Improvements in Devices for Operating Windows for Cleaning.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Devices for Operating Windows for Cleaning.
I, HIRAM TAYLOR of Salem, County of Columbiana, State of Ohio, U.S.A.,
Farmer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In this invention for the purpose of providing a means for lowering the upper
window sash and providing a hinged connection for turning the same inwards, a
bar, T shaped in cross section, is fixed vertically to the window frame. On this
bar are mounted the sliding halves or leaves of hinges, the other halves being
attached to the vertical edge of the window sash and to the opposite half hinge
parts so that the complete hinges slide up and down with the window sash. The
vertical edge of the lower window sash is provided with eye brackets which engage
on pintles fixed to the window frame and so that this sash may be raised some
little distance without coming off the pintles, the upward movement being limited
by lugs on the sash coming against lugs on the window frame. In order to be able
to swing both window sashes inward the window bead is removably attached to
the window frame by means of catches. The parting strip is also removably
attached, its lower end being seated in a recess and its upper end held against
displacement by a button.
Dated this 28th day of September 1896
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
89 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
I, HIRAM TAYLOR of Salem, County of Columbiana, State of Ohio, U.S.A.,
Farmer, 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 a device for operating windows for cleaning and is
shewn in the accompanying drawing, in which
Fig. 1 is a side elevation shewing the window sashes in their normal positions.
Fig. 2 a view shewing the lower window sash open or turned upon its hinges to
bring it into the proper position for cleaning.
Fig. 3 a view of the detachable window bead and devices for securing the same
in its normal position.
Fig. 4 a view shewing the lower window sash and its glass turned upon its
hinges and the upper sash and its glass lowered and partly turned, also shewing
the button for securing the top or upper end of the parting rail.
Fig. 5 a detached view of one of the parting rails.
Fig. 6 a view shewing a portion of the hinge retaining bar and also shewing one
of the hinge sections attached thereto.

page_text: Fig. 7 a transverse section through line x-x of Fig. 1.
Fig. 8. a view of one of the lower sash hinges, shewing the same properly
attached..
Fig. 9a view shewing one of the lower sash hinges with the sash partially
elevated and turned thereon.
A is the window frame proper, which is constructed in the ordinary manner and
may be of any desired style or kind, inasmuch as the window frame forms no
particular part of the present invention, except that some kind of a window frame
must necessarily be used.
For the purpose of providing a means for lowering the upper window sash B,
and at the same time providing a hinged connection for said sash, the bar C
(Figs. 6, 7) is provided, which bar is formed of sufficient length to properly hold
said window sash at any point within the limits of its movements. The bar C is
provided with the rib a, which rib is for the purpose of holding the bar C, so as to
form the spaces & back of said bar, (Fig. 7) said spaces being for the purpose of
providing room for the bent portions c, formed upon the slide D, said bent
portions c being for the purpose of holding the slide D upon the bar C. To the
slide D is attached the plate d, which plate forms one leaf of the hinge, the
opposite leaf d being attached to the proper bar of the window sash B, (Fig. 7).
It will be understood that the parts d and d' are attached to the proper bar of
the window sash B and to the slide D and move up and down with the movements
of the window sash. The leaves or plates d and d' are so constructed that the
joint or hinge portion will clear the parting strip d2, which parting strip is formed
in the usual manner and located between the upper and lower sases, as usual.
The lower window sash E is provided with the eye plates e, which eye plates are
located and arranged so that they will engage with the pins f when the lower sash
is placed in its normal position, and also after the lower sash has been lifted &
sufficient distance to clear the bottom or lower portion of the window sash from its
groove or seat in the window frame proper, said pins being formed of sufficient
length to allow a slight elevation of the sash without detaching the eye plates e
from the pins.
For the purpose of holding the pins fin proper position they are preferably
formed integral with the plates g which plates are securely attached to the window
bead g or its equivalent, thereby forming a hinge for the lower sash to turn upon
when the eye plates e are engaged with the pins f. The eye plates e extend downward
a short distance, and the bottom or lower ends thereof are provided with the lugs h,
which lugs are so located that they will pass the flanges h¹, located upon the plates g
when the window sash E is in its normal position; but when said window sash is
turned upon its hinge the lugs h engage the bottom or under side of the flanges h¹,
thereby preventing the window sash from being drawn upward by the window
-weights h³.
In the drawing I have shewn lugs, such as h, formed upon the upper and lower
eye plates e, and flanges h¹; but it will be understood that one lug, such as h,
formed upon either the upper or lower eye plate, will answer the same purpose,
and I do not desire to be limited to forming lugs upon the upper and lower eye
plates. For the purpose of providing for swinging the window sashes B and E
inward, as shewn in Figs. 2, 4, it becomes necessary to remove the window bead k
and the parting strip ki, and in order to provide for carrying out the object of my
invention the bead is removably attached to the window frame by means of the
catches which catches engage the bars k³ when turned, so as to engage the back
sides of said bars k³.
For the purpose of guiding the catches together with the bead k the pins k
are provided, which pins enter the apertures at the time the bead is placed in
position. The parting strip k¹ is removably attached, so that it can be removed to
allow the upper sash to be turned inward after it has been lowered. The bottom
or lower end of the parting strip k' is seated into the recess and the top or upper
end held against displacement by means of the button k' said button being so formed

page_text: that when turned in one direction it will overlap a suitable shoulder k* (Fig. 5)
and thereby prevent the top or upper end of the parting strip from becoming
detached. The button is attached to the bottom or lower end of the upper
parting strip ³.
For the purpose of assisting in holding the detachable parting strip k¹ in proper
position, it is provided with the notch n, which notch embraces the bar or plate n¹,
which bar or plate is attached to the window frame in any convenient and well
known manner. For the purpose of providing a means for removing the window
cords m from the free sides of the window sashes B and E, said cords are provided
with the hooks o which hooks when attached to the window sashes are placed in
the recesses p, and for the purpose of holding the weights when the cords are
detached the apertures p' are formed in the window frame, which apertures hold
the cords from being drawn upward to the top of the window frame.
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 a window frame provided with window sashes, the
plates g secured to the window casing and provided with the pins f the flanges h¹
and lugs h, and the removable window bead k substantially as described and
shewn.
2. The combination of a window frame having connected thereto a bar, slides
located upon said bar, and hinges connected to the upper and lower sashes, the
plates g secured to the window casing and provided with the pins f the flanges h¹
and lugs and the removable window bead k substantially as described and
shewn.
Dated thin wrth day of
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
89 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.