IMPROVEMENTS IN WINDOW, DOOR, AND TABLE FASTENERS
Year: 1870

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION. filed. by Julius Augustus Faulkner and
James Henry Starling at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, and Declaration, on the 2nd December 1870,
pursuant to the 9th Section of the Patent Law Amendment
Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL. COME, we, JULIUS.
AUGUSTUS Faulkner and JAMES HENRY STARLING, of Birmingham, in
the County of Warwick, Brassfounders, do hereby declare the nature
of our said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WINDOW, DOOR, AND TABLE
FASTENERS," and in what manner the same is to be performed to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement
thereof, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to
the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say:
Our Invention has for its object the providing of a simple and efficient
means for securing the sashes or casements of window openings, which
may be also applied for securing certain descriptions of doors, and the
lengths or leaves of tables, the peculiar form of such fastenings
admitting of much variety of shape or outline, and presenting a highly
ornamental appearance at a comparatively small cost of production.

page_text: Referring to the Drawings, Figure 1 is a section of one form of our
improved fasteners as applied to a pair of sashes (a, a); (b, b,) are a
counterpart or corresponding pair of semicircular bosses, one being
secured upon each sash, and screwed or wormed to receive when brought
into position together, as shewn, a similarly wormed or tapped cap or
cover (c) which to fasten the sashes is screwed down upon the bosses (b, b,)
firmly securing them, preventing any rattling, or the possibility of the
fastener being opened from the outside of the window except by the
breakage of the glass.
Figures 2 and 3 shew in elevation and plan the cap or cover (c),
secured upon the bosses (b, b.) The bosses (b, b,) may be fitted upon
the sashes (a, a,) by means of a flange (d) screwed down upon the sashes
as represented, or screws may pass through the solid part of the
bosses (6, 6,) without the use of the flange (d.)
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By another method, as shewn in Figures 4 and 5 in elevation and 1
section we form the counterpart plates (e) hollow and secured to the
sashes either with or without the flange (d) the cap or cover (f) is in this
case shaped as a dome surmounted by any suitable device.
Figure 6 is a plan shewing the two counterpart hollow plates (e)
detached from the sashes, and Figure 7 represents a plan of the
fastener complete with the domical cap or cover (ƒ) screwed down in
position.
Figure 8 shews an arrangement for obviating the necessity for the
entire removal of the cap or cover (g) from the two plates or bosses (h, h¹‚)
to release the sashes (a, a,) when desired; we cut or intersect the plates
or bosses (h, h³,) in manner shewn more clearly in the detached view of
the plates (h, h¹,) Figure 9 so that to unfasten the sashes the cap or
cover (g) is unscrewed sufficiently to release the one plate (h) and
consequently the sashes whilst the cap or cover (9) remains upon the
upper part of the plate (h¹).
Again, as illustrated in Figure 10, we form a cap, cover, or dome (i)
having bayonet or other suitable shaped slots (k) cut either through the
thickness, or upon the inner side of the cap, cover, or dome (1) for
the purpose of engaging with studs or pegs (1, 1) upon the bosses or
plates (m,m,) Figure 11, and thus securing the fastening, or if preferred;
we form the pegs or studs (1, 1,) upon the dome and cut the slots in or
upon the bosses or plates (m, m.)

page_text: Figure 12 is a section of a cap or cover shewing a continuous groove (n).
running round. the inside of the cap or cover for receiving the pegs or
studs upon the bosses or plates (m, m.)
We purpose forming our improved fasteners of metal in any suitable
or convenient form and ornamented in any desired manner, we also
purpose combining with the metal, wood, glass, china, or other suitable
material to assist in the ornamentation and finish of the articles.
The fasteners as described may be adapted for the purpose of securing
certain descriptions of doors such as those of cupboards or cabinets and
also the lengths or leaves of dining and other tables requiring to be
lengthened for certain purposes,
In adapting our improved fasteners to window casements we sometimes
employ a handle or lever attached to the cap or cover of the fastening
for the purpose of securing and releasing the fastening, we also propose
in some instances to employ a lock in combination with our improved
fastening, the lock being arranged inside the cap, cover, or dome, and
connected with one of the circular plates or bosses so as to lock or bolt
into the other circular plate or boss, the key being either as part of or
independant from the cap, cover, or dome, and merely fitting therein
when required,
Having thus described the object and nature of our said Invention and
the manner in which the same is to be carried into effect, we claim
without limiting ourselves to these precise details the several improvements
in window, door, and table fasteners, substantially in manner as herein
more fully set forth and specified.
In witness whereof, we, the said Julius Augustus Faulkner and
James Henry Starling, have hereunto set our hands and seals,
this Thirtieth day of November, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy.
JULIUS AUGUSTUS FAULKNER. (L.S.)
JAMES HENRY STARLING.
(L.S.)