Fixing the Window Sashes (usually in Doors) of Railway Carriages or other Vehicles at any Required Height (when Ventilation is Needed) without the usual Strap.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Oct., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 9th July, 1896-Accepted, 26th Sept., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Fixing the Window Sashes (usually in Doors) of Railway Carriages
or other Vehicles at any Required Height (when Ventilation is
Needed) without the usual Strap.
JOSEPH WILLIAM BERRY HARDING Architect 62 Dale Street Liverpool do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
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This invention consists of two hook-like projections screwed to the outside of
the top of sash & made in such a manner that when the sash is raised & pushed
outwards they will catch & fit into corresponding nicks, outside, in each of the side
rails & will be secured there by springs & clips & thus the sash will remain at the
required height, but can be released & will slide down into its socket at bottom of
door when pulled inwards. The usual ring or hook at top of sash being the
handle by the passenger holds the sash when raising or lowering it. The hook-
can be made of brass or iron & the nicks either cut out of the wooden side rails or
made of brass or iron & let in. The sash is kept in its position by springs on the
inside & at each side fitting in the groove in which the sash works & pressing the
sash outwards, so as to prevent the jolting of the carriage jerking the sash & hook-
like projections out of the nicks & causing the sash to fall down.
Dated this 11th day of October 1895.
J. W. B. HARDING.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Fixing the Window Sashes (usually in Doors) of Railway Carriages
or other Vehicles at any Required Height (when Ventilation is
Needed) without the usual Strap.
JOSEPH WILLIAM BERRY HARDING Architect 3 Marine Parade Hoylake,
Cheshire and 62 Dale Street Liverpool 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 consists in two hook-like projections with a groove on top,
screwed to top of the sash one at either side, and plates sunk in the stiles at
each side with a recess in them of corresponding & similar form to the hook-like
projection on sash but rather larger & the recess to be the same depth as rebate in
stile & fitted with a stud with a shoulder & spiral spring behind in such a manner
that when the sash is pushed forward & slightly downward the hook-like projections
will fit in the recesses & the stud will clip same & fit in groove & prevent it being
shaken out by the jolting of the vehicle. The sash can be released by pulling it
back & slightly upwards. The plates with recesses in them can be fixed with
screws at any interval desired at the side of window & this fitting can be made of
either brass or iron with spiral spring of steel or brass wire. The shape & form
of the above is more particularly shown on annexed drawing, hook-like projection=
marked A, plate with recess marked B, & stud with spiral spring marked C. The
sash has the usual ring at top as a handle.

page_text: Having now particularly described the nature of my said invention & in what
manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is
That the hook-like projections fixed to upper part of a window sash & recesses
made of metal with a spiral -pring & stud in them, fixed at intervals along side
stiles in such a way that the ash can be fixed at any desired height without the
use of a strap or balance weight is a novelty.
Dated this Eighth day of July 1896.
J.
B. HARDING.