AN IMPROVED SASH WINDOW
Year: 1885

page_text: JOHN TULLOCH Painter and Glazier and Decorator 27 Academy Street Inverness
North Britain do hereby declare the nature of the invention for AN IMPROVED
SASH WINDOW to be as follows:-
With the Sashes hung in the ordinary way with cords and weights they can be
made to open inwards like a door so thate the outside may be got at to be repaird
or cleaned from the inside, the parting and batton rods are made so thate the
grooves thate the Sashes run in is formed in a dovetail shape.
The Sashes are made the width of the space between the parting rods and
checked on each side to fit pieces of wood the same lenth and thickness as the
Sashes which pieces are fitted to run in the dovetail shaped grooves in the caise.
The cords thate the weights are attached to are fixed or screwed to these piecis
and the Sashes are hinged with strong lift off edge-hinges to the piecis in the
grooves on the one side and locked to the piecis on the other side with a Latch
when the pieces in the grooves on each sides of the Sashes and the Sash becomes
in one, when either Sash can be mooved up or down like an ordinary window
sash, for ventilation. When the window is wanted opend to be cleaned or repaird,
the latch is unlocked and the Sashes swung into the room like a door on the hinges
when the whole outside can be got at from the inside-there is a snub on the
parting rods and inside batton rods thate is turned on to the pieces in the grooves
to prevent it running to the top of the caise when the Sash is unlocked from it.
Dated the Twenty Finot daw of TOOK

page_text: I JOHN TULLOCH Painter and Decorator and Glazier 27 Academy Street
Inverness North Britain do hereby declare the nature of the invention for AN
IMPROVED SASH WINDOW and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:—
With the sashes hung in the ordinary way with cords and weights they can be
made to open inwards like a door so that the outside may be got at to be repaired
or cleaned from the inside of room.
The fittings required are made of malleable cast iron or other metal,
Figure 1 shews plan of window in usual position Figure 2 shews plan of top
and lower sashes of window opened into room Figure 3 shews elevation of lower
sash of window with hinges attached Figure 4 elevation of upper sash shewing
hinges attached.
A on Figures 12 and 3 shews hinges of lower sash which slide in grooves in
batton and parting rods and to the upper hinge the cord is attached as shewn in
drawing.
B on Figures 1 2 3 and shews method of fastening and unfastening the cords
on right hand side of upper and lower sashes.
C on figures 12 and 4 shews hinges of top sash with parting rod and outer
facing grooved for hinges to slide in :-D on figure 2 shews shelf hinged inside of
pulley stile right hand side in centre of height of case on which the weights rest
when the cords are unfastened from the sashes and the sashes are opened on their
hinges into the room.
D on figure 1 shews same shelf folded up to pulley stile when cords and weights
are attached to sashes to admit of the weights passing up and down when the
sashes are slid up and down as required.
This shelf is lowered into position to receive the weights by the lever E which
projects through the pulley stile as shewn on drawing.
The parting rod F on figures 1 and 2 is hinged so as to sink flush into the pulley
stile to admit of the upper sash being opened into room..
On figure 1 the parting rod is shewn out on figure 2 it is shewn sunk flush to
admit of top sash being opened.
The batton rod on right hand side is also hinged as shewn on figures 1 and 2.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is
That by fitting an ordinary window having the Sashes hung with cords and
weights, with the fittings I have invented and described in the forgoing Specifi-
cation and shewn on the accompanying sketch, the Sashes can be opend into the
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page_text: room so as to admit of the outside of them to be got at easily and with perfect
safety to be cleaned or repaird thus dispensing with the necessity and danger in
the case of high windows of having to stand outside during the performance of the
necessary repairs or cleaning.
When the Sashes are replaced in the case they are attached to the cords and.
can be slid up and down for ventilation in the ordinary manner.
Dated this Seventeenth day of November One thousand eight hundred and