Improvements in Windows.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Nov., 1892.
Complete Specification Left, 21st Feb., 1893-Accepted, 22nd Apr., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Windows.
CAROLINE HOUGHTON (wife of Thomas Marcus Houghton) Berry Cottage
Hersham in the County of Surrey do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
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This invention applies to sashes hung with lines and weights in boxed or cased
frames and its object is to construct the window in such manner as to allow the
sashes being more readily opened and in such a manner as to facilitate the cleansing
of the external face of the glass from the inside of the room.
A sinking of suitable size and shape is formed in the face of each of the pully
styles of the frame and is filled in and fitted with moveable pieces of suitable
material hereinafter described as the swinging styles and to which both the
parting beads and the stop beads are fixed and are cut through to allow of the
swinging styles moving as hereinafter described.
At or near one of its ends each of the swinging styles is pivoted or hinged either
to the pulley style the inside lining or the stop bead, then by sliding either of the
sashes into a proper position they together with the swinging styles may be lifted
up or pulled down into a horizontal position depending on which end of the swinging
style is hinged. Both of the sashes may be brought into this position either
together or separately and in either case may be retained in the said horizontal
position by stays struts or pins.
The swinging styles will be prevented from spreading when opened up or down
by a catch or screw attaching them to one or both of the sashes.
The swinging styles may be of thin metal to obviate the necessity of showing a
joint between the same and the inside linings which would occur when the swinging
styles are of wood:
The hanging styles of the frame will be pierced through for access to the weights
in the usual manner but no pocket pieces will be required as the swinging styles
answer the same purpose by covering the openings.
To prevent the swinging styles springing away or bulging out from the hanging
styles they will in addition to passing under a projecting knib or notch formed on or
attached to the parting beads and into a groove or sinking on its edge and with
metal attachments on its back or be fixed with screws or bolts.
The wood swinging styles will be further secured back into its right position by
being undercut i.e. bevelled or dovetailed shaped at the ends.
November 1st 1892.
CAROLINE HOUGHTON.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Windows.
I, CAROLINE HOUGHTON, of Hersham, in the County of Surrey, 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:-
My invention refers to sliding sashes hung with lines and weights in boxed or
cased frames, and my object is to render the windows or sliding sashes capable of
being more readily open so as to facilitate the cleaning of the external face from
the inside and provide such arrangements as to enable existing windows or sliding
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page_text: sashes to be altered and fitted according to my invention all as hereafter described,
and this with the least possible labour and expense.
My invention will be readily understood by the following description having
reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 shews an elevation of the interior of a window frame having sliding sashes
all constructed as usual, but shewn with my invention applied thereto, whereby the
sashes may he conveniently reached for cleaning by being brought into the.
room.
Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line X Y of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section taken centrally of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a
similar view to Fig. 3, but shewing the sash opened into the room for cleaning.
Fig. 5 shews the interior side of the framework.
Fig. 6 is a horizontal section of one side of a sash frame and sash (drawn to a
larger scale than the previous figures) shewing an arrangement of my invention,
especially suitable when the window frames are constructed according to my inven-
tion in the first instance, and
Fig. 7 is a somewhat similar view to Fig. 6, shewing a catch device hereafter
mentioned.
Similar letters of reference refer to like parts in all the figures.
According to my invention I form a recess or sinking in each of the pulley
styles A, extending in height to just above the lower sash B and in width to just
beyond the parting bead C. Within these recesses I fit plates D of metal as at
Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or of wood, Figs. 6 and 7, and these plates carry the lower parts
of the stop beads E and of the parting beads C, the said lower parts of these latter
beadings being divided from the upper parts at the height of the plates D. The
plates D and parts of beadings attached thereto or formed thereon (as the case may
be) I will hereinafter for the purposes of this Specification term the "swinging
styles D." At or near one of its ends (as shewn in the drawings at the upper end)
each of the swinging styles D is pivotted or hinged to the inside lining, the stop
bead or the pulley styles A, by say a screwed pin F, so that by sliding either of the
sashes into a proper position, they, together with the swinging styles D, may be
lifted up or pulled down into a horizontal position or nearly so, depending on which
end of the swinging style is hinged or pivotted. Both sashes may be brought into
this position either together or separately, and in either case may be retained in the
said nearly horizontal position by stays, struts, or pins, or equivalent means.
At the lower part of the swinging styles are provided bolts H H; these latter
are preferably fitted with springs arranged in any suitable or well known inanner
so as to cause the horizontal shanks of the bolts to mechanically enter the woodwork
of the frame when the swinging styles are closed as is shewn at Figs. 1 and 3,
whereby the said styles D are securely held in place. The shank of each bolt H
is further formed with an extension at right angles to same marked G at Figs. 1, 3,
and 4, and when the bolt is in position as shewn at Figs. and 3 this extension G
takes into a recess on the stop bead E, but when the parts are in position as shewn
at. Fig. 4, the bolt has been pulled out and given a quarter turn, causing the
extension G to enter a slot or recess G' in the sash, whereby the swinging styles
are prevented from "spreading," that is, from being forced away from the sash
laterally, and the bolt when in this position comes against a suitable stop on its
bearing plate, and being thereby prevented from turning further, its projecting
part G prevents the sash rising in the swinging styles.
The swinging styles D may also be prevented from spreading when opened into
the room by a device of other suitable construction such for example as that
indicated at Fig. 7, where G is a hooked part or bent plate fixed to the "swinging
style" D; the lower sliding sash B is formed with a groove, and a metal plate B¹
fixed to the sash comes over the part G, the slot in the sash extending from just
above the said part G to the bottom of the sash, whereby, when the part G is in
the slot and the sashes are swung into the room, the said swinging styles D.are

page_text: prevented spreading apart laterally; it will, however, be understood that I do not
limit myself to the use of this special construction of catches and fastenings.
In the earlier figures of the drawings, the swinging styles are formed of a metal
plate, and thus it is only necessary to cut a comparatively shallow recess into the
pulley styles, while at the same time the appearance of the framework is not
materially altered or changed, and as a prominent feature of my invention is to
enable existing windows to be altered according to my invention, this is a point to
which I would direct particular attention.
When the swinging styles Dare of wood according to my said invention as shewn
at Figs. 6 and 7, a greater thickness is desirable, and the frames may have a rebate
into which the back of the swinging styles take.
The pulley styles may be pierced through for access to the weights in the usual
manner, but if desired pocket pieces may be dispensed with as the swinging styles D
when in place will cover the openings.
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 I am aware
it is not broadly new to take away or to provide means for taking away a loose
part of the side woodwork of window frames in order to be able to remove the
sashes for cleaning the windows, neither is it new to remove the lower part of such
woodwork with a similar object. It is not new to employ a part hinged to the
framework on each side of the sashes, in which hinged part the sashes are free to
slide, and with which hinged part the sashes may be brought into a room; neither
is it broadly new to pivot a part of a window.frame above the lower sash; nor is it
new to form a sinking in the pulley styles nor in the lower part of the frame, and
it is not new to fit this sinking with a sliding part, but what I claim as my
improvements in windows is':—
1. In sliding window sashes removable for cleaning the windows and for other
purposes, the forming of a recess or sinking in each of the pulley styles extending
in height to just above the lower sash, and in width to just beyond the parting
bead, in combination with plates of metal or wood carrying the lower part of the
stop and parting beads adapted to fit the said recesses or sinkings in the pulley
styles and pivotted therein at the upper or lower ends, whereby the sashes may be
brought inside the room for cleaning and other purposes, all substantially as
herein before described and illustrated with reference to the accompanying
drawings.
2. In windows, the combination with an upper and a lower sliding sash, of
recesses in each of the pulley styles extending in height to just above the lower
sash, hinged parts or plates of metal or wood D adapted to fit the said recesses,
pivots F for the hinged parts or plates D, bolts or catches H for securing the
plates D and sash in place, and for preventing the hinged parts or plates D from
spreading when opened, all constructed and acting substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
3. In windows, the combination with an upper and a lower sliding sash, of
recesses in each of the pulley styles, extending in height to just above the lower
sash, hinged parts or plates of metal or wood D, adapted to fit the said recesses,
pivots F for the hinged parts D, hooked parts or bent plates G for preventing the
hinged parts or plates D from spreading when opened, and bolts of suitable or
ordinary construction to secure the swinging styles to the frame when closed, all
substantially as set forth.
Dated this 21st day of February 1893.