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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
GEORGE F. EVANS, OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.
FASTENING FOR BLIND-SLATS.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 323,863, dated August 4, 1885.
Application filed September 16, 1884. (No model.)To all whom it .may concern :
Be it known that I, GEORGE F. EVANS, of
Corpus Christi, Nueces county, Texas, have
invented a new and Improved Fastener for
5 Blind-Slats, of which the following is a full,
clear, and exact description.
My invention consists in a device for use
with a blind to clamp the slat-rod, and thereby
retain the slats more or less open or closed,
io as hereinafter described and claimed.
Reference is to be had to the accompany-
ing drawings, forming part of this specifica-
tion, in which similar letters of reference indi-
cate corresponding parts in all the figures.
i5 . Figure 1 is afront elevation of a blind with
the fastener applied. Fig. 2 is a sectional
side view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a horizon-
tal section.
a a are brackets, constructed for attach-
20 ment by screws to the lower rail, b, of the
blind, so as to project far enough to receive
the slat-rod c between them in any position
to which the rod may be moved. Through
one bracket, a, is tapped a screw, d, that car-
25 ries on its end a loose head piece or plate, e,
long enough to bear on rod c in any position
of the rod. A lug, atf; on one bracket pre-
vents the plate e from turning with the screw.
By turning screw d inward the slat rod isclamped between plate e and the other 30
bracket and the slats thus held in the closed
position or more or less open, as desired.
With blinds having long enough slat-rods
the brackets need be put little, if any, above
the rail; but when the rods are short the 35
brackets are to be curved upward so as to
receive the rod when it is in the raised posi-
tion.
In place of a screw the clamp may operate
by a spring to give a continuous pressure on 40
the rod. I do not limit myself in that respect.
Having thus described my invention, I
claim as new and desire to secure by Letters
Patent-
1. A blind-slat fastener consisting of the 45
brackets a, adapted to be secured to the lower
rail of the blind and to receive the slat-rod
between them and the binding-screw d, pro-
jecting through one of the said brackets, sub-
stantially as herein shown and described. 50
2. In a blind slat stop, the brackets a, pro-
vided with the lug f, in combination with the
screw d and the plate e on the end of the lug,
substantially as herein shown and described.
GEORGE F. EVANS.
Witnesses:
J. B. ILER,
C. CARROLL.
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Evans, George F. Fastening for Blind Slats., patent, August 4, 1885; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth171049/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.