Improvements in Means for Attaching the Sash-cords to Window-sashes.
Year: 1891

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Attaching the Sash-cords to
Window-sashes.
We EDMOND JAMES JEYES, of 55, Luton Road, Chatham, Builder & Con-
tractor, and CHARLES JAMES ERASMUS KINSLOW, of 224, Luton Road, also of
Chatham, Carpenter & Joiner, 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in means for attaching the sash-cords to
window-sashes, the object of same being to provide a simple and efficient method
of attaching the sash-cords or lines, to window-sashes, whereby the cost of the
operation, and the amount of labour employed thereon, will be considerably reduced,
and at the same time all risk of the sash-line or cord breaking away the wood-
work or otherwise becoming detached from the window-sash, will be entirely
eliminated.
And in order that our invention may be more readily understood, we hereto
annex a sheet of drawings illustrative thereof, in which:
Fig. 1 is a view of one method heretofore employed in affixing the sash-cords to
the sashes,
Fig. 2 being a like view of an alternative method heretofore employed.
Fig. 3 is a view of a sash-cord attached to a window-sash according to my
invention,
Fig. 4 being a plan of our invention shewn separately, while
Fig. 5 is an elevation of same.
In the means employed heretofore for attaching the sash-cord to a window-sash,
the chief defects were, that the cords were liable to be broken away from the sash,
and also the expense of fitting the cords to the sash, was considerable.
In the method most extensively used, and which we have shewn in Fig. 1, a
groove was simply cut in the sash, and the sash-cord nailed therein as illustrated,
while for the better class of work, as shewn at Fig. 2, a perforation H was bored
by the auger, in the sash, and the groove i was cut or bored through the solid
part of the said sash, to the aforesaid perforation h, as shewn in dotted lines at i'.
The end of the sash-cord was then pushed through the said bore and the end
knotted.
As this horizontal bore had to be carefully cut by a specially constructed
auger, the expense of fitting the sash-cord to the window-sash was considerable,
moreover the part of the sash through which the bore was cut, was extremely
liable to split, and even to be torn away bodily.
Referring to Figs. 3, 4, and 5, a is a brass or other metal bush or ring; which is
cut away as shewn at a'.
This said bush or ring a is sunk into a well or vertical bore b, cut in the window-
sash, with the cut-away part a' placed downward in same. A parallel groove
is cut in the window-sash from the top of same leading into the before described
well b.
The end of the cord c is passed through the cut-away part a¹ and is knotted, so
that the sides a' and top or bridge a³ of the bush or ring a, will prevent the said
cord from being pulled through the cut-away part a, or from otherwise being
broken away.
The lower edges a' of the ring or bush a may be bevelled or sharpened, to
facilitate being driven into the well or bore b.
The upper edges of the said ring or bush a will be flush with the surface of the
window-sash, to allow of same sliding freely up and down,

page_text: It will be found that the pressure of the wood on the sides of the ring or bush a,
will cause same to be firmly fixed into the window-sash, but screws or other
suitable fastening means may be employed as an additional security if desirable.
In the case of screws being used, suitable perforations would be provided in the
ring or bush a, as shewn at a (Fig. 5).
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :
The improved means for securing the sash-cord or line in a window-sash, con-
sisting of the metal bush or ring a with cut-away part a', perforations a³ and
bevelled or sharpened lower edges, the whole being sunk into the window-sash, in
manner substantially as described and shewn, and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 5th day of November 1891
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.