Improved Means of Attachment for the Sash Lifting Straps of Railway and other Carriage Windows.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 16th May, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 16th Feb., 1900-Accepted, 24th Mar., 1900
Improved Means of Attachment for the Sash Lifting Straps of
Railway and other Carriage Windows.
I, EDWARD JACOB HILL., of 11, Victoria Street, in the City of Westminster,
Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:—
My invention relates to improved means of attaching the sash-lifting straps
to the sashes of railway carriage windows and it has for its especial object to
dispense with the usual brass plates or fittings and to provide a ready means
of enabling the strap when damaged to be removed and replaced by a new one
without unscrewing any fittings as is usually necessary, and to prevent the strap
and its attachments to the sash from being removed by mischievous persons.
The improved means of attachment comprise the usual cross pin passed
through a loop or hinge knuckle formed by folding the end of the strap upon
and stitch it to itself, but instead of this pin being mounted in a metallic fitting,
the ends of the pin which project from the edges of the strap, are received in
bearings provided in the outer face of the lower cross rail of the sash itself or
in the hinged bar or flap with which some sashes are provided, and a through
slot is cut in said cross rail or flap through which the strap is passed from the
outer to the inner side of the sash.
The cross pin is retained in its bearings by any suitable form of turnbuckle,
sliding latch, or locking pin and as the sash cannot in ordinary use be raised
wholly out of the well of the door, such fastening cannot be tampered with by
the public, although easily accessible by the repairer who needs only to lift
the sash a sufficient distance through the top of the door frame to enable the
strap fastening to be got at.
Datad 4 1041 da f. 1800
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agents, 53, Chancery Lane, London.
Improved Means of Attachment for the Sash Lifting Straps of
Railway and other Carriage Windows.
I, EDWARD JACOB HILL, of 11, Victoria Street, in the City of Westminster,
Civil Engineer, 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:―
My invention relates to improved means of attaching the sash-lifting straps

page_text: to the sashes of railway carriage and similar windows, and it has for its especial ob-
ject to dispense with the usual brass plates or fittings and to provide a ready means
of enabling the strap, when damaged to be removed and replaced by a new one
without unscrewing any fittings as is usually necessary, and to prevent the strap
and its attachment to the sash from being removed by mischievous persons.
The invention will be described as applied to a railway carriage window having
a bar or flap hinged to the bottom of the sash as described in the Specification
of my previous Letters Patent No. 24830 of 1897, and is illustrated in the
accompanying drawings forming part of this specification wherein Figure 1 is
a cross section of part of a railway carriage door shewing the upper part
of the sashwell and of the garnish and fence rails, with the window sash in
the closed position, Figure 2 being an outside elevation of part of the lower
portion of the sash. In these Figures, A is the garnish rail and B the fence
rail of the door; C is the bottom rail of the window sash, D the bar hinged at d
to the bottom edge thereof, and E the lifting strap.
The improved means of attachment comprise the usual cross pin F passed
through a loop or hinge knuckle e formed by folding the end of the strap E
upon and stitching it to itself, but instead of this pin F being mounted in a
metallic fitting fixed to the inner face of the sash as usual, the ends ff of the
pin, which project beyond the edges of the strap, are received in bearings gg
countersunk in the outer face of the bar or flap 1), and a through slot G is cut
in said bar or flap in an upwardly sloping direction from outside to inside,
through which the strap E is passed from outside.
The cross pin F is retained in its bearings g (which may consist of simple
notches in the woodwork) by turnbuckles H or any suitable form of sliding
latch or locking pin, and as the sash cannot in ordinary use be raised wholly
out of the well in the door, such fastening cannot be tampered with by the
public, although easily accessible by the repairer, who needs only to lift the
sash a sufficient distance through the top of the door frame to enable the strap
fastening to be got at.
It will be obvious that the above description would equally apply to the
invention in cases where the strap is attached directly to the bottom rail C of
the sash unprovided with a hinged har or flap such as I), substituting in such
case said rail C for the bar or flap D. In the latter case however means such
as a sliding plate would be provided for covering the otherwise exposed strap-
loop e and pin F on the outer face of the rail C.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. The herein described means of attaching the sash lifting strap to a railway
carriage or similar window, provided with a bar or flap hinged to the bottom rail
of the sash as described, said means comprising a through slot in said bar or
flap to give passage to the strap and a cross pin or equivalent device attached
to the strap adapted to prevent the withdrawal of the latter from the bar in
the inward direction, and a locking device adapted to normally prevent with-
drawal of the strap in the outward direction, substantially as specified.
2. Means for attaching the sash-lifting straps to railway carriage and similar
windows, substantially as herein specified.
Dated thin 19th
1000
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agents, 53, Chancery Lane, London.