Improvements in Sliding Windows.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 29th Oct., 1889-Accepted, 18th Jan., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Sliding Windows.
I ANNIE FRANCES MARIA YOULTEN, Oakfield Sheridan Road Merton Park Surrey,
Musician do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
As near the top of the inner face of the sash stile of the bottom sash as may be desired
are affixed plates containing slots and to the frame of the window are attached hook
plates or vice versa. As an alternative, fixed or sliding pins or pivots are affixed to
either frame or sash, or they may be temporarily applied unattached ; another
alternative is to affix hooks to the top of the sash and arrange pins to receive them
or to pass the pins or pivots above referred to through the horns of the sashes. When
either of the above methods of swinging the sasues has been adopted, the sash, after
temporarily removing the inside beads as may be desirable (or by hinging them) and
raising it to the height required, may be swung inwards from the bottom for outside
cleaning from within the room.
Into each face of the outside lining, opposite the side of the frame at any convenient.
height, is placed a projecting screw, or pivot, as an axis upon which the top sash
when lowered to the necessary level, may turn inwards by means of projecting hooks
affixed to the top rail or outside face of sash stiles-the parting beads having been
temporarily removed or hinged back flush with pulley stiles.
Dated this 29th day of January 1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Sliding Windows.
I, ANNIE FRANCES MARIA YOULTEN, of Oakfield, Sheridan Road, Merton Park,
Surrey, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :—
My invention relates to improvements in sliding windows, and refers to a special
arrangement for enabling the sashes to be removed from their vertical position in the
sash frame to an inclined position within a room being conveniently held therein for
cleaning and other purposes.. This arrangement is applicable to the sliding windows
in ordinary use.
According to my Invention, the beads which secure the sashes in position are
rendered movable by being hinged to the frame in such a manner as to be easily
opened and closed. In the latter case the said beads are locked by suitable fastening
means hereinafter more particularly described.
And in order that my Invention may be more fully understood, I will describe the
same with reference to the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings in which
fig. 1 is an inside elevation of a window frame and sliding sashes, provided with my
improvements and shewing the sashes in position for cleaning purposes. Fig. 2
being a central vertical section thereof. Fig. 3 is a central vertical section showing
the sashes closed.
A is the window frame, and B, B' are the sashes, C, C, are the side beads hinged
to the frame at CC for a portion of their lengths, and 'DD are the parting beads
also hinged to the frame for a portion of their lengths. E, E are hooks or supports
fixed to each side of the frame and FF are slotted plates secured to the top of the
inner face of the stile of the sash B. G G are hooks secured to the outside face of
the top rail of the sash B', and H H are pins or projections fixed to each side of the
outside edges of the frame. The hinged beads UŬ are each provided with screwed

page_text: pins I, I, or other suitable fastening devices whereby the said beads are firmly locked
in their ordinary or normal position. These pins are formed with square heads,
which project beyond the beads, and enable them to be turned by the aid of a small
key, and when the beads are in their normal or closed position the said pins enter
tapped holes KK, formed in small plates fixed to the frame. In order to move the
sashes and support them in the inclined position, as shewn in Fig. 2, for the purpose
of cleaning, repairing, or painting their outer as well as inner surfaces from inside
the window, the pins I are first unlocked by means of the aforesaid key, thus releasing
the beads, which are now turned back to allow the sash to be pulled inwards. The
sash B is then raised far enough to permit the slotted plate F, to engage the hooks E
.and the bottom of the sash is pulled inwards and is supported at a suitable angle by
means of a bar L, the bent end L' of which is fitted in a screw eye M, fixed to the
lower part of the frame or other convenient position; the outer end L of the bar
is likewise fitted in a screw eye N, fixed to the bottom of the sash B, or other
-convenient position. The sash B₁ is then pulled down until the hooks G rest
upon the pins H, when the said sash is pulled inwards the hinged parts of the
beads D being first turned back to allow the sash to pass them) and supported at a
.suitable angle by means of a chain _0 connected to the bar L. To place the sashes
back again into their normal positions in the frame the chain O is unhooked from
"the sash B', the said sash pushed back into its sliding grooves, and the bead D turned
back into its normal position. The bar L is then taken out of the screw eye M,
-and disconnected from the screw eye N, and the sash B is likewise pushed back into
its sliding grooves, after which the beads C are turned back and locked in their
normal positions. Instead of the slotted plates F and hooks G being fixed to the
sashes, and the hooks E and pins H to the frame, the arrangement may be reversed,
the slotted plates F and hooks G being fixed to the frame and the hooks E and
pins H to the sashes. Or I may use as an alternative sliding pins or pivots fixed
either to the sash or to the frame, or they may be temporarily applied unattached.
Having thus 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 sliding windows for removing the sashes from their
vertical position in the sash frame, to an inclined position within a room, and for
holding them in such position, substantially as and for the purpose described.
2. The particular mode of suspending the sashes, and supporting them in an
inclined position within a room, by means of projecting hooks G, bearing upon pins
or pivots H, hooks or slots E gearing with slotted plates, pins, or pivots F when
the sashes are drawn inwards to an angle with the frame, and a supporting bar L
with chain O, or other simple means for the purpose of effecting a workmanlike
method of drawing sliding sashes inwards for outside cleaning while in a condition
of top suspension at any level above the centre of the sash frame, substantially as
-described and shewn in the accompanying sheet of drawings.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.