Improvements in Sash Holders.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd July, 1897-Accepted, 21st Aug.,
1897
Improvements in Sash Holders.
I, ADOLPH HAENICHEN, of 669 East 23rd. Street, in the City of Paterson,
County of Passaic, and the State of New Jersey, U.S.A., Gentleman, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My present invention relates to devices, by means of which window sashes can
be securely held in any desired position.
The object of the invention is to provide a device of the character above referred
to, of simple, strong and durable construction, reliable and efficient in operation,
and easily attached to a window frame.
The invention consists in the improved sash holder, and in the combination and
arrangement of the various parts thereof, substantially as will be hereinafter
more fully described and finally embodied in the clauses of the claims.
Referring to the accompanying drawing, in which like letters of reference
indicate corresponding parts in each of the several Figs: Fig. 1, is an inside
elevation partly in section of a portion of a window frame and of the sashes.
arranged therein and provided with my improvement; Fig. 2, a front elevation
of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, an enlarged longitudinal section of the sash holder proper;
Fig. 4, a view of a slight modified form of the sash holder illustrated in Figs. 1, 2,
and 3; Fig. 5, an end elevation of Fig. 4, with certain portions broken away;
and Fig. 6, a view similar to Fig. 5, showing a slight modification of the spring
arrangement illustrated in said Fig. 5.
In said drawing, a represents a window frame and the lower sash, arranged in
said frame in the usual and well known manner.
On the frame a and near the meeting rail of said lower sash is fulcrumed-on
a screw or pin the curved eccentrically arranged block d, provided with a
down-wardly extending projection e, and preferably made of hard rubber vulcanite-
fibre or wood.
The pin or screw c penetrates the vertical hole d arranged in a metallic sleeve fo
having integral therewith the radial arm or rib f, carrying at its other end the
curved or segmental shaped flange f¹, arranged substantially parallel with the
outer periphery of the block d and embedded therein.
On the sides of said arm f are arranged a series of lugs or projections fr
providing a firm connection between said arm and the curved block d.
The arm and its segmental shaped flange f¹, besides strengthening that
portion of the block d which is adapted to engage and bind against the sash b,
fumishes additional weight to the upper portion of said block d and thus causes
the latter to remain in constant engagement with the said sash, as will be manifest.
In the form illustrated in Figs. 4, and 5, the-block d is provided on its front
with a
casing, concentrically arranged with the pin or screw c, and containing
a helical spring k, which latter is secured to said pin or screw and to the casing i
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page_text: respectively, and is adapted to constantly hold the upper portion of the block d
in engagement with the sash.
In this construction the block may be of any suitable material and is provided
at its upper or engaging portion with a strip of suitable flexible or soft material.
If preferred the casing i can be dispensed with, in which case, the spiral spring kl
is secured with one end to the pin or screw c and with the other end to the block d.
To reduce the friction and to thus render the holder more practical and efficient,
washers h and g are arranged between the frame a and the block d, and between
the latter and the head of the screw or pin respectively.
The sash can be raised to any desired position without being hindered by the
eccentrically arranged block d, but the moment the sash is released and tends to
descend by its own weight, said block engages and binds against the said sash
and holds the same firmly in the desired position.
When the sash is to be closed, the block d is moved out of engagement, by
simply pressing against the projection e, as will be manifest.
A sash holder of the construction heretofore described, besides being efficient and
durable, can be very cheaply manufactured, and is also neat in appearance,
especially in the form indicated in Figs. 1, and 3, as the metallic anchor shaped
strengthening rib also serves as an ornament for the (colored) eccentric block d.
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:-
1: A sash holder comprising an eccentric block of fibrous material and a
metallic radially strengthening rib embedded therein and terminating in a sleeve
adapted to surround the fulcrum of said eccentric block, substantially as described.
2: A sash holder comprising an eccentric block of fibrous material, a metallic
strengthening rib radially arranged within said block and embedded therein
and provided at its inner end with a sleeve adapted to surround the fulcrum for
said eccentric block, and at its other end with a segmental shaped flange approxi-
mately parallel with the outer edge of said block, substantially as described.
3: A sash holder comprising an eccentric block of fibrous material and pro-
vided. with a down-wardly extending projection, a metallic strengthening rib
radially arranged within said block and provided on its sides with a series of
lugs or projections embedded in said block, a sleeve integral with said rib and
adapted to surround the fulcrum for said block, and a segmental shaped flange
at the other end of said rib and embedded in said block and approximately parallel
with its outer edge, substantially as described.
4: The combination with a window frame and the sash arranged therein,
of a curved block of fibrous material, pivotally and eccentrically arranged on the
window frame and bearing against the sash, and a metallic strengthening rib
radially arranged in said block and embedded therein, and provided at its outer
portion with a segmental shaped flange also embedded in said block and adapted
to strengthen that portion thereof which bears against the sash, substantially as
described.
5: The combination with a window frame and the sash arranged therein,
of a curved block of fibrous material pivotally and eccentrically arranged on the
frame and provided with a down-wardly extending projection, a metallic
strengthening rib-embedded in said block and provided at its inner end with a
sleeve penetrating said block, and at its outer end with a segmental shaped flangé,
and an axle-such as a screw-penetrating said sleeve and serving as a fulcrum
for said block, all said parts substantially as and for the purposes described.
.6: The combination with a window frame and the sash arranged therein,
of a curved block of fibrous material pivotally and eccentrically arranged on the
frame and bearing against the sash, and means for normally holding. said block
in engagement with the sash, substantially as described.
7: The combination with a window frame and the sash arranged therein,

page_text: of a curved block of fibrous material pivotally and eccentrically arranged on the
frame and provided with a down-wardly extending projection, an axle-such as
a screw-penetrating said block and secured to the frame and serving as a fulcrum
for said block, and means for normally holding said block in engagement with
the sash, substantially as described.
8:―The combination with a window frame and the sash arranged therein,
of a curved block of fibrous material pivotally and eccentrically arranged on the
frame and provided with a down-wardly extending projection, a metallic
strengthening rib radially arranged in said block and provided on its sides
with a series of lugs or projections embedded in said block, a segmental shaped
flange on the outer end of said rib and approximately parallel with the outer
edge of said block, a sleeve carried by the inner end of said rib and penetrating
the block, and an axle-such as a screw-penetrating said sleeve and secured
to the frame and serving as a fulcrum for the block, all said parts, substantially
as and for the purposes described.
9: The combination with a window frame and the sash arranged therein, of a
curved block pivotally and eccentrically arranged on the frame, an axle--such.
as a screw-penetrating said block and secured to the window frame and serving
as a fulcrum for said eccentric block, and means for normally holding said blocka
in engagement with the sash, substantially as described.
10: The combination with a window frame and the sash arranged therein,
of a curved block pivotally and eccentrically arranged on said frame and provided
with a down-wardly extending projection, an axle--such as a screw-penetrating
said block and secured to the window frame and serving as a fulcrum for said
block, and means for normally holding said block in engagement with the sash,
substantially as described.
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J. J. BAYLY,
18 Fulham Place, London, W., Agent for the Applicant.