Improvements in Windows.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 5th May, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 4th Feb., 1899-Accepted, 22nd Apr.,
1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Windows.
I, WILLIAM KING, of 11, Nichols Road, Southampton, Shop Foreman of
Joiners, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
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An economical system of opening sliding sashes, for cleaning from the inside,
to be applied to any existing or new windows. The principal of which is a
camber jointed slip, to be atached to the stiles of the sashes, with a screw pivot
& plates, on which the sashes are hung, & which same screw also closes the joint,
to be applied to either the centre or the bottom of the sash stiles, also a screw &
plates, to be applied to the top & bottom of sash stiles, for closing the joint &
fixing the sashes, also a small notch & stop to slips & stiles of top sashes, or a small
plate & stud, to prevent the sashes from falling outwards.
Improvements in Windows
I, WILLIAM KING, of 11, Nichols Road, Southampton, Foreman of Joiners,
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:-
My invention relates to window sashes.
The main object of my said invention is to provide cheap & efficient fittings
wherby windows may be cleaned or repaired from the inside to be applied to
existing or new windows.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 is an inside elevation shewing the window closed & the position of the
fittings & how applied to same.
Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the window when closed the ticked lines shew-
ing the sashes lowered & hinged inward as in the act of cleaning same.
Fig. 3 is a section through a-a shewing the stiles & slips of both sashes.
Fig. 4 is a section through a¹-a¹ shewing the screw 6 released thereby allow-
ing sashes to hinge inward.
Fig. 5 is a section shewing the screw 6 engaged.
According to my invention I make & provide two plates c & c¹ made of brass
or any suitable material plate c being screwed to the window sash d forming
a bearing for the sash to hinge upon & plate c¹ screwed to the camber slip f herein-
after more fully discribed. In the plate c I provide a hole large enough for the

page_text: screw upon which the sash d hinges to pass through same & in plate c¹ I pro-
vide a hole threaded so as to admit of screw d¹ being screwed into same; further
I also provide a plate e made in two halves as shewn at e¹ fitting in a groove formed
under the head of screw d the said groove being large enough to allow of a little
play between the sash d & camber slip f also to form a stop to prevent screw d¹
from becoming disengaged from the plate c¹ in the said chamber slip when screw di
is released to allow the sash to hinge inward.
I also provide & fit at the top of sashes a screw 6 which screws into plate c
therefore screwing the sash tightly to the camber slip f, I also reduce the shank
of the screw to form a stop sufficient in length to allow same to be withdrawn
clear of plate c¹ when the said screw is released the plate e being fitted under
the head of screw as in screw for the purpose herein before described.
The camber slip f hereinbefore mentioned is made of wood or other suitable
material running the full length. of each side of sash, being connected to the same
by screw & therefore slides up & down with the sash but does not hinge inward
with same the object of the said slip being made with.a camber is that when the
window is closed & screws b & dare screwed in position as shewn by Fig. 3 it
forms a weather tight joint at side of sash the convex side of slip being placed to
side of sash but I may if so desired as an alternative arrangement provide that
the camber slip f. be reversed therefore bringing the concave side of slip next
to side of sash. In this arrangement I shall only require screw & fittings
the same being placed in centre of sash. In opening the sashes for cleaning
screw of the lower sash is first released as as shewn in Fig. 4 the sash then
being free to fall inward the top sash is then lowered to any convenient height
& screw released the sash then being free to hinge down on the lower sash,
the outside can then be cleaned & the sash put back in position. Stops will be
provided to the top sash to prevent same from, falling outward.
It is noted that to open or shut the window for ventilating purposes it is not
necessary to release any of the before mentioned screws as this window is free
to slide in the usual manner. I do not bind myself to the application of my
invention to sliding windows only, the same may be applied to any discription
of window; or to the particular shape of fittings, the same may be made in any
shape or form.
Having now particularly discribed & asertained the nature of my said
invention & in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1st. The camber slip fitted to sashes for the purpose of providing a weather
tight joint as hereinbefore discribed.
2nd. The screws & fittings with the camber slip hereinbefore discribed &
shewn in the accompanying drawings used & applied to sashes to attain the object
of cleaning or repairing windows from the inside.
Dated this 3rd day of February 1900.