CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS APPLICABLE TO CARRIAGE WINDOWS
Year: 1847

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
HORNE, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer, send
greeting.
year of
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Fourteenth day of
October, One thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, in the eleventh
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Thomas Horne, my exors, admors, and assigns, Her especial
licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said Thomas
Horne, my exors, admors, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Thomas
Horne, my exors, admors, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times during the term of years therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within
England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of
"CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS APPLICABLE TO CARRIAGE WINDOWS;" in which said
Letters Patent is contained a proviso that I, the said Thomas Horne, shall
cause a particular description of the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, by an instrument in writing under my
hand and seal, to be inrolled in Her said Majesty's High Court of Chancery
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
in part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same, reference being
thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Thomas Horne, do hereby declare that the nature of the said Invention,
and the manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described

page_text: india-rubber f, in a state of tension (or other suitable spring), to its under
side. And this mode of acting on a window of a carriage constitutes another
peculiar feature of novelty in my Invention. But the sash will be prevented
descending beyond a short distance by reason of the stop e coming into one of
the teeth of the plate a². Then if it be required that the sash a should
descend further, the stop e must be released from the rack a², and this will be
accomplished by depressing the knob e¹, and by means of the parts a², e, the
sash a may be retained partially raised at any height required, according to
the length of rach used, or by depressing the knob e', and keeping the stop
e out of the way of the teeth of the rack a², the sash will descend; and it is
the applying a rack a² to a carriage window, capable of being acted upon by a
suitable stop to hold the same at various heights, which constitutes another
peculiarity of my Invention. g. 9, are filling pieces, one on each side of the
opening for the window. These pieces turn upon axes g' at their upper ends,
and are constantly pressed inwards by means of springs h, which yield to
allow of the pieces g coming forward when the sash is raised, so that its ledge
may come over the ridge d, and in that position the pieces 9 serve to keep
the sashes from shaking, and also to prevent the ingress of wind or rain. In
some cases I apply counterbalance weights to the sash, as is shown by the
section, Figure 6, where i represents a band or cord attached to the lower
part of the sash a, and passing over the pulley ; to the weight k, and there
may be one or more of such weighted bands, according to the weight of
the sash to be raised. Figures 7, 8, and 9 show various views of parts of a
roller, over which the strap passes which is used for raising the sash of a
carriage window. This part of the Invention is also shewn in its place at
Figures 2, 3, and 4. is the roller which is formed with conical ends; these
ends are received into conical recesses in pieces m, which are kept pressed
against the conical ends of the roller by means of springs, as shown, whereby
the roller will be capable of turning freely, and at the same time the access of
dirt to those parts will be avoided. Figures 10 and 11 show two sectional
views, and Figure 12 a front view, of parts of a carriage window, showing
another mode of keeping wind and rain from getting in through the lower
part of the opening for the window. n. is a curved plate, which is capable of
turning (by means of necks or axes n¹ at each end) in the fixed plates o;
when the sash is down, the curved plate n remains in the positions shewn by
Figure 11; when the sash is raised, the plate n will be raised into the
position shewn by Figure 10, in which case the projecting ledge p of the
sash will pass over the plate n, whilst the projection p¹ will sustain the
plate in the position shewn. In this position of the parts it will be Şeen that

page_text: rain falling against the sash will be directed down over the ledge p, thence
over the plate n to the trough q and exterior of the carriage. The sash is
retained up by means of a stop e, similar to that described above.
I would here remark that although I have shown most of my improvements
applied to a window of a carriage door, they are equally applicable to windows
of other parts of carriages.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, I do not confine
myself to the precise details shown and described, so long as the peculiar
character of either part be retained. But what I claim is,-
First, the mode of making parts of the frame for receiving the sash or
window of metal.
Secondly, I claim the arrangement of the sash, the part c acting with the
part d, as described.
Thirdly, I claim the arrangement of rack and stop e, as herein described.
Fourthly, I claim the mode of employing springs or weights, as herein
described.
Fifthly, I claim the mode of arranging such frames of carriage windows
with parts g, g, as described.
Sixthly, I claim the mode of supporting rollers (for carriage windows) by
means of pieces m, acted upon by springs, and applying straps for raising
carriage windows, as described. And,
Seventhly, I claim the mode of preventing the admission of rain by the
plate n, as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Horne, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twelfth day of April, One thousand eight hundred