Improvements in Hanging Sashes Enabling them to be Turned Inside to Outside when Suspended to Admit of Cleaning, Painting, and Glazing Safely from the Inside.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Sept., 1886.
Complete Left, 6th June, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 8th July, 1887.
Improvements in Hanging Sashes Enabling them to be Turned
Inside to Outside when Suspended to Admit of Cleaning,
Painting, and Glazing Safely from the Inside.
I GEORGE JOHN SOPER Junr. of No 6 Wilby Road Grove Lane Camberwell in
the County of Surrey Surveyor do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows: :-
The sashes are fitted with a screw pin passing through plates screwed to sash styles,
to the sash ends of cords are fixed metal eyelets which are placed on the pins between
guard plates allowing sashes to reverse freely the sash styles are grooved throughout
part of face of style next groove is cut away to depth of groove and rounded to allow
line to pass out and in and turn on pin suspended on the cords thus enabling them to
be replaced in frames in a reverse position.
The sash frame is made as follows the inside bend is hinged to sash frame and
secured by thumb or drop ring screws (or it may be fitted with studs and plates for
entire removal) to allow bottom sash to reverse on lines.
The parting beads are hinged to pulley styles in which a groove is formed allowing
them to fold back flush leaving top sash also free to reverse on the lines.
This invention is intended to be applied to the altering of existing sashes & frames
for the same purposes.

page_text: Improvements in Hanging Sashes Enabling them to be Turned
Inside to Outside when Suspended to Admit of Cleaning,
Painting, and Glazing Safely from the Inside.
I GEORGE JOHN SOPER Junr. of No 6 Wilby Road Grove Lane Camberwell in the
County of Surrey Surveyor 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 :-
The sashes are fitted with a screw pin passing through plates screwed to sash stiles,
to the sash end of cords are fitted metal eyelets which are placed on the pins between
guard plates allowing sashes to reverse freely the sash stiles are grooved throughout
part of the face of stile next groove is cut away to depth of groove and rounded io
allow line to pass out and in and turn on pin suspended on the cords thus enabling
them to be replaced in frames in a reverse position.
The sash frame is made as follows the inside bead is hinged to sash frame and
screwed by thumb or drop ring screws (or it may be fitted with studs and plates for
entire removal) to allow bottom sash to reverse on lines.
The parting beads are hinged to pulley stiles in which a groove is formed allowing
them to fold back flush leaving the top sash also free to reverse on the lines.
This invention is intended to be applied to the altering of existing sashes and
frames for the same purpose.
And in order that my said invention may be clearly understood reference is hereby
made to the accompanying drawing in which similar letters of reference indicate
corresponding parts.
Figure 1 Is a view of a portion of the inside face of sash stile (the inside bead
omitted) to shew the various working parts on their edge.
Figure 2 Is a section shewing the position of sash stiles and the hinged parting
and inside beads.
Figure 3 Is a view of the edge of sash stile shewing the various working parts and
the method of fixing guard plates & centre pin.
Figure 4 Shews the method of connecting the sash line with metal eyelet.
Figure 5 Is a section shewing alternate plan for fixing inside beads with studs and
plates and drop ring thumb screw to admit of entire removal.
a In figure 1 is a view of inside face of sash stile.
a¹ a¹ In figure 2 is section of sash stile.
all In figure 3 is a view of edge of sash stile next pulley stile of sash frame.
6 In figures 1 and 3 is a screw pin passing through outer and inner guard plates
and screwed to sash stile.
c In figure 3 is a guard plate screwed to edge of sash stile next pulley stile.
c¹ In figure 1 is an inner guard plate let into sash stile the depth of groove and
through these two guard plates c and c¹ the centre pin b is fixed.

page_text: d In figure 1 is the metal eyelet which turns on center pin b.
d In figure 4 shews the metal eyelet with sash cord bound round.
E In Figure 3 shews the portion of sash stile cut away to depth of groove and
rounded to allow sash line to pass out and in thus enabling the sashes to be put back
in frame reversed from outside to in.
In Figure 2 shews the inside bead hinged to sash frame and fixed by thumb screw
or drop ring fastening or it may be fitted with studs and plates to admit of entire
removal as shewn at in Figure 5.
h In figure 2 is the hinged parting bead between top and bottom sashes which folds
back into groove i formed in pulley stile k.
In figure 1 and 3 is the sash cord.
m In figure 1 and 3 is the groove ploughed into sash stile to receive line this
groove is formed the entire length of sash stile.
When the inside bead is folded back against inside lining of sash frame (or entirely
removed) the bottom sash will quit the frame but suspended by the sash cords and in
this position the sash can be turned by revolving on the screw.
The bottom sash now being free the hinged parting bead can be folded back in
recess formed in pulley stile thus enabling the top sash to quit the frame similar to
bottom sash and it can then revolve on screw pin.
After both sashes are reversed the beads can be put back to hold the sashes and the
extended plough groove will allow them to slide as in their first position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is
1st. The use of the several and respective means and appliances for constructing
sliding sashes enabling them to revolve when suspended by sash lines and put back in
sash frame reversed vizt. the inside to the outside substantially as hereinbefore
described and shown on the drawing.
2nd. The construction of and fixing of guard plates, the fixing of metal eyelet to
sash cord, the screw pin passing through guard plates and screwed to sash stiles the
removal of part of sash stile to depth of groove to allow sash cord to pass out and in
and the method shewn of fixing sash cord to suspend sashes.
3rd. The use of the several and respective means and appliances for the construction
and alterations of existing sashes and frames to enable their being reversed
substantially as hereinbefore shewn on drawings.
Luth 1007
GEORGE JOHN SOPER, JUNR.