AN IMPROVED FASTENER FOR WINDOW SASHES, DOORS, DRAWERS, LOCKERS ON SHIPBOARD AND ALL SUCH LIKE ARTICLES
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Baker, of No. 74, Saint Mary's Road,
Southampton, in the County of Hampshire, Sculptor, for the Inven-
tion of "AN IMPROVED FASTENER FOR WINDOW SASHES, DOORS, DRAWERS,
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Baker at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
16th May 1871.
I, JOHN BAKER, of No. 74, Saint Mary's Road, Southampton, in the
County of Hampshire, Sculptor, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "AN IMPROVED FASTENER FOR WINDOW SASHES, DOORS,
DRAWERS, BOXES, LOCKERS ON SHIPBOARD, AND ALL SUCH LIKE ARTICLES," to be
as follows:-
This Invention consists in constructing fastenings for windows, doors,
boxes, lockers on shipboard, or such like articles in the following
manner-Take for example the sashes of an ordinary window, I fix
to the top of the meeting rails thereof pieces of metal of the following
construction:-The piece of metal that is to be fixed on the outermost

page_text: or top sash of the window I form hollow to receive and hold by its
end a horizontal rod fitted in the other piece of metal that is to be
fixed to the innermost or bottom sash of the window, the two pieces
of metal being fixed opposite to or in a line with each other. This
piece on the bottom sash I also form hollow and with bayonet slits at
the upper part thereof, to receive and hold by a handle a circular hori-
zontal rod or bolt constructed, fitted, and operated in the following
manner: -One end of the aforesaid rod or bolt is formed with a catch
thereon at right angles to the rod, and the other end of the said rod,
which is formed smaller in diameter than the other part of the rod, has a
handle fixed thereon, which takes into the before-mentioned bayonet
slits for locking or unlocking the fastening. I also place a helical or
other shaped spring inside the piece of metal that carries the bolt of the
fastening, and fix a washer or collar on the smaller part of the said
rod or bolt to embrace the said spring by one end, the other end being
embraced by a fixed projecting piece.
I also form a keyhole or way through the front of the first-mentioned
piece of metal, so that suppose a fastening constructed as above described
to be fixed to a window and unfastened, in order to fasten the sashes
together the operator has simply to turn the handle partly round in its
slot, either from right to left or vice versa, then push it forward so as
to collapse the spring on the bolt, and at the same time turn the handle
down in the other bayonet slit, the effect of which will be to lock the
bolt in the keyway before mentioned. To unlock the fastening it is
simply necessary to turn up the handle of the bolt, when the elastic force
of the spring thereof will force the bolt back and disengage and separate
the two parts of the fastening.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Baker in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 16th November 1871.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
BAKER, of Number 74, Saint Mary's Road, Southampton, in the County
of Hampshire, Sculptor, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Sixteenth day of May, in the year of

page_text: our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, in the thirty-
fourth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said John Baker, Her special licence that I,
the said John Baker, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said John Baker, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time
to time and at all times 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 "AN IMPROVED FASTENER FOR WINDOW
SASHES, DOORS, DRAWERS, BOXES, LOCKERS ON SHIPBOARD, AND ALL SUCH LIKE
ARTICLES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said John
Baker, 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 imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Baker, 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 consists in constructing fastenings for windows,
doors, boxes, or such like articles in the following manner :-Take for
example the sashes of an ordinary window. I fix to the top of the
meeting rails thereof pieces of metal of the following construction :--
The piece of metal that is to be fixed on the outermost or top sash of
the window I form hollow to receive and hold by its end a horizontal
rod fitted in the other piece of metal that is to be fixed to the inner-
most or bottom sash of the window, the two pieces of metal being
fixed opposite to or in a line with each other. This piece on the
bottom sash I also form hollow and with boyonet slits at the upper part
thereof to receive and hold by a handle a circular horizontal rod or bolt
constructed, fitted, and operated in the following manner :-One end of
the aforesaid rod or bolt is formed with a catch thereon at right angles
to the rod, and the other end of the said rod, which is formed smaller
in diameter than the other part of the rod, has a handle fixed thereon,
which takes into the before-mentioned bayonet slits for locking or

page_text: unlocking the fastening. I also place a helical or other shaped spring
inside the piece of metal that carries the bolt of the fastening, and fix
a washer or collar on the smaller part of the said rod or bolt to embrace
the said spring by one end, the other end being embraced by a fixed
projecting piece.
I also form a keyhole or way through the front of the first-
mentioned piece of metal, so that suppose a fastening constructed as
above described to be fixed to a window and unfastened, in order to
fasten the sashes together the operator has simply to turn the handle
partly round in its slot either from right to left or vice versa, then
push it forward so as to collapse the spring on the bolt, and at the
same time turn the handle down in the other bayonet slit, the effect of
which will be to lock the bolt in the keyway before mentioned. To
unlock the fastening it is simply necessary to turn up the handle of the
bolt, when the elastic force of the spring thereof will force the bolt back
and disengage and separate the two parts of the fastening.
And in order to explain my said Invention more clearly I now
proceed to describe the means by which it may be effected, reference
being had to the illustrative Sheet of Drawings accompanying these
Presents, and to the numeral figures and letters of reference marked
thereon respectively, as follows:-
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING.
Figures 1 to 8 inclusive shew several views of my improved fastener;
Figures 1, 2, 7, and 8 shew the fastener unlocked, and Figures 4 and 5
shew the fastener locked; Figures 3 and 6 are end elevations hereafter
referred to. The other Figures shew the fastener in horizontal and
vertical sectional elevation. At each of the above Figures I employ
similar letters of reference to denote corresponding parts.
To the top of the meeting rails A, B, of window sashes I fix pieces
of metal of the following construction :-The piece of metal A¹ that is
to be fixed on the outermost or top sash of the window I form hollow
to receive and hold by its end a horizontal rod or bolt C fitted in the
other piece of metal B¹ that is to be fixed to the innermost or bottom
sash of the window, the two pieces of metal being fixed opposite to or
in a line with each other. The piece on the bottom sash I also form
hollow and with boyonet slits a, b, at the upper part thereof to receive
and hold by a handle D the rod or bolt C constructed, fitted, and

page_text: operated in the following manner:-One end of the rod or bolt C is
formed with a catch c thereon at right angles to the rod, and the other
end of the said rod, which is formed smaller in diameter than the other
part of the rod, has a handle D fixed thereon, which takes into the
bayonet slits a, b, for locking or unlocking the fastening. I also place
a helical or other shaped spring E inside the piece of metal B¹ that
carries the bolt C and fix a washer or collar d on the smaller part of
the said rod or bolt to embrace the spring E by one end, the other end
being embraced by a fixed projecting piece e.
I also form a keyhole or way through the front of the piece of
metal A¹, so that suppose a fastening constructed as above described to
be fixed to a window and unfastened, in order to fasten the sashes
together the operator has simply to turn the handle D partly round in
the slot b, either from right to left, or vicê versâ, then push it forward
so as to collapse the spring E on the bolt C, and at the same time turn
the handle D down in the bayonet slit a, the effect of which will be
to lock the bolt in the keyway f. To unlock the fastening it is simply
necessary to turn up the handle D of the bolt, when the elastic force of
the spring E will force the bolt C back and disengage and separate the
two parts A and B¹ of the fastening.
I now proceed to describe the construction of the fastener represented
at Figures 7 and 8 as follows:-In this fastening I dispense with the
spring E and bayonet slits a, b, before described with reference to
Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and simply employ the two pieces A¹, B¹, and
bolt C, which I push forward and turn partly round by the handle D to
lock the fastener, and pull the bolt back to unfasten it.
Having now fully described and set forth the nature and object of my
said Invention for "An Improved Fastener for Window Sashes, Doors,
Drawers, Boxes, Lockers on Shipboard, and all such like Articles,"
together with the means by which it may be effected, I would remark
in conclusion that although I have only shewn and described my
Invention as applied to the sashes of windows, it will appear evident
that it may be applied with advantage as a fastener for other purposes
as above stated; and I desire it to be understood that I hereby declare
my said Invention to consist in and I claim, constructing a fastening
for windows and other purposes by connecting together and disconnect-
ing from each other two hollow pieces of metal by means of a sliding

page_text: rod or bolt formed with a hook or catch on one end thereof and a handle
at the opposite end.
I also claim placing a spring around the said rod or bolt for shooting
the bolt forward.
Also bayonet slits in one of the aforesaid hollow pieces, into one or
other of which said slits the handle of the rod or bolt takes for keeping
the fastening either locked or unlocked, substantially as above described.
with reference to the accompanying Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Baker, have hercunto set my
hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of November, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.
TATY