Improvements in Fastenings for Window Sashes.
Year: 1894

page_text: ·PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fastenings for Window Sashes.
I; 'GEORGE BENNETT AUSTIN of Steeple Aston, Oxfordshire, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to an improved construction of fastenings for windows,.
and is intended to provide a secure.method of fixing sashes, which shall be simple
and inexpensive.
In the front or face of the meeting rail belonging to the upper sash I fix a metal
plate with screwed socket. In the other meeting rail I fit a metal tube extending
from front to back with a small plate at front having a tapped hole. Within this
tube a bolt is fitted, formed with a screw thread at one end screwing into the said
plate and furnished with a collar to prevent it passing completely through. The
other end of the bolt is made square or of other suitable. form, which can engage
with a key piece through the tube and serve to screw the bolt into the socket on
the first mentioned meeting, rail when the windows are to be fastened. The sashes
can thus be fixed firmly together.and rattling effectually prevented, as the meeting
rails are drawn tightly together.
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To completely conceal the fastener I'form the metal tube with an internal screw
thread at its inner end and screw' a small cap on front' of same. This cap may be
formed with a cross cut and the key above mentioned can be furnished with a screw-
driver end, which may serve to fit the cap in place as well as: to operate the
fastening
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COMELDTE SPECIFICATION.
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Improvements in Fastenings for Window Sashes.
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**I;"Gebed "BINNETT AUSTIN of Steeple Aston, Oxfordshire, do hereby
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declare the nature of this said invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
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This invention relates to an improved construction of fastenings for windows,
and is intended to provide a secure method of fixing sashes, which shall be simple
and inexpensive.
In the front or face of the meeting rail belonging to the upper sash I fix a metal
plate with screwed socket. In the other meeting rail I fit a metal tube extending
from front to back with a small plate at front having a tapped hole. Within this tube
a bolt is fitted formed with a screw thread at one end screwing into the said plate
and furnished with a collar to prevent it passing completely through. The other
end of the bolt is made square or of other suitable form, which can engage with a
key piece through the tube and serve to screw the bolt into the socket on the first
mentioned meeting rail when the windows are to be fastened. The sashes can thus
be fixed firmly together and rattling effectually prevented, as the meeting rails are
drawn tightly together.

page_text: To completely conceal the fastener form the metal tube with an internal screw
thread at its inner end and screw a small cap in front of same. This cap may be
formed with a cross cut and the key above mentioned can be furnished with a screw-
driver end, which may serve to fit the cap in place as well as to operate the
fastenings.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, reference is had to
the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which
Fig. 1 is a cross section of the sash fastener showing it in open position, and
Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the sashes locked together.
In the meeting rail A of the upper sash is fixed the screwed socket B with plate
or flange 6 by which it is secured in position by screwing or other simple means. In
the other meeting rail A' is fitted the metal tube C extending from the front to the
back, and provided with a plate o at one extremity, the end of the tube being
tapped to receive the screwed bolt D. This bolt is furnished with a collar Ď
which prevents it passing through the end of the tube but permits it to project for
a suitable distance. The rear end d¹ of the bolt is formed so as to engage with a
key of suitable shape, which thus serves to screw or unscrew the bolt. When in
locked position as shown in Fig. 2; the bolt is screwed fully into the socket B thus
firmly securing the two meeting rails together. The tube C is closed by means of
the cap Ewhich thus prevents access to the fastener, and conceals the method of
opening. This cap is formed with the cross cut or notch e so that a screw driver
or key of similar shape can be used to remove the cap. With this arrangement
the fastener is entirely contained within the meeting rails there being no pro-
jections. to interfere with the cleaning or appearance of the-window. The device
also obviates any risk of accident to the glass, and can be operated with case.
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Having. now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is torbe, performed, I declare, that, what
I claim is:
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(1) In a sashi fastener, the combination with screwed socket fixed in' thể
meeting rail of the upper sash, of a tube in the other. meeting rail carrying a
screwed bolt flanged to prevent it escaping, the rear end of the bolt being formed
to engage with a key which serves to screw, the bolt into the socket above
mentioned, substantially as described and for the purposes specified.
(2.) The combination in a sash 'fastener with a screwed socket fixed in the
meeting rail of the upper sash, of a tube in the other meeting rail formed with a
tapped plate at its end, a screwed bolt adapted to be operated by a key carried in
the said tube and screwing through its end & into the socket, a flange on the
said bolt and a cap closing the said tube, substantially as and for the purposes
specified.
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(3.) The improved sash fastener, .constructed and operating substantially in the
manner described and illustrated, and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 24th day of May 1895
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant. -