Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Apr., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 4th Jan., 1899-Accepted, 4th Feb.,
1899*
I, JOHN REDMAN, of St. Marks Avenue, Leeds, in the County of York, Wholesale
Clothier, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in fastening devices for securing sash
windows, or windows of railway carriages, cabs, and the like, the object being to
allow of the window being securely fastened at any point so as to ensure safety
against ingress through the window and also to prevent rattling and noise by tightly
drawing or binding the window to the frame, or the windows together, and also
preventing breakage of the window in the event of the sash cord giving way.
According to this invention I fix to the window frame or sash an eyed bracket
through which is passed a winged or headed screw. On the opposite window (in
sash windows) is fixed a slotted bar behind which is a recess, and the screw passes
through the slot and has a head or cross piece behind it in the recess When the
top window is slided down, or the bottom window up, the screw travels down or up
the slot, and when the window is moved to the required position it is fixed by turning
the screw, so drawing and holding the windows tightly together.
In lieu of the slotted bar, a bar with holes or short slots may be substituted and
the screw is turned into one or other of the holes when the window or windows is or
are adjusted to the required position, and this arrangement is specially applicable to
the sliding windows of railway carriages, cabs, and the like.
Dated this 4th day of April 1898.
BRIERLEY & HOWARD,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax, Agents for the Applicant.
I, JOHN REDMAN, of St. Marks Avenue, Leeds, in the County of York, Wholesale
Clothier, 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 improvements in fastening devices for securing sash
windows, or windows of railway carriages, cabs, and the like, the object being to
allow of the window being securely fastened at any point so as to ensure safety
against ingress through the window and also to prevent rattling and noise by tightly
drawing or binding the window to the frame, or the windows together, and also
preventing breakage of the window in the event of the sash cord giving way.

page_text: Such being the nature and object of my said invention, the following is a
complete description of same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,
in which:
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Fig. 1 is a front elevation of part of a window frame having my improvements
applied thereto.
Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a front elevation of part of a window frame having a modified form of
my improvement applied thereto.
Fig. 4 is a plan view of Fig. 3.
According to this invention I fix to the window frame or sash 1 an eyed bracket 2
through which is passed a bolt or screw 3. On the opposite window
(in sash
windows, see Fig. 2) is fixed a slotted bar 5 or a bar behind which is a recess 6,
'and the screw or bolt 3 passes through the slot into the recess 6 and has a head or
cross piece 7 in the said recess 6. When the top window is slided down, or the
bottom window up, the screw or bolt 3 travels down or up the slot and recess 6,
and when the window is moved to the required position it is fixed by turning the
winged nut 8 on the screw 3, so drawing and holding the windows tightly together.
In lieu of the slotted bar, a bar 9 with holes 10 or holes in the frame 4 (see
Figs. 3 and 4) may be substituted and the screw 3 is provided with a winged head or
thumb piece 11 by which it is turned into one or other of the holes 10 when the
window or windows is or are adjusted to the required position, and this arrangement
is specially applicable to the sliding windows of railway carriages, cabs, and
the like.
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:
(1) A slotted recess in a window frame, a headed bolt or screw carried in a
bracket on the other window frame, and a winged nut, all in combination as and
for the purpose herein described and substantially as illustrated by Figs. 1 and 2
of the annexed drawings.
(2) A bar in which are threaded holes on one window frame and a headed
screw carried in a bracket on the other window frame in combination and as and
for the purpose herein described and substantially as illustrated by Figs. 3 and 4 of
the annexed drawings.
Dated this 2nd day of Tann 1200