New or Improved Method of Hanging Window-sashes, and Appliances for Use in connection therewith.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Jan., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 30th Oct., 1894-Accepted, 22nd Dec., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Method of Hanging Window-sashes, and
Appliances for Use in connection therewith.
I, SAMUEL HAMBLY, of Wellington, in the County of Somerset, (no occupation)
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
My invention relates to a new or improved method of hanging window sashes to
their frames, whereby the sashes may be more readily placed in position, and may be
quickly and easily removed for the purposes of cleaning, painting, or re-glazing.
According to the present method of attaching sashes to the frames, a groove is
made at each end of the sash, and a round hole made a short distance from the
bottom of the groove, a small hole being bored from the groove to the hole, through
which a cord is passed and a knot tied in the end which lies in the hole, sometimes
fastened in by nailing, and when it is required to remove the sash, the knot will
have become so tightly drawn, that it is difficult if not impossible to untie it, and it
is necessary to employ workmen to take out and replace the sash.
By my invention, the knot has merely to be tied and slipped into a hole or
chamber at each end of the sash, and the cord falls into the groove which extends
from the hole to the top of the sash, and when it is required to remove the sash
from the frame, the knot is withdrawn from the hole and the cord from the groove,
which at once liberates the sash.
In carrying my invention into effect, a hole is made in a convenient position at
each end of the sash, and from this hole a groove is cut extending upwards, to
receive the cord which has been attached to the weight and passed over the pulley
in the ordinary manner; the hole may be merely bored in the wood and so left,
covered with a specially formed plate, or a metal frame may be inserted in the
hole, the upper part of the frame being slotted to correspond with the groove, to
allow the cord to pass in after the knot is placed in the hole, the crown of the
frame, although slotted, forms a stop to prevent the knot coming through, the upper
face of the frame is carried downwards a short distance, forming a fork or clutch
to prevent the knot escaping sideways from the hole while the sash is being removed
or replaced. If a front metal plate only is to be used, the hole is made in the end
of the sash as usual, but preferably elliptical in shape, and a circular hole cut in
the plate of a similar diameter to the transverse diameter of the hole, a slot from
the opening to the upper end corresponds to the groove, and permits the cord to
pass through, the plate being put with the lower edge of the opening flush with
the lower edge of the hole, its upper part will cover part of the hole, and form a
clutch to prevent the cord escaping from the sash.
When sashes are fitted with the clutch appliances as described, they are suspended
to the sash frame by merely tying knots at the ends of the cords and placing them
in the holes at the ends of the sashes, when the clutches will retain them in position,
the bead pieces being affixed to the frames as usual, except that one of the side
beads may be made in two pieces, the lower part fastened with screws to facilitate
the removal of the sashes when required, which can be easily done by taking out
the screws and detaching one or both the cords from the sash, this will be of special
advantage in cleaning or repairing windows in very high buildings; before removing
the cord from the sash it may be necessary to secure it to prevent the weight
drawing it out of reach, this is done by attaching ordinary screw or spring clips to the

page_text: cord, which will form a stop when the cord rises to the pulley after being released
from the sash.
Dated this 29th day of January 1894.
J. G. WESTLAKE,
2, John Street, Bristol, Applicant's Agent.
New or Improved Method of Hanging Window-sashes, and
Appliances for Use in connection therewith.
1, SAMUEL HAMBLY, of Wellington, in the County of Somerset, (no occupation)
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:―
My invention relates to a new or improved method of hanging window sashes to
their frames, whereby the sashes may be more readily placed in position and be
quickly and easily removed for purposes of cleaning, repairing, painting, or
re-glazing.
My invention consists in extending the open groove or slot, in which the cord is
laid at the end of the sashes, from the top of the sash to the knot hole which is
made nearly at the bottom of the sash, instead of continuing the connection from
the open groove to the hole by a covered channel, as is done at present; and
partially covering the hole or placing a clutch-frame therein, in such a manner that
the knot will be retained in the hole until required to be withdrawn for the removal
of the sash, which can easily be done without untying the knot, as has to be done
under the present method.
My invention, and the means employed for carrying it into effect will be fully
described and illustrated in connection with the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Fig. 1 shows the present method of inserting the cord in the ends of the sashes,
a groove A being made a suitable distance down each end, and a circular hole B
made a short distance below, a tunnel or channel a being made from A to B, the
mode of attachment being to bring one end of the cord which passes over the sash
pulley and is connected at the other end to the weight in the frame, and insert it
through the tunnel a to the hole B, and tie a knot which supports the sash; by
this invention the tunnel is dispensed with, and the groove continued to the knot
hole; to enable this to be done without the cord slipping out of the groove, a
slotted plate C, Fig. 2, or a clutch frame G, Fig. 9, is employed; in the former
case, the plate is made with a round hole and slot, as shown in Fig. 2, and the knot
hole is made elongated in shape, as D in Fig. 3, the plate C is let in flush with the
ends of the sash, partially covering the hole D as in Fig. 4, the cord E from the
sash-pulley is laid in the groove A and a knot tied, which is put through the hole
of the plate, as in Fig. 5, and then passed to the upper part of the knot hole as in
Fig. 6, the cheeks of the plate forming a clutch to keep the cord in the hole, and
the weight of the sash is supported by the knot being drawn against the bottom of
the groove.
When the clutch frame G is preferred, as it may be for sashes that have
become worn, the frame as shown in Figs. 7, 8, and 9, (front and side elevation, and
perspective), is formed by shaping a piece of sheet metal and cutting a slot therein,
and bending it to shape, as shown in Fig. 8, the frame is then inserted in a recess
made to receive it in the end of the sash, the groove A being continued to the
recess, see Fig. 10, and the outer surface of the frame fitted flush with the sash;
the cord is tied in a knot and laid in the frame and groove as already described,
and the upper part of the frame, g, g prevents the cord from escaping, and supports
the sash.

page_text: The sashes being prepared and fitted with the plates or frames as described, one
end of the cord being placed through the pulleys and attached to the weight, the
other end is tied in a knot, and the knot placed in the hole and the cord laid in
the groove; the sashes are then put in their place in the frame and fitted with
ordinary beads to form guides, one of the beads is divided, so that the lower part
be fastened with screws or dovetail, for rapid removal when required. When
it is necessary to take out the sashes for cleaning or repairing, the bead is
unfastened and one cord detached by withdrawing it from the hole and groove, this
enables the sash to be swung inwards and then replaced without going outside with
ladders or other contrivances, and altogether dispensing with the dangerous practice
of sitting on the sills when the windows require cleaning.
may
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed,
declare that what I
claim is :-
The herein described method of hanging window sashes, by which they may be
casily swung inwards for cleaning and the like, the plate or frame forming a clutch
to hold the cord while permitting it to be quickly detached, substantially as and
for the purposes herein set forth and shown in the accompanying drawings.
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1904
J. G. WESTLAKE,
2, John Street, Bristol, Applicant's Agent.
J. G. WESTLAKE,
2, John Street, Bristol, Applicant's Agent.