US236752A - John j - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

J. J; ANGUS.

Blind.

Patented Jan. 18, I881.

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ILPETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGGAPHE. WASHINGTON. D. C

UNITED STATES PATENT ()EFICE.

JOHN J. ANGUS, OF (JASGADE, WISCONSIN.

BLIND.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,752, dated January 18, 1881.

Application filed September 14, 1880.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN J. ANGUS, of Gascade, Sheboygau county, Wisconsin, have invented a new and Improved Blind, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved blind which is simple in construction, as its slats'are devoid of tenons and are not attached to a central rod by staples, as in ordinary blinds.'

The invention consists in a window-blind in which the slats rest upon pins driven into the rabbet of theframe of the blind, and are held by pins driven into the blind-rod, which is hinged to the cross-pieces of the frame on the top and bottom, and the upper end of which fits into a recess in, the upper cross-piece of the blind.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an inside elevation of my improved blind. Fig. 2 is across sectional elevation of the same on the line :10 as, showing the slats closed. Fig. 3'is a cross-sectional elevation, showing the slats opened; and Fig. 4is a detail perspective view of one of the slats.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

' The slats A have notches B B at the ends of one of the longitudinaledges, and a notch, O, at or near the center of the other longitudinal edge. These slats-AA rest upon a series of pins or studs, D D,driven into the rabbets E E of the uprightsFF of the blind, which studs are spaced at a distance that is shorter than the width of the slats, so that the studs pass into the notches B B when the slats are closed or raised. A seriesof pins or studs, G G, are driven into the blind-rod H in such a manner that they rest upon the upper edges of the several slats and pass through the aperture 0 of the overlapping slat, as is shown in the lower part of Fig. 2. The upper transverse rail, J, is provided with a recess, K, to receive the end of the blind-rod H, which is hinged to the upper and lower transverse rails by means (No model.)

of the bent wire hinges L, or by means of springs, so that the said rod follows the movements of the upper edges of the slats. Instead of being provided with the studs D and G, the blind-frame and rod may be provided with notches to receive the slats.

The operation is as follows: In Figs. 1 and 2 the blind slats are represented as hein g closed, the slats resting upon the studs D in an almost vertical position and overlapping each other. If the slats are to be opened, the blind-rod H is moved from the slats and downward a greater or less distance, according to the distance the slats are to be opened. As shown in Fig. 3, the slats rest between the rabbet E and the rod H, and are held in position by the studs D, upon which they rest, and by the stud G, resting against the upper edge of the slats. The staples for fastening the slats and the pivots required heretofore are thus avoided, and the blind is thus not only much more simple in construction, but also much more durable.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Pate'nt- 1. A blind constructed, substantially as herein shown and described, with the slats resting'upon studs in the frame of the blind and held by studs in the blind-rod, as set forth.

2. In a blind, the combination, with the slats A, of the studs D in the blind-frame, the studs G in -the blind-rod, and the hinges L L, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. The blind-slat A, constructed, substantially as herein shown and described, with notches B B at the ends of one longitudinal edge, and a notch, G, at or near the center of the other longitudinal edge, as set forth.

JOHN JAMES ANGUS.

Witnesses:

G. H. MAYNARD, V. G. ANGUS.

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