Repairing of Windows and Window Frames.
Year: 1885

page_text: Repairing of Windows and Window Frames.
I, SAMUEL RICHARDSON, of 26, Derwent Street, Sunderland, in the County of
Durham, Blacksmith, 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 relates to improved apparatus for facilitating the cleaning,
painting and repairing of windows and window frames, and has for its object the
production of simple and inexpensive apparatus which can be readily applied to,
and removed from window frames. or sills, and which when in position affords a
practically rigid and perfectly safe means of affording a sitting or standing:
accommodation to servants painters glaziers or others cleaning painting repairing,
or otherwise attending to the outer sides of windows or window frames, and which
will be of especial service in such cases where the existing construction of window.
frames or of the wooden stone or other outer projecting sills is of such a narrow
formation as does not afford sufficient or safe accommodation for sitting or standing.
thereon, and which apparatus will in all cases prevent the present necessity of.
sitting or standing directly on the window frames or sills and will consequently
avoid all damage to the woodwork or painting which is usually caused by standing.
or treading thereon.
To this end the Invention consists, essentially, in the use in combination in such.
apparatus, of means intended and suitable for securing a seat or standing frame or
platform in a secure and firmly held position in relation to the window frame or
Bell, with a removable or adjustable seat or standing frame or platform which can
be readily applied to and removed from occupying its said position in relation to,
the said means of securing it.
The improved apparatus is illustrated on the accompanying drawings; in which
Fig. 1, represents a plan view representing the parts of the apparatus as combined.
and in position for use.
Fig. 2, represents an under plan view of the sitting or standing frame or
platform.
Fig. 3, represents a transverse section of the complete apparatus as adapted to.
the sill of a window.

page_text: And Fig. 4, represents a sectional view, through the line a-b, Fig. 3, of a
further modification.
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The sitting or standing frame or platform, 1, may be made of wood or of iron or
of other suitable substance, and of any suitable dimensions size or shape, and may
be formed with either a plain or roughened upper surface, or may be shaped to a
form suitable for sitting or standing thereon.
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2, represents bars preferably of metal, and which may be separately formed from
the seat or stand, 1, and adapted to be secured thereto as in the modification
illustrated, or if the said seat or stand be made of metal the said bars may be cast
or made in one piece therewith. These bars may occupy a projecting position in
relation to the upper or lower surfaces of the seat or stand, 1, or may project from
the sides or front edge thereof, that is, the edge adjacent to the window frame or
Bill, and at which end they are formed with projecting studs, 3, or with other
suitable means of readily securing them to and removing them from correspondingly
formed retaining devices, 4, which latter are intended and caused to occupy a fixed
position in relation to the window frame or sill, and in the modification represented
on the annexed drawings consist of raised bosses or lock plates formed with
enlarged apertures and continued slots, 5, of less width of opening; the said apertures
permitting of the insertion and removal of the enlarged heads of the studs, 3,
and the said narrow slots fitting and accommodating the shanks of the studs and
also serving to retain the heads of the studs when adapted thereto as illustrated.
..6, represents the usual wooden window sill, and, 7, the usual stone or other
under projecting sill.
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In addition to the means hereinbefore described or referred to of securing the
seat or stand in position for the time required; there is also adapted to the under
side of the seat or stand other suitable means of supporting the same to render it
perfectly safe and not solely dependent upon such means as are above referred to.
These additional means preferably consist of one or more (the number depending
principally upon the width or dimensions of the seat or stand, 1,) slotted or
equivalently formed under frames, 8, which are screwed or otherwise secured to
the frame, 1, and which are preferably so inclined disposed or shaped as to be
effective when adapted as hereinafter described in giving a slight inclination to the
seat or stand downwards towards the window or window frame to cause a natural
inclination of the body of the operator towards the window frame, engendering a
corresponding feeling of safety; and to effect this purpose and to support the outer
projecting part of the seat or stand there is adapted to each of such slotted under
frames an adjustable leg or support, 9, which can be readily unscrewed and screwed
up and rigidly secured in any position intermediate between the ends of the slot in
the frame, 8, and can thus be set in the most advisable position in relation to the
width of the stone or other outer projecting sill, 7, and in such cases as will permit
of it the said leg or support, 9, can with advantage be moved to the outer ends of
the said slots, and in narrower sills to as far out as the sill will permit of.
In such cases as where the window frames are not constructed with any
projecting sill beyond the usual wooden sill, or with but a very narrow projecting
sill, such additional 'means of supporting the seat or stand, 1, may consist of a
fixed' or removable under projecting extension or leg, 10, shaped or curved towards
the wooden sill, 6, and adapted to bear against the front thereof or in a suitable
socket, 11, which is screwed or otherwise suitably secured to the front of such sill,
or to the sill, 7, and these means may also be used in combination with those, 8, 9,
herein before described as dotted in Fig. 3, or either of such means, 8, 9, or, 10, 11,
may be separately or solely adapted to the seat or stand. If the said part, 10, is
made removable it is preferably secured in position by its front end being formed
as shown at, 12, Fig. 4, to enter within the slotted frame, 8, and by its rear end
being forked or formed to the shape of the screwed end of the support, 9, so that it
may be jammed between the latter and the under surface of the frame, 8, and thus
rigidly fixed for the time desired.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
In apparatus for facilitating the cleaning painting and repairing of windows and
window frames.
The use in combination, of a detachable or adjustable sitting or standing frame
or platform provided with means for temporarily securing it in the required
position in relation to a window frame and for supporting its outer projecting
part, with means occupying a fixed position in relation to the window frame or sill
and intended and suitable for securing such seat or stand for the time required,
when such parts are constructed combined and used substantially in the improved
manner herein before described.
Dat yout
DAY, DAVIES & HUNT,
321, High Holborn, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.