Devices for Protecting the Joints of Windows, Doors, and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Nov., 1894-Accepted, 12th Jan., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Devices for Protecting the Joints of Windows, Doors, and the like.
I, EDWIN OLIVER READ, of 36 Broad Street, in the City of New York, State
of New York, U.S.A., Stock Broker, do hereby declare the nature of my inven-
tion 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 improvements in devices for protecting the joint of
windows, doors, or other appliances which have a joint or seam between the moving
parts, and combines a catch or fastening with a guard or protection for the joint,
which will prevent the introduction of a tool through the joint to surreptitiously
open the catch.
The device consists of a continuous hinge, extending the length of the joint, so
that there shall not be any interval between knuckles. This hinge is strengthened
by furnishing the leaf which is secured to one of the sashes with an under lapping
tongue and furnishing the other leaf with a rabbet and a shoulder arranged to abut
against and make a close fit with the said first named tongue. In this manner the
opening between the two sashes, or between the door and the jamb, is effectually
guarded, so that it is impossible to insert a tool to get at the catch.
Referring to the drawings which accompany the Specification to aid the
description.
Figure 1 is a vertical section, partly broken, of my device as applied to a window,
the hinge being shown open.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of the device showing the position of the hinge
when closed over the joint between the two sashes.
Figure 3 is a plan view of the entire hinge, when closed.
Figure 4 is an elevation of the device entire.
A, B are leaves of a continuous hinge, and having a continuous series of
knuckles a, b, the leaves and series of knuckles extending the width of the window,
p being the pintle.
The leaf A is screwed to the upper sash C, and said leaf A is provided with a
tongue a' which projects beneath the knuckles, as shown in Fig. 1 and extends the
length of the leaf A. In setting the device this tongue a¹ is placed so as to be
adjacent to, but a little back from, the joint j between the upper and lower window
sashes so as to permit the lower sash to be raised. Said leaf B is provided with a
rabbet 6, having a shoulder 6' situated so that the tongue a¹ will abut against the
said shoulder when the leaves are in the locked position. Thus tongue a¹ and
shoulder provide a guard for the hinge along the entire length of the joint j.
E, E are finger pieces on the leaf B.
D, D are catches shaped as shown in Fig. 2, and pivoted by means of the
shoulder screws d to the plates e, e, which are screwed flush to the top of the
inner sash B.
To lock the window the leaf B is turned flat upon the top of the sash C, and the
catches D, D are then turned to the position of Fig. 2. The window is now locked.
To open it, the catches D, D are turned off the leaf B, as indicated in Fig. 1 by
the solid lines, said leaf B is turned up and clear of the joint 3, and then the lower
sash is raised.

page_text: 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 protector for windows, doors and similar appliances, consisting of two
leaves united by a continuous hinge, and one of said leaves being provided with a
continuous tongue and the other with a continuous rabbet adapted to receive said
tongue and with a continuous shoulder adapted to abut against said tongue when
the leaves are in the locked position.
2. A protector for windows, doors and similar appliances, consisting of a leaf A
provided with a continuous series of knuckles and with a continuous tongue a', and
adapted to be screwed to one member of the window, door or similar appliance, a
leat B, also provided with a corresponding continuous series of knuckles and with
a continuous shoulder 6' adapted to abut against the aforesaid tongue, and finger
pieces on said leaf B and a catch to engage on said leaf.
Dated this 27th day of November 1894.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, E.C., Agent for Applicant.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, E.C., Agent for Applicant.