US276152A - Window-shade - Google Patents

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WINDOW SHADE.

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. UNITED STATES PATENT -OFFICE.

ANDREWBA'RRICKLO, OF JERSEY orrninn'w JERSEY.

WINDOW-SHADE.-

sPEcIFIcAnoN forming art of Letters Patent in. 276,152., dated April 24, tees. Application filedJannar-y 6,1833. lNomiodel.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, ANDREW BARRIGKLO, of Jersey 7 City, State-0t New Jersey,have invented anewand useful Improvement in Window-Shades, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadlo the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure l-is alfront view of a shade comprehending my invention, and Fig. 2 is an edge view of this shade. I :1

Hitherto it has been customary in ornamenting or decoratingwindow shades to print by.a stencil or paint. the figures or designs composing the ornament directly onto thatpart'ofthe whichentailsgreatexpensein time,labor, paint,

and the othermaterials necessary thereto. The pattern, when so painted, is visible from one side only, as the shade is opaque, and when painted on a shade through which the light comes slightly is' then only visible on one side. I

1 Another mode of ornamenting is to gum on the shade in the course of manufacture a design which has been previously printed or painted on translucent paper, cloth, or other thin flexible translucent material. If both sides of the shade are to be-ornamented, the ornamerited paper is gummed on both sides of the shade exactly opposite each. other.; The purpose of this method is to provide means by which a window-shade can be ornamented on one or both sides, and at the same time render the shade translucent. The objection to this mode is that the operation is very difficult and tedious, the process of adjusting the printed or painted strips accurately opposite each other being an operation that is difficult and expensive, and the shade, when finally complated, at the point wherethe ornamentation is applied, is very arid, and thereby becomes difficnlt to roll up on arolleron account. of this non-fle'xibleness. The above operation isfnlly described in the specification contained inrLettersPatent of the United States @lo. (Reissue) 10,015, granted to H, 13.8. Norman. ,7

the cloth only, and. then insert this into'the' shade, the latter being divided to admit the orna'inented'. cloth, which is attached tothe shade by lapping. its edges upon the. abutting edges ofthe. shade andthen stitching. the lapped edges. ..'By-;.-.this method theornament is visible on both'sides-ofthe shade when the light shines throughgbut when viewed from the reverse side to 'that'whiclr is ornamented andlighted only. by reflected light, as" in the evening,-looking from the room toward the shade, it does-not appear ornamented, theinserted'cloth appearing onlyiu'its natural color,

the outlines of the designs not being visible, a blank white surface appearing to the observer. '6; This is a serious defect,-and destroys the artistic efie'ct that would be produced it the figure appeared on both sides. This process is more fully described in the; specifications. contained in Letters'Patent-of-the United Statesbl'o. 237,210, dated February 1, 1881, granted to'R. K. Slaughter.

To remedy the above objections I have in- I vented a new and useful methodof decorating WindoW-shades, which may or may not be in part translucent and partopaqu'o.

' My invention can be applied either to shades made, as inythe ordinary manner, in'one continuous web, or to-thos'emade with the'translucent material attached to the opaque material, or inserted in'the opaque, material, as explained above.

3 Instead of the design being printed, 'stehciled. stamped, or painted on the shade, I cause the design or patternto be lit-hographed, by means of the'ordinarylithographic or other similarprocess, on both sides of a translucent material, (thetranslucent portion being finished with'a .wax surface,) so ..that the designs or figuresshall register exactly opposite each other, and thus the light shining thronghwill bring out clearly and distinctly the colors of the design. At night, when lighted only byretlected light, the design will be-portrayed clearly on the outside-'-as,for example, in the street-and the 5 design, being lithographed on bothsides, will becle'arly and distinctly visible from the inside =of.' the room, thuscreating a--pleasiug and 'be'antiful-elfect on both sidesof the shade, j

.When-I desire to" applymy invention to a mo shade made with an inserted translucent piece, I cause the translucent piece to be lithographed or formed by a similar process, in the manner described above, and then the same is inserted into the shade in the manner provided in R. K. Slanghtcrs patent, No. 23 rnaryl, 1881.

The accompanying drawings represent my invention as applied to an ordinary opaque window-shade, a, having a translucent strip, I), inserted in the usual 1nanner,0 c, Fig. 1, representing designs of any desired character lithographed on this translucent strip. Upon the other side of this translucent strip are also lithographed the same design shown in Fig. 2, so that the designs a on one side and those 0 on the other side exactly correspond or register exactly opposite each other. Of course the entire shade may be'composed entirely of translucent material.

When it is desired to have the translucent portion to be merely attached to the shade, this is done by sewing or attaching it by other" similar means directly to the opaque portion of the shade in the place desired. The object ,210, dated Feb-' thereby rendering the shade, when desired, ca-

pable of enduring aheavier strain than if sewed twice. By this 'means the most elaborate designs can be made to coincide and register exactly on both sides of the shade, realizing an efl'ect never before produced in a,

window-shade.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

,A window-shade composed wholly or in part of translucent material, said translucent material haying similar designs on both sides, so lithographed or otherwise formed directly upon the surface of the translucent material itself, such design, when lithographed or, otherwise formed directly upon both sides of the shade, corresponding or registering, substantially as shown and described.

A. BARRlCKLO. Witnesses:

WM; W. FAUCKE, Jr., WM. R. BARRrcKLo.

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