A Fixing for Sash Cords.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd June, 1893-Accepted, 8th July. 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by The Rev. HERBERT WILLIAM WILLIAMS, of
The College House, Gisborne, New Zealand.]
A Fixing for Sash Cords.
I, ARTHUR EDWARD WILLIAMS, of Rotorua, Harrow on the Hill, in the
County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-.
When the cord by which a window sash is connected to the balance weight gives
way, a new cord cannot be fixed to the sash without removing the bead or fillet of
the window frame and bringing the sash out of the frame to get access to the edge
where the cord has to be fixed. This invention relates to means of fixing the cord
to the sash in such a way that a broken cord can be removed and a fresh cord can
be fixed without having to take the sash out of the frame. I shall describe fixing
according to this invention referring to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is a vertical section of one side or edge of the sash,
Fig. 2 is an elevation of the edge,
Fig. 3 is a plan, and
Fig. 4 is a sectional plan on X X.
In the groove formed in the edge of the sash to receive the cord C, I fix at some
distance down from the top of the sash a piece of metal A which has a trumpet
mouth and below that a slot of length greater than its breadth. I provide a clamp
for the sash cord having two hollow sides B and D which have projecting pins or are
internally serrated so that when they are sprung apart and the cord C is inserted
between them and they are forced together by pushing over their tapered ends a
ring E, the serrations penetrate the cord while the sides of the clamp grip it, the
cord being thus held firmly in the clamp. The clamp terminates in a T shaped
end F which in one attitude can pass through the slot of A but which, when it is
turned one quarter round, cannot pass through it.
One of the sides of the clamp B extends up to the top of the sash and is bent at
right angles so as to hook over it, in which position its hook G is secured by a screw.
When it is desired to remove a broken cord and substitute for it a new cord, the
hook G is unfastened and turned one quarter round to the position indicated in
Fig. 3 by the dotted lines. By this movement the T shaped end F of the clamp is
turned into such position that it can pass through the slot of A and thus the clamp
can be drawn up out of the sash groove to have a fresh cord fixed in it. The clamp
can then be pushed down the groove while it is turned into the position for its
Tend F to pass through the slot, and, when it has passed, the clamp is turned one
quarter by means of the hook G which is then secured by the screw.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
:―
A fixing for a sash cord consisting of a cord clamp with T end and an upwardly
projecting hook ended side in combination with a piece fixed in the edge of the
sash and having through it a slot, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this 2nd day of June 1893.
ABEL & IMKAI,
Agents for the Applicant.