IMPROVE- MENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR WINDOW SASHES
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Benjamin Templar, of Holly Bank, Tetlow Fold, near
the City of Manchester, Schoolmaster, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR WINDOW SASHES"
Sealed the 15th November 1867, and dated the 6th June 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Benjamin Templar at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
6th June 1867.
J, BENJAMIN TEMPLAR, of Holly Bank, Tetlow Fold, near the City of Man-
chester, Schoolmaster, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR WINDOW SASHES," to be as follows:-
My improvements consist in making the fastenings of window sashes self-
acting, so that when the window is closed the sashes are securely connected'
together and cannot be opened from the outside.
My improved fastenings consist of an angle bracket fixed to the top sash,..
the upright part of which angle bracket is made with one or more notches;.
to the bottom sash is also fixed an angle bracket, in the top of which is a
screw or stud for the suspension of a pendant carrying a catch or tooth which
on closing the window drops into the notch or notches. above referred to, and.

page_text: which catch or tooth is provided with a head to pull the sashes together, as
mentioned below. The pendant is made with a slot so that it may move
slightly up and down on its stud; to the pendant is fixed a pin passing through
a curved slot in the front angle bracket, and this pin is provided with a screw
and nut or an eccentric thumb piece to tighten the sashes together when the
window is closed. The upper part of the back angle bracket is made with
inclined planes, one of which acts on the catch in the pendant and so moves
it into position for dropping into the notches. When it is desired to open the
window the attendant moves the catch to one side to release it from the notch,
and it is held to one side by a recess in the curved slot above referred to; the
attendant then raises the bottom sash or lowers the top sash, in either case
the second incline on the back angle bracket acting on the catch pushes the
catch from the position in which it had been held into the perpendicular
position, so that when the sashes are again closed the catch drops into the
retaining notch. The object of making more than one notch is to allow for
the dropping of the upper sash.
Another part of my Invention, which is applicable to fastenings of the
ordinary construction as well as to my improved fastenings, consists in making
the basement plate of the bracket of the bottom sash to overlap that of the
other in a slanting direction to prevent the introduction of a knife blade or
other instrument in order to throw back the catch.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Benjamin Templar in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
4th December 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, BENJAMIN
TEMPLAR, of Holly Bank, Tetlow Fold, near the City of Manchester, School-
master, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Sixth day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirtieth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Benjamin Templar, Her special license that I, the said Benjamin
Templar, my executors, administrators; and assigns, or such others as I,
the said Benjamin Templar, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should
at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times

page_text: 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 "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR WINDOW SASHES," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Benjamin Templar, 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 Benjamin Templar, 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 (that is to say): :-
My improvements consist in making the fastenings of window sashes self-
acting, so that when the window is closed the sashes are securely connected
together and cannot be opened from the outside.
Another part of my Invention, which is applicable to fastenings of the
ordinary construction, as well as to my improved fastenings, consists in making
the basement plate of the bracket of the bottom sash to overlap that of the
other to prevent the introduction of a knife blade or other instrument in order
to throw back the catch.
And in order that my Invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into operation I will proceed to describe the accompanying Sheet of Drawings,
reference being had to the figures and letters marked thereon.
Figure 1 is an elevation of part of a window to which my improved fastener
is applied; Figure 2 is a section, and Figure 3 is a plan of the same.
In these views a is part of the top sash, and 6 part of the bottom sash; to
the top sash a is screwed the angle bracket, shewn detached in Figures 4 and 5,
consisting of a basement plate c with two uprights d and e; to the upright dis
screwed or otherwise fixed the plate f, in which are two notches, but this plate
may be made with only one notch if preferred, or with more than two, as will
be described hereafter, and at the top of the upright e is the inclined plane e¹.
To the bottom sash b is screwed the angle bracket g, shewn detached in
Figures 6 and 7; at the upper end of this bracket is the screw or stud h for
the suspension of the pendant i, shewn detached in Figures 8 and 9; this
pendant is provided with a catcb or tooth which in closing the window drops
into one of the notches in the plate f; the basement plate c overlaps the plate

page_text: The pendant i is made
down on the screw or
passing through the curved
of the angle bracket g, as shewn best in Figure 2.
with a slot to enable it to move slightly up and
stud h; to the pendant i is cast or fixed the pin
slot in the angle bracket 9, and this pin is provided with a screw and
nut, by means of which the sashes are tightened together when the window
is closed.
I wish to remark here that an eccentric thumb piece or other equivalent
may be employed to tighten the sashes together. The lower end of the slot k
is concentric with the stud h, but the upper end is slightly recessed to hold
the pin of the pendant i. When the window is closed, as shewn in Figures 1,
2, and 3, the screw nut is screwed up against the angle bracket g to tighten
the sashes together, and when it is desired to open the window the screw nut
is slackened to allow the pendant i to be moved to one side to release the
catch from the notch in the plate f; the pin j then rests in the recess in the
upper part of the slot k; the bottom sash is then raised, or the top sash is
lowered, in either case the catch of the pendant i comes in contact with the
inclined plane e¹, which pushes the catch from the oblique or diagonal position
in which it had been held by the pinj resting in the recess of the slot k back
again into the perpendicular position, so that when the sashes are again closed
the catch is at liberty to drop into the retaining notch of the plate f. As soon
as the catch has dropped into the retaining notch the sashes are securely
locked together and cannot be opened from the outside of the window, neither
can a knife blade or other instrument be introduced between the sashes to
throw back the catch owing to the overlapping of the plates of the brackets c
and g. To allow of this overlapping the top rail (b) of the bottom sash must
be cut away, the thickness of the upright bead dividing the two sashes, as
shewn in Figure 2. When the pendant i is in the vertical position the screw
nut may he tightened up to bind the sashes together. The object of making
more than one notch in the plate f is to allow for the dropping of the upper
sash, which in old windows it is liable to do. The detached Figure 10
represents a bracket c with the plate f provided with four notches, the object
of this is to allow the window to be set slightly open to admit air either above
or below and still to be securely fastened.
Having thus stated the nature of my Invention, and described the manner
of performing the same, I declare that I claim,
First, the improved self-acting fastenings for window sashes, as shewn and
described, and particularly the pendant catch i with the parts for moving and
retaining it.

page_text: And, secondly, making the plates of window fastenings to overlap each
other in the manner and for the purpose described.
In witness whereof I, the said Benjamin Templar, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Second day of December, One thousand eight
hundred and sixty-seven.
BENJAMIN TEMPLAR. (L.S.)