Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Aug., 1887
Complete Left, 17th May, 1888
Complete Accepted, 22nd June, 1888
I, JOHN HANSON, of Elm Tree Hill, Bingley, in the County of York, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved method for allowing sash windows for Railway
and other carriages, to remain at any required height, without the assistance of strap
and button.
I accomplish my object by providing the groves of the door styles, and the two
edges of the window frame with slips of corrugated metal or wood or other suitable
material;
the slips in the door styles being made to act as springs, in such a manner
as to support the window-frame in any required position.
Upon the window being raised, the spring-slips in the door styles will give way
and allow the frame to be drawn up, but immediately it is stoped the spring-slips
will force themselves into the corrugated slips of the window frame and so support it
in that position.
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1902

page_text: I JOHN HANSON, of Elm Tree Hill, Bingley in the County of York, 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:-
This invention relates to certain improvements in sash-windows for Railway and
other carriages, such as Cabs, Broughams, Landau's etc., and all such vehicles as have
a sash window in their doors.
The object of the invention being, to sustain such windows at any required height
in the sash, without fastening a strap to a button.
In my provisional specification I say "without the assistance of strap and button"
but finding that a strap secured to the bottom rail of the window frame in the usual
manner will be better in some cases, than a handle or rod fixed to the top rail as at
first intended, I retain the strap by preference for lifting up the window.
I accomplish my object by providing the groves of the door styles, and the edges
of the glass frame, or of the glass itself, with slips of corrugated metal or wood or
other suitable material, the slips in the door styles being made to act as springs, in
such a manner as to sustain the window at any required height in the sash.
Upon the window being raised the spring-slips in the door styles will give way
and allow the window to be lifted up, but immediately it is stopped, the spring-slips
will force themselves into the corrugated edges of the window, and so sustain it at
that particular place.
And now in order to more particularly describe how it is to be performed, I
append two sheets of drawings illustrative thereof, and the several different figures will
be referred to by means of letters of reference :-
:-
Sheet 1 contains figures illustrating the invention applied to Railway carriages,
Broughams, Cabs, Tram-cars etc.
Fig. 1 being a sectional elevation of one of the door styles, showing the construction
and arrangement of the spring-slips.
Fig. 2, is a sectional plan of the same.
The corrugated slip A is made in one or more lengths according to the length of
door, and provided with screws B which work backwards and forwards in staples C
which are fixed to a metal plate D; the spring E are also secured to the plate as
shown, the whole pressure of these springs being against the back edge of the slip A
thus forming what I name as "spring-slips."
The spring slip A being attached to the metal plate 1 as described, the whole is
let in and secured to the inside of the door style, which is rabited as shown in Fig. 2,
the facing slip F being put to afterwards and thus covering in and protecting the
whole of the action from harm, and also forming the grove for the glass to slide in.
Fig. 3 shows one kind of glass frame with metal corrugated sides, a. and wood
rails a, at top and bottom; a rod 6, being fixed as shown to the top rail to lift the

page_text: window by, but when a strap is fixed to the bottom rail this rod 6 may be dispensed
with.
The edge of the glass frame Fig. 3, and spring-slips A may be faced with
different kinds of material, such as leather, india-rubber, etc. which will do much to
prevent noise.
Sheet 2 contains figures illustrating the invention as applied to Landau carriages
and all such vehicles as have their doors in two distinct parts.
The spring-slips A¹ (Fig. 4) act in exactly the same manner as described on
Sheet 1 for raising and sustaining the window; but in order to make the window
drop before opening the door I adopt the method shown at Fig. 4, which represents
a sectional elevation of the door style H and locking style H₁ of a Landau carriage,
and shows at the hinged joint G how the spring-slips A¹ and A are connected,
when the Landau is a closed carriage; the dotted lines show how the top part
revolves round to form an open carriage.
The spring-slip A' is made with a cam J and a web at the back edge to strengthen
the whole length of the slip and prevent it bending; within the cam J works a
catch J which when worked round with the spindle (to which it is fixed) to the
position indicated by dotted lines it will draw back the spring-slip also.
The spring-slip A" (Fig. 5), in the top part of the style, is required to act
simultaneously with the spring-slip A' in the bottom part, therefore I connect it at
each end to a vertical rod K, by means of screws and nuts d; the rod works in, and
is supported by two brackets e, and is also provided with two arins el (Fig. 6) that
receive the screws d, which when regulated by the nuts, allows the whole length of
the spring-slip All to work exactly with the spring-slip A' in the bottom part, so that
both the corrugated slips A' and A" move back together as soon as the handle turns
the catch J in the cam J, thereby taking away the support which holds the window
up and so allows it to drop to the bottom.
Fig. 6 is a sectional plan showing the upper part of the door style rabited and
groved to receive the vertical rod K and spring-slip A" it also shows the facing
slip F
The motion I adopt for keeping the door fast closed until the window. has reached
the bottom is shown at Fig. 4 where an angle lever M, is secured to the door rail M¹,
and to each arm are attached rods, with nuts to regulate the same; the horizontal
rod N being long enough as shown by dotted lines, to project beyond the door
style H into the locking style H₁, the vertical rod N₁ terminating at the bottom end
with a flat ledge upon which the window drops; the weight of the window itself
being sufficient to force the rod N' downward which will then draw the rod N out
of the locking style when the door will open; but so soon as the window is raised
the spring forces the angle-lever M up, and the rod N moves into the locking
style which is bored to receive it, and so fastens the door independant of the ordinary
spring catch which is used with the handle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
A mechanical contrivance constructed of corrugated spring-slips substantially in
the manner and for the purpose stated in the foregoing specification.