Improvements relating to Blind Rollers.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 9th July, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 9th Apr., 1896-Accepted, 16th May, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION..
Improvements relating to Blind Rollers.
We, SANDERS, SON AND PAYNE LIMITED, of Leopold Street, Manufacturers, and
WILLIAM GEORGE GOOCH, of 340, Green Lane, Small Heath, both in the City of
Birmingham, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in blind roller brackets, and in the method.
of holding or securing the cord, whereby the blind is secured in the desired position.
The objects of our invention are to so construct the supporting brackets on which
the blind roller is pivotted, that they may be readily attached to the top of the
window casing, or at right angles thereto, as may be the more convenient, and to so
arrange the gripping lever as to instantly arrest the blind on the release of the cord.
In carrying our invention into effect we form one pivot bracket preferably from a
strip of brass or other metal, bent at right angles, and having a suitable slot or.
The other
opening for the admission of the roller pin in. the ordinary manner.
pivot bracket we preferably form in two parts, one part being bent or shaped.
similarly to the ordinary bracket for attachment to the window casing, but, having a
supplementary part attached to it preferably by means of a pivot stud or pin, in such
a manner that the supplementary part may be readily turned through a right angle,
the extent of the movement being limited by shoulders or projections upon the fixed.
part of the bracket.
We bend or turn back the lower end of the supplementary or pivoted part of the..
bracket in order to form a recess for the reception of the check or gripping cam, or
lever, and the cord guiding pulley or pulleys. The cam or lever is preferably
provided with a serrated working surface for gripping the blind cord passing between,
it and the guide pulley. When the blind is lowered or is unrolled from the roller,.
the blind cord is coiled around the end reel, formed with or attached to the roller,, the
motion of the descending blind drawing up the cord. As the blind is drawn up by a,
downward pull applied to the cord, the coils of cord are gradually unwound from the
reel. On the release of the cord from the hand either in lowering or raising the.
blind, it is instantly gripped by the cam or lever, and securely, held,, and the, blind is.
thus retained at any desired position.
We sometimes make the cord grip, as a separate piece, independent of the blind
bracket, in order that it may be used with ordinary blind fittings..
By providing a pivotted. arm as herein before described, the brackets may be fixed,
either to the top of window casing, or at right angles thereto as may be the most
suitable and convenient.
We do not limit the application of our invention to any one type or pattern of
blind roller and. fittings, but adapt the same with such modifications as may be,
necessary to suit tlie particular form that may be required.
Dated this 8th day of July 1895.
MARKS & CLERK,
18 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13 Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: Improvements relating to Blind Rollers.
We, SANDERS, SON AND PAYNE LIMITED, of Leopold Street, Manufacturers, and
WILLIAM GEORGE GOOCH, of 340, Green Lane, Small Heath, both in the City of
Birmingham, 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in blind roller brackets, and in the method
of holding or securing the cord, whereby the blind is sustained in the desired
position.
The objects of our invention are to so construct the supporting brackets on which
the blind roller is pivotted that they may be readily attached to the top of the window
casing, or at right angles thereto, as may be the more convenient, and to so arrange
the gripping lever as to instantly arrest the blind on the release of the cord.
In the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings to be hereinafter referred to :-
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a blind roller mounted in my improved brackets.
Figure 2 is an end elevation of the bracket having the cord gripping cam or lever
fitted thereto.
Figure 3 is a front elevation showing the roller brackets attached at a position at
right angles to the position shown at Figure 1.
Figure 4 is a part sectional end elevation of the lower or supplementary bracket
with cord gripping cam or lever.
Figure 4 is an end elevation, and Figure 4" a plan of the complete bracket as
adjusted for fixing in a position at right angles to the position shown at Figure 2.
Figure 5 is an end elevation, and Figure 6 a front or side elevation, illustrating
a' modified form of bracket.
The same reference letters in the different views indicate the same parts.
The
In carrying our invention into effect, we form the pivot bracket A preferably from
a strip of brass or other metal, bent at right angles, and having a suitable slot
or opening for the admission of the roller pin in the ordinary manner.
opposite pivot bracket we preferably form in two parts B and B', the part B being
bent at right angles similarly to the bracket A for attachment to the window
casing, but having the supplementary part B₁ attached to it preferably by means of
a pivot stud or pin b in such a position that the supplementary part may be readily
turned through a right angle, the extent of the movement being limited by'
shoulders or projections upon the part B and the pin or stud 6' on the part B'.
We bend or turn back the lower end of the supplementary or pivoted part of
the bracket in order to form a recess for the reception of the check or gripping'
cam, or lever C, and the cord guiding pulley or roller D. The cam
or lever C
is preferably provided with a serrated working surface for gripping the blind
cord passing between it and the guide pulley. When the blind is lowered or is
unrolled from the roller, the blind cord E is coiled around the end reel, formed
with or attached to the roller in any ordinary manner, the motion of the descending
blind drawing up the cord. When the blind is drawn up by a downward pull
applied to the cord, the coils of cord are gradually unwound from the reel. On
the release of the cord from the hand either in lowering or raising the blind, it is
instantly gripped by the cam or lever C, and securely held, and the blind is thus
sustained at any desired position.
We sometimes make the cord grip C and D roller independently of the bracket
part B, and employ them with ordinary blind fittings.
By providing a pivoted part as herein before described the brackets may be fixed
either to the top of window casing as at Figure 1, or at right angles thereto, as at
Figure 3.

page_text: We do not limit the application of our invention to any one type or pattern
of blind roller and fittings, but adapt the same with such modifications as may be
necessary to suit the particular form that may be required.
Instead of forming the bracket from two parts such as B and B₁ as hereinbefore.
described, we sometimes employ a one part bracket such as illustrated at Figures 5
and 6, provided with flanges such as F F¹ arranged at right angles with each other,
thus permitting of the bracket being suspended from the top of the window casing in
a position similar to the brackets shown at Figure 1, or in a position at right
angles thereto, as at Figure 3. We press out a strip such as F2, to which we pivot
the gripping cam, and bend back the metal at the lower end F³ for the reception of
the cord guide roller.
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 :-
1. In blind roller fittings the use of a supporting bracket so constructed as to
permit of its being suspended from the top of a window casing, or fixed in a position
at right angles thereto, substantially as herein before described, and as illustrated in
the accompanying drawings.
2. The improved fittings for blind rollers substantially as and for the purposes.
hereinbefore described, and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
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MARKS & CLERK,
18 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13 Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicants..