IMPROVEMENTS IN OR CONNECTED WITH WINDOW SASHES
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Daniel Fleming Wilson Quayle of Castletown Isle of
Man, Clerk in Holy Orders for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR
CONNECTED WITH WINDOW SASHES"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Daniel Fleming Wilson
Quayle at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd February
1883.
DANIEL FLEMING WILSON QUAYLE of Castletown Isle of Man Clerk in Holy
Orders "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR CONNECTED WITH WINDOW SASHES"
My Invention has for its object to provide means in connection with window
sashes whereby, when the said Sashes are opened, obstructing bars or their equi-
valents are brought before the opening left by the said sashes, the said bars or their
equivalents being concealed from view when the sashes are closed
In carrying the said Invention into effect I affix to the sash or sashes bars or
their equivalents which may engage with a recess or recesses in the wall of the
house when the sashes are closed but when the said sashes are opened the said bars
are raised, lowered, or opened out, with the said sashes, and are brought into such
a position as to cover the opening of the window.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Daniel Fleming Wilson Quayle in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 28th July 1883.
DANIEL FLEMING WILSON QUAYLE of Castletown Isle of Man Clerk in Holy
Orders "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR CONNECTED WITH WINDOW SASHES"
My said Invention has for its object to provide means in connection with
window sashes whereby when the said sashes are opened obstructing bars or their
equivalents are automatically brought before the opening left by the said sashes,
the said bars or their equivalents being concealed from view if desired when the
Sashes are closed, the unsightly permanently fixed protecting bars at present in use
being dispensed with.
In carrying the said Invention into effect I affix to the Sash or Sashes, bars or
their equivalents, which may engage with and be concealed in a recess or recesses
in the wall of the house, when the sashes are closed, but which when the said
sashes are opened, are automatically raised, lowered, or opened out with the said
Sashes, and brought into a position opposite the opening of the window, so as to
present an obstruction to prevent persons from accidentally falling out of the
window and also to prevent a ready entrance being effected through the open
window into the apartment.
And in order that my said Invention may be fully understood I shall now
proceed more particularly to describe the same and for that purpose shall refer to
the several figures on the annexed sheet of drawings the same letters of reference
indicating corresponding parts in all the figures.
Figure 1 of my drawings is a front elevation of a window sash illustrating my
Invention as applied to the lower sash or division of the sash, the said lower sash
being shewn partly open; and Figure 2 is a vertical section of the sash shewing
the recess in the wall of the house in which the obstructing bars are concealed
when the window is closed.
In
A is the fixed frame of the sash surrounded by and built in the wall B of the
house in the usual manner. Cand Dare respectively the upper and lower movable
or sliding portions of the Sash. To the bottom rail d of the lower sash D I secure,
so as to project downwardly therefrom, a number of rods or bars E, which, when
this portion of the sash is closed, enter a recess or recesses, F, provided to receive
them in the wall, B, beneath the window, so as to be entirely concealed from view.
The obstructing bars E may be attached to the sash in any convenient manner.
my drawings I have shewn the bars carried in a frame a, the top rail or bar of
which frame is provided with eye pieces, b, fitting in recesses in the rail, d, of the
movable sash D. A sliding bolt c is caused to engage with the eye pieces b and thus
securely connect the frame a to the sash; but when it is desired to separate them, the
bolt c is simply moved in the direction to be disengaged from the eye pieces, when
the sash may be raised and lowered in the ordinary manner, leaving the frame of
obstructing bars in the recess F or in a position opposite the window as required.
When the sliding bolt is engaged with the eye pieces, b, it may be secured in that
position by a spring catch, or by a lock and key, or other suitable fastening, so as to
prevent it being moved to detach the frame of bars from the sash, except by the
person having the proper key or instrument for the purpose. When the lower sash
is raised or opened, the rods or bars E are also raised with it and form an open
grating, occupying the space previously occupied by the sash when closed; thus,
while admitting of free ventilation of the apartment, presenting an obstruction
or protection to prevent persons from accidentally falling out of the Window

page_text: and also to prevent a ready entrance to the apartment through the window being
effected.
If desired, the upper sash or sliding portion, C', of the sash may also be provided
with similar bars or rods projecting upwards into a recess or recesses in the wall
above the window.
The rods or bars E may be made of iron, or other suitable material, and may be
each separately secured to the sash, or they may be fixed to a plate or frame, and
the plate or frame be secured to the sash by means of screws, spring catches, or
bolts (as hereinbefore described), or other convenient fastening, so as to be capable
of being readily detached from the sash when required, for example, to permit of
cleaning the outer surfaces of the window.
The bars, rods, or gratings, may be so arranged as to be brought out of their
recess by the sash when being opened, but at the same time admit of the sash being
closed without returning the bars to their recess. This may be accomplished by
providing on the movable sash a projection, or projections, which when the sash is
being opened, engage with the rail or frame carrying the bars, but which projection
or projections will be disengaged from the rail or frame and be free to move with
the sash when being closed, without moving the bars or frame. The frame of bars
may be secured in the open position by means of spring catches, bolts, or other
convenient fastenings. Instead of fixing the frame, which carries the bars, to the
bottom edge of the rail, d, as shewn in my drawings, it may be connected to the
front thereof inside the window by means of an angle plate, or otherwise, the recess
in the wall for the frame being suitably arranged in position to receive it.
Although I have described and illustrated on my drawing plain bars or rods
for the purpose of explaining my invention, it is obvious that other and more
ornamental devices may be employed, for example, an ornamental open work panel
may be used, so as to form an ornamental bliud in the space when the window is
opened.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried into
effect, I would observe in conclusion that what I consider to be novel and original
and therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by the hereinbefore in part
recited Letters Patent is :-
Providing Window sashes with obstructing bars, rods, or their equivalents, fitted
to slide in a recess or recesses in the wall of the house, so as to be capable of being
concealed from view when the window is closed, but which, when the window is
opened, are automatically made to occupy the space previously occupied by the
window when closed, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by my
drawings.
In witness whereof I the said Daniel Fleming Wilson Quayle have to this my
Specification set my hand and seal this twenty-sixth day of July One thousand
eight hundred and eighty three.
D. F. W. QUAYLE (L.S.)