mprovements in and relating to Window Sashes or Frames, whereby Cords and Weights or Counter-balances are Dispensed with.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Oct., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 5th July, 1898-Accepted, 1st Oct., 1898
[mprovements in and relating to Window Sashes or Frames, whereby
Cords and Weights or Counter-balances are Dispensed with.
JAMES MATTHEW, of 250, Yorkshire Street, Cabinet Maker, and JAMES THOMAS
BUCKLEY, of 33, Regent Street, Plumber, both in Rochdale, and County of Lancaster,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to improvements in window sashes or frames whereby we
dispense with the use of cords, weights or counterbalances of every or any
description.
According to our construction we provide the two window frames or sashes in
a frame or casing fixed within the window opening which casing is provided with
one groove or race so that the sashes when in position may slide or run in line,
but the said casing is provided with an opening at its two upright and opposite
sides which openings communicate, when fixed in the window opening-with
the cavity usually formed in the wall of the building.
At a
position in line with the bottom of the two sashes we provide on each
side of the casing a metal trough or receptacle but extending into the wall cavity
which are adapted to receive the window sashes which latter are provided with
runners or pullies, when each sash is moved or slid from the centre of the window
opening, thus one or both sash or sashes is or are allowed to pass into the wall
cavity as may be desired.
The object of providing the troughs is to collect or gather any water or moisture
which may penetrate from the weather side of the sashes, which water is free to
pass away from the troughs due to their form and inclination, thus obviating
the admission of such within the interior of the building. Our invention thus
forms a means for manipulating the sashes with facility, also forms a weather-
tight arrangement for window openings depending upon opening and closing by
sliding actions only, each sash being in line one behind the other i.e., end on,
consequently our invention is also economical in construction, as we dispense with
much material in the construction of the casing as used in the present system for
the reason that the thickness may be reduced as our sashes slide one before the
other that is, end to end.
Dated this 4th day of October 1897.
J. H. BUTTERWORTH & Co.,
Rochdale, for the Applicants.
Improvements in and relating to Window Sashes or Frames, whereby
Cords and Weights or Counter-balances are Dispensed with.
We, JAMES MATTHEW, of 250, Yorkshire Street, Cabinet Maker, and JAMES
THOMAS BUCKLEY, of 33, Regent Street, Plumber, both in Rochdale, and County of
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page_text: Lancaster, 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:―
Our invention relates to improvements in window sashes or frames whereby we
dispense with the use of cords weights or counterbalances of every description.
In order that our invention may be understood we annex the accompanying
drawings.
Fig. 1 is a front view of our invention.
Fig. 2 is a side sectional view of, Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a sectional plan of Fig. 1
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Fig. 4 is a view drawn to an enlarged scale shewing the trough or metal piece.
* According to our construction we provide the window frames or sashes *ain
a frame or casing b, fixed within the window opening which casing is fixed within
the space or cavity e, formed between the walls d, d, of a building which rests
at its bottom part and capable of sliding on a metal piece e, which rests on the window
sill which piece extends any convenient length within the cavity at the opposite
sides of the opening see Fig. 3, sufficiently so as to allow the window sashes 'to pass
within the cavity clear of the opening 'g. The metal piece or race 'e is provided
with a projecting piece e¹ which enters into a recess at the underside of the sash
piece a The sashes a, a¹ when in position slide in line with each other and
when closed or opened slide in opposite directions, i.e., when opened sasha;>slides
into cavity c, and sash al into cavity c¹. The said race piece e, may be channelled
or have dividing pieces el so as to allow of the underside of the sashes to have
pullies for sliding purposes the underside of the sash a being also recessed to slide
thereon. The said pieces e¹ are provided only at the part opposite the window
opening the parts of the metal piece e, extending into cavities c, ch and thus form
troughs or open ends which are adapted also to allow the moisture collected: therein
from the walls to pass out, or away therefrom out on to the window sill h when the
sash a or a¹ is pulled away from the cavity c; c¹ as the case may be. Our invention
forms a weather tight apparatus is economical in construction as the sashes sliding
in line and opposite to or abutting against each other dispenses with wide casings
as in the present methods also dispenses with thee use of cords and weights:
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is;-
J
1. In combination sashes a, a¹, metal piece e, and cavities c, c¹, whereby the
sashes slide into cavities and which sashes abut against each other as and for the
purposes herein set forth.
1.
2. In combination metal piece e and cavities c, c¹, as and for the purposes herein
set forth.
3. In combination metal piece e and sashes a, a', as and for the purposes herein
set forth.
4. Metal piece e, as herein set forth.