Improvements in Windows and in the Means of Operating same.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 29th Apr., 1889-Accepted, 15th June, 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Windows and in the Means of Operating same.
I, RICHARD MASON of Hemsworth, near Pontefract in the County of Yorkshire
Joiner and Builder do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has for its object improvements in windows, and in the means of
operating the same which obviates the use of pullies weights or cords and much
simplifies and cheapens the construction of the frames. It also allows of easy adjust-
ment and fastenings while at the same time the casements can be placed in such
positions as to be particularly adapted for ventilation or cleaning.
In my invention I pivot the centre of one, two or more casements to a square
frame, which may be provided with a flange to form a side casing but I will describe
my invention as applied to a window having two casements one above the other the
frame stiles of which are grooved where the casement meets the frame near the middle,
also near the outer edge at the top and the inner edge at the bottom for slips of wood
metal or other suitable material to be inserted for the purpose of forming a bead to
resist the wind rain etc. The pivots are formed by a short cylindrical piece of metal
being let into and secured to the inside of the frame stile which would need to be
rebated or cut away for same and a similar piece of the exact size to fit and revolve
within the previous one is attached in the same manner to the casement thus forming
a substantial and steady pivot with a large wearing surface. A barrel is attached to
the outer cylinder through which a pin actuated by a knob and spring enters holes
provided in the inner cylinder thus locking the casement at any angle. Instead of the
inner rim of the pivot having holes for the pin I may provide it with teeth around its
circumference into which a screw may be made to engage in such a manner that on
being revolved it would open or close the casement, this arrangement being connected
down by a rod so that in high casements easy adjustment is obtained. The bottom
casement is fastened by any suitable bolt lock or fastener and the top casement may
be secured by means of a thumb screw mounted upon the top of the bottom casement
so as to enter a screw socket which is pivoted upon the bottom of the top casement.
By this fastener the top casement may be opened a short distance for ventilation by
turning the screw.
Dated this 20th day of Anunt 1000
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Windows and in the Means of Operating same.
I RICHARD MASON of Hemsworth near Pontefract in the County of Yorkshire
Joiner and Builder 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 :-
This invention has for its object improvements in windows and in the means of
operating the same which obviates the use of pullies weights or cords and much simplifies
and cheapens the construction of the frames. It also allows of easy adjustment
and fastenings while at the same time the casements can be placed in such position.
as to be particularly adapted for ventilation or cleaning.
In my invention I pivot the centre of one, two, or more casements to a square
frame which may be provided with a flange to form a side casing but I will describe
my invention as applied to a window having two casements one above the other the
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page_text: frame stiles of which are grooved where the casement meets the frame near the
middle, also near the outer edge at the top and the inner edge at the bottom for slips
of wood metal or other suitable material to be inserted for the purpose of forming a
bead to resist the wind rain etc. The pivots are formed by a short cylindrical piece
of metal being let into and secured to the inside of the frame stile which would need
to be rebated or cut away for same and a similar piece of the exact size to fit and
revolve within the previous one is attached in the same manner to the casement thus
forming a substantial and steady pivot with a large wearing surface. A barrel is
attached to the outer cylinder through which a pin actuated by a knob and spring
enters holes provided in the inner cylinder thus locking the casement at any angle.
Instead of the inner rim of the pivot having holes for the pin I may provide it with
teeth around its circumference into which a screw may be made to engage in such a -
manner that on being revolved it would open or close the casement.
This arrange-
ment being connected down by a rod so that in high casements easy adjustment is
obtained. The bottom casement is fastened by any suitable bolt lock or fastener, and
the top casement may be secured by means of a thumb screw mounted upon the top
of the bottom casement so as to enter a screw socket which is pivoted upon the bottom
of the top casement. By this fastener the top casement may be opened a short
distance for ventilation by turning the screw.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practice I have appended hereunto two double sized sheets of drawings upon
which I have illustrated a complete window and frame having two casements one
above the other together with the means of adjusting the same with various sections
and views of the several parts sufficient to enable any practical man to carry out my
invention when applied to other windows of different shape or for similar purposes.
Figure 1. is an elevation of a window and frame and adjustment in its complete
form and is shewn closed and fastened.
Figure 2 is a vertical section through same looking towards the adjustable
fastener.
Figure 3 is a front elevation of the same window and frame with both the top and
bottoin casements slightly open.
Figure 4 is
a vertical section through Figure 3 also looking towards the
fastening.
Figure 5 is an enlarged cross section through the top casement and frame at 1. 2.
Figure 6 is a similar cross section through the lower casenient and frame at 3. 4.
Figure 7 is also a cross section through the lower casement and frame but
at 5. 6.
Figure 8 is a broken off section through the frame shewing an enlarged section of
the pivot A.
Figure 9 is a broken off elevation showing the pivot A in elevation.
Figure 10 is an enlarged section through the lower part of the upper casement and
the upper part of the lower casement shewing the fastening B with the screw b¹ of
same as operated as to open the window a short distance sufficient for ventilation.
Figure 11 is a section through the pivot by which the socket 63 is attached to
the lower part of the casement and showing the spring b.
Reffering to the first sheet of drawings again I pivot the centre of the swinging
casements and E to the frame F the top one at d and d and the bottom one at el
and e and I groove the side stiles of the frame for the insertion of the wood, metal,
or other strips, near the outer edge at the top in the middle and inside near
the bottom against which the casements D and E butt when closed similar strips d
and being also provided and attached to the inside of the upper and lower casements
so as to cover the remaining joints and by these means a draught proof and water
proof window is obtained.
The pivots A are composed of the short cylinder A which is attached by means of
the flanges a² to the frame F which is rebated at a³ so as to allow of their insertion
and a similar cylindrical piece a' is fixed to the casement by the flanges a having the
robate a' at the end to receive the ends of the beads d and and this cylinder a

page_text: is made to fit within the cylinder A thereby forming a substantial and steady pivot
baving a large wearing surface. The barel K is attached to the outer cylinder A
through which the pin which is actuated by the knob k² and spring enters the
holes in the inner cylinder a' by which means the casements may be locked at any
desired angle and the pins K¹ can be worked at any height either by cords chains or
rods. The bottom casement E may be fastened to any suitable bolt lock or fastener
and the top casement D is secured by means of the screw B which is mounted upon
the top of the bottom casement so as to enter the screw socket 3 which is pivoted
at and fastened to the bottom of the top casement being also provided with the
arm against which the expanding coiled spring presses so that the socket 6³ will
always be retained at a convenient inclination to engage with the screw b¹ and yet
at the same time accommodate itself to the requirements of the position of the
window.
In place of using the inside strips d³ and I may continue the flanges a5 of the
inner cylinder sufficiently far to answer the same purpose I may use the pivot A with-
out the locking arrangement and I may modify the details without departing from
the spirit of my invention.
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 :-
First. In improvements in windows and in the means of operating the same the
pivoted casements having the strips ƒ ƒ³ & fa³ and e³ substantially as and for the
purpose herein set forth and shewn upon the drawings.
Second. In improvements in windows and in the means of operating the same
the pivot A substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth and shewn upon the
drawings.
Third. In improvements in windows and the means of operating the same the
screw fastener arrangement in combination with a window having the aforesaid strips
substantially as herein set forth and illustrated.
Fourth. The improvements in windows and in the means of operating the same
substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth and shewn the
upon accompanying
two sheets of drawings.
Dated this 27th day of A11 1980
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.