IMPROVED FASTENING FOR SLIDING SASHES, CUPBOARDS, TABLES, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES
Year: 1875

page_text: "AN
LETTERS PATENT to George Edwards, of 149, Brompton Road, South
Kensington, Architect & Surveyor, for the Invention of
IMPROVED FASTENING FOR SLIDING SASHES, CUPBOARDS, TABLES, AND OTHER
SIMILAR ARTICLES.”
Sealed the 7th April 1876, and dated the 12th November 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Edwards at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
12th November 1875.
I, GEORGE EDWARDS, of 149, Brompton Road, South Kensington,
Architect & Surveyor, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for “AN IMPROVED FASTENING FOR SLIDING SASHES, CUPBOARDS, TABLES, AND
OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES," to be as follows:-

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3rd. When fastened it keeps the meeting bars of sashes together.
4th. The easy manner in which the latch is unfastened from inside.
The fastening consists of a horizontal latch or
bolt (marked on
Drawing) A enclosed with a spring in a case; for a window with sliding
sashes this part would be fixed on to the top rail of the lower sash; on
to the bottom rail of the upper sash a catch C would be fixed; on the
window being closed the cross piece B at the end of the latch A would
pass over the standards E of the catch C and return in a horizontal
direction and lock.
To open the window it would be necessary to press the knob attached
to the bolt or latch A horizontally, which would then pass over the
spring D (fixed on to the catch C); the spring D would then catch in
the notch in the underneath side of B; the fastening is then unlocked,
and upon the sash being raised the latch would be released.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said George Edwards in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 2nd May 1876.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
EDWARDS, of Number 149, Brompton Road, South Kensington, in the
County of Middlesex, Architect and Surveyor, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twelfth day of November, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the
thirty-ninth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and
successors, give and grant unto me, the said George Edwards, Her
special licence that I, the said George Edwards, my executors, admini-
strators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said George Edwards,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN

page_text: IMPROVED FASTENing for Sliding Sashes, Cupboards, TABLES, AND OTHER SIMILAR
ARTICLES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said George
Edwards, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in-what
manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed
in the Great Seal Patent Office within -six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Edwards, do hereby declaro
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
The fastening consists of two parts, the first part is a horizontal bolt
enclosed with a spring, and sliding in a case, which for a window is
fixed upon the meeting rail of the lower sash; this part is marked A in
the Drawing annexed.
The second part is a catch or striking plate, which for a window is
fixed upon the meeting rail of the upper sash; this part is marked B in
the Drawing annexed.
Upon the closing of the window the end of bolt A is forced over the
standards forming part of the catch B, and is fastened or locked together
by means of the said spring inside the before-mentioned case. When
thus fastened or locked a nut forming part of the knob at the end of
bolt A can be screwed up to tighten the sashes and afford additional
security.
To unfasten the window it is simply necessary to press in the said nut
(unless the nut has been screwed up to tighten the sashes, when it would
then be necessary to unscrew it).
The spring or catch on part B clips a slot on the underneath side of
the end of bolt A, and retains it until the window is raised; upon the
lower sash being raised, or the top sash lowered, the said bolt A slips off
the said spring or catch, and is ready to fasten on the window being
closed.
The said spring or catch on part B can be dispensed with, and a flap
with a hinged ioint substituted therefor.

page_text: The screw on the said bolt A can be enclosed in a tube attached to
the said knob.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Edwards, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twentieth day of April, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.
Witness,
CHARLES EVERETT,
10, St. Swithin's Lane, E.C.
GEORGE EDWARDS. (L.S.)