Improvements in and relating to Windows for Railway and other Vehicles.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Sept., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 11th June, 1900-Accepted, 14th July, 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Windows for Railway and other
Vehicles.
We, BÉLA RAUSCHER, Works Manager, and JOHANN SCHILIAN, Heating-house
Foreman, both of Székesfejérvar, in the Kingdom of Hungary, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to the formation of the joints in sliding windows or
sashes for railway and other vehicles whereby to ensure as far as can be a tight
fitting closure thereof when the window is in its closed position.
The lower edge of the sash-frame is formed as usual with a batten which,
when the sash is lifted into its locked or closed position, engages the projecting
ledge upon the moulding of the window frame or carriage door.
In order to form a tight joint for excluding draught at the lower part of the
sash the moulding forming the lower bar of the window-frame is recessed with
an incline leading downwardly. In the recess is loosely inserted a rod covered
with felt, plush or other appropriate material.
The said rod gravitates towards the lower end of the incline and on the sash
being closed it rests against a shallow groove formed in the sash-frame and
thus constitutes a means for obtaining a thoroughly tight joint.
It is clear that at the opening of the sash by lifting the same over the ledge
and then lowering it the rod readily yields by retiring into the interior of the
recess and thus does not interfere with the movements of the sash.
The joints at the sides of the sash are made by means of bars covered with
plush, cloth or the like and pivoted upon a pin or screw stud fixed in the upper
corner of the side-bar of the window-frame in such a manner that these bars
are capable of following the variations in position which the sash undergoes for
opening or for closing."
The covering of these bars extends sidewise towards the inner portion of the
window frame or moulding to which it is firmly secured. This enables the bars
to follow the movements of the sash and they are sufficiently large to allow of the
sash being closed. When opening the sash the surplus of the fabric doubles
up into a recess in the moulding.
The sash frame may be formed with grooves or may be fitted with grooved
side-bars adapted to receive the before mentioned bars and to take them along
at the forward or the rearward motion of the sash when closing or opening the
latter.
The tight joint at the upper end of the sash is obtained by means of a spring
controlled bar covered with plush, cloth or the like. The extended edges of the
cloth are caught in the moulding of the window-frame and is sufficiently long
and bulged in such a manner as to allow of the bar yielding to the sash while the
latter is being lifted over the ledge.

page_text: Improvements in and relating to Windows for Railway and other
Vehicles.
We, BÉLA RAUSCHER, Works Manager, and JOHANN SCHILHAN, Heating-house
Foreman, both of Székesfejérvar, in the Kingdom of Hungary, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention relates to the formation of the joints in sliding windows or
sashes for railway and other vehicles whereby to ensure as far as can be a tight
fitting closure thereof when the window is in its closed position.
In the accompanying drawing,
Figure is a vertical section of a sliding window or sash formed according to
this invention, the section being taken on the line A-B of Figure 2.
Figure 2 shows a portion of the window and its frame broken away in several
parts and
Figure is a horizontal section taken on the line C-D) of Figure 1.
The lower edge of the sasli-frame is formed as usual with a batten h, which,
when the sash is lifted into its locked or closed position, engages the projecting
ledge upon the moulding of the window frame or carriage door.
In order to form a tight joint for excluding draught at the lower part of the
sash the moulding a forming the lower bar of the window frame is recessed as
shown with an incline leading downwardly. In the recess is loosely inserted
a rod m covered with felt, plush or other appropriate material.
The said rod gravitates towards the lower end of the incline and on the sash
being closed it rests against a shallow groove formed in the sash-frame and
thus constitutes a means for obtaining a thoroughly tight joint.
It is clear that at the opening of the sash by lifting the same over the
ledge and then lowering it the rod m readily yields by retiring into the in-
terior of the recess and thus does not interfere with the movements of the sash.
The joints at the sides of the sash are made by means of bars e covered with
plush, cloth or the like and pivoted upon a pin or screw stud d fixed in the
upper corner of the side bar of the window frame in such a manner that these
bars are capable of following the variations in position which the sash under-
goes for opening or for closing.
The covering of these bars e extends sidewise towards the inner portion
of the window frame or moulding to which it is firmly secured. This enables
the bars e to follow the movements of the sash and they are sufficiently large to
allow of the sash being closed. When opening the sash the surplus of the
fabric doubles up into a recess in the moulding g.
The sash frame may be formed with grooves or may be fitted with grooved
side-bars adapted to receive the before mentioned bars e and to take them along
at the forward or the rearward motion of the sash when closing or opening the
latter.
The tight-joint at the upper end of the sash is obtained by means of a spring
controlled bar b covered with plush, cloth, or the like. The extended edges of
the cloth are caught in the moulding e of the window-frame and is sufficiently
long and bulged in such a manner as to allow of the bar
yielding to the sash
while the latter is being lifted over the ledge i.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
1. A sliding sash for the windows of railway and other vehicles characterized
by means for obtaining a tight joint at the lower portion of the sash consisting
of a recess formed in the window frame moulding having a downwardly in-
clined surface upon which rests a readily yielding rod m covered with plush,
cloth or the like and adapted to gravitate towards and be in contact with the
sash-frame so forming the lower tight joint.
2. In sliding sash windows as claimed in Claim 1, means for obtaining tight
joints at the sides of the sash consisting of two bars e covered with plush, cloth
or the like and pivoted at their upper ends to a stud or its equivalent fixed to
the side bars of the window-frame, the edges of the covering material project-
ing to one side and secured under the moulding g of the window frame, and of
grooved bars f fixed to the sides of the sash for the reception of the bars e and
for guiding the same when opening and closing the window sash.
3. In window sashes as claimed in Claim 1, the means for obtaining a tight
joint at the end of the window sash consisting of a bar covered with plush
cloth or the like and adapted to be pressed against the sash frame by springs a,
the edges of the covering material being extended inwardly with a bulging and
held by moulding e of the window frames.
Dated this 11th day of June 1900.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.