Improvements in or pertaining to the Hanging of Sliding Window Sashes.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Nov., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 27th Aug., 1894-Accepted, 29th Sept., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or pertaining to the Hanging of Sliding Window
Sashes.
I WILLIAM OSMENT of Sanford House Clapton in the County of Middlesex
Builder do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In sliding window sashes as at present commonly fitted a great evil is experienced
in that whensoever the hanging cords thereof require repair or renewal the sashes
have to be taken out of the window frames and for this purpose the beadings of
such frames have to be removed to their manifest detriment. The object of my
invention is so to fit and apply the hanging cords to sliding window sashes that
these cords can be connected with and disconnected from the same very easily and
quickly but extremely surely without necessitating the prior removal of the sashes
from the window frames.
To carry out this object through the top rail and the side stile of the sash I
may bore an hole of the desired diameter and this hole would commence about the
middle of the end of the top rail transversely and either at and in the extreme end
thereof or near thereto and would pass obliquely along inside the side stile until it
issues therefrom and terminates in one of the faces of the side stile preferably
perhaps the inner face thereof at the desired distance below the top rail and this
end of the hole is enlarged so much as may be desired. According to another
arrangement I may plough a groove in the usual manner along the outer face of
the side stile of the sash that is to say that face thereof that meets the window
frame and the aforesaid oblique hole would commence in this groove at the desired
distance below the top rail of the sash and would issue from the side stile and
terminate as aforesaid.
In either arrangement therefore when it is desired to connect the hanging cord
to the sash it is passed through this hole from the top thereof whether such
top be in the top rail of the sash or in the groove in the side stile thereof being
drawn through the hole it may be by an hooked or other wire or any suitable
contrivance and when the end of this cord has issued from the lower end of the
hole a knot can be tied therein or any suitable appliance or device can be
attached thereto so that it cannot be drawn back through the hole until the knot
has been untied or the appliance or device disconnected and both operations
obviously can be performed without disturbing the sash or the beadings of the
window frame. The knot or the appliance or device on the end of the cord can
enter and be contained in the enlarged end of the hole and thereover can be fitted
if desired a pivoted or an hinged plate or any other suitable apparatus to cover
the same..
The hanging cords may be made of any suitable material whether of metallic
or other wire or hemp or other substance and may be similarly fitted to both sides
of the sash.
Dated this 28th day of November 1893.
HART & Co.,
186, Fleet Street, London, E.C., Agents.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or pertaining to the Hanging of Sliding Window
Sashes.
I WILLIAM OSMENT of Sanford House Clapton in the County of Middlesex
Builder 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 :-
In sliding window sashes as at the present time commonly fitted a great evil is
experienced in that whensoever from any cause the hanging cords thereof require
repair or renewal the sashes have to be taken out of the window frames and for
this purpose the beadings and more especially the outer beadings of such frames
have to be removed to their manifest detriment. The object of this my invention
is to remedy this evil and so to fit and apply their hanging cords to sliding window
sashes that these cords can be connected therewith very casily and quickly in an
extremely efficient and sure manner without necessitating the prior removal of
the sashes from and out of the window frames while they can be disconnected
therefrom as easily and quickly also without necessitating any such removal.
In order the more clearly to explain this my invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed I refer to the accompanying drawing wherein I have shewn
my invention as applied to a sliding window sash after and according to two
methods and styles of construction and fitment and arrangement and Figure 1 is a
front elevation of the upper part of this sliding window sash Figure 2 is a
longitudinal transverse section of the one of the side stiles of this sash taken
at ab in Figure 1 and Figure 3 is a longitudinal transverse section of the other of
the side stiles of this sash taken at c d in Figure 1.
According to one method and style of construction and fitment and arrangement
a groove A is ploughed or otherwise made in any usual manner in and along and
about the middle transversely of the outer or meeting face of the side stile B of
the window sash or that is to say in and along that face thereof that meets the
window frame and this groove A which may be of any desired area and shape
commences at and in the upper edge or surface of the top rail D of the window
sash and continues so far down the side stile B as may be desired in each particular
case. At the desired distance below and from the top rail D is bored or otherwise
made in any usual manner in the side stile B an hole E of any convenient diameter
or area which hole E commences at and in the groove A in the desired position
and passing obliquely inside and along and downwardly through this side stile B
issues therefrom and terminates in one of the faces of such side stile B preferably
perhaps in the inner or internal face thereof at the desired distance below and from
the top rail D and this lower end of the hole E may conveniently be enlarged or
a recess F may most conveniently be made therearound or thereabout of any
suitable size and shape having regard it may be to the manner or method that is to
be observed or employed in and for securing and retaining the end of the hanging
cord of the window sash therein as will hereinafter be explained.
According to another method and style of construction and fitment and arrange-
ment an hole H also of any convenient diameter or area is bored or otherwise made
in any usual manner in the top rail D and the side stile B of the window sash
which hole H commences at and in the upper edge or surface of this top rail D
and about the middle transversely of the same and preferably at a small distance
from the extreme end thereof and passing obliquely inside and along and down-
wardly through this side stile B' likewise issues therefrom and terminates in one of
the faces of such side stile B' preferably perhaps in the inner or internal face
thereof at the desired distance below and from the top rail D and this lower end
of the hole H likewise may conveniently be enlarged or a recess F¹ may most

page_text: conveniently be made therearound or thereabout in manner as is hereinbefore
described.
The hanging cords which may be made as is customary or in other convenient
manner of metallic or other wire or of hemp or of other suitable material are
connected to and with the window sash so constructed and fitted and arranged as is
herein before described by passing the end of each cord either along the groove A
and through the hole E or through the hole H which operation can be effected or
assisted if necessary or expedient by an hooked or other wire or by other suitable
means or contrivances and when the end of this cord has issued from and out of
the lower end of the hole E or H it can be so treated or arranged in any usual and
convenient manner or it can be so fitted and provided with any ordinary and
suitable appliance or device that it cannot be drawn back therethrough but will be
held and retained thereby until the particular treatment or arrangement is reversed
or undone or until the particular fitment and appliance or device is disconnected or
detached therefrom.
For example a knot can be tied or made in and by or on the end of the hanging
cord which knot will be held and retained by and at the lower end of the hole E
or H and may remain and be on the outside of the face of the side stile B or B¹
of the window sash or may enter or partly enter the enlarged lower end of this.
hole E or H but for the sake of appearance and sightliness preferably can enter
and be contained in the recess F made in such face of the side stile B of a proper
size and shape therefor in which case a plate K could most conveniently be fitted
in any ordinary manner on this face of the side stile B to cover such recess F and
this plate K is shewn in an opened position in Figure 1 wherein and whereby the
recess F is uncovered and the knot can be tied or untied and also is shewn in a
closed position in Figure 2 wherein and whereby the recess F is covered and the
knot can be contained therein.
Again any ordinary and suitable appliance or device such for example as the
holder M of a T shape in cross section can be provided in the web whereof can
he made holes N of a proper size and shape wherethrough the end of the hanging
cord can be simply passed which holes N would suffice to retain and securely to
hold such end of the cord and this holder M or other appliance or device will be
Jield and retained by and at the lower end of the hole E or H and may remain and
be on the outside of the face of the side stile B or B₁ of the window sash or may
enter or partly enter the enlarged lower end of this hole E or H but for the sake
likewise of appearance and sightliness preferably can enter and be duly contained
in the recess F made in such face of the side stile B' of a proper size and shape
therefor in which case the head or flange of such holder M or the appropriate
part of the other appliance or device could be arranged and formed to cover the
recess F when the same is placed in position therein.
Thus and in this manner and in and by either of the methods and styles of
construction aud fitment and arrangement hereinbefore described the hanging cords
thereof can very easily and quickly be connected to and with the sliding window
sash in an extremely efficient and sure manner without in any wise requiring the
disturbance of such sash in the window frame and necessitating the removal of
the beadings of such frame while it is quite obvious that by the reversal of the
procedure and course of action hereinbefore described these cords can as easily
and quickly when required be disconnected with and from this sash likewise
without disturbing such sash in the window frame and removing the beadings of
Buch frame.
When sliding window sashes are constructed and fitted and arranged after and
in accordance with this my invention as is hereinbefore described the ordinary
pocket pieces wherethrough access is obtained to the counter-balancing weights of
the sashes are preferably made and situated at or about the middles transversely
of the pulley stiles of the window frame on both sides and the parting beads of
the sashes pass over such pocket pieces which parting beads are divided transversely
at or about the level of the meeting rails of the sashes when such sashes are

page_text: closed and when the lower sash is lifted up this lower part of the parting bead on
either side can be taken out and removed thus allowing the pocket piece likewise
to be taken out and removed and access is thus obtained to the weights.
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
1. In a sliding window sash the combination with and for the hanging cords
thereof of the grooves A and the oblique holes E in the side stiles B of such sash
means or appliances being used or provided whereby the ends of such cords can
be retained by the lower ends of such holes E substantially as and for the purpose
herein before described and declared.
2. In a sliding window sash the combination with and for the hanging cords
thereof of the oblique holes H in the side stiles B¹ of such sash means or appliances
being used or provided whereby the ends of such cords can be retained by the
lower ends of such holes H substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore
described and declared.
3. The improvements in or pertaining to the hanging of sliding window
sashes substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn in the accompanying
drawing.
Dated this 10th day of August 1894.
HART & Co.,
186, Fleet Street, London, E.C., Agents,