IMPROVEMENTS IN ROLLERS, FOR BLINDS MAPS AND THE LIKE
Year: 1885

page_text: JAMES ROBERT SPENCER of 160 Smithdown Lane Liverpool in the county of
Lancashire, Plumber, and HENRY CHANTLER of 41 Paddington Liverpool in the
county of Lancashire, Clog Maker, do hereby declare the nature of our invention
for IMPROVEMENTS IN ROLLERS, FOR BLINDS MAPS AND THE LIKE to be as
follows:-
A Roller made of wood with a narrow groove made parallel along the Roller, in
connection with a larger groove inside the Roller, the narrow groove open a little
larger and left open at one end to allow the blind to pass more easily through the
grooves. The Blind to be made with a hem, through which hem a cord, or rod,
or wire or a cane, is inserted. Then by placing that part of the blind with the
cord, or rod or wire or a cane in, through the large groove and allowing the blind
to come through the narrow groove, and then sliding the blind along the grooves
into its place in the Roller.
It will be thus secured without the aid of any other kind of fastenings and
perfectly straight making it impossible for the blind to run obliquely. The blind
can thus be slided in or out at pleasure with the greatest of ease. And thus doing
away with the old systom of nailing or sewing or fastening the blind with tapes
or strings to the Roller. The advantages of this Roller will be as follows.
(First.) There will be no nails required to be driven in or taken out of the
Roller.
(Second.) There will be no necessity of sewing tapes or straps to the blind.
(Third.) There will be no necessity of any of the old systoms of fastening the
blinds to the Rollers.
(Fourth.) There will be a great saving of time and trouble. As when once the
blind is made it will require nothing more but simply sliding it in or out as
required. This Roller can be used with any of the old or any of the new kinds of
pullies.

page_text: I JAMES ROBERT SPENCER of 160 Smithdown Lane Liverpool in the County of
Lancaster Plumber I HENRY CHANTLER of 41 Paddington Liverpool in the aforesaid
county Clogger do hereby declare the nature of our invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
ROLLERS FOR BLINDS MAPS SCENES OR MODULATORS and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:—
We make a roller of any desired wood the form of which may be round hexagon
or octagan but preferably round in which we saw cut or otherwise form a dovetail
or circular trench longitudinaly with the full length of roller the widest end of
trench or dovetail being formed in and towards the centre or axis of roller leaving
a narrow trench longitudinaly in the surface of same through which the material
composing blind, map, scene or modulator is to be drawn when attaching to roller.
We prepare the material for blind, map, scene or modulator for attaching to
roller in the following manner viz by running seam or hem in which we insert
any suitable material such as cord cane or wire which increases the thickness of
blind ect making it larger than trench formed in the surface of roller.
Reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 showing roller with circular trench.
Figs. 2 & 3 section of roller showing circular & dovetail trench.
Fig. 4 showing roller with blind attached which is attained by simply drawing
the seained end of blind prepared after the above described manner, through trench
of roller the weight of blind causing the seam to bind in the trench, of roller
wherever desired.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
First. Our invention provides an instantaneous method of attaching or fixing
blinds maps scenes or modulators to wood rollers without tacks or tapes which
will facilitate easy adjustment repairing or cleaning.
Second. We wish it to be understood that we do not claim the groove or slitt or
metal blind roller for this is not novel nor do we confine ourselves to any one
particular use to which our invention may be applied.
Third. We distinctly claim a wood roller with dovetail or circular trench running
longitudinaly the whole length of same suitable for inside or outside blinds also
for maps scenes or modulators ect and the method of fixing same to roller viz by
hemming or seaming the top of blind into which is inserted either cord cane or
wire but preferably cord which facilitates the taking down of blind without
releasing the roller from its position.
Fourth. The wood roller with longitudinal dovetail or circular trench also method
of attaching blind as described above and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 19th day of October 1885.
JAMES ROBERT SPENCER.
HENRY
CHANTLER.