Year: 1886

page_text: I, DANIEL FRANKS SAUNDERS of 18 Stroud Green Road Finsbury Park London N
Carpenter & Joiner do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Instead of attaching the sash cords near the top of the sashes, I attach them-In
the case of the bottom sash-at the lower end of the styles, just above the bottom
rail, and In the case of the top sash-just above the meeting rail, the cords being
threaded through a small plate let flush into the styles, each style having been
grooved to receive the extra length of cord.
Then, at the lower part of each sash & on both sides of the sashes, I let in a
small flush bolt, & I fix the sockets into the pulley styles of the frame to receive
the bolts, at a convenient height from the cill, Thus, when the window is required
to be cleaned or reglazed from the outside, the bolts can be shot into the sockets &
the cords being extra long, the sashes can be pulled out of the frame from the
top & be rested on any convenient article The beads to be made movable & be
fixed with thimbscrews & staples.

page_text: Cleaning and Repairs.
I, DANIEL FRANKS SAUNDERS of 18 Stroud Green Road, Finsbury Park,
London N. Carpenter and 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:-
Hitherto with sliding window sashes and sash frames, inconvenience has been
experienced when cleaning, painting, glazing or otherwise operating on same
especially on the outside, because such sashes cannot be reached with facility, and
it is difficult when they are of ordinary construction to remove the sashes froin.
the frames.
Various devices have from time to time been proposed in order to facilitate the
removal of the sashes for the before-mentioned purposes but they have proved
inadequate in practice, and for various reasons have not been sufficiently effective
in action; have necessitated extreme alterations in existing patterns of sash frames,
or the sashes when removed from the frames have not been so swung as to be
easily managable.
Now the object of my invention is to overcome these defects and to so arrange
the sash frames that while material or expensive alteration to the ordinary pattern
is not necessary, the sashes may be easily swung inwards and at the same time be
more managable and may be cheaply applied to existing sashes and frames.
Now according to my invention the stop or guard beads may be removed or
swung clear of the 'sash the parting beads may also be easily removed and the
sashes may be caused to swing out of the frames in such a manner that the axis
of rotation shall be the lower horizontal bar of the sash stiles. The lower sash
may in this way (when swung inwards into the room) be placed upon or be allowed
to rest on, say a chair, while being cleaned or otherwise and then can be lowered
still further in order to enable the operator to reach the upper sash which is then
drawn down and swung out in a similar manner and supported.
The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying
drawings.
Figure 1 shews in half front and in half sectional elevation a sash frame
constructed according to my invention; Figure 2 is a vertical cross section of the
sash frame through the central line X Y of Figures 1 and 3, shewing the sashes
themselves in end elevation and as. they would appear when lowered for cleaning
operations or otherwise. Figure 3 is a horizontal section of one half through the
line XY of Figure 1, and the other half through the line X2 Y2 of the same
figure. Figure 4 shews one bottom corner of the top sash shewing a bolt applied
thereto for keeping same in position when required as hereafter referred to and
described; Figure 5 is a perspective view of one of the parting beads and brackets
or clips for holding same, shewing the arrangement which I prefer for connecting
the parting beads to the sash frames; Figure 6 shews in perspective an alternative
method to that shewn at Figures 1 and 3 of making the guard beads removable;

page_text: Figure 7 shews in perspective a part of the guard bead together with the form of
hinge I prefer to use, and Figure 8 is a perspective view of a window sash similar to
that shewn at Figures 1 to 3 and shewing the guard beads swung back and the
lower sash thrown out for cleaning operations.
A Aare the upper and lower sashes; B B' are the cords by which they are
balanced arranged much as usual, excepting that they are fastened to the sashes
at the lower parts of the frames of same (instead of to the middle or upper portion
as usual) and before being so secured are threaded through the circular holes
formed in plates A' A² which are let into the styles in a somewhat inclined
position, see Figure 1; the cords are then knotted and secured to the sash frame
under or below the said plates and the cords then pass by grooves in the sash
frames hereafter mentioned, see the sectional view Figure 1 and also Figure 2.
By this method of securing the cords I am enabled to swing the sash frames into
any position while at the same time the direction of the strain on the point where
the cord is nailed or fastened to the style will remain constant. CC are the
grooves provided in the styles and extending nearly the whole length of same, in
which the cords B B' normally rest. D D Figure 3 are the pulley styles of the
frame; E E are flush bolts let into each side of the lower sash A and taking into
sockets E' in the pulley styles D when the sash is in the closed position as at
Figure 1, thus firmly securing the lower sash and when in the swung out position
as at Figure 2, the bolts E then take into other sockets E2 shewn by dotted lines
in Figures 1 and 2: F F are bolts screwed to the meeting rail of the upper-sash A¹
and the bolts proper being prolonged pass through the brackets or horns of styles
on each side as shewn in the detached view Figure 4. These bolts F F when the
sash A¹ is in the position as at Figure 2 take into sockets F' above the sockets E2
in the sash styles see dotted lines Figures 1 and 2. I make the parting beads G G
removable preferably in the following manner. At or near the upper and lower ends
of the ordinary slots G* in the pulley styles D in which the parting bead rests, I fix
loop brackets or clips G1 G1 G2 G² see figures 2 and 5. Each parting bead is reduced
in size at the top and bottom ends to fit the brackets or clips so that, and as will be
best seen at Figure 5 when the bead G is to be removed, it is raised vertically by
the band until the lower reduced part clears the lower bracket or clip G2 and the
upper end is then withdrawn away from the bracket G¹. The parting bead is
replaced when required by a reversal of the operation.
The guard bead His mate removable preferably by hinging same to the sash
frame by such hinges H¹ as will allow the beads to be swung clear of the out-coming
sashes as particularly shewn at Figures 3 and 7 both of which figures shew one of
the guard beads H so swung back. Such a hinge forms the subject matter of a
Patent application lodged by me the 2nd September 1886 N° 11,184. When closed
as shewn in the left hand half of Figures 1, and 3, I hold and draw the bead H
close to the frame by, for example such a hook and eye as at H2 Figure 1, or by a
thumb screw passing through the guard bead and taking into the sash frame, or
the beading H may be entirely so held, although I find the arrangement described
preferable there being no loose parts in the arrangement shewn which are likely
to become lost.
For, or instead of the hinges H¹ and hook and eye H' I may employ two or more
slotted plates H Has shewn at Figure 0 on the frame, and corresponding
butions H on the bead H also shewn at Figure 6. The top of the bead H being
rather short of the usual length the heads of the buttons H1* are passed through
the upper enlarged ends of the slots and then lowered so that the shanks of the
buttons H pass into the contracted part of the slots thus securing the guard
beads H effectually. J J Figure 1 are the hooks for holding back the cords B
screwed into the inner face of the frame one on each side of saine and hereafter
mentioned. Any usual or convenient window fastener may be used for securing
the sashes.
When it is necessary to operate on the outside of the sashes for the purpose of
cleaning, repairing, painting, glazing or otherwise, the guard bears are first removed

page_text: by unhooking the hook and eye H2 Figure 1 and turning the beads Ḥ on the
hinges H' into the position shewn at the right hand side of Figure 3-or in cases
where buttons and slots are employed similar to those shewn at Figure 6 the guard
bead H may be entirely removed from the sash frame. The bolts E are then
withdrawn from the sockets E¹ and the lower sash A slightly raised and drawn
inwards the bolts E being re-shot into the sockets E². The sash A is then swung
inwards turning on the bolts E as an axis into the position shewn at Figure 2
where it is supported by, say a chair but before arriving at which position the
cords are removed or released from the slots or plow grooves C in the sash styles A
and hooked on the hooks J J one on each side of the sash frame as best seen at
Figure 8, thus preventing the cords impeding the inward swing of the upper
sash A¹. After the lower sash has been cleaned or otherwise operated upon, it is
still further lowered in order to prevent the necessity of the operator reaching over
such lower sash. The parting beads G are next removed in the manner herein-
before described. The upper sash is then lowered, the lower part of same pulled
inwards and the bolts FF are shot into the sockets F1 F The upper sash is
turned on the bolts F F inwardly as was the lower one, the cords B¹ being
displaced from the grooves C¹ C¹ in a similar manner but in this case it is not
necessary to secure the cord as before. The upper sash is then turned down as
shewn at Figure 2 and is suitably supported as was the lower sash.
A reversal of these movements will replace the sashes as before.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
1st. In sliding window sashes and frames, the sashes A A¹ with cords B B¹,
secured by plates A2 formed with slots C C C¹ C', and provided with bolts E and F,
taking into sockets E¹, E2 and F' together with the mode and means described for
the removal or displacement and the re-fixing of the beadings G and H whereby,
without the material alteration of existing patterns of window frames, the sashes
can be swung inwardly within easy reach for cleaning, repairing or otherwise
operating upon the outsides of same, and be replaced without difficulty, all substan-
tially as and for the purposes described with reference to the accompanying
drawings.
2nd. The general construction and arrangement of sliding window sashes and
frames, whereby the sashes may be swung inwards for operating upon the out-
side of same in a convenient manner and within easy reach, together with any
mere modification thereof, substantially as herein set forth with reference to the
accompanying drawings.