Improvements appertaining to Sashes and Doors for Railway Carriages and other Vehicles.
Year: 1895

page_text: . PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements appertaining to Sashes and Doors for Railway
Carriages and other Vehicles.
We, ALBERT RHODES, of Victoria Villas, Rickardshaw Lane, Stanningley,
near Leeds, in the County of York, Manager, and CHARLES GILL, of Spring
Valley, Stanningley, aforesaid, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows :—
This invention relates to certain improvements appertaining to sashes and doors
for railway carriages and other vehicles, and has for its object, the arrangement of
same in such a manner that, the sash may be raised or lowered to any desired
position of suspension, and there automatically retained.
In the interior of the door casing or the like we mount a fuzee coutaining a
spring, one end of which is secured to the said fuzee, and the opposite end
attached to an arbor, upon which is secured a catch wheel engaging with a pawl.
Passing around the said fuzee, and having one. end secured thereto, is a wire cord
or the like, the opposite end of which is attached to the bottom of the sash in any
convenient manner, the whole of which are encased and thereby protected.
up, and
Upon lowering the window, the coiled spring becomes somewhat wound
by applying a little outside assistance, the window will be raised by the spring to
any desired position, and may be retained in any position by means of a catch or
other suitable arrangement.
Should the spring become weak through use, the same may be "set up." to any
desired tension by means of the catch wheel and pawl.
Dated this 27th day of March 1895.
JOHN ᎳᎪUGH,
Agent.
Improvements appertaining to Sashes and Doors
Carriages and other Vehicles.
for Railway
We, ALBERT RHODES of Victoria Villas, Rickardshaw Lane, Stanningley
near Leeds, in the County of York, Manager, and CHARLES GILL of Spring
Valley, Stanningley aforesaid, Engineer, 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, that is to say :-
It relates to certain improvements applicable for use in connection with the
sliding sashes or windows of railway carriages or other vehicles or the like, and has
for its object the production of means for raising and lowering such sashes with
greater ease and facility than is the case with window sashes of the ordinary type
or description, and further to so arrange the apparatus that it is capable of being
fitted to the present window sash and door frame now generally in use.

page_text: In the accompanying sheets of drawings illustrative of our invention;―
Fig. 1 is front elevation of a railway carriage door and sliding sash (as seen from
the outside of the vehicle) showing in broken lines, how our improved parts are
applied thereto.
Fig. 2 is a view of the parts shown by Fig. 1 but as seen from the inside of the
vehicle.
Fig. 3 is a vertical section (enlarged scale) of certain of the parts hereinafter
described.
Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation (enlarged scale) on line A B of parts shown by
Fig. 3.
Fig. 5 is front elevation (enlarged scale) of a portion of a door framing, the
front boards being omitted so that parts beneath might be more clearly seen.
Fig. 6 is a section on line C D of Fig. 5 and is illustrative of the parts attached
to the sliding sash.
Fig. 7 is a drawing in detail of parts hereinafter explained.
We accomplish the object of our invention by mounting the window sash a to
slide in grooves in the styles of the door frame b in the ordinary manner. But
to the bottom of this sash a we secure a bracket c and connect thereto a wire cord d
(or a rope or other flexible strap or chain might be used instead of this cord d)
which passes over a pulley e mounted on the frame b. This cord d passes to a
spiral-grooved pulley or fusee f mounted loosely on the axial shaft g carried by the
bearings h, and is attached or secured thereto in any suitable or convenient
manner.
The fusee fis dished out or made hollow to receive a coiled spring k, one end of
which is secured to said fusee while the other is fixed to the pin or shaft g.
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When the window-sash a is in its raised position as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, on
which the window is said to be closed, the cord d is wrapped or wound upon the
fusee and the spring k is to a certain extent, uncoiled, however on lowering the
sash a into the casement of the door 6 for the purpose of opening the window,
the cord d is unwound from the fusee which at such time is caused to rotate by
reason of the cord d being secured to it, thus the spring k is "wound up
so that
by very little outside assistance the said sash a may be, on account of the actions
of said spring k, again raised to its former position as will readily be understood.
In order that the spring k may be regulated or made to have greater or less
power for counteracting the weight of the sash a a catch wheel m is secured or
fixed upon the shaft and a pawl or catch n is carried by the bearings h so as to
engage therewith, its actions in this direction being made more effective by the
spring which at all times presses or tends to press it into contact with said
wheel m by which means when the shaft g is rotated in one direction the spring k
is wound up or its tension is increased and said pawl or catch n will hold or retain
it in said condition, while by an opening p being made in the bearings h a small
pin or bar may be inserted and the pawl n thus be raised out of contact with the
wheel m in order that it may be allowed to revolve to allow the spring k to recoil
whenever it is found desirable to do so0.
The winding or operating of the shaft 9 may be performed by a key being made
to fit into openings & made in its outer end, or this outer end might be otherwise
formed for the reception of such key as may be desired.
The cross bar of the door 6 is fixed and formed to fit against the bottom
bar a of the sash a so that all openings at this part are thoroughly covered.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven.
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is ;-
1. The combination and arrangement of the parts forming the counterbalancing
mechanism and means for adjusting same substantially as herein set forth and
dananihad

page_text: 2. The combination of the several parts herein described the same being
arranged and constructed substantially as and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 27th day of December 1895.
ALBERT RHODES.
ALBERT RHODES.
CHARLES GILL,
Per Samuel Hey,
56 Low Street, Keighley, Agent..
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ALBERT RHODES.
CHARLES GILL,
Per Samuel Hey,
56 Low Street, Keighley, Agent..