Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 15th May, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 14th Feb., 1896-Accepted, 4th Apr., 1896
I, JOHN BROUGH CUMMINS, of 36 Kew Bridge Road, Brentford, in the County.
of Middlesex, Hairdresser, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
:-
My invention relates to improvements in or connected with carriage windows by
means of which certain advantages are obtained.
It consists essentially of a rod or rods attached to the sash the outer end or ends
of which are adapted to engage in orifices or recesses in the frame at the side or
sides or in a plate or plates or strip or strips or the like attached to the said frame
the said rod or rods being normally pressed towards the said orifices or recesses
by a spring whose pressure may be relieved or overcome by two finger pieces or
the like serving to compress the same.
Having thus briefly defined the scope of my invention I shall proceed to briefly
describe by way of a type or example a contemplated form of my invention.
In this contemplated form I attach to the frame at each side of the sash a plate
or strip of sheet metal with a vertical row of orifices therein. To the sash I attach
horizontally in any suitable manner two rods the outer ends of which engage the
said orifices. The inner ends of these rods abut against a spiral spring tending to
force the said rods apart and into the said orifices. At each of the inner ends of
the rods is a finger-piece so that when the finger is placed on one of these and the
thumb on the other so as to compress the spring the rods may be withdrawn from
the orifices and the sash be raised or lowered. When the finger and thumb are
removed from the finger pieces the free ends of the rods enter the orifices opposite
them and the sash is thus retained at that level. I may employ guides of any
suitable form within which the rods may slide; and plates of suitable shape may
When desired:
be used to cover any of the parts which it may be wished to hide.
I may affix a leaf spring to the sash to prevent rattling.
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Improvements in and connected with Carriage Windows.
1. JOHN BROUGH CUMMINS, of 36 Kew Bridge Road, Brentford, in the County
of Middlesex, Hairdresser, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :--
My invention relates to improvements in and connected with carriage windows
by means of which certain advantages are obtained.
It consists essentially of a rod or rods attached to the sash the outer end or ends
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page_text: of which are adapted to engage in orifices or recesses in the frame at the side or
sides or in a plate or plates or strip or strips or the like attached to the said frame
the said rod or rods being normally pressed towards the said orifices or recesses
by a spring whose pressure may be relieved or overcome by two finger pieces or
the like serving to compress the same.
Having thus defined the scope of my invention I shall proceed to briefly describe
by way of a type or example one form of my invention, the said form being
illustrated in the accompanying sheet of drawings and giving good results in
practice. In the said drawings,
Figure 1 is a front view of a carriage window of small size shown in its partially
open position.
Figure 2 is a section on the line 2 to 2 of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a longitudinal section of the spring, spring case, finger pieces and
parts of the rods.
Figure 4 is a section on the line 4 to 4 of Figure 3.
The
In this form I attach to the frame 1, at each side of the sash a plate or strip 2
of sheet metal with a vertical row of orifices 3 therein. To the sash 4 I attach
horizontally two rods 5, 5, the outer ends of which engage the said orifices.
inner ends of these rods abut, either directly as by means of flanges or indirectly
as shown in Figure 3, against a spiral spring 6 tending to force the said rods apart
and into the said orifices. At each of the inner ends of the rods is a finger piece 7, 7,
such that when the finger is placed on one of these and the thumb on the other so
as to compress the spring the rods may be withdrawn from the orifices and the
sash be raised or lowered. When the finger and thumb are removed from the
finger pieces the free ends of the rods are pushed outwards by the spring 6 and
enter the orifices opposite them and the sash is thus retained at that level. I may
employ guides 8, 8, similar to those used in ordinary door bolts or of any other
suitable form within which the rods may slide; and plates bent to any suitable
shape 9 may be used to cover any of the parts as for example the spring which it
may be wished to hide. When desired I may affix a leaf spring to the sash to
prevent rattling.
I desire it to be understood that I do not limit myself to the structural details
herein before described and illustrated, as, the principle of my invention being
understood, persons skilled in the art to which it appertains will be able to modify
the details to an indefinite extent without departing from its spirit. For example
in one form, one of the strips 2, rods 5 and finger piece 7 might be dispensed with.
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. The improvement in and connected with carriage windows consisting of the
arrangement and combination of parts substantially as set forth.
2. The improvement in and connected with carriage windows consisting of the
combination of a series of orifices or recesses (either in the sash frame or in a strip
attached thereto) a rod or rods engaging with the same, a spring pressing on the
said rod or rods (either directly or indirectly) and a finger piece or finger pieces
by means of which said rods can be withdrawn, substantially as set forth.
.
Dated this 13th day of February 1896.