Improvements in Fasteners for Windows.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Apr., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 27th Jan., 1892-Accepted, 27th Feb., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fasteners for Windows.
I, WILLIAM EDDLESTON, of 17 Regent Street, Blackburn, in the County
of Lancaster, Draper, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in fasteners for securing and bolting
windows when the latter are either closed or open, and preventing same from being
moved from the outside, and consists of a rack or recessed, bracket on the window
sash, and a bolt on the window frame whereby the distance the window is opened
can be adjusted and then secured.
According to this my said invention on the sash of the window is bolted or
screwed a rack, or bracket having several steps or recesses formed in it, and on the
window frame is bolted or screwed a bracket carrying a bolt or pin, free to move
on a stud carried in bearings there being a hole through the bolt and into the
bracket for receiving a holding piece or pin which holds or locks the bolt in
position.
When the window is slided up or down as far as required, the bolt or pin is
moved so as to engage with one of the recesses in the rack and the window is
securely locked in position by the pin being passed through the bolt and into the
hole in the fixed bracket.
Dated this 25th day of April 1891.
WALTER BRIERLEY,
Central Chambers, Halifax, Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fasteners for Windows.
I WILLIAM EDDLESTON of 17 Regent Street, Blackburn, in the County
of Lancaster, Draper 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 fasteners for securing, and bolting
windows, when the latter are either closed, or open, and preventing same from
being moved from the outside, and consists of a rack, or recessed bracket on the
window sash, and a bolt on the window frame whereby the distance the window is
opened can be adjusted, and then secured.
According to this my said invention, on the sash of the window is bolted, or
screwed a bracket carrying a bolt, or pin, free to move on a stud carried in
bearings there being a hole through the bolt, and into the bracket, for receiving a
holding piece, or pin which holds, or locks the bolt in position.
Such being the nature and object of my said invention the following is a
complete description of same reference being made to the accompanying drawings
forming a part of this Specification in which:-
Fig. 1. is a front elevation of an ordinary sliding window having my improved
fastener applied thereto.
Fig. 2. is an end sectional elevation of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3. is a side elevation of the improved bolt, drawn detached from the window
frame, in order to more clearly shew its construction.
Fig. 4 is a plan view of Fig. 3.
Fig. 5. is a view of the rack, or recessed bracket.

page_text: According to this my said invention on the stationary sash bar 1 of the window 2
is secured by screws 3. 3 the rack 4 which consists of a bracket, or bar of metal
having a series of steps, or recesses 5. 5. formed in it, and on the sliding cross bar 6
of the, preferably, lower window frame 7 is bolted or screwed a bracket 8 carrying
a bolt, or pin 9 free to turn on a stud 10 fixed in the bracket, and one end of the
bolt, or pin 9 is provided with a handle 11 for facilitating the moving of said bolt,
or pin.
A hole 12 is formed through the shank of the bolt 9 and a series of corre-
sponding holes 13. 13. are formed in the fixed bracket 8, so that a holding pin 14
can be passed through the hole 12 and into one of the holes 13 thus fixing the
bolt 9 in the required position, either in or out of the steps, or recesses 5. 5. and
preventing it moving until the pin 14 is withdrawn.
When the window 7 is slided up or down as far as desired, the bolt or pin 9 is
noved, or turned on the stud 10 so as to engage with one of the steps, or
recesses 5 in the rack 4, and the window is securely locked in position by the
holding pin 14 being passed through the bolt 9 and into one of the holes 13 in the
fixed bracket 8. so that the window can be locked, and secured in the open, or
partly open, or closed position and cannot be unlocked from the outside.
In Figs. 1 and 2 the rack 4 I have shewn as being fixed in a recess, or groove 15
formed in the sash of the window, for the purpose of allowing the window frame 7
to slide up, and down, but it will be obvious that the rack 4 may be fixed in other
positions, such as the front of the sash bar, it being only necessary that the rack 4
should be a fixture, in such position that the end of the bolt, or pin 9 can enter the
steps, or recesses 5 when desired. 17 is the parting lath between the upper, and
lower window frames.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature, and object of my
said invention, and in what manner the same is to be employed, I declare that
what I claim is :-
The bolt such as herein described, with, or without the holding pin 14 and
holes 12, 13 in combination with a stepped or recessed bracket such as 4 as, and for
the purpose herein described, and substantially as illustrated by the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 26th day of January 1905
WILLIAM
EDDLESTON.
By his Agent, Walter Brierley,
Bank Chambers, Halifax.