Certain Improvements in Window Sash Frames to Facilitate the Removal of the Sashes
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 8th July, 18'5
Complete Specification Left, 4th Apr., 1896-Accepted, 9th May, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Certain Improvements in Window Sash Frames to Facilitate the
Removal of the Sashes.
I, JAMES JONES, of 317, Albert Road, Aston Manor, Warwickshire, Clerk of
Works, do hereby declare, the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to the frames of sliding window sashes and consists
of the hereindescribed improved construction of the said frames whereby the sashes
can readily be removed and turned to facilitate cleaning, painting or reglazing and
can readily be replaced in the sash frame.
In carrying out my invention I make a portion of one side of the inside bead and
lining of the sash frame, corresponding in length and position with the bottom sash
when the latter is drawn down separate from the sash frame and hinged or otherwise
connected to the sash frame so that this separate portion can be turned back against
the sash frame lining or be removed therefrom and thus allow of the removal of the
bottom sash. When the said portion of the bead is in its normal position it is there
secured by sliding bolts or by other means. The sash cords of both sashes instead
of being secured to the styles near the tops of the sashes as is usual, are secured to
the styles much lower down preferably near to the bottoms of the sashes for the
purpose hereinafter described. I make the lower part of one of the parting beads,
corresponding with the depth of the top sash when drawn down, in the form of a
separate removable bar, preferably of metal and of tee or angle section, with one
flange fitting flat against the inside of the sash frame and the other flange standing
out at right angles therefrom and forming the removable portion of the parting
bead. To enable this bar to be readily removed I may provide small hooked
projections.fixed on the back of the bar which engage with holes in plates fixed to
the inside of the sash frame so that by placing the bar or portion of the parting
bead in position the hooked projections will enter the holes in the plates and then
by a short downward movement the hooks will engage with the plates and thus
effectually retain the bar or portion of the parting bead in place.
To remove the bottom sash from the sash frame the separate or hinged portion
of the inside bead and lining has first to be turned back so that the bottom sash can
be removed and turned downwardly about the connections to the sash cords as
centres and thus the outside of the glass can then readily be cleaned. In this
position the top rail of the bottom sash may rest upon the floor. To remove the
top sash the said bar or portion of the parting bead has first to be removed which
can readily be done by first raising the same slightly to disengage its hooks from
the plates. The top sash is then drawn down and as the said portion of the parting
bead at one side of the frame has been removed, the top sash can be brought
forward and turned down into the room about the connections to the sash cords
as centres.
To replace the sashes, the top sash has first to be turned up and placed in its
lowest position in the sash frame which can readily be done as there is no inside
bead nor parting bead on one side of the sash frame to obstruct it; the top sash is
then slided up to its highest position and the removable bar or portion of the parting
bead strip is then replaced in position in the sash frame; the bottom sash is then
turned up and replaced in position in the sash frame and there retained by part
of the inside bead and lining being turned to and secured in their normal position
against the bottom sash.

page_text: I find it is sufficient to apply my invention to one side only of the sash frame as
above described, but if desired my said invention can be similarly applied to both
sides of the sash frame.
Dated this 6th day of July 1895.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.
Certain Improvements in Window Sash Frames to Facilitate the
Removal of the Sashes.
I, JAMES JONES, of 317, Albert Road, Aston Manor, Warwickshire, Clerk of
Works, 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 :-
This invention has reference to the frames of sliding window sashes and consists
of the hereindescribed improved construction of the said frames whereby the sashes
can readily be removed and turned to facilitate cleaning, painting or reglazing and
can readily be replaced in the sash frame.
I will describe my invention by referring to the accompanying drawings on
which
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a window sash frame embodying my invention ;
Fig. 2 is a sectional plan of the same; Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of part of the
same with the sashes removed;
Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of part of the sash frame on an enlarged scale;
Fig. 5 is a sectional plan of part of the sash frame;
Fig. 6 is a similar view to Fig. 5 but with a certain portion of the bead and
lining of the sash frame turned back in accordance with my invention for the removal
of the sashes ;
Fig. 7 is a separate view of the removable part of one of the parting beads;
Fig. 8 is a general view shewing the sash frame and the sashes removed therefrom
in position for cleaning.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figs. of the
drawings.
In carrying out my invention I make a portion a¹ of one side of the inside bead
and lining of the sash frame, corresponding in length and position with the bottom
sash B when the latter is drawn down, separate from the sash frame A and hinged
as at a to the sash frame A so that this separate portion a¹ can be turned back as
in Figs. 6 and 8 against the sash frame lining and thus allow of the removal
of the bottom sash B. When the portion a' of the bead is in its normal position as
in Figs. 1, 2 and 5 it is there secured by sliding flush bolts at d' d or by other
means. The sash cords e¹ e² of the top sash and e³e of the bottom sash
instead of being secured to the styles of the sashes near the tops as is usual
are secured to the styles much lower down as shewn in Fig. 8 preferably
near to the bottom of the top sash C and near to the bottom of the
bottom sash B for the purpose hereinafter described. I make the lower part F of
one of the parting beads, corresponding with the depth of the top sash C when
drawn down, in the form of a separate removable bar, preferably of metal and of
flat section, fitting in the usual parting bead groove g in the sash frame so as to
stand out at right angles therefrom like the fixed part H of the parting bead.
enable this bar F to be readily removed it is by preference made with two hooked
projections f¹f at the back of the bar which engage with holes i in plates I fixed
to the inside of the sash frame A so that by placing the bar or portion of the
parting bead in position in the groove g the hooked projections fi f² will enter
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page_text: the holes i in the plates I and then by a short downward movement the hooks f¹ƒª
will engage with the plates I and thus effectually retain the bar or portion of the
parting bead F in place.
To remove the bottom sash B from the sash frame the separate or hinged
portion a¹ of the inside bead and lining has first to be turned back as shewn in.
Figs. 6 and 8 so that the bottom sash B can be removed and turned downwardly
about the connections 68 64 to the sash cords e³ e as centres and thus the outside of
the glass can then readily be cleaned. In this position the top rail 6 of the bottom
sash B may rest upon the floor as in Fig. 8. To remove the top sash C the bar F
forming the removable portion of the parting bead has first to be removed from the
sash frame which can readily be done by first raising the bar F slightly to disengage
its hooks ff from the plates II and then pulling the bar F out of the groove g..
The top sash C is then drawn down and as the portion F of the parting bead at
one side of the frame has been removed, the top sash can be brought forward and
turned down into the room about the connections c3 c4 to the sash cords e¹ e as-
centres.
To replace the sashes, the top sash C has first to be turned up and placed in its.
lowest position in the sash frame A which can readily be done as there is no inside
bead nor parting bead on one side of the sash frame to obstruct it; the top sash C
is then slided up to its highest position and the removable bar or portion F of the
parting bead strip is then replaced in position in the sash frame; the bottom sash B.
is then turned up and replaced in position in the sash frame and there retained by
part a' of the inside bead and lining being turned to its normal position against the
bottom sash B as shewn in Figs. 1, 2 and 5 and there secured as by the flush bolts-
at d' d².
I find it is sufficient to apply my invention to one side only of the sash frame as-
above described and shewn upon my drawings, but if desired my said invention can.
be similarly applied to both sides of the sash frame.
It will be evident that instead of the portion a¹ of the bead and lining being
hinged to the sash frame as shewn upon my drawings the said portion a' may be.
fixed thereto by other means so as to be readily removed when required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven--
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1. In sliding window sash frames making the lower portion of the parting bead
and of the inside bead and lining at one or both sides of the frame separate from.
the frame and removably connected thereto in the manner substantially as herein.
described to permit of the sashes being readily removed and replaced as set
forth.
2. A sliding window sash frame provided at one or both of its sides with the
removable bar F forming the lower portion of the parting bead, said sash frame
also having the lower portion as a¹ of the inside bead and lining at one or both sides.
of the sash frame made separate from and hinged to the frame to turn back when.
required for the removal of the sashes, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 2nd day of April 1896
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.