IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENERS FOR WINDOW SASHES
Year: 1884

page_text: I, GEORGE BISLEY of Rotherhithe in the County of Surrey, Carpenter, do.
hereby declare the nature of said Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENERS
FOR WINDOW SASHES, to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to improved fasteners to be applied to the meeting rails of
window sashes and has for its object to secure a close and secure joint, one that
will not allow the sashes to rattle, nor that can be interfered with from the outside.
To this end the improvements consist of a pin or stud fixed on one rail, provided
with a recess or shoulder into or over which slides or falls the eye or equivalent of
a lever on the other sash rail-one end of such lever abutting against the sash
frame, the other, formed with a screwed eye or nut and operated by a screw bolt
or pin working in a frame or stand secured on one of the sash rails. The screwed
bolt being operated from one rail brings the long end of the lever against the sash
frame and its eye into or over the notch of the pin on the opposite rail so that the
sashes being previously in place with their meeting rails in position they are firmly
secured.

page_text: I, GEORGE BISLEY, of Rotherhithe, in the County of Surrey, Carpenter, do
hereby declare the nature of my Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENERS
FOR WINDOW SASHES, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This Invention relates to improved fasteners to be applied to the meeting rails of
window sashes and has for its object to secure a close and secure joint, one that
will not allow the sashes to rattle nor that can be interfered with from the outside.
The accompanying Drawing will serve to illustrate a convenient mode of
performing the Invention Fig. 1 being a plan view. Fig. 2 a front elevation and
Fig. 3 a side elevation.
A and B are the two meeting rails of the sash frames G. The improvements
consist of a pin stud or hook C fixed on one rail A, provided with a recess or
shoulder as shown into or over which slides or falls the eye or equivalent of a
lever E resting on the other sash rail-one end of such lever E abutting against the
sash frame as shown, the other, formed with a screwed eye or nut and operated by
a screw bolt or pin F passing through said eye, and working in a slot d of the
frame or stand D secured on the sash rail B. The screwed bolt being operated
from one rail brings the long end of the lever E against the sash frame bead, its
eye being over the notch of the hooked pin C on the opposite rail, so that the sashes
being previously in place with their meeting rails in position they are firmly
secured and held steadily together-when it is desired to open the sash frames the
lever E is loosened by the screw. F and its eye removed from the hooked pin C
when the lever assumes the position shown in plan by the dotted lines in Fig. 1.
The lever may be supported on a pin or knob K which is provided on both sides so
as to render the fastening suitable for use at either side of the sash.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
The combination of parts consisting of the pin C, lever E together with the
frame D and the operating screw F all operated substantially as described-and
illustrated for the purposes set forth.