IMPROVEMENTS IN WINDOW FRAMES AND SASHES
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to David Allison, Pattern Maker, and Jeremiah Kay,
Joiner, of the City of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN WINDOW FRAMES AND SASHES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said David Allison and Jeremiah
Kay at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition,
on the 24th October 1860..
We, DAVID ALLISON, Pattern Maker, and JEREMIAH KAY, Joiner, of the
City of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WINDOW FRAMES AND SASHES," to
be as follows:
We make a hole or perforation in any part of the pulley style or styles (the
said part of the pulley style or styles being made to fit tightly, but not fastened)
so that by inserting a common key or any similar instrument into the per-
foration we displace the part of the pulley style or styles, and leave the sash at
liberty to be easily drawn out of the frame for the purpose of repairing or
renewing the pulley cords or cleaning the windows, thus avoiding expence in
repairing the cords, and danger in cleaning the windows. We dispense-with
loose parting slips or beads. We also form a rabbit for the reception of the
loose portion of the pulley style to bed against, And to fasten the cords to the
sash we make the usual groove for the reception of the cords part way down

page_text: the sash, and then make a hole below the groove and communicating with it,
so that by passing the cord through the hole and making a knot on the end
thereof it will have sufficient hold without nailing or otherwise fastening it.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said David Allison and Jeremiah Kay in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 23rd April 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, DAVID
ALLISON, Pattern Maker, and JEREMIAH KAY, Joiner, of the City of Man-
chester, in the County of Lancaster, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fourth day of October, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-fourth year of
Ier reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
us, the said David Allison and Jeremiah Kay, Iler special licence that
we, the said David Allison and Jeremiah Kay, our executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said David Allison and Jere-
niah Kay, our 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN
WINDOW FRAMES AND SASHES," upon the condition (amongst others), that we,
the said David Allison and Jeremiah Kay, our executors or administrators, by
an instrument in writing under our, 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 we, the said David Allison and Jeremiah
Kay, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer
tained in and by the following statement (that is to say):
:-
Instead of having loose beads or parting slips on the frames, we make them
fast, and in order to displace and remove the sashes with ease and readiness
for the purpose of glazing, painting, cleaning, or the application of new cords
.or other necessary repairs, we divide the pulley style or styles into two parts a

page_text: little above the meeting bar of the sashes, and leave the bottom part loose, but
make the top part which carries the pulley fast in the usual manner, and form
a rebate on the facings, for the loose part to abut against. If the bottom sash
is raised to the top of the frame, the loose part can be drawn out at the
bottom end next to the sill, and afterwards removed, and then if the sash or
sashes are brought down and pushed into the recess of that side where the
loose part has been removed until they are clear of the beads on the other side
of the frame, they are at liberty to be displaced and removed for the purposes
above mentioned.
Secondly, we make the frames as usual with the exception of the following
differences, that is, we cut or make loose the inside bottom part of the pulley
style or styles above the meeting bar of the sashes, and leave the parting bead
fast upon the said loose part, and as in this method there is no rebate formed
on the facings, we make the wedges that key the styles stand sufficiently
above the sill for the bottom end of the loose part of the pulley styles to abut
against them; and in order to fasten the top end of the loose part of the pulley
styles we put a thumbscrew through the inside facing and through the loose
part of the pulley styles into the fast part of the pulley style or styles, or fixing
a piece of metal to the inside of the fast part of the pulley style will answer
the same purpose. When the aforesaid loose part of the style is removed,
there is a space or recess, into which the inner sash can be pushed so as to be
clear of the beads on the opposite side of the frame, and after the sash is
removed the outer sash can be operated upon in the same manner.
Thirdly, in order to fasten the cords to the sashes we fix to each side of the
sash a metal box or plate, having a slot or groove of sufficient width to allow
the cord to pass through, and also having at the bottom of the slot or groove a
hole or recess sufficiently large to receive a knot on the end of the cord, and
by taking hold of the cord and pulling it down so as to remove the knot from
the hole or recess, and then passing the cord through the slot or groove, the
sash will be disengaged from the cord without untying the knot at the end.
Fourthly, we make the sash frame the same as above mentioned or the
same as usual, with two frames, and hang them with cords, as usual, forming
a rebate all round for the reception of an inner frame or frames, which is
made to receive the glass, and is hinged to the outer or sliding frame. By
this mode there is a double advantage of ventilating and cleaning by standing
on the room floor; the bottom frame or frames can be opened in and cleaned,
closed and pushed to the top, then the outside frame brought down to the
bottom, opened, and cleaned in the same manner.
Fifthly, when side sliding windows are used, in order to get them out

page_text: without disturbing the beads or slips we make a part of the bottom of the
frame loose, and when the sliding frame or frames are pushed back off the
loose part the loose part can be lifted out, and when the sliding window is
brought back it will then drop in the recess where the loose part has been
removed, and become clear of the beads at the top of the frame; it will be
easily removed to be cleaned or repaired.
Having now described the nature and particulars of our said Invention,
we desire it to be distinctly understood that we do not confine ourselves to the
precise details hercin set forth; but we claim as our Invention, and which to
the best of our knowledge and belief has not been hitherto used within the
realm, the improvements in window frames and sashes, substantially as herein
described.
In witness whereof, we, the said David Allison and Jeremiah Kay,
have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Twenty-second day of April,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
(L.S.)
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the within-
named David Allison and Jeremiah Kay,
in the presence of
JEREMIAH KAY. (L.S.)
AL
(L.S.)
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the within-
named David Allison and Jeremiah Kay,
in the presence of
E. J. HUGHES, Latent Agent,
Manchester.
JEREMIAH KAY. (L.S.)