Improvements in Appliances for use in Operating and Fastening Fanlights.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd July, 1892-Accepted, 6th Aug., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Appliances for use in Operating and Fastening
Fanlights.
We, SAMUEL BISSELL, and SAMUEL GLOVER BISSELL, trading together in
co-partnership as Bissell and Company, of Union Street, Wolverhampton in the
County of Stafford, Merchants and Factors 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 appliances for operating anti fastening fanlights, such
as those usually known in the trade as Bissell's fanlight openers," in which a
bracket or part fixed to the fanlight is provided with a bolt which cugages with a
hole formed therefor in a bracket or part fixed to the framing and in which a cord
fixed at one end to the bracket or part carried by the fanlight passes over a pulley
mounted in the bracket or part fixed to the framing and thence against the outer
sides of a pulley mounted in the bracket or part carried by the fanlight.
There are two inconveniences incidentai to these appliances, as heretofore con-
structed, namely, (1) the fanlight cannot be closed completely in unless the closing
cord is pulled down vertically, or nearly so, and in some cases even somewhat
towards the window, door, or wall over, or in connection with, or in, which the
fanlight is used, thus rendering it inconvenient to close to the fanlight if a large
piece of furniture or other obstruction is in position thereunder, and (2) the bracket
for fixture to the framing cannot be used. in the case of a fanlight closing up
immediately under a soffit of a window or door head or the like.
Now, this invention has for its object to overcome the above described
inconveniences.
In order that a fanlight may be closed completely in by pulling the closing cord
in a direction inclining considerably from the window, door, or wall, over or, in con-
nection with, or in, which the fanlight is used, thus allowing the fanlight to be
readily closed in notwithstanding that a large piece of furniture or other obstruction
may be in position below it, the bracket which is fixed to the fanlight is, according
to this invention, made to project from the fanlight further than is usual, and the
pulley against the outerside of which the closing cord presses, to close the fanlight,
is mounted in such position therealong that, when the fanlight is closed, such pulley
is further from the face of the fanlight than is the pulley which is mounted in the
bracket carried by the framing. The closing cord thus presses against the pulley
mounted in the bracket fixed to the fanlight, even when the fanlight is closed in,
though the cord is pulled in a direction inclining considerably from the fanlight
framing. This part of the invention is illustrated in side elevation by Figure 1,of
the drawings herewith, in which A is the upper portion of a fanlight shewn as
closed into a frame B. C is the bracket fixed to the fanlight, and D the bracket
fixed to the frame. E is the spring bolt which engages, to fasten the fanlight, with
a hole or recess in the bracket D; and F is a cord by which the bolt E is pulled
down out of the bracket D and by which the fanlight is pulled open. G (shewn
by broken lines only) is the pulley mounted in the bracket C, and H (shewn, also,
by broken lines only) is the pulley mounted in the bracket D. J is the closing
cord, which is fastened at one end to the bracket C, and passes from thence over
the pulley H and outside the pulley G. According to this invention, the pulley G
is mounted in the bracket C in position, as shewn, so that when the fanlight is
closed, as shewn, such pulley is further out from the face of the fanlight than is the
pulley H; and thus, when the fanlight is open, it may be closed completely in by

page_text: pulling the fall end of the cord J even in a direction inclining considerably from
the fanlight frame, as shewn, as the cord will, notwithstanding such inclination,
press against the pulley G.
In order that the appliance may be used with a fanlight closing immediately
under a soffit of a window head or the like, the bracket for fixture to the frame is,
according to this invention, formed as a plate with cheeks for the pulley formed at
the back or upper face thereof, and a hole is formed in the plate to receive the end
of the spring bolt. This bracket is let flush into the soffit, and the closing. cord
passes up through an opening in the plate, over the pulley mounted between the
checks of the bracket, and down through the opening and behind the pulley
mounted in the bracket fixed to the fanlight. In this case, also, it is preferred to
mount the pulley in the bracket carried by the fanlight in such position that it is
further from the face of the fanlight, when the fanlight is closed, than is the pulley
carried by the bracket let into the soffit, for the purpose already shewn. This part
of the invention is illustrated by Figures 2. 3 and 4 of the drawings herewith, of
which Figure 2 is a side elevation of the bracket carrying the spring bolt, shewn as
fixed to the fanlight, and a longitudinal section through the bracket and pulley
carried by the soffit, the fanlight being shewn as closed; Figure 3 is a corresponding
view to Figure 2, but shews the bracket carried by the soff as in side elevation,
and the fanlight to be partly open; and Figure 4 is a plan of such bracket detached,
with the pulley mounted therein, and represents the upper side or top. The fan-
light A is shewn as mounted to close immediately underneath a soffit B¹ of a
window or door-head, and the bracket C which is fixed to the faulight corresponds
to the bracket C of Figure 1. The part of the fanlight opener which is fixed to
the soffit is formed as a plate K having cheeks a standing up at the back or upper
side thereof. The pulley H over which the closing cord J passes is mounted
between the cheeks a. A hole is formed in the plate to receive the head of the
spring bolt E and an opening c is formed through the plate for the passage of the
cord J. The inclined part d on the lower side of the plate is simply to give a lead
in for the end of the bolt as the fanlight is closed in (as it may be) without holding
the bolt down by the cord F. The plate K is fixed to the joinery by screws passed
through holes e.
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 :-
1. Appliances for use in operating and fastening fanlights, in which a bracket or
part fixed to the fanlight is provided with a bolt which engages with a hole formed
therefor in a bracket or part fixed to the framing, and in which a cord fixed at one
end to the bracket or part carried by the fanlight passes over a pulley mounted in
the bracket or part fixed to the framing and thence against the outer side of ja
pulley mounted in the bracket or part carried by the fanlight-mounting the
pulley in the bracket carried by the fanlight in such position therein as to be
further out from the fanlight when closed than is the pulley carried by the
bracket or part fixed to the framing, substantially as described, for the purpose set
forth.
2. In an appliance of the character defined in the preceding claim, for use in
operating and fastening a fanlight, the portion thereof which carries the upper
pulley formed to enter the soffit of a window or door head or the like and be fixed
thereto, substantially as described, for the purpose set forth.
3. An appliance of the character defined in Claim 1, for use in operating and
fastening a fanlight, constructed so that the fanlight may be closed in by pulling
the cord in a direction inclining considerably from the window, door, or wall, over,
or in connection with, or in, which the fanlight is used, substantially as described
and shewn by Figure 1 of the drawings herewith.
4. An appliance of the character defined in Claim 1, for use in operating and

page_text: fastening a fanlight, constructed for use with a fanlight closing immediately under-
neath the soffit of a window or door head or the like, substantially as described aud
shewn by Figures 2, 3 and 4 of the drawings herewith.
Dated this 1st day of July 1892.
STEPHEN WATKINS,
Agent for the Applicants.