Improved Means for Holding Down and Raising Carriage Windows.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Holding Down and Raising Carriage Windows.
I, CHARLES BEAN KING, Junior, of 28, Church Row, Hampstead, in the County
of Middlesex, Electrical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
For raising carriage windows and the like I employ a counterweight which can
slide up and down on two vertical steel rods contained within the central portion
of the lower part of the door, said rods pass through the weight and are fixed at
the top on the middle rail of door and at the bottom on the bottom rail of door.
The holes in counterweight through which the rods pass may be lined with gun
metal tubing or the like to reduce friction. The rods keep the weight from
getting out of position and prevent rattling when the door is slammed or the
carriage in motion. On the centre of the middle rail I mount a pulley centrally.
between the upper ends of the rods, and immediately over the counterweight.
Over this pulley I pass a broad leather strip or the like one end of which is
fastened to the counterweight and the other end to the centre of the bottom rail
of window sash.
In the centre of the upper part of the inner panel of the door an opening may.
be formed through which a portion of the band can be seen and the band may be
made to have upon it a series of advertisements which as the window is raised
or lowered can in turn be seen through this opening. The window can be drawn
down by hand in any suitable manner.
To hold the window down when it has been lowered I mount a horizontal
rod or spindle immediately below the centre rail of the door which rod extends
from one side of the door to the other. Short arms are made to project from the
rod one near each end the short arms incline somewhat downwards and their
ends are by a spring acting on the spindle made to bear against the inner face of
the sides of the window frame and keep the window from being raised but yet
allow it to be drawn down freely.
A lever handle is made to extend from the spindle by pressing against which
the short arms at the ends of the spindle are drawn away from the window
sash and the sash is then drawn upwards by the action of the counterweight.
Dated this Twenty-first day of July One thousand eight hundred and ninety-
Improved Means for Holding Down and Raising Carriage Windows.
I, CHARLES BEAN KING, Junior, of 28, Church Row, Hampstead, in the County
of Middlesex, Electrical Engineer; do hereby declare the nature of this invention
[Price 8d.]

page_text: and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
For raising carriage windows and the like I employ a counterweight which can
slide up and down on two vertical steel rods contained within the central portion
of the lower part of the door, said- rods pass through the weight and are fixed at
the top on the middle rail of door and at the bottom on the bottom rail of door.
The holes in counterweight through which the rods pass may be lined with gun
metal tubing or the like to reduce friction. The rods keep the weight from
getting out of position and prevent rattling when the door is slammed or the
carriage in motion. On the centre of the middle rail I mount a pulley centrally
between the upper ends of the rods, and immediately over the counterweight.
Over this pulley I pass a broad leather strip or the like one end of which is
fastened to the counterweight and the other end to the centre of the bottom rail
of window sash.
In the centre of the upper part of the inner panel of the door an opening may
be formed through which a portion of the band can be seen and the band may be
made to have upon it a series of advertisements which as the window is raised
or lowered can in turn be seen through this opening. The window can be drawn
down by hand in any suitable manner.
To hold the window down when it has been lowered I mount a horizontal
rod or spindle immediately below the centre rail of the door which rod extends
from one side of the door to the other. Short arms are made to project from the
rod one near each end the short arms incline somewhat downwards and their
ends are by a spring acting on the spindle made to bear against the inner face of
the sides of the window frame and keep the window from being raised but yet
allow it to be drawn down freely.
A lever handle is made to extend from the spindle by pressing against which
the short arms at the ends of the spindle are drawn away from the window
sash and the sash is then drawn upwards by the action of the counterweight.
The drawing annexed shews two views of a carriage door fitted with a window
which can be raised and lowered in the manner above described.
Figure 1 is an inside face view with the inner lining or casing of the lower
part of the door removed.
Figure 2 is a vertical cross section.
A is the counterweight sufficiently heavy to effect the raising of the window
sash. BB are two vertical rods which pass through the weight and upon which
the weight can slide up and down.
At their upper end these rods are secured to a strong metal bar forming part
of a metallic frame C which is fixed to the side rails and to the underside of the
middle rail of the door which may be much weaker than usual-the metal frame
giving the strength which is requisite. At their lower end the rods are secured
to a metal bar C₁ fixed to the bottom rail of the door.
In this way the weight is held very securely so that it can neither come into
contact with the window or the inside of the inner panel of the door casing and
yet can rise and fall very freely as it only comes into contact with the two
metal rods B.
D is a roller the axes of which are supported by brackets D1 secured to the
underside of the middle rail of the door. E is a broad strap of leather, canvas or
like material passing over the roller and secured at one end to the weight A and
at the other to the centre of the bottom rail of the window sash F.
G is a rod or spindle extending from one side of the door to the other and
supported at its ends in holes in the metal frame C, the rod also passes through
holes in the brackets D¹ and is supported by them. G₁ are short arms extending
from the rod one near each of its ends which are held against the side bars of the
frame of the window sash and keep the sash from being raised by the action of the
counterweight. G2 is a lever handle secured to the centre of the rod G-by
pressing this lever towards the window sash the arms G¹ can be moved away

page_text: from the sash and then allow it to be raised by the counterweight. G³ are springs
which at other times tend to hold the arms against the sash.
The band E may if desired have a number of advertisements marked upon it
as above stated and a suitably glazed opening such as shewn at H may be provided
in the inner panel of the door through which these advertisements can be seen
one at a time.
I would state that I am aware that it is not broadly new to raise window sashes
by means of weights and to employ catches to retain the sashes when they have
been drawn down..
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. The combination of the window sash the broad band secured at one end to
the centre of its bottom rail-the roller over which the band is led-the weight
to which the other end of the band is secured and which is sufficiently heavy to
raise the window sash and the fixed vertical rods which pass down through the
weight and keep it out of contact with all other parts of the door or window
sash thereby allowing of its rising and falling freely without noise, substantially
as described.
2. The combination with the subject of the first claim hereof, of the rod extend-
ing across the door below the top of its middle rail with arms inclining down-
wards from it near each of its ends, a spring or springs to turn the rod in a
direction to make the arms bear against the two side bars of the window sash, and
another arm extending above the top of the middle rail by which the rod can be
turned in the opposite direction, substantially as described.
3. In the combination hereinabove claimed, the use of the broad band as a
means of advertizing, by making an opening through the inner panel of the door
through which advertisements or the like marked upon the band can readily be
seen, substantially as described.
4. The means for holding down and raising carriage windows substantially as
herein before described and illustrated in the drawing annexed.
Dated this 7th day of Anril 1800
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