord
round the neck B. It will be particularly noticed that the bell in Figures 1 and 2
is considerably circled out at e' so that the cord is forced into this recess at e³ and
is thus held against slipping. In the case of Figures 3 and 4 the bell E is not.
nearly so much hollowed out at el but it is sufficient to hold a thin double or single
cord. Figure 5 shows the guard E formed conically instead of curved but the
effect is similar in both cases as the cord is bound at e. It will of course be
evident that E might be oval or oblong in front view with similar effect. These
cord holders may be made of any suitable metal or material such for instance as
brass or iron. In Figures 3 and 4 I have shown flutes as an example of
ornamentation without interfering with the effectiveness of the holder.
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. The improvements in window blind cord rollers applicable to other similar
purposes having the bell E as shown in section in combination with the part B
such as shewn in section by Figures 2. 3. and 4 upon the drawings & as herein set
forth.
2nd. In cord holders the bell or conical guard piece E such as shown upon the
drawings and as herein set forth.
Dated this 18th day of April 1893
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent.