IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENING AND SECURING WINDOW SASHES AND PREVENTING THE RATTLING THEREOF
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Samuel Cutler, of Lind Street, Ryde, in the
Isle of Wight, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENING
AND SECURING WINDOW SASHES AND PREVENTING THE RATTLING THEREOF."
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Samuel Cutler at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
3rd February 1872.
I, SAMUEL CUTLER, of Lind Street, Ryde, in the Isle of Wight,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN FASTENING AND SECURING WINDOW SASHES AND PREVENTING THE RATTLING
THEREOF," to be as follows:-
My improved fastenings for window sashes which are intended to
render them more secure, and to prevent the disagreeable rattling which
commonly accompanies window sashes, consists,―
. Firstly. Of morticed fastenings fixed to sash stiles instead of rails,
thereby getting greater strength and security, and superseding the use

page_text: of springs of any kind, the fastener being fixed to the stile of the sash,
and the plate fixed to the stile of the lower sash morticed to receive the
fastening; when it drops out of the fastening the face plate returns to
its former position as when closed, and effectually binds and secures the
sashes.
Secondly. In the application of plates to the pulley stiles of sash
frames, and also to the stiles of sashes, thereby drawing the sashes
tight up to the parting bead, and preventing rattling. By the use of
this arrangement the windows cannot be opened from the outside.
Noise, dust, and draft are prevented, the windows are improved in
appearance, and breakage of glass is obviated.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Samuel Cutler in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 3rd August 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SAMUEL
CUTLER, of Lind Street, Ryde, in the Isle of Wight, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Third day of February, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-
fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Samuel Cutler, Her special licence that I,
the said Samuel Cutler, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said Samuel Cutler, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENING AND
SECURING WINDOW SASHES AND PREVENTING THE RATTLING THEREOF," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Samuel Cutler, 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

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be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Samuel Cutler, 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 :-
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My Invention has for its objects the more perfect securing of window
sashes against interference from outside, and the prevention of the
rattling, draft, noise, and dust incidental to those sashes now in ordinary
use, and consists of,—
Firstly. Mortised fastenings or catches fixed to the stiles of sashes,
by which great strength, neatness in appearance, and facility in cleaning
are gained, all springs are obviated, thereby avoiding the breakage of
glass so frequently occasioned by the spring of the ordinary sash
fastener flying back against it, and the opening of windows from the
outside effectually prevented.
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And, secondly.. The application of wedge, plates fixed to the stiles of
sashes, and to the pulley stiles of sash frames, thereby (when the
window is closed) drawing the sashes tightly against each other, and
closely against the parting bead, thus entirely preventing all rattling,
and the ingress of dust, noise, or draft.
And in order that my Invention may be the better understood and
the more readily carried into practical effect, I will now proceed to
describe it more particularly, reference being had to the accompanying
Sheet of Drawings which forms part of this Specification. Similar
letters of reference are employed at the several Figures to denote
corresponding narts.
Fig. 1 is a general elevation of window frame showing the mortised
fastenings or catches fixed to the stiles of the sashes at A, A, and the
position of the wedged plates at B, B, B, B.
Fig. 2 is a section of the fastener or catch applied to the sashes,
the window being closed. By pressing with the finger at O the part E
working on the pin D assumes the position indicated by the dotted lines,

page_text: the mortise catch. F may then be placed in the position, likewise
indicated by dotted lines, and the part E be allowed to resume its
normal position, the sashes will of course be then readily parted and
the window opened. On again pressing at C the catch F will fall into
the mortise prepared for it on the lower sash frame, and the part E
being returned to the position shewn by the full lines will securely jamb
and render immoveable the catch F.
Fig. 3 shows the wedged plate G fixed to pulley stile under head
lining for top sash, the dotted lines shewing the position the plate H
fixed to the upper sash itself assumes when the window is closed.
Fig. 4 is a front elevation of part of the upper sash, showing the
disposition of the plate H.
Fig. 5 shews the wedged plate K fixed to pulley stile above the sill
for bottom sash, the dotted lines show the position the plate L, fixed to
the lower sash, assumes when the window is closed.
Fig. 6 is a front elevation of part of the lower sash, showing the
disposition of the plate L.
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Having thus explained the nature of my said Invention, and described
the best means with which I am acquainted for carrying the same into
practical effect, I would have it understood that what I claim as my
Invention, and desire to have secured to me by the herein-before men-
tioned Letters Patent is, the use either together or separately of the
mortised fastener or catch and the wedged plates, in the manner and for
the purposes herein described and set forth.
.In witness whereof, I, the said Samuel Cutler, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this First day of August, One thousand eight
'hundred and seventy-two.
Witness,
ARTHUR ERNEST COOMBER,
Ryde,
Isle of Wight.
SAMUEL (L.s.) CUTLER.