Improvements in Windows.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Feb., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 14th Nov., 1894-Accepted, 14th Feb., 1895
Improvements in Windows.
ARTHUR HARTLEY 50 St. Andrew's Road Southampton in the County of
Southampton Carpenter and Joiner do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
The object of the invention is to enable sliding sashes to be opened into the
room for easy access to the external face of the same and for this purpose I fix to
one of the pulley styles and of its entire length two strips of metal one for each
sash bent to project from the pulley style and projecting on to the inside face of
the styles of the sashes in the form of a hollow bead that is to say semi circular
and of about inch in diameter.
To the styles of the sashes and for their entire length a strip of metal is fixed
with one edge bent into a complete circle the external diameter of same being
made equal to the internal diameter of the hollow metal bead which thus together
form a hinge on which the sash can both swing and slide and when the sashes are
closed too it serves the same purpose as an ordinary stop bead. To allow of the
hollow bead passing round the circular part of the metal slip when the sash is
opened inwards the edge of the styles of the sashes are worked out preferably to
a circular concave shape.
To the opposite pulley style of the frame similar hollow beads are fixed of the
length of the in clear height of the frame less the height of the sashes. A similar
hollow bead is continued to complete the full length of the height of the frame
but is made to hinge and fall back into the pulley style out of the way of the
sashes when it is required to open the same on their hinges into the room in the
following manner that is to say the hollow bead is continued and bent in a circular
form projecting within the face of the pulley style and then continued as a straight
leaf at right angles to the bead portion and finishing fair with the face of the
pulley style and of the same width as the diameter of the bead. The circular
portion of these irregular shaped flaps are pivotted at the ends and are supported
by and turn in clips or stays at intervals and the leaf is actuated on by a suitable
lever cam or toothed gearing to each in a convenient position.
To move the bead out of the way to allow the sashes to be opened the lever is
made to turn the same into a recess formed in the pulley style and the plain leaf
of the flap covers this recess when the sashes are put back in their sliding position
and the bead portion of the flap is then in its position on their inside face.
The disconnection of the cord or chain is effected in the following manner.
The ends of each of the two cords are attached to a horizontal bar which passes
under suitably shaped catches fixed in the edge of the styles of the sashes.
To withdraw the bar from the catches levers with suitably shaped claw arms or
cams are fixed in the frame on giving the lever a half turn the claw arms engage
with the bars withdrawing same from the sash and carrying them together with
the attached cord into a recess formed in the frame, on reversing the lever the bars
are thrown forward and in this manner attaches the same to the catches in the styles
of the sashes.
February 19th 1894

page_text: ARTHUR HARTLEY 50 St. Andrew's Road, Southampton, Carpenter and Joiner,
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 :-
The object of the invention is to enable sliding sashes to be opened into the
room for easy access to the external face of the same and for this purpose I fix to
one of the pulley styles and of its entire length two strips of metal one for each
sash bent to project from the pulley style and projecting on to the inside face of
the styles of the sashes somewhat in the form of a hollow bead that is to say semi-
circular and of suitable diameter. To the styles of the sashes and for their entire
length a strip of metal is fixed with one edge bent into a complete circle the
external diameter of same being made equal to the internal diameter of the hollow
metal bead which thus together form a hinge on which the sash can both swing
and slide and when the sashes are closed too it serves the same purpose as an
ordinary wood stop bead. To allow of the hollow bead passing round the circular
part of the metal slip when the sash is opened inwards the edge of the styles of.
the sashes are worked out preferably to a circular concave shape.
When the circular portion of the larger of the two strips is bent inwards at its
edge torming an irregular circle less the thickness of the metal of the corresponding
strip and the circular portion of the inner is formed in a similar manner the
circular concave shaped edge to the style of the sash may be dispensed with.
The metal strips of the sashes (i.e.) those having the smaller circular edge or
curl working and sliding in the larger and long strips may be fixed either to the
face or to the edge of the styles of the sashes preferably the latter while the larger
of the two strips may be fixed either on the face or the edge of the pulley style or
into a groove formed in it.
In the accompanying drawing
Fig. No. 1 is a horizontal section through the sash and the casing below the
meeting rail.
Fig. No. 2 is a horizontal section above the meeting rail "A" shews the circular
concave sinking in the wood sash "B" is the outer and "C" the inner circular
shaped portion of the strips.
Fig. 3 and 4 shew the circular part of the strips when turned in at the point
"D" being the outer and "E" the inner part the outer portion is fixed to the
frame and the inner to the sash.
In Figs. 1 and 2 the outer portion is shewn as fixed to the face of the pulley
style whilst in Fig. 3 the strip to top sash only is shewn as fixed to face and that
to bottom sash on the edge of the style beneath the inside lining.
In Fig. 4 the strips are shewn fixed in grooves in the pulley style F. F. being
wood strips fixed tightly in. Fig. 5 is a full sized detail of the same.
Somewhat similar metal strips are put to the opposite pulley style of the frame
(i.e. to the closing side) but they are continued at right angles with a straight leaf
and are hinged for a portion of their length to fall back into recesses formed in
the pulley style when it is desired to open the sashes into the room all as before
described. The strips are held in position against the styles of the sashes when
closed into their sliding position in the frame by suitable bolts.
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
A sliding hinge for sashes formed of two strips of metal each curled over on

page_text: one edge to either a regular or irregular circular shape one within the other the
smaller sliding its full length within the larger and also revolving when required
to an angle of about 60 degrees the strip with the larger sized curl being fixed and
stationary in both instances.
Or the larger sized strip and curl may slide and revolve whilst the smaller is
fixed and stationary.
Dated this 13th day of November 1894.