Year: 1897

page_text: A communication from abroad by CHARLES JACKSON CLARKE, of Kingsburg, in
the County of Fresno, and State of California, United States of America,"
Gentleman.
I, WILLIAM LLOYD WISE, of 40, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of London,
Consulting Engineer and Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to windows wherein the sashes are adapted to slide
vertically and also swing laterally, and one of the primary objects of the present
invention is to provide the frame of the window and the sashes with readily attach-
able and detachable hinges, so that by applying the hinges the sashes may be
immediately transformed from vertically sliding to laterally swinging sashes, and
vice versa, and also that one set of hinges being interchangeable with several
windows, may be applied to any one of them, at the pleasure of the user.
use is particularly desirable in cleaning the window panes, as the danger incident
to cleaning the outer sides, as ordinarily practiced is averted.
Such
With this object in view, the invention consists in providing a two-part hinge,
two or more of which will be used in connection with each sash, and in arranging
suitable securing means, preferably bushings embedded in the frame and sashes,
for securing the hinge parts in proper position.
In arranging the sashes for swinging, it is necessary to detach the weight ropes
at one side, so that another object of the invention is to provide detachable rope
securing means, and also means for holding the ropes after being detached. My
preferred means to this end is a pin like device secured to the rope and adapted
to removably fit a bushing in the edge of the sash, and also a similar bushing or
lodgment in the window frame.
In this connection it is also necessary to remove the beads on that side of the frame
opposite to the hinges, so that the sashies may clear the same in their swinging move-
ment, so that it becomes a further object of the invention to provide improved
bead securing devices which may be conveniently and quickly manipulated. I
preferably divide the beads each into two sections, and provide a single device at
the juncture of the sections for securing them in place, such device being readily
operated for releasing the bead.

page_text: Improvements in Windows.
A communication from abroad by CHARLES JACKSON CLARKE, of Kingsburg, in
the County of Fresno, and State of California, United States of America,
Gentleman,
I, WILLIAM LLOYD WISE, of 46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of London,
Consulting Engineer and Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:
This invention relates to windows and pertains more particularly to that class
in which the sashes are adapted to swing inward as well as to slide vertically,
whereby they may be easily and safely cleaned, the particular object of the present
invention being to provide improved detachable hinges for the sashes; to provide
improved readily-removable beads and bead-fastenings, whereby the sashes may
be free to swing, and to provide improved connection between the weighted cords
and sash-rails.
The invention consists in the novel features of construction and in the com-
bination and arrangements of parts fully described hereinafter, and claimed, and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a window frame and sashes provided with these
improvements, the sashes being shown swung outward in solid lines and in position
for vertical movement in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view on line .
of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the sash-hinges. Fig. 4 is a perspec-
tive view of one of the inner faces of the frame. Fig. 6 is an elevation of the
opposite face. Fig. 6 is a detail view of a hinge of slightly-modified form. Figs. 7
and 8 illustrate slightly-modified forms of securing the hinge and bead-fasten-
ing sockets in place. Fig. 9 illustrates the connection for the weight-cord and
sash. Figs. 10, 11, and 12 illustrate in detail the head-fastenings.
A designates the window-frame, and B and C the lower and upper sashes,
respectively, which are adapted to slide therein in the usual manner, the same
being provided with weight-cords D. These cords are detachably secured to the
sash-rails, each cord carrying a pin E, formed with a split eye E, which is con-
tracted about and thereby secured to the cord, tho pin entering socket e of the
sash when in operative position and adapted to engage socket e¹ of frame A when
the sashes are swung inward, as shown in Fig. 1.
For removably securing the hinge-sections each sash is provided with two bush-
ings F, the same being secured by screws through perforated lugs F and each
formed with a bayonet-slot f to receive hinge-pintles G, having lugs G, which
when turned to position in the sockets are securely held. Sockets H, of the same
form as bushings F, are embedded in the casing to receive the eye hinge-sections I,
the latter being formed with lugs I', whereby they are held in place in the
bayonet-slotted bushings, as described, of the hinge-pintles and in which the latter
turn. The casing-bushings for the lower sash are embedded in bead J, while
those for the upper sash are in the back wall of the way in which the lower sash
slides, thus being flush with the surfaces and entirely out of the way.
When not in use, the hinge-sections are simply removed, and one set of hinges
will answer for any number of windows fitted with the sookets.
4
The hinge-pintles may be bayonet-slotted instead of the bushings, as shown at K,
Fig. 6, the bushing in such construction being formed with the internal lug K¹,
about which the slotted pintle may move when inserted. This modified con- 4
nection applies as well to the eye-sections of the hinges as to the pintles. The
bushings for the hinge-sections may be secured in place by an overhanging screw,

page_text: as at L, Fig. 7, instead of forming said bushings with perforated lugs to receive
securing-screws.
Bead M, inside of the lower sash, is formed in two sections by the oblique
cut M, the lower portion being removable to permit the lower sash to swing.
Owing to the form of cut the upper end of the lower section wedges back of the
lower end of the upper section and is further held by being notched at its upper
extremity to embrace the brad m, driven horizontally into the casing at the juncture
of the bead-sections. The lower extremity of the bead is secured by screw N,
which passes therethrough and into the bushing N¹ in the casing, the socket being
formed with internal lugn, upon which the screw works.
The beads O, which separate the two sashes, are removably secured by the
laterally-turning angular latches P, the beads being grooved to embrace the
latches, as shown at Q, whereby when turned down to position the latches are
flush with the bead-surfaces. When the upper sash is to be swung, it is lowered
in the frame and the hinges are applied, and for convenience the bead O adjacent the
free edge of the sash is cut diagonally upward and backward, as shown at R, so
that the lower bead-section may be removed to pass the swinging sash, the upper
latch Poccurring at the point where the bead is cut, so as to overlap the same,
and thus hold both sectious securely in place.
Bushings N¹ may be perforated to receive a securing-screw, as at S, Fig. 4, or
it may be secured in the casing by an overhanging screw, as at S¹, Fig. 8.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. The combination of elongated bushings adapted to be embedded in the frame
of a window and also in sashes, and a hinge having elongated pintles adapted to
be removably secured in said bushings, substantially as shown and described.
2. The combination of elongated bushings adapted to be embedded in the frame
of a window and in the sashes, and independent but co-operating hinge-sections
having elongated pintles adapted to be removably secured in said bushings, sub-
stantially as shown and described.
3. In a hinge, the combination of a bushing part and a hinge part, one of said
parts being provided with a lug or nib, and the other part formed with a bayonet-
slot, whereby when the parts are united the lug or nib and alot co-operate to hold
the hinge part in place, substantially as shown and described.
4. In a hinge for the purpose described, the combination of bushing portions
adapted to be embedded in the window-frame and sash-rails with their outer ends
flush with the frame and rail surfaces, and hinge-sections removably secured in
the bushings and co-operating to swing the sashes laterally, substantially as
shown and described.
5. The combination of bushings adapted to be secured to the window-frame
and sash-uile, the hinge eye-sections removably secured in the frame-bushings,
and the hinge-pintles removably secured in the sash-rail bushings and at their
outer ends bent downward to engage the eye-sections in which they turn, substan-
tially as shown and described.
6. The combination of a window-bead formed with the united vertical and trans-
verse depressions, and an angular latch secured to the window-frame and adapted
to turn in the transverse depression of the bead and its outer angular end adapted
to turn down in the vertical bead-depression, substantially as shown and described.
7. The improvements in windows shown in and described with reference to the
annexed drawings.
W. LLOYD WISE,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Chartered Patent Agent.