Improvements in or applicable to Window Sashes and Sash Frames for Facilitating the Attachment of the Sash Cords.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 12th May, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 10th Mar., 1891-Accepted, 11th Apr., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Window Sashes and Sash Frames
for Facilitating the Attachment of the Sash Cords.
I, GEORGE HENRY EVANS, Gas Engineer, 54, Sunny Hill Road, Streatham,
S.W., Surrey, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in or applicable to window sashes and
sash frames for facilitating the attachment of the sash cords whereby such cords
may be attached without removing the sash from the frame or disturbing any
portion of the woodwork. Instead of attaching the cord directly to the sash in
the ordinary manner I attach it to a metal clip which is let into the usual groove
in the frame and fastened at the top or exposed side by means of one or more screws.
When it is desired to replace a broken cord the screws can be readily removed
and the clip drawn out of its groove and the end of the new cord attached in a few
minutes.
For the purpose of affording ready access to the balance weights I cut away a
portion of the woodwork near the bottom of the frame and surround the opening
thus formed by a rectangular metal frame into which I fit a small door or plate of
metal down the centre of which is a ridge of the same material the sectional area
of which is the same as that of the parting bead of which it forms a continuation.
I fix the door or plate in position by means of a metal turn-button located on the
inner face of the plate capable of being turned from the outside by means of a
stud having a slotted head adapted to receive a screw driver and passing through
the centre of the metal parting bead, the head of the stud being flush with the ridge
of the bead. By this method of fixing no obstruction is offered to the movements of
the sash and access can be gained to the weight without any trouble whatever.
Doted this Twelfth day of May 1890.
GEORGE HENRY EVANS.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Window Sashes and Sash Frames
for Facilitating the Attachment of the Sash Cords.
I, GEORGE HENRY EVANS, of 54, Sunny Hill Road, Streatham, in the County
of Surrey, Gas Engineer, 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 relates to improvements in or applicable to window sashes and
sash frames for facilitating the attachment of the sash cords, whereby such cords
may be attached without removing the sash from the frame or disturbing any
portion of the woodwork.
the illustrations in the accompanying drawing, in
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Window Sashes and Sash Frames
for Facilitating the Attachment of the Sash Cords.
I, GEORGE HENRY EVANS, of 54, Sunny Hill Road, Streatham, in the County
of Surrey, Gas Engineer, 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 relates to improvements in or applicable to window sashes and
sash frames for facilitating the attachment of the sash cords, whereby such cords
may be attached without removing the sash from the frame or disturbing any
portion of the woodwork.
attain these objects by the illustrations in the accompanying drawing, in
which-
Fig. 1, is a plan of the mechanism fitted to the top of the sash;
Fig. 2, is a side elevation of the mechanism ;
Fig. 3, is a part section of the sash shewing the mode of fixing the apparatus ;
Fig. 4, is an enlarged view of the cord holder out of the frame;
Fig. 5, is an elevation of another mode of fixing the cord;
Fig. 6, is a front elevation ;
Fig. 7, is an elevation of Fig. 6, covered with a cylinder (Figs. 5, 6, and 7, are
broken off for want of space);

page_text: Fig. 8, is a front elevation of the door and frame.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the views.
Instead of attaching the cord C directly to the sash in the ordinary manner I
attach the cord to a metal clip or frame which is let into the groove in the sash
frame a and fastened with a pinj at the base and at the top by means of one or
more screws e. When it is desired to replace a broken cord c the screws e can
be readily removed and the clip drawn out of its groove and the cord fixed to
the block d by a screw the said block being cylindrical and open at g with a set
pin hole h, and is fixed to the clip or frame by a countersunk screw i. If
preferable fix the cord c to spikes with an open frame and a base plate / with
a loose cylinder m, as in Figs. 5, 6, and 7.
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For the purpose of affording ready access to the counterbalance weights I cut
away a portion of the woodwork near the bottom of the frame and surround the
opening thus formed by a rectangular metal frame n as Fig. 8, into which I fit a
small door and on this said door down the centre I form a ridge o of the same
material the sectional area of which is the same as that of the parting bead of
which it forms a continuation. The door is fixed in position by means of a
metal turn buckle q located on the inner face of the door or plate r capable of being.
turned from the outside by means of a stud p having a slotted head adapted to
receive a screwdriver, the aforesaid stud p passing through the centre of the metal
party bead o the head of the stud p being flush with the ridge of the bead. By this
method of fixing no obstruction is offered to the movement of the sash or sashes and
free access can be gained to the weight without any difficulty.
It will be understood that the foregoing is given by way of illustration, and
that the shapes, materials and proportions of any of the parts may be varied in
many ways within the scope of my invention.
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 combination of the apparatus applicable to window sashes and sash
frames for facilitating the attachment of the sash cords, ribbon or the like,
substantially as herein described and according to the accompanying drawings.
2. The combination of the metallic attachments for fixing cords, ribbons or
the like to sashes, substantially as herein described and according to Figs. 1, 2,
3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, of the accompanying drawings.
3. The combination of the door r bead o and stud pin with the turn
buckle and the frame n, substantially as herein described and according to the
accompanying drawing Fig. 8.
Dated this 10th day of March 1891.
J. P. BAYLY
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.