IMPROVE- MENTS IN HANGING AND SUPPORTING RAILWAY CARRIAGE AND OTHER WINDOW SASHES
Year: 1885

page_text: EDWARD JACOB HILL, Engineer 6 Westminster Chambers Victoria Street
London Middlesex do hereby declare the nature of his invention for IMPROVE-
MENTS IN HANGING AND SUPPORTING RAILWAY CARRIAGE AND OTHER WINDOW
SASHES, to be as follows:-
My Invention consists of a new method of supporting Railway and other window
Bashes by which they may be retained at any desired height and consists of a small
iron or other metal plate thickened at one end in which end a groove or slot is cut-
This plate is fastened inside or on the Garnish rail or bottom of window frame by
means of a strong screw or other pivoted support, so as to allow the groove or slot
to assume a vertical position-One end of this plate should be weighted more than
the other A small thumb piece is fastened to this metal plate either through a
hole cut in the Garnish rail or passing up over the top of the same.
A brass or other metal rod round or other preferable shape is fastened on one
side of the window sash fixed to the bottom of the sash frame and fastened at the
top of the same so as to keep it in a vertical position-This rod when the window
sash is raised or lowered passes up and down loosely in the Groove or slot of the
metal plate,
When it is desired to fix the window the thumb piece is touched, the metal
plate moves on its pivot and causes the Groove or slot to move out of the vertical
position and thus jam or hold the rod attached to the sash firmly-The releasing
is accomplished by the movement of the thumb piece back to its original position.
If the metal plate is weighted towards the Groove end it will automatically
move out of the vertical and when the window wants to descend holds itself: the
releasing must be done as above named-moveing the thumb piece so as to bring
the Groove again vertical with the rod and thus allow the sash to descend.
The fastening of the rod at the bottom of the sash is done in such a manner that
the window sash when raised to the top will leave the groove and pass over the
fence rail as in the ordinary windows of carriages-but that when again lowered
will assume its proper position and the rod return to the groove.
I claim the working a rod of metal through a grooved or slotted metal plate
pivoted so that by moving a thumb piece attached the groove or slot turns out of
the vertical position and holds the rod.

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I, EDWARD JACOB HILL N° 6 Westminster Chambers, Victoria Street,
London, S.W. do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS
IN HANGING AND SUPPORTING RAILWAY CARRIAGE AND OTHER WINDOW SASHES,"
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 improved means whereby railway and other carriage
window sashes may be retained or supported at any desired height, and consists
essentially of a lever pivoted to the garnish rail of the door and provided with a
slot or jaw at one end embracing a vertical rod or rib fixed to the window sash, the
slot or jaw being adapted to jam against or grip the rod or rib firmly when it is
canted or caused by the oscillation of the lever to assume a position inclined to the
said rod or rib, or to let the rod or rib slide freely through it when the slot or jaw
is brought back to the vertical direction by a reverse motion of the lever.
In raising the sash, the rod or rib slides freely through the slot or jaw and the
lever may be so arranged as to be self engaging or not as desired. If self engaging,
it would be caused to release its hold for the purpose of lowering the sash by
acting on the lever by hand; if not self engaging, it may either be released in the
sane way or by raising the sash slightly preparatory to lowering it.
The rod or rib may be a fixture to the sash when the device is not self engaging
or when it is not required that the sash may be lifted over the fence-rail when the
window is completely raised, but in cases where it is both required that the device
shall be self-engaging and that the sash may be lifted over the fence-rail the rod is
connected to the bottom of the sash in such manner as to permit of the sash being
pushed outwards at the bottom so as to pass over the fence rail as in ordinary,
without carrying the lower end of the rod with it.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this
specification wherein Figure 1 is an inside elevation of a railway carriage door
partly broken away to show the working parts of the sash fastener. Figure 2 is a
horizontal section of the same on line x-x Figure 1. Figure 3 is a vertical section
of the same. Figures 4, 5 and 6 are similar views of the essential parts on a larger
scale. Figures 7 and 8 show two views of a similar fastening specially intended
for a Brougham.
Figures 9, 10 and 11 and figures 12, 13 and 14 aro similar views of two modified
forms. In all these Figures the fastener is self engaging and the sash can be lifted
over the fence rail. Figures 15, 16 and 17 are similar views of a fastener
resembling that shown in figures 1 to 6 but which is not self engaging.
Figures 18, 19 and 20 are similar views of a modified form of fastener which
is not self engaging. In both these arrangements the sash can pass-over the
fence-rail.
The same letters of reference indicate similar parts in all the Figures.
Referring first to Figures 1 to 8 a is the garnish rail of the carriage door; b the
window sash; c is a brass rod of round section fixed thereto at one side as near the
stile of the door as possible; d an iron lever pivoted at e to the inner side of
the garnish rail; and ƒ the jaw or slot on the end of the lever d and embracing

page_text: the rod c. The gripping action of this jaw is more clearly illustrated in the enlarged
detail view Figure 4. The dimensions of the jaw, that is to say its width relatively
to the diameter or thickness of the rod or rib c, and the length of the jaw from top to
bottom are such that within the limit of oscillation allowed to the lever, the upper
edge f¹ and the opposite lower edge f2 of the slot will bind against the rod or rib
with sufficient pressure to sustain the weight of the sash when the jaw assumes an
inclined position as shown. In the full line position the rod can slide freely
through the jaw.
In figures 1 to 8 the jaw end of the lever is made to preponderate so as to render
the jaw self gripping, and it is provided at its opposite end with a knob or
handle g working in a slot in the garnish rail or otherwise for the purpose of
disengaging the jaw in order to let the window down. In figures 7 and 8 a pull
cord passing downwards through a hole in the garnish rail is substituted for the
knob g.
The upper end of the rod c is held loose in a socket h fixed to the top of the
sash and its lower end is connected to the bottom of the sash by a radius link h
which permits of the sash being lifted outwards over the fence-rail without carrying
the rod with it, the slot or jaw f being turned in such direction as to prevent the
rod c quitting it.
Referring to Figures 9 10 and 11 the lever d is at right angles to the garnish
rail a instead of parallel to it as before, being pivoted in cars on a plate screwed
over a slot or mortise cut across the garnish rail. It has a small thumb piece or a
turned up tail end, or handle, for releasing it, the jaw or gripping end preponde-
rating to render it self engaging. Figures 12,-13 and 14 show a similar and
preferable arrangement by which the cutting across of the garnish rail is avoided,
the plate being in this case screwed to the stile of the door and provided with a
saddle piece which merely rests on the garnish rail. In both of these arrangements
the rod c is attached to the sash in the same way as before and the action of the
parts is similar.
In all these arrangements the lever might have a complete eye instead of a slot
open at one side.
Referring to Figures 15, 16 and 17 the lever d is pivoted in a similar position to
that shown in Figure 1, but its tail end preponderates so that it is not self
engaging. The rod c is fixed at both ends and at intermediate points if necessary
to the sash, and the jaw or slot f of the lever has its open side towards the sash to
enable the rod c to quit it when the sash is lifted over the fence rail. The jaw is
caused to engage with the rod c by raising the knob g at the tail end. The lever
being heavier at the tail end, tends always to become disengaged, but is prevented
doing so by the grip of the jaw due to the weight of the sash when supported by
it; it may be released either by pressing down the knob g at its tail end, or by
relieving the jaw of the weight of the sash by slightly raising the sash before
lowering it. As the jaw tends naturally to assume the disengaged position, the
rod c can quit and re-enter it freely in passing the sash inwards or outwards over
the fence rail.
Instead of a rod of round section a piece of T, L, or other section, might be used
in this case as in the arrangement shown in Figures 18 19 and 20, which is similar
in its action to that last described, but instead of a knob g for throwing the lever
into the position for engagement, a pull cord i is attached to the tail end of the
lever carried upwards and passed through a hole in the garnish rail; or a press-
down thumb piece k is attached to the other end of the lever near the jaw and
stands up above the garnish rail in position to be pressed down for the purpose of
throwing the lever into engagement.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
The respective combinations of parts constituting the respective arrangements of
sash fastener for railway carriage and other windows herein described and shown

page_text: in the respective figures of the drawings, said fastener consisting, essentially, in the
combination of a lever pivoted to the garnish rail or other stationary support with
rod or rib attached to the movable window sash, the lever being adapted to
embrace the rod or rib and to grip it for the purpose of sustaining the sash or let it
run free for raising or lowering it, substantially as specified.