New or Improved Apparatus for Fastening and Unfastening Fanlights, Windows, and the like.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Aug., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 19th May, 1892-Accepted, 2nd July, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Apparatus for Fastening and Unfastening
Fanlights, Windows, and the like.
We, WILLIAM BARNSLEY HUGHES of No. 43 London Road, Tunbridge Wells
in the County of Kent, Architect, and CHARLES YOUNG of No. 2, Cromwell
Villas Granville Road Tunbridge Wells aforesaid, Carpenter do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
According to our invention we provide an easy and simple arrangement of parts
for effecting the opening and closing of fanlights and pivotted windows or the like
which may be mounted in any desired position and made capable of opening from
either the inside or the outside as the case may be.
In applying our invention to a fanlight hinged at the bottom in a horizontal
direction we mount a pulley or pulleys or the like on the outer frame over which
pulley runs a cord hanging down in a suitable position for the hand. The other
end of this cord is connected to a weighted latch which is pivotted in a bearing on
the sash or fanlight and a continuation of the same cord is carried down so as to
be conveniently at hand in such manner that by holding one end of the cord in
each hand the pivotted latch may be operated to open or close. The latch takes
into a suitable staple or catch plate on the frame and the extent of opening of the
fanlight is regulated by means of a chain one end of which is secured to the frame
and the other end to the pivotted latch so as to serve also as a weight for this latter
to ensure the latching when the fanlight is closed. As applied to a fanlight opening
outwardly the positions of the latch and pulley or pulleys and the catchplate are or
may be reversed.
Dated this 1st day of August 1801
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Apparatus for Fastening and Unfastening
Fanlights, Windows, and the like.
We, WILLIAM BARNSLEY HUGHES of No. 43, London Road, Tunbridge
Wells in the County of Kent, Architect and CHARLES YOUNG of No. 2, Cromwell
Villas, Granville Road, Tunbridge Wells aforesaid, Carpenter 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 :-
According to our invention we provide an easy and simple arrangement of parts
for effecting the opening and closing of fanlights and pivotted windows or the like
which may be mounted in any desired position and made capable of opening from
either the inside or the outside as the case may be.
Referring to the drawings
Fig. 1. is an elevation of a fanlight with our invention applied thereto.
Fig. 2. is an end view thereof showing the fanlight in the open position and
Fig. 3. is a detail view to an enlarged scale showing the fanlight closed.
In applying our invention to a fanlight hinged at the bottom in a horizontal
direction we mount a pulley A (or if desired more than one pulley or the like may
be applied as required) on the outer frame B over which pulley A runs a cord C
hanging down in a suitable position for the hand. The other end of this cord is

page_text: connected to one arm of a weighted latch D which is pivotted in a bearing E on
the frame F of the sash or fanlight and a continuation C¹ of the same cord is
carried down so as to be conveniently at hand, in such manner that by holding one
part or end of the cord in each hand the pivotted latch may be operated to open
or close. The latch D takes into a suitable staple or catch plate G on the frame B
and the extent of opening of the fanlight is for instance regulated by means of a
chain H one end of which is 'secured to the frame B and the other end to the
pivotted latch D so as to serve also as a weight for this latter to ensure the
latching when the fanlight is closed. As applied to a fanlight opening outwardly
the positions of the latch and pulley or pulleys and the catchplate are or may be
reversed.
In order to hold the fanlight in any intermediate position between the wide-open
and shut positions a cleat or hook I is preferably mounted on the frame of the
door or fanlight within reach so as to allow of belaying the cord C in any desired'
place.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:
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1. A fastening for fanlights, windows and the like consisting of a pivotted
weighted latch on the fanlight or window with cords and pulley for actuating such
latch and a housing or recess for the said latch to enter on the outer frame of the
fanlight or window substantially as set forth.
2. The construction of fastening for fanlights windows and the like as shown on
the drawings.
Dated this 19th day of May 1899
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C, Patent Agents.