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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14145, 21 August 1909, Page 8

The chief drawback of the ordinary Venetian blind as compared with the holland Wind is that it has to be laboriously pulled up and down with strings. This defect has been overcome by a simple but ingenious mechanical contrivance just patented by Mr. F. C. Thompson in six countries, including the United States. Mr. Thompson had to wait for two years before a patent was granted in the United States, and from the fact that protection was granted to his blind even in the land of invention Mr. Thompson reasonably infers that his is the only spring Venetian blind yet successfully placed on the market. The action is controlled by a copper steel spring suspended ~ at the side of the blind, and is exactly the same aa in the case of the holland blind. By this means the usual trouble of drawing the „;-, curtains aside and pulling strings is obviated, the blind being controlled by a Btring attached to the centre. The laths are kept in position by strong linen tapes running through either side and packed . .round the roller at the top. This arrange- ■ ment keeps the laths at even distances. The whole blind is strongly made, and its v simplicity makes the risk of it getting out . of gear negligible. The blind is now being ': manufactured in Auckland in Potter and •; Oo.'s premises; in Queen-street.