IMPROVEMENTS IN WINDOW FRAMES, COMMONLY CALLED CASEMENTS, OB FRENCH LIGHTS
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Rattray, of the City of Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Joiner and Cabinet Maker, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN WINDOW FRAMES, COMMONLY CALLED CASEMENTS, OB
FRENCH LIGHTS."
Sealed the 19th September 1861, and dated the 30th March 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Rattray at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 30th
March 1861.
I, JOHN RATTRAY, of the City of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Joiner and Cabinet Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WINDOW FRAMES, COMMONLY CALLED CASEMENTS, OR
FRENCH LIGHTS," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates particularly to casements known as French lights,
which open inwards, and the object is to prevent rain penetrating through
them to the interior of the room, and consists of making grooves and rabbits
round both the framework of the window and the frame of the light, which
moves on hinges inwards, so that if the rain beats heavily against the outside
of the window it will find its way into the grooves, and run out at the bottom
of the window instead of beating into the room, as is the case with the French
lights as hitherto constructed.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Rattray in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
30th September 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
RATTRAY, of the City of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Joiner and
Cabinet Maker, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her, Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirtieth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fourth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said John Rattray, Her special licence that I, the said John Rattray,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
John Rattray, 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
WINDOW FRAMES, COMMONLY CALLED CASEMENTS, OR FRENCH, LIGHTS," upon the.
condition (amongst others) that I, the said John Rattray, 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 Rattray, do hereby declaro
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement (that is to say):-
This Invention relates particularly to casements known, as French lights,
which open inwards, and the object is to prevent rain penetrating through
them to the interior of the room, and consists, of making grooves and rebates.
round both the framework of the window and the casement of the light,
which moves on hinges inwards, so that if the rain beats heavily against the
outside of the window it will find its way into the grooves, and run out at the
bottom on to the sill, instead of beating into the room, as is the, case with the
French lights as hitherto constructed.
These improvements will be clearly understood by referring to the Figures
and letters on the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a

page_text: vertical section, and Fig. 2 a transverse section of a casement having my
improvements applied.
a is the outside frame of the window; b, the sill; c, the top rail; d, the
bottom rail; e, the hanging stiles; and f, the meeting stiles. The grooves
for taking off the water are shewn at g, they extend from the top to the
bottom of the frames, and around the casements, forming channels leading on
to the sill.
Having now described the nature and particulars of my Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be performed, I desire it to be distinctly
understood that I claim as my Invention, and which to the best of my
knowledge and belief has not been hitherto used within the realm, the
application of grooves to window frames, commonly called casements or
French lights, for the purpose of taking off the water, as herein described and
illustrated in the accompanying Sheet of Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Rattray, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-eighth day of September, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
Signed, sealed, and delivered, by the
within-named John Rattray, in the
presence of
E. J. HUGHES,
Patent Agent,
Manchester.
JOHN RATTRAY. (L.S.)