MENTS IN SASH WEIGHTS AND IN THE MANNER OF ATTACHING NEW CORDS OR LINES TO, WINDOW SASHES AND FRAMES
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Stabb, senior, of Torquay, in the County.
IMPROVE-
of Devon, Carpenter and Builder, for the Invention of "
MENTS IN SASH WEIGHTS AND IN THE MANNER OF ATTACHING NEW CORDS OR
LINES TO, WINDOW SASHES AND FRAMES."
Scaled the 4th July 1873, and dated the 30th April 1873.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Stabb at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
30th April 1873.
I, JOHN STABB, senior, of Torquay, in the County of Devon, Carpenter
and Builder, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
'IMPROVEMENTS IN SASH WEIGHTS AND IN THE MANNER OF ATTACHING NEW.
CORDS OR LINES TO WINDOW SASHES AND FRAMES," to be as follows:-
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This Invention has for its object the prevention of the present system
of damaging the paint work of window sashes and frames when attaching
new cords. For this purpose my Invention consists of a different sash
weight from those in present use, namely, the weights to have an iron
band with a swinging handle attached to it through which the sash

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weight can pass. At the top of sash weight there is a stop about three inches
down, which when the cord is in its proper place the handle of band
will always be at the top of weight, and the weight suspended by the
stop on the band, directly the cord breaks the band and handle will
slide to the bottom of weight. The handle will then be 4 inches from
the window sill in the boxing. I then unscrew an iron plate about two
inches in diameter on the face of pully stile opposite the handle of
weight band, which enables me then to fasten the cord to handle of
band. I then draw the cord through pully of sash frame from the inside,
which then raises band and handle to the top of sash weight. To fasten
the cord to sash I have a groove on the back edge of sash stiles from the
top of both sashes about four inches long. On the inside face of the sash
stiles I have a round hole about three-quarters of an inch in diameter in
communication with the groove at back edge of sash stile; the cord is
then passed through the groove into the hole on face. I then tie a knot
on the cord which fits in the round hole on face of sash stile. A round
nut being fitted to the hole cuables me to screw a plate in the nut
which will cover the knot and be fair with the sash stiles.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Stabb in the Great Scal Patent Office on
the 29th October 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, Jon
STABB, senior, of Torquay, in the County of Devon, Carpenter and
Builder, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Thirtieth day of April, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the thirty-
sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said John Stabb, Her special licence that I,
the said John Stabb, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said John Stabb, 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 ex-
pressed; should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
C

page_text: Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SASH
WEIGHTS AND IN THE MANNER OF ATTACHING NEW CORDS OR LINES TO WINDOW
SASHES AND FRAMES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said John Stabb, 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 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 John Stabb, 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:
This Invention has, for its object the prevention of the damage that
arises by the present system to paint work of window sashes and frames
when attaching new cords. For this purpose I adopt in the first place
an improved sash weight which has an iron band and a swing or swivel
handle arranged to move up and down by means of a groove on the side
of the weight; secondly, I have a pocket opening and plate about two
inches in diameter to unscrew on the face of the pulley stile; and,
thirdly, I have a groove and sash plate for inserting the sash cord in the
sash stile.
.
And in order that this my Invention may be readily understood I will
proceed to explain the working and mode of carrying the same into
effect by referring to the accompanying Drawings, and to the letters
of reference shewn thereon, the same letters referring to like parts
throughout, that is to say :-
Fig. 1 is a sectional view of sash frame shewing pocket opening a and
pulley f
Fig. 2 is a view of capping for closing up the pocket opening, which
can be made either of wood or metal.
Fig. 3 is a plan shewing sash weight 6 with its band and swivel
handle c, and sash groove d, and plate e. When altering old frames, and
there is not sufficient room, I propose fixing the swivel handle c at top
of weight b.
Fig. 4 is a sectional view through pocket hole a, shewing sash
weight with the hand and awiceal handl

page_text: lines representing the band or swivel run down to the bottom to the bottom
of the weight when the cord has broken, and the eye end of the swivel
handle leaning forward through the pocket hole a to receive a new cord.
Fig. 5 is a general view of window, shewing the mode of attaching
the cord with the pocket hole a, sash plate e, sash groove d, and pulley
at top f
The mode of operation for removing broken lines and replacing the
same where windows have been fitted on my principle is as follows:-
I remove the pocket capping (Fig. 2) from the pocket hole a, also the
sash plate e, and draw out the broken cords, and to reinstate the same I
pass the new cord in the ordinary way through the pulley fat top, and
secure the same to the eye in the swivel c of the weight 6 by means of
the pocket opening a, as shewn at Fig. 4 (the band and swivel having
run down to the bottom of the weight in the sliding groove 9), and
the capping in the pocket is then replaced flush with the stile. I then
raise the weight (the band and swivel handle being then at the top
of same) and pass the other end of the line through sash groove d,
and out through sash plate hole e, when the sash will be again in
working order, no paint or woodwork having been in: the slightest
degree damaged or interfered with.
Having thus described the nature of this my said Invention, and the
mode of carrying the same into effect, now what I claim and desire to
be secured to me by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is,
the said Invention for improvements in sash weights, and in the manner
of attaching new cords or lines to window sashes and frames, substan-
tially as herein described and as shewn on the accompanying Drawings,
or any mere modification of the same.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Stabb, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-eighth day of October, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.