An Improved Method of Attaching the Cords to Window Sashes so that the Cords can be Attached and Renewed without Removing the Sashes from the Frames.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Dec., 1888
Complete Specification Left. 29th Aug., 1889-Accepted, 5th Oct., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of Attaching the Cords to Window Sashes so
that the Cords can be Attached and Renewed without Removing
the Sashes from the Frames.
I, WILLIAM WATSON of 25 Fitzwilliam Place Dublin Assoc. Ints. C.E. do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The Invention consists in letting blocks of brass, iron, or other material, into the
side pieces of the sashes, either from the side next the room or next the glass, a
hollow being made in the block and a projecting piece of the block reaching through
the side piece to the cord groove through which projecting piece a hole communicates
from the hollow of the block to the groove and forms a continuation of the
groove.
The cord is passed down the groove into the block, or through the block upward
through the groove, and a knot inade on the cord and lying in the hollow of the block
receives the cord, the hollow is then covered with a small plate fastened with screws,
which is taken off whenever the cord requires renewal.
Dated this 15th day of December 1888.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of Attaching the Cords to Window Sashes so
that the Cords can be Attached and Renewed without Removing
the Sashes from the Frames.
I WILLIAM WATSON of 25 Fitzwilliam Place Dublin Ireland Gentleman 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:-
My Invention has for its object to provide simple and improved means for facili-
tating the attaching and renewal of cords or sash lines to window sashes without the
necessity for removing the sashes from their frames.
According to my Invention 1 provide in the sides of the window sash hollows or
recesses having passages communicating with the ordinary grooves in the edges of the
sash in which the sash lines are usually nailed. To secure each sash line to the
window sash according to my Invention the opposite end of the sash line to that to
which the weight is attached is passed through the passage hereinbefore referred to
into the rocess, and a knot is then tied in the line or rope or a similar stop is formed
or fixed thereon to prevent it from being drawn through the passage which knot or the
like will lie snugly in the recess and securoly connect the line to the sash without the
use of nails or other fastening. The recess and passage hereinbefore referred to may
be made in the sash itself or in a block of metal or other suitable material inserted
in the sash and the recess may be covered by a metal or other plate so as to hide
from view the knot or the like in the line.
And in order that my Invention may be fully understood I will further describe
the same with reference to the accompanying drawings presuming however that 1 do
not restrict myself to the details of construction illustrated and described as
variations may be made therein without departing from the nature of my
Invention.
Figure 1 represents in front elevation and Figure 2 represents in vertical section at
right angles to Figure 1, a portion of a window sash shewing one mode of carrying
out my Invention and Figure 3 is a horizontal section of the same. Figures 4 and 5
are similar views to Figures 2 and 3 illustrating a modification.

page_text: A represents a portion of one side of a window sash having formed in one edge
thereof the ordinary groove a to receive the sash line 6. At a convenient part of the
sash A. 1 provide a recess to receive a block B of metal or other suitable material in
which block there is formed a passage c communicating at one end with the groove a
in the sash A and at the opposite end with a recess d formed in the face of the
block B. This recess and passage may be arranged as shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3
so that the recess d is in the inner face of the window sash, or as shown in Figures 4
and 5 wherein the recess is on the inner edge of the sash opposite to that in which
the groove a for the sash line is formed. To attach the sash line to the sash it is simply
necessary to pass one end of the line down the groove a and through the passage in
the block B (or in the reverse direction as found most convenient) and then to tie a
knot in the line to prevent it from being drawn back through the passage c. Tho sash
line is then attached to the sash weight in the ordinary manner and the connection of
the sash is complete. If more convenient the sash line may be first attached to the
counterweight and the connection completed by passing the opposite end of the line
down the groove a and through the passage c and then tying a knot in the line as
herein before described. The knot in the sash line will lie snugly in the recess d
and may be covered by a plate e secured to the sash by screws as shown or
otherwise.
When it is desired to renev a sash line it is simply necessary to remove the plate e
and disconnect the old line from the counter weight the old line may then be easily
withdrawn through the passage c and a new line connected to the sash in the manner
hereinbefore described without removing the sash from the frame in which it slides.
Although I have described and illustrated the passage cand recess d as being formed
in a block let into or attached to the window sash the said passage and recess may
if desired be formed in the sash itself.
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 :-
1st. A window sash having a passage therein communicating at one end with the
groove in the edge of the sash in which the sash line lies and at the other end with
the inner face or side of the sash whether the said passage be formed in the sash itself
or in a block inserted in the sash substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore
described.
2nd. Means for securing sash lines or cords to window sashes, without removing
the sashes from the frames in which they slide, substantially as herein before
described and illustrated by Figures 1, 2 and 3 and Figures 4 and 5 of the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 28th day of Amonet 1889