Improvements in and relating to Window Sashes and Frames,
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Window Sashes and Frames,
I GEORGE RIDOUT, of 73, Salisbury Street, Blandford, Dorset, Joiner, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in connection with window sashes and
frames whereby the ordinary vertically sliding window sash is rendered reversible
thus permitting the outsides of the windows to be turned within the apartment to
allow of easy cleaning and the like.
In accordance with this invention the inside beading is hinged so as to permit of
being turned back close to frame and parting beads flush with the pulley stiles.
When closed the hinged beading forms a guide for the sashes to slide in. When
open the bottom sash may be raised slightly to allow it to turn inwards when it
will rest against a rubber guard affixed to the front of the window board. The
cords of the aforesaid bottom sash are then hooked upon small hooks provided in
the beads. The top sash may then be drawn down till it frees the hooks when it
is brought forward from the top turning top of sash to the bottom. The sash
is then pushed up in the frame and the parting beads turned out again. The
bottom sash which is lying outside is then run up to the bead and the top sash
pulled down to the sill. The whole of the outside of the sashes is then within the
room and may easily and safely be cleaned glazed or painted. To replace the
sashes the inside sash is drawn down as it hangs allowing it to rest on window
board as before, the cords are hooked upon the hooks in beads again, and the
parting beads are turned back again flush with pulley stiles as before. The top
sash is lifted up and drawn forward by the top rail which is now at bottom
and the sash drops into place. Turn out the parting beads, unhook cords of bottom
sash and turn it up in frame. Turn the inside beads in and fasten with fixers
provided and the whole window is again in position.
Dated this 15th day of June 1906
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
I GEORGE RIDOUT, of 73, Salisbury Street, Blandford, Dorset, Joiner, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
This invention relates to improvements in and relating to window-sashes and
frames, and has for object to render the ordinary vertically sliding window-sish
reversible, thereby permitting the outsides of the windows to be turned within the
apartment to allow of easy cleaning and the like.

page_text: And in order that this my said invention may be the more readily understood and
carried into practical effect, reference is hereby made to the accompanying sheet
of illustrative drawings, wherein :-
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of my improved frame with top and bottom vertically
sliding sashes.
Fig. 2 is a section of Fig. 1 through line -x.
Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a detail of the invention and
Fig. 4 a perspective view of the frame with the bottom sash reversed.
Referring to the drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate
corresponding parts throughout the figures, a is a frame the beads b, b', of which
are hinged at to the said frame, whereby they are capable of being turned back
upon the frame a as shewn in Fig. 4.
Suitable fastening means are provided to the bead b, such fastening means
consisting preferably of thumb-screws c the shanks of which pass through tapped
openings in the bead b and take into recesses c¹ in the inner side of the
frame a.
The bead is provided with one or more fasteners consisting of a shank d having
a slotted head d2 and a rectangular nose d².
An opening is formed in the bead for the shank d to pass through, the
rectangular nose d² of the latter entering into a recess e¹ formed in frame a.
A plate e is suitably fixed to the frame a in front of the recess e', such plate e
having a rectangular opening e in same so arranged as to give access to the
recess e¹. A coil-spring ea (bearing against the shoulders on the enlarged front of
the opening in the bead & through which the fastener passes) normally keeps the
nose of the fastener pressed against the plate e, but when the fastener is given a
half-turn (by means of a screw-driver or the like inserted in the slotted head d¹)
the rectangular nose d³ is caused to coincide with the opening e in the plate e and
the fastener withdrawn from the recess e' by the action of the coil-spring e³, thereby
permitting of the bead 61 being turned back upon its hinges b².
The parting or inside beads f are hinged at f¹ to the frame a, so as to permit of
them being turned back close to the frame and flush with the pulley stiles (not
shewn) when it is desired to reverse the top sash When closed, the said hinged
beads form a guide for the sashes g, g¹, to slide in.
9.
When it is desired to reverse the sashes for cleaning or similar purposes, the
bottom sash g is raised slightly to allow it to turn inwards, when it will rest
upon a rubber-guard (not shewn) affixed to the front of the window-board (see
Fig. 4).
The cords of the aforesaid bottom sash are then passed over small hooks i
provided upon the beads b, b. The top sash g may then be drawn down until it
frees the cords from the hooks i, when it is brought forward from the top (the
inner or parting beads fbaving first been turned back upon their hinges f¹ to allow
of this being done) turning the top of such sash to the bottom.
The sash is then pushed up in the frame and the parting beads f turned back
again.
The bottom sash g' which is in the position shewn in Fig. 1 is then run up to
the head and the top sash g pulled down to the sill. The whole of the outside
of the sashes is then within the room and may easily and safely be cleaned, glazed,
or painted.
To replace the sashes, the inside sash g' is drawn down as it hangs, allowing
it to rest upon the window-board as before; the cords h are hooked upon the
hooks again and the parting beads f turned back flush with the pulley stiles
as before.
The top sash g is lifted up and drawn forward by the top rail which is now at
bottom, and the sash drops into place.
Turn out the parting beads f, unhook cords h of bottom sash g' and turn the
latter up in frame. Turn beads b b in and fasten with the fasteners before-
described, and the whole window is again in position.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
1. The improvements in and relating to window-sashes and frames, substantially
as described and illustrated.
2. In window-frames the hinged beads b, b1, and f; hooks i on beads b b¹,
and the means of fastening such beads in combination with vertically sliding
window-sashes; substantially as specified and shewn by the drawings.
Dated this 15th day of March 1897.
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.