IMPROVED METHODS OF HANGING SASHES AND SHUTTERS
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Frederick Lee Meakin, of No. 4, Martin's
Lane, Cannon Street, in the City of London, for the Invention of
"IMPROVED METHODS OF HANGING SASHES AND SHUTTERS."
Sealed the 23rd May 1873, and dated the 31st March 1873.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Frederick Lee
Meakin at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 31st March 1873.
I, GEORGE FREDERICK LEE MEAKIN, of No. 4, Martin's Lane, Cannon
Street, in the City of London; do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention, for "IMPROVED METHODS OF HANGING SASHES AND SHUTTERS," to be
as follows :-
This 'Invention is for the purpose of easily and effectually securing the
lines to hanging sashes or shutters without taking them out of their
frames as at present done, thereby obviating the removal of the sash bead,
and other inconveniences and' expenses.
On reference to the Sheet of Drawings which accompanies this
Specification, Figures 1 and 2 show a side and front view of a metal

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holder fitted into the ordinary groove for the sash line, made either out
of strips of metal bent and made.to the shape, or stamped or cut out of
a sheet, as shewn by Figures 3 and 4. The end of the sash line is
secured to the bottom of the holder by winding wire or other material
fit for the purpose tightly round both holder and line, a bulb or knot
being made at or near the end of the line, so as to prevent the possibility
of its slipping through the wire coil.
The holder may be fixed to the top of the sash by an ordinary wood
screw, or by means of a screw and inserted nut similar to a bed screw, as
shewn at a, Figure 1. The bottom or pointed end of the holder is driven
into the woodwork at the bottom of the groove, or into a chisel cut, as
shewn at b, Figure 1..
Where the holder is applied to old sashes, and the groove is too deep
for the pointed end to be driven into the woodwork at the bottom of the
groove, a small plate should be screwed on the edge of the sash at or
near the bottom of the holder, so as to keep the point of the holder in
its place, as shewn by dotted lines at c, Figures 1 and 2. In order to
make room for the wire between the back of the holder and the wood-
work of the sash I propose either to cut the woodwork out to receive it,
as shewn by dotted lines at d, or to bend the holder itself, as shewn by
Figure 6.
Figure 5 is a similar method of making a holder, the only exception
being that the end of it instead of being pointed is turned up, and a
hole is made in it to receive the line, and the end of the line is prevented
passing through the hole by means of a knot or bulb, as before: The
plate, as at c, Figures 1 and 2, should here be used to keep the end of
the holder in its place.
Figure 7 is another method of making a holder, the lower part being
made so that the parts e, e, when bent round will appear as dotted lines
at f. Figure 8 shews' it on plan, and resembles the barrel of a steel pen.
The line is passed through the'aperture thus formed, and is secured at the
end by a knot or bulb, as before. These holders may be greatly
strengthened by being dished or hollowed on section, thus ✓.
Figures 9 and 10 shew á method of securing the line to the bottom of
the sash by continuing the groove for the sash line the whole depth of
the sash, and at its termination making a centre bit hole of a diameter
large enough to contain a knot or bulb in the sash line. A small plate

page_text: is then fixed on the edge of the sash, as shewn at g, and the aperture.
then formed between the groove and the back of the plate will prevent
the knot or bulb passing the point k, Figure- 9, and effectually secure
the line.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, I beg it to
be understood that I do not confine myself to the precise forms or details,
but what I claim is the peculiar modes of hanging sashes or shutters,
substantially as shewn and described.
"
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said George Frederick Lee Meakin in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 3rd June 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
FREDERICK LEE MEAKIN, of No. 4, Martin's Lane, Cannon Street, in
the City of London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Thirty-first day of March, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the thirty-
sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said George Frederick Lee Meakin, Her special
licence that I, the said George Frederick Lee Meakin, my executors, ad-
ministrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said George Frederick Lee
Meakin, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
'IMPROVED METHODS OF HANGING SASHES AND SHUTTERS," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said George Frederick Lee Meakin, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my,
or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the
Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
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page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Frederick Lee Meakin, do
hereby declare the nature of my said 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 is for the purpose of easily and effectually securing the
lines to hanging sashes and shutters without taking them out of their
frames as is at present done, thereby obviating the removal of the sash
bead, and other inconveniences and expenses.
1.
On reference to the Sheet of Drawings which accompanies this
Specification, Figures 1 and 2 shew a side and front view of a metal
holder fitted into the ordinary groove for the sash line, made either out
of strips of metal bent and made to the shape, or stamped or cut out of
a sheet of metal, as shewn by Figures 3 and 4. The sash line is secured
to the bottom of the holder by winding wire or other material fit for the
purpose tightly round both holder and line. A bulb or knot may be
made at or near the end of the line so as to prevent the possibility of it
slipping through the wire coil.
The holder may be fixed to the top of the sash by an ordinary wood
screw, or by means of a screw and inserted nut similar to a bed screw, as
shewn at (a) Figure 1. The end of the holder is inserted into a chisel
cut at the bottom of the groove, as shewn at (b) Figure 1, so as to, ensure
it being kept in its place.
Where the holder is applied to old sashes, and the groove is too deep
for the end of the holder to be inserted into the chisel cut at the bottom
of the groove, a small plate should be screwed on to the edge of the
sash at or near the bottom of the holder, so as to keep the point of the
holder in its place, as shown by dotted lines at (c) Figures 1 and 2.
Figures 1 and 2" are sections of grooves that may be used to insert the
metal holders. In order, if necessary, to make room for the wire
between the back of the holder and the woodwork of the sash, I propose
either to cut the woodwork to receive it as shewn by dotted line at (d),
or to bend the holder itself, as shewn by Figure 6.
Figure 5 is a similar method of making a holder, the only exception.
being that the end of it is turned up, and a hole is made in it to receive
the line, and the end of the line is prevented passing through the hole.
by means of a knot or bulb, as before; the plate, as at (c) Figures 1,
and 2, should here be used to keep the end of the holder in its place.
,

page_text: Figure 7 is another method of making a holder, the lower part being
made so that the parts marked (e, e,) when bent round, will appear as
dotted lines at (f). Figure 8 shews it on plan, and resembles the barrel
of a steel pen. The line is passed through the aperture thus formed, and
is secured at the end by a knot or bulb, as before. These holders may
be greatly strengthened by being dished or hollowed on section,
thus
Figures 9 and 10 shew a method of securing the line to the bottom of
the sash by continuing the groove for the sash line the whole depth of
the sash, and at its termination making a centre bit hole of a diameter
large enough to contain a knot or bulb in the sash line. A small plato
is then fixed on the edge of the sash, as shewn at (9), and the aperture
then formed between the groove and the back of the plate will prevent
the knot or bulb passing the point (h), Figure 9, and effectually secure
the line. These methods are also applicable to wire rope, or cord, or
chain.
Having thus described and shewn the nature of my said Invention, I
beg it to be understood that I do not confine myself to the precise forms
or details;. but what I claim is the peculiar and novel modes of hanging
sashes and shutters, substantially as shewn and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Frederick Lee Meakin, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of May, One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.
GEO. F. L. MEAKIN. (L.S.)