IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR CONNECTING SASH CORDS TO. WINDOW SASHES, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO THE CON- NECTING OF CORDS FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Edwin Mewis, of Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, Rope and Twine Manufacturer, for the Inven-
tion of "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR CONNECTING SASH CORDS TO.
WINDOW SASHES, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO THE CON-
NECTING OF CORDS FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
Sealed the 24th April 1874, and dated the 14th November 1873:
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Edwin Mewis
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 14th November 1873.
'I, GEORGE EDWIN MEWIS, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Rope and Twine Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR CONNECTING SASH CORDS TO
WINDOW SASHES, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO THE CONNECTING
OF CORDS FOR OTHER PURPOSES," to be as follows :—
My Invention has for its object principally to effect the rapid, neat,
and secure connection of sash cords to window sashes, so as to prevent

page_text: the inconvenience which commonly arises by the unfastening of the said
cords when secured in the ordinary manner, as well as to avoid the
cutting away of the sash which is required when the cord is secured by
a knot.
In making a fastening according to my Invention I form a pointed
nail having, instead of an ordinary head, a bar of a nearly semicircular
figure, or horse-shoe figure, and pointed at its extremities, the said
pointed extremities turning down so as to be parallel with the stem of
the nail. There is thus formed a fastening having three points, the
central point projecting beyond the outer ones. In connecting a sash
cord with this fastening the middle point is placed upon the middle of
the sash cord and the fastening is driven home by a hammer. After the
central point has pierced the cord and has penetrated some distance into
the wood the outer points enter the wood, and when the fastening is
driven home the cord is pierced at its middle and is also gripped firmly
between the concave under side of the curved or horse-shoe shaped head
and the sash. The attachment thus effected is very secure, as the cord
is not only nailed to the sash but is also gripped between the said sash
and the head of the fastening with great force.
Where the sash cord is to be attached to a flat surface, or where there
is more room for the attaching of the cord than in an ordinary sash, the
head of the fastening may be formed of a small plate of sheet metal
instead of a bar. In this case I make the said plate of the same figure
as the bar in cross section, that is, the said plate is semi-tubular in
figure and may be provided with wings or attaching pieces on each 2
side. When this fastening has been driven home the cord is pierced
by the pointed stem and gripped by the semi-tubular plate forming the
head.
The gripping may be made still more effectual by securing the wings
or attaching pieces by means of nails or screws passed through holes in 8
the said wings or sides into the sash or surface to which the cord is to
be attached.
T

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said George Edwin Mewis, in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 7th May 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
EDWIN MEWIS, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Rope and
Twine Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fourteenth day of November, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the thirty-
seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said George Edwin Mewis, Her special
licence that I, the said George Edwin Mewis, my executors, admini-
strators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said George Edwin Mewis,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "Iм-
PROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR CONNECTING SASH CORDS TO WINDOW SASHES,
WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO THE CONNECTING OF CORDS FOR OTHER
PURPOSES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said George
Edwin Mewis, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing, under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same
to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months
next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Edwin Mewis, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement thereof, that is to say:-
My Invention has for its object principally to effect the rapid, neat,
and secure connection of sash cords to window sashes so as to prevent
the inconvenience which commonly arises by the unfastening of the said
cords when secured in the ordinary manner, as well as to avoid the
cutting away of the sash which is required when the cord is secured by
a knot.

page_text: '
In making a fastening according to my Invention I form a pointed
nail having, instead of an ordinary head, a bar of a nearly semicircular
or horse-shoe figure, and pointed at its extremities, the said pointed
extremities turning down so as to be parallel with the stem of the nail.
There is thus formed a fastening having three points, the central point
projecting beyond the outer ones. In connecting a sash cord with this
fastening the middle point is placed upon the middle of the sash cord
After the central point
and the fastening is driven home by a hammer.
distance into the wood
has pierced the cord and has penetrated some
the outer points enter the wood, and when the fastening is driven home
the cord is pierced at its middle and is also gripped firmly between the
concave under side of the curved or horse-shoe shaped head and the sash.
The attachment thus effected is very secure, as the cord is not only
nailed to the sash but is also gripped between the said sash and the head
of the fastening with great force.
My Invention is applicable to the connecting of cords to surfaces and
articles for various purposes.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawing represents in front elevation,
side elevation, and plan, a sash cord fastening made according to my
Invention; and Figures 2 and 3 represent the fastening applied to a
sash and sash cord.
Figure 4 represents the sash cord fastening made of various sizes;
and Figure 5 represents a modification of the same.
The said sash cord fastening consists of a pointed nail a having a
nearly semicircular or horse-shoe shaped head 6, the extremities 6º, 6º,
of the said head being pointed, as represented. The fastening has thus
three points, the central point a projecting beyond the outer ones b², b³.
The manner in which the fastening is used to connect a sash cord to
a window sash is illustrated in Figures 2 and 3, that is to say, the
middle pointed nail or stem a is placed upon the sash cord c, and the
fastening is then driven home by striking its head with a hammer. The
said middle nail or stem a is thereby made to pierce the cord c and
penetrate the sash d, and the outer points 62, 62, are also made to
penetrate the sash. The sash cord c is thus pierced at its middle by the
central point a and gripped firmly between the concave under side of the
curved or horse-shoe shaped head 6 and the sash, as best seen in the
section, Figure 3.

page_text: Instead of driving the fastening into the sash by blows it may be
driven home by a screwing action. This form of fastening is represented
in Figure 5, where, instead of a central nail or stem, a screwe is used.
The stem of the said screw e passes through a hole in the curved or
horse-shoe shaped head 6 so that the said screw can turn freely in the
said head. In using this fastening the central screw e is driven home
after the manner of driving home an ordinary screw, the outer pointed
-parts 6%, 6%, of the head being forced into the sash by the advancing
central screw e..
Where the sash cord is to be attached to a flat surface, or where there
is more room for the attaching of the cord than in an ordinary sash, the
head 6 of the fastening may be formed of a small plate of sheet metal
instead of a bar. In this case I make the said plate of the same figure
as the bar 6 in cross section, that is, the said plate is semi-tubular in
figure, and may be provided with wings or attaching pieces on each side,
the said wings or attaching pieces being situated in the same plane as
each other, so that when the fastening has been driven home the said
attaching pieces lie upon the surface of the sash or article. When this
fastening has been driven home the cord is pierced by the central
pointed stem or screw and gripped by the semi-tubular plate forming
the head.
The gripping may be made still more effectual by securing the wings
or attaching pieces by means of nails or screws passed through holes in
the said wings or sides into the sash or surface to which the cord is to
be attached.
Although I have only represented my improved fastenings as applied
to the connecting of a sash cord to a sash, yet the said fastenings may
be applied to the connecting of cords for other purposes, such, for
example, as blind lines, rope box handles, standing rigging, and ropes,
and the like.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner
in which the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I
do not limit myself to the precise details herein described and illustrated,
as the same may be varied without departing from the nature of
my Invention. But I claim as my Invention the improvements in
fastenings for connecting sash cords to window sashes, and for connecting
cords to other surfaces and articles herein-before described and illustrated

page_text: in the accompanying Drawing, that is to say, a fastening consisting
essentially of a central pointed stem or screw, and a curved or horse-
shoe shaped head having pointed extremities, the sash or other cord
being pierced by the central stem or screw, and gripped very firmly
between the curved or horse-shoe shaped head and the sash or other
surface to which the cord is to be connected, as described and illus-
trated; also the modification described, in which the head of the
fastening is made of a semi-tubular plate, with or without side wings or
attaching pieces, in place of a curved or horse-shoe shaped bar.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Edwin Mewis, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Fifth day of May, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.
Witness,
RICHARD SKERRETT,
Olerk to George Shaw,
Birmingham.
GEORGE EDWIN MEWIS. (1.8.)