Improvements in and in connection with Sash Fasteners.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 13th May, 1892.
Complete Specification Left. 17th Sept.. 1892-Accepted. 22nd Oct.. 1892-
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in connection with Sash Fasteners.
I, WILLIAM ALLEN, of 16 High Street, Barnstaple, in the County of Devon,.
Painter and Glazier, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention for improvements in, and in connection with, sash fasteners, has
for its object to provide a sash fastener which shall securely close the window
against burglars, and at the same time, prevent the passage of draughts or water,.
between the meeting rails of two sashes, when so secured.
According to this invention, a deep groove is cut in the meeting rail of each sash
extending nearly or quite its whole length, so that when the sashes are closed, the
grooves are opposite each other. Into one groove so formed is inserted a lath or
tongue, preferably connected to two or more equal and parallel links, pivotted in
the said rail, the sashes being secured together by sliding the tongue from the
meeting rail of one sash into the other, so as to bridge over the joint.
Dated this 12th day of May 1899
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in connection with Sash Fasteners.
I, WILLIAM ALLEN of 16 High Street, Barnstaple, in the County of Devon,.
Painter and Glazier, 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 for improvements in, and in connection with sash fasteners, bas.
for its object to provide a sash fastener which shall securely close the window
against burglars, and at the same time prevent the passage of draughts or water,.
between the meeting rails of two sashes when so secured.
According to this invention, a deep groove is cut in the meeting rail of each sash
extending nearly or quite its whole length, so that when the sashes are closed, the
grooves are opposite each other. Into one groove so formed is inserted a lath or
tongue preferably connected to two or more equal and parallel links pivotted in the
said rails, the sashes being secured together by sliding the tongue from the meeting.
rail of one sash into the other, so as to bridge over the joint.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings
Fig. 1 represents a back elevation of the meeting rails of two sashes, and
Fig. 2 is a horizontal section through the upper sash and
Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the meeting rails of a pair of sashes,.
constructed according to my invention.
Deep grooves or housings a a¹ are formed in the meeting rails of each sash c.
Into one groove a is inserted a lath or tongue d connected to two links e pivotted
to the pins fso that the tongue d when displaced moves forward parallel to itself..
Secured to the lath is a loop or staple 9 embracing the lever h which when rotated
carries forward the lath or tongue d and projects a part of it into the groove a', in
the meeting rail & thereby bridging the joint between them.
D

page_text: 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. A sash fasteners comprising a lath or tongue working in a groove or housing
in the meeting rail of one sash and adapted to be. projected into a corresponding
groove in the meeting rail of the adjacent sash substantially as described and for
the purpose specified..
2. The arrangement and construction of sash fasteners substantially as described
with reference to the drawings.
:
Dated this 17th day of September 1892.