IMPROVEMENTS IN SASH ANDARINADES ADDICARED TO THIS WINDOWS OR PATEWAY FRANUS AND SASHES, PARTICULARLY APPLICABLE NO THE WINDOWS OF RAILWAY AND OTHER CARRIAGES
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Peter McGough, of Halifax, in the County of
York Coach Builder, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN SASH
ANDARINADES ADDICARED TO THIS WINDOWS OR PATEWAY
FRANUS AND SASHES, PARTICULARLY APPLICABLE NO THE WINDOWS OF RAILWAY
AND OTHER CARRIAGES"
Sealed the 8th February 1870, and dated the 2nd September 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Peter McGough at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
2nd September 1869.
I, PETER M°GOUGH, of Halifax, in the County of York, Coach Builder,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN SASH FRAMES AND SASHES, PARTICULARLY APPLICABLE TO THE WINDOWS OF
RAILWAY AND OTHER CARRIAGES," to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to prevent the rattling or shaking of
windows, and it is particularly applicable to the windows of railway.
and other carriages.

page_text: The Invention consists in the employment of bearings or guides
made of india-rubber or other suitable flexible material, and by preference
of a circular shape, attached to the glass frame itself. These bearings
work or are free to run when required in a groove or grooves formed in
the sash frame, these grooves being provided in addition to the grooves
at present used for glass frames to slide in. In some cases the grooves
are made of earthenware, glass, porcelain, or other analogous material.
In ordinary road carriages I by preference use one india-rubber bearing
on each side fixed near to the top of the glass frame; when the frame
is ascending the india-rubber bearings or guides steadily supports it,
and the slighest motion thereof is prevented when drawn up to its full
extent, or when only partially raised it is equally effective. By these
means the windows cannot shake, no noise is produced, and the cloth
on the frames and the paint on the sashes are preserved. In railway
carriages I by preference use two or more india-rubber bearings.
The Invention can with great facility be applied both to new and
old carriages at a very small cost, and the india-rubber bearings may
with great ease be removed when required to be replaced by new.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Peter McGough in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 24th February 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, PETER
M GOUGH, of Halifax, in the County of York, Coach Builder, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her 2
Letters Patent, bearing date the Second day of September, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty-
third year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Peter McGough, Her special licence
that I, the said Peter McGough, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Peter McGough, 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

page_text: 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
SASH FRAMES AND SASHES, PARTICULARLY APPLICABLE TO THE WINDOWS OF
RAILWAY AND OTHER, CARRIAGES," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Peter McGough, 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 Peter McGough, do hereby declare-
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, reference. being. had. to, the accompanying
Drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, that is to say:
The object of this Invention is to prevent the rattling or shaking of
windows, and it is particularly applicable to the windows of railway and
other carriages.
The Invention consists in the employment of bearings or guides
made of india-rubber or other suitable flexible material, and by
preference of a circular shape, attached to the glass frame itself. These
hearings work or are free to run when required in a groove or grooves.
formed in the sash frame, these grooves being provided in addition to.
the grooves at present used for glass frames to slide in. In some cases.
the grooves are made of earthenware, glass, porcelain, or other analogous
material. In ordinary road carriages I by preference use one india-
rubber bearing on each side fixed near to the top of the glass. frame;
when the frame is ascending the india-rubber. bearings or guides
steadily support it, and the slighest motion thereof is prevented. when
drawn up to its full extent, or when only partially raised it is equally
effective. By these means the windows cannot shake, no noise is
produced, and the cloth on the frames and the paint on the sashes are
preserved. In railway carriages I by preference use two or more india-
rubber bearings.

page_text: The Invention can with great facility be applied both to new and
old carriages at a very small cost, and the india-rubber bearings may
with great ease be removed when required to be replaced by new.
Referring to the Drawings hereunto annexed, Fig. 1 illustrates my
Invention as applied to the top and bottom of a glass frame. The
india-rubber on the bottom bearing A is larger than that on the top
one B, whereby side play in the additional groove and consequent
vibration and noise are prevented.
Fig. 2 shews a section of a door pillar having the additional groove,
which is made close to the inside of pillar about a quarter of an inch
deep and wide enough for the window to slide easily up or down. The
india-rubber rollers may or may not revolve.
Fig. 3 shews the window of a carriage door partially raised and with
the india-rubber bearings in the additional groove.
Fig. 4 shews a window in a closed position with the bottom rubber
on the fence rail, part of the framing being shewn broken off for that
purpose.
Fig. 5 shews a carriage door in which the door pillar with the additional
groove is plainly shewn. When the frame is fitted with the bearing. B
both at top and bottom the groove runs to the bottom of the door with
a piece cut out at the centre of groove so as to allow the bottom of frame
to take its place when closed. If fitted with bearing A both at top and
bottom of frame the ordinary groove only is required.
Figs. 6 and 7 shew the Invention as applied to the circular front
windows of broughams or other vehicles. The india-rubber bearings are
here applied in a somewhat different way, as the windows are to slide
past each other.
Figs. 8 and 9 shew the Invention applied to a wide flat front window,
such as is used for broughams, landaus, barouches, and other vehicles.
It will be observed that the same is shewn fitted with extra rubber
bearings at top and bottom in the centre, as the great width otherwise
might cause unpleasant vibration and noise.
The Invention is equally applicable whether the said frame or sash
is fitted with glass as a window or without the same as a blind or
shutter for carriages.

page_text: Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of
carrying the same into effect, what I claim as my Invention is,―
1st. The use of india-rubber or other suitable pliable material for the
purposes and in the manner described and illustrated, or any mere
modification of the same, likewise the fittings for the same, or any mere
modification of the same.
2nd. The use of suitable linings for the grooves in metal or other
suitable material as described, or the insertion of a grooved frame for the
purpose.
In witness whereof, I, the said Peter McGough, have hereunto,
set my hand and seal, this Nineteenth day of February, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy.
TAT
TETER MCGOUGH. (L.D.)