IMPROVEMENTS IN HANGING WINDOW SASHES, AND IN PARTS CONNECTED THERE WITH TO FACILITATE THEIR EASY REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT FOR PAINTING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, OR OTHERWISE
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Samuel Wynn, of Margaret Street, Wilmington
Square, in the County of Middlesex, Carpenter, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN HANGING WINDOW SASHES, AND IN PARTS CONNECTED
THERE WITH TO FACILITATE THEIR EASY REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT FOR
PAINTING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, OR OTHERWISE."
Sealed the 15th July 1864, and dated the 18th January 1864.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Samuel Wynn at the Office:
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 18th January
1864.
I, SAMUEL WYNN, of Margaret Street, Wilmington Square, in the County
of Middlesex, Carpenter, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN HANGING WINDOW SASHES, AND IN PARTS CONNECTED
THEREWITH TO FACILITATE THEIR EASY REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT FOR PAINTING,
CLEANING, REPAIRING, OR OTHERWISE," to be as follows:-
According to my improvements the end of each weighted "line
attached to the sash, in place of being affixed thereto by nails or screws as is
the usual practice, is passed through a hollow knob or ball which is passed
into or embraced by the horns of a corresponding socket affixed to the side or
edge of the sash, or the "line" at such end may simply have a knot to be
received into a recess in the edge of the sash under a pair of horns or projec-
tions. By these means the end of each weighted cord or "line" opposite the
weight may be securely affixed to the sash, and when the sash is in its place

page_text: in the frame, the tendency of the weights will be to retain those ends of the
"lines" in position.
To facilitate the passage of the weight lines into the boxes I prefer to form
the pulley frames in two parts, hinged together, one part being screwed or
otherwise fixed to the boxing, whilst the other part containing the pulley is
free to turn outwards on the hinge joint, whilst it may be held in place by a
button or other catch. When it is required to remove or replace a sash I
apply holding means or breaks to the "lines" to counteract the pull of the
weights. These holding means or breaks are formed in two parts, by prefer-
ence hinged together, and so that one end thereof may pass into the pulley
frame, and press on the line over the pulley, whilst another part presses on
the line below. The amount of pressure thus capable of being exerted on the
"line" is regulated by a set screw or other suitable means acting to separate
the outer end of the two parts of the break. The side beads and parting beads
are applied so as to be capable of being readily removed and replaced by their.
having headed studs or screws on their surfaces next the sash frames, which pass
into openings to receive them in plates affixed to such frames. The openings in
these plates being formed large at one end thereof to admit of the passage of
the heads of the studs or screws, and smaller at the other end to correspond
with the necks or stems of the studs or screws. The upper ends of the side
beads and parting beads are somewhat short of the top of the frame corre-
sponding with the distance they have to be raised for releasing the holding
studs from the openings for them in the plates, and they are held in position
by the ends of the top beads coming over them. And those top beads are
formed to turn sideways on studs to admit of the side beads and parting beads
being raised. In place of the studs being affixed to the beads, and the
receiving plates to the frames, the studs may be applied to the frames, and the
receiving plates to the beads. The cover to the opening by which the weights
are introduced or removed has applied to it a flush ring as a handle, and this
flush ring may actuate a bolt to retain the cover in position if desired.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Samuel Wynn in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 16th
July 1864.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SAMUEL S
WYNN, of Margaret Street, Wilmington Square, in the County of Middlesex,
Carpenter, send greeting.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-seventh year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Samuel Wynn, Her special licence that I, the said Samuel
Wynn, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Samuel Wynn, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN HANGING WINDOW SASHES, AND IN PARTS CONNECTED THEREWITH TO FACILITATE
THEIR EASY REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT FOR PAINTING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, OR
OTHERWISE," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Samuel
Wynn, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under
my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was
to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of
the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Samuel Wynn, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following.
statement thereof, that is to say:
My improvements relate, first, to means of connecting sash lines or cords
to sashes.
Secondly, my improvements relate to the pulley frames used in hanging
window sashes.
Thirdly, my improvements relate to holding means adapted to hold.
the lines on the pulleys when it may be desired to remove or replace a sash.
Fourthly, my improvements relate to means of applying the side beads and
parting beads of window sashes.
And, fifthly, my improvements relate to applying a handle to the cover of
the pocket or opening, by which the weights are introduced to or removed
from the boxing to facilitate its removal.
And that the improvements may be better understood, I will by the
aid of the accompanying Drawings proceed to describe the same more in
detail.

page_text: Figure 1 shows a front view of part of a sash and its frame arranged
according to the first part of the Invention; Figure 2 shows an edge view of
part of the frame; Figures 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 show details separately
full size.
According to this part of my improvements the end of each weighted line
or cord attached to the sash, in place of being affixed thereto by nails or
screws, as is the usual practice, is passed through a hollow knob or ball,
which is passed into or embraced by the horns of a corresponding socket
affixed to the side or edge of the sash, or the line at such end may simply
have a knot to be received into a recess in the edge of the sash under a pair of
horns or projections. By these means the end of each weighted cord or line
opposite the weight may be securely affixed to the sash, and when the sash
is in its place in the frame the tendency of the weights will be to retain those
ends of the lines in position.
a, a, shows part of the boxing or sash frame; b, the sash; c, one of the sash
lines or cords, which, as is well understood, are attached each at one end
to the sash, and at the other end to a suspending weight, whilst intermediate
thereof they pass over pulleys d, d, and thus the sashes are capable of being
readily raised and lowered as occasion may require. According to my
improvements the end of the cord c to be attached to the sash is passed
through the hollow ball or inverted cup e, and is then formed into a knot c¹,
which prevents the cord c being drawn through the inverted cup e whilst
it is protected by that cup, and this end of the cord c is applied to the frame
b by passing the ball or inverted cup between the horns f, f, and into
the sort of open socket obtained by the form given to those horns which are
attached by screwing as shown or otherwise to the edge of the sash.
Figure 10 shows a front view; Figure 11, a side or edge view; and Figure
12, a section of a pulley frame constructed according to the second part of my
Invention, the object of which is to facilitate the passage of the weight lines
into the boxes. For this purpose I form the pulley frames in two parts
hinged together, one part being screwed or otherwise fixed to the boxing, whilst
the other part containing the pulley is free to turn outwards on the hinge
joint, whilst it may be held in place by a button or other catch; g is the
pulley, and h the frame thereof, which is hinged at h¹ to the plate h³, and
this plate his by a screw h³ secured to the boxing with capability for the part h

page_text: turning outwards on the hinge joint h¹; i is a button with a nut or handle i¹,
by which the lower end of the frame h is secured.
When it is required to remove or replace a sash, I, according to the third
part of my Invention, apply holding means or breaks to the lines to counteract
the pull of the weights. These holding means or breaks are formed in two
parts, by preference hinged together, and so that one end thereof may pass into
the pulley frame and press on the line over the pulley whilst another part
presses on the line below. The amount of pressure thus capable of being
exerted on the line is regulated by a set screw or other suitable means
acting to separate the outer end of the two parts of the break. Figure 13
shows one of these holding means or breaks applied; Figures 14 and 15, a
side section and an under side view of the holding means separately. The
two parts j and k are by preference hinged together at j¹, but they may be
The end j¹ of the two parts j, k, is in use passed between
the portion of line passing over the pulley m and the upper end or edge n of
the opening for the pulley and line in the pulley frame, and when so placed
the pressure or holding on the line is effected by the separation of the parts
j, k, and this separation I effect by means of a set screw o. The part k is
notched at ¹ to obtain a better holding against the part n.
formed separate.
According to the fourth part of my Invention the side beads and parting
beads are applied so as to be capable of being readily removed and replaced
by their having headed studs or screws on their surfaces next the sash frames
which pass into openings to receive them in plates affixed to such frames,
the openings in these plates being formed large at one end thereof to admit
of the passage of the heads of the studs or screws, and smaller at the other
end to correspond with the necks or stems of the studs or screws. The
upper ends of the side beads and parting beads are somewhat short of the top
of the frame, corresponding with the distance they have to be raised for releas-
ing their holding studs from the openings for them in the plates, and they are
held in position by the ends of the top beads coming over them. And those
top beads are formed to turn sideways on studs to admit of the side beads and
parting beads being raised. This part of the improvements is shown by side
view of part of a sash frame at Figure 16, and by section of the same at
Figure 17, as well as by separate views of the parts at Figures 18, 19, 20,
21, and 22. p is one of the side beads, and q is the parting bead, which have
applied to them headed screws or studs r capable of being received into the
openings formed for them in the plates s affixed to the sash frames. The
upper ends of these beads p are formed somewhat shortened to admit of the
heads passing in at the enlarged ends of the slots in the plates s, and then,

page_text: when the heads have passed through these enlarged parts of the slots they are
held in the narrower parts of them, and these side beads are then held in
position by the ends t¹ of the top bead t being passed over them, and this top
bead is then held in position by a screw t passing through a collar t in that
bead to the top part of the window frame. In place of the studs being
affixed to the beads, and the receiving plates to the frames, the studs may be
applied to the frames and the receiving plates to the beads.
Figure 23 shows a vertical section, and Figure 24 a horizontal section of
an arrangement of parts according to the fifth part of the improvements.
According to this part of the Invention the cover to the opening by which the
weights are introduced or removed has applied to it a flush ring as a handle,
and this flush ring may actuate a bolt to retain the cover in position if desired.
u is the cover, the upper end u' of which is notched to pass into a correspond-
ing recess in the side v of the frame. w is a flush handle or ring by which
this cover may be introduced or removed, and this ring may actuate a bolt if
desired.
Having thus described my Invention, and means by which I carry the same
into effect, I would have it understood that what I claim is,-.
First, the method of connecting sash lines to sashes substantially as
explained.
Secondly, I claim the mode of constructing pulley frames used in hanging
window sashes substantially as explained under this head of Invention.
Thirdly, I claim the method of effecting holding to the lines substantially
as explained under this head of Invention.
Fourthly, I claim the mode of applying side beads and parting beads to a
window sashes, substantially as explained.
Fifthly, I claim the application of a handle to the cover over the pocket or
opening by which the weights are introduced to or removed from the boxing,
as explained.
In witness whereof, I, the said Samuel Wynn, have hereunto set my s
hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.
SAMUEL WYNN. (L.S.)