Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Apr., 1886.
Complete Left, 5th Jan., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 8th Feb., 1887.
I GEORGE JOSIAH BODY, of Station Road, Aldershot, in the county of Hants,
Cabinet Maker do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the construction of an improved fastening for casement
and other swing sashes, doors, fanlights and the like the object of the invention being
to provide a fastening simple in its action and which when closed draws and holds
tight the sash, fanlight or otherwise.
In carrying out my invention I employ a bar or handle connected to an eye on a
plate fixed to the sash or otherwise as usual, the said bar being provided with the
ordinary holes for fitting over a pin or stud on the sill for adjusting the sash in the
usual manner. The pin or stud is provided with a cam or elliptical shaped boss with
an under-cut on its front edge, its opposite edge being slotted or grooved to receive the
eye (on which the handle works) when the fastening is closed. The hole in the handle
or bar by which it is connected to the said eye is made elliptical so as to allow it to
pass over the cam shaped or elliptical boss.
By this arrangement to open a casement or otherwise to which the fastening is
applied it is simply necessary to move the bar or handle into a position at right angles
with the sash when the bar can be raised so as to move its elliptical hole from off the
boss and the sash can be then pushed open and adjusted in the usual manner.
To open the sash the handle is moved in the reverse direction to that hereinbefore
described and the handle is then turned a quarter of a revolution and the elliptical
hole being thereby moved around the said boss will draw the sash tight and firmly hold
it in its closed position, the undercut in the boss preventing the handle rising.
Where the fastening is required for the purpose only of closing a sash or otherwise,
and not for holding open the sash, the holes in the bar or handle and the pin are not
required.
G. F. REDFERN,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: An Improved Fastening for Casement Sashes, Doors, Fanlights,
and the like.
I GEORGE JOSIAH BODY, of Station Road, Aldershot, in the county of Hants,
Cabinet Maker, 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 the construction of an improved fastening for casement and
other swing sashes, doors, fanlights and the like, the object of the invention being to
provide a fastening simple in its action and which, when closed, draws and holds tight
the sash, fanlight or the like.
In carrying out my invention I employ a bar or handle connected to an eye on a
plate fixed to the sash or other part as usual, the said bar being provided with the
ordinary holes or catches for fitting over a pin or stud on the frame or sill for
adjusting the sash in the usual manner. The pin or stud is provided with a cam or
elliptical shaped boss with an under-cut on its front edge, its opposite edge being
slotted or grooved to receive the eye (on which the handle works) when the sash is
closed. The hole in the handle or bar by which it is connected to the said eye is made
elliptical so as to allow it to pass over the cam shaped or elliptical boss.
Where the fastening is required for the purpose only of closing a sash or the like
and not for holding open the sash the holes in the bar or handle and the pin or stud are
not required.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I will proceed to describe
the same by reference to the accompanying drawings in which figures 1 and 2
represent elevations and figure 3 a plan of the part of my improved fastening which is
fixed to the sash or the like the bar being provided with holes for adjusting the sash;
figures 4, 5 and 6 represent similar views of the other part of the fastening which is
fixed to the frame of the window or the like. Figure 7 represents a vertical section of
a swinging sash with the improved sash fastener shewn in figures 1 to 6 applied
thereto. Figures 8, 9 and 10 are similar views to figure 7 but shewing modified forms
of my improved fastening in which catches or racks are employed in the bar in place
of holes for adjusting the sash. Figure 11 represents my improved fastening applied
to a pair of folding sashes, no holes or their equivalents being provided in the bar.
Figures 12 and 13 represent a vertical section and plan respectively of a portion of a
pair of vertically sliding sashes with a suitable arrangement of my improved fastening
applied thereto.
Similar reference letters in all the figures indicate similar or corresponding parts.
Referring to figures 1 to 7 a is the bar or handle and b is the plate having the eye c
to which the bar or handle a is connected. The plate is fixed to the sash A (or the
like) as shewn in figure 7. d, d are the ordinary holes with which the bar or handle a
is provided, for the purpose of fitting over the pin or stud e which is fixed to the frame
(or sill) B of the window so that the sash can be adjusted in the usual manner. is
the cam or elliptical shaped boss with which the pin or stud e is provided, and g is the
undercut formed on the front edge of the cam f; his the slot or groove formed in the
opposite edge for receiving the eye c (on which the handle works) when the sasli is
closed. is the hole in the handle a by which it is connected to the eye c, the said
hole being of an elliptical shape so as to allow it to pass over the cam f when the sash
is closed. The full lines in figure 7 shew the position of the parts of the fastener when

page_text: the sash is closed whilst the dotted lines shew their position when the fastening has
been undone and the sash has been opened outwards.
By this arrangement to open the sash A to which the fastening is applied as shewn
in figure 7 it is simply necessary to move the bar or handle a into a position at right
angles with the said sash when the bar a can be raised so as to move its elliptical
hole i from off the boss fand the sash A can be then pushed open and adjusted in the
usual manner by fixing the handle a by means of one of the holes d to the pin or stud e
as shewn by the dotted lines in figure 7.
To close the sash the handle a is moved in the reverse direction to that hereinbefore
described and the elliptical hole placed over the boss f; the handle is then turned a
quarter of a revolution and the elliptical hole i being thereby moved around the said
boss will draw the sash A tight and firmly hold it in its closed position, the
undercut g in the boss preventing the handle a rising from off the same.
In figure 8 I have shewn the bar or handle a provided with a longitudinal slot j
having catches or notches d in place of the holes shown in figures 1 to 7 so that when
the elliptical hole is removed from off the boss f the sash A can be opened without
removing the handle a from the pin or stud e, the sash being held in position by either
of the notches & engaging with the said pin as shewn by the dotted lines. The pin e is
provided with a stop which prevents the bar a from being lifted off when opening
the sash A. In figure 9 the bar a is of similar construction to that shown in figure 8.
I, however, dispense with the boss on the window frame B retaining only the pin or
stude which serves the same purpose, a pulley & on the window frame A and cord A¹
attached to one end of the handle a being used for the purpose of opening or closing
the sash A as shewn. In figure 10 I have shown the bar a provided with a rack d
instead of with notches as in figures 8 and 9, the said rack gearing with a pinion on
the pin or stude which is also provided with a pulley k, another pulley being
provided at the lower part of the window frame B. An endless cord is provided
working around the two pulleys and for the purpose of operating the bar a to open
or close the sash A as will be well understood.
When the fastening is only required for the purpose of closing the sash and not for
holding open the same as in the case of folding sashes or the like. I dispense with the
holes in the bar a and also the pin or stud e as shewn in figure 11.
When adapting my sash fastener to ordinary vertical sliding sashes as shewn in
figure 12 and 13. I fix the elliptical boss to the top of the lower sash and the plate b
with the eye c and handle a to the lower part of the upper sash as shewn, the said
handle being provided with a lug m against which presses a spring n which serves to
keep the said handle in the position shewn by the dotted lines in figure 12 when the
elliptical hole in the handle is disengaged from the boss fin undoing the fastening.
The dotted lines in figure 13 shew the position of the handle a with its elliptical
hole when the fastening is secured.
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 :-
1. A fastening for casement sashes, doors, fanlights and the like consisting mainly
of a bar or handle attached to the sash or the like and having an elliptical shaped eye
adapted to engage with a cam or elliptical shaped boss on the frame, sill or corre-
sponding part substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. The improved fastenings for casement sashes, doors, fanlights and the like
hereinbefore described and represented in the various figures of the accompanying
drawings.
G. F. REDFERN,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agent for the Applicant.