Improvements in Fittings for Railway Carriage and other Sliding.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Aug., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 25th Feb., 1897-4ccepted, 17th Apr., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fittings for Railway Carriage and other Sliding.
Windows.
L, JOSEPH INGRAM of 5 Lechmere Road Willesden Green London N.W. Railway
Clerk do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to certain improvements in fittings for railway_carriage and
other sliding windows for which I have obtained Letters Patent dated 23rd January 1896
No. 1635 and the object of my present invention is to effect further improvements.
therein.
According to my present invention the hinged rail fitted to the garnish rail as
described in 1635 is used to retain the window in any raised position, the weight of
the window itself being utilized in causing the rubber pads attached to the hinged rail
to impinge against the frame with sufficient force to support the window. A broad
strap is fitted inside the door box in a vertical position the lower end being fitted at or
near the bottom of the door box, and the upper end fixed to the hinged rail. This
strap passes through a rectangular bracket fitted to the lower edge of the window
frame to which it acts as a brake to prevent the window falling at too great a speed.
The combination of the strap and bracket also causes the strap to pull the hinged bar
towards the window frame in an inclined position with sufficient force to enable the
pads to hold the window in a raised position without the use of springs.
On applying the hand to the finger pieces the hinged rail is raised and the pads.
attached thereto are withdrawn from contact with the window which then falls down
gently by gravity checked in its descent by the strap until it rests upon the buffers
fitted at the bottom of the door box.
Dated 4th August 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fittings for Railway Carriage and other Sliding
Windows.
I, JOSEPH INGRAM, of 5 Lechmere Road Willesden Green, London N.W., Railway
Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner the
sarpe is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
My invention relates to certain improvements in fittings for railway carriage and
other sliding windows, for which I have obtained Letters Patent dated 23rd January 1896
No. 1635; and the object of my present invention is to effect further improvements
therein.
And in order that my invention may be particularly described and ascertained,

page_text: reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which similar figures of
reference indicate corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of the inner side of a railway carriage door, fitted
according to my invention; the lower panels being removed to show the brake strap.
Fig. 2 is a vertical section of Fig. 1.
3 is a rail hinged to the garnish rail 4, in such a manner that it is capable of being
inclined towards the window 17. This inclination is caused by the action of the
strap 5. The upper end of the strap 5 is attached to the hinged rail 3, as shown in
section in Fig. 2. The lower end of the strap 5 is fitted with a weight 6, the strap
and weight being carried over a bar 7, whereby it is prevented from rattling. A
spring may be used instead of the weight, or. the lower end of the strap may be
fastened to the box to keep the strap suitably taut. Two rubber pads 8, 8, are fitted
to the hinged rail 3, which impinge against the window frame, and thereby hold the
window in any required position, by the combined action of the strap and the weight
of the window. 9, 10, are the finger pieces, by means of which the hinged rail 3 is
lifted to a vertical position, and the pads 8 attached thereto are withdrawn from contact
with the window.
The lower end of the sash 17 is fitted with a rectangular plate 11, pivoted at 12
between two brackets 13. The strap is carried down between the sash frame and the
upper side of the plate 11. The pivoted plate 11 and the strap 5, and the contact of
the strap with the lower rounded edge of the window frame, together form an effective
brake, whereby the window is prevented from falling at too great a speed when released
from the pads 8. Other fittings may be applied instead of the pivoted plate 11, for
arresting and breaking the downward motion of the window. 16, 16, are two rubber
pads upon which the window rests, when les entirely down, and 18, 18, are two snugs
which engage the pads 8 when the window is closed.
On applying the hand to the finger pieces 9, 10, the hinged rail removes the pads
from contact with the window, which then falls down gently by gravity, checked in its
descent by the strap, until it rests upon the buffer pads 16; but it may be held in any
partially raised position on letting go the finger pieces, and may be raise to similar
positions by applying the fingers to either of the lifting plates 14 or 15, from the
inside or the outside.
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. In railway carriage and other sliding windows, fitted with a hinged garnish
rail 3, and pads 8-the combinat on therewith of a strap 5 attached to the hinged
garnish rail, a plate 11 pivoted to brackets 13, (or equivalent device) attached to the
lower edge of the window frame, the strap being passed between the window frame
and the pivoted plate, so as to act as a brake to the window and imparting an inward
inclination to the rail 3; the strap 5 being rendered taut by a weight, spring, or
otherwise, substantially as and for the purposes herein before described and illustrated
by the drawings.
2. In railway carriage and other sliding windows, the application and use of a strap
acting as a brake to regulate the downward motion of the window, substantially as
herein before described.
3. The improved fittings for railway carriage and other sliding windows, substantially
as and for the purposes herein before described.
GEO.
DOWNING,
8 Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent.