Builder's hardware; a manual for architects, builders and house furnishers . PatentBlind-Hinges. Fig. 78. Screw Brace Blind-Hook. Fig. 79. Seymours & F. Corbin. closed. When the blind is thrown back a lip on the upperhinge catches on a projection on the lower hinge and holdsthe blind firmly in place, so that it can be released only by rais-ing the blind bodily. The Shepard Hardware Co., of Buffalo, manufactures a num- 56 BUILDERS HARDWARE. Chapter V. Sliepard Hinges. ber of varieties of window-blind hinges which are used quiteextensively. All of them are double locking and arran
Builder's hardware; a manual for architects, builders and house furnishers . PatentBlind-Hinges. Fig. 78. Screw Brace Blind-Hook. Fig. 79. Seymours & F. Corbin. closed. When the blind is thrown back a lip on the upperhinge catches on a projection on the lower hinge and holdsthe blind firmly in place, so that it can be released only by rais-ing the blind bodily. The Shepard Hardware Co., of Buffalo, manufactures a num- 56 BUILDERS HARDWARE. Chapter V. Sliepard Hinges. ber of varieties of window-blind hinges which are used quiteextensively. All of them are double locking and arranged sothat the blind can be lifted off the hinge only in one position,thus obviating any upsetting of the blind when trying to closeit. Most of the Shepard hinges close by gravity when once. Fig. 80. Shepards Noiseless Blind-Hinge. Shepard Hardware Co. Fig. 81. Shepards Standard Hardware Co. raised; that is to say, the surfaces of the upper and lowerhinge are bevelled so that the blind will slide down of its ownweight and so close. Figure 80 shows one of the best of these hinges and illustrates alsothe manner in which itcloses by gravity. Thishinge and nearly all ofthe Shepard make areplanted on the face of theblind rather than mortisedinto the edges. A verysimple form, and onequite good in its way isshown by Figure 81. Thetwo parts of the hingesare shown separately soa to represent it more clearly. The fold on the right isattached to the blind and the hook rests in the socket of theother fold of this hinge. The bottom of the socket is con-tracted to an ellipse and by reason of the lug on the blind hook,
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