Improvements in and connected with Inwardly Opening Casements, Windows, Ventilators, Doors, and the like.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 5th June, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 5th Mar., 1894-Accepted, 14th Apr.,
1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Inwardly Opening Casements,
Windows, Ventilators, Doors, and the like.
I, WILLIAM WARD BATLEY, of Paddock, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, Joiner, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
This invention has reference more particularly to casements or windows opening
inwardly, but is also applicable to other means, such as ventilators or doors, for
closing exposed openings or entrances in buildings or structures so as to shut out
the weather, and which are arranged to open inwardly. The object of my
improvements is to overcome the objections appertaining to casements or windows
which are designed to open into the room or building, and to render them equally
as serviceable in keeping out wind and rain and as easily manipulated as sliding
sashes or windows, and to do this without altering or departing from the ordinary
method of hanging such casements or windows upon fixed hinges.
In carrying out my invention in respect of casements or windows I secure to or
form on the front of the lower sash rail of the casement and near the bottom
thereof a suitably shaped piece or projection having a rounded or curved under
surface in which is adapted to work or oscillate a bar hinged to the sash rail and
having a corresponding rounded or curved outer surface. In the sash rail and
behind the projection and hinged bar is formed a recess or chamber into which the
latter is capable of entering, and on the underside of this said hinged bar is formed
a step adapted to engage with a corresponding step on the sash sill when the
casement or window is closed and to prevent the passage of wind or rain between
the sill and sash rail; the said sill being also suitably weathered or recessed for
aiding such purpose and inclined to run off the moisture.
The hinged bar is actuated from the inside by a lever, rack or other suitable
mechanical contrivance operated, if desired, in one direction by a spring. To
open the casement or window the hinged bar is drawn into the recess in
the sash rail by which means it passes beyond or clear of the sill and allows of the
window or casement being opened as an ordinary hinged casement, but when
closed and the hinged bar is engaged with the outer edge of the sash sill the
said casement or window is then equally as watertight as a sliding window.
Instead of the bar being hinged, it may be made to slide in ways in the sash rail.
For ventilators, louvres, doors or like means for closing exposed openings in
buildings or structures the same arrangements and parts as above set forth will
answer, the exact method of application depending on the construction and position
of the object to be fitted with same.
Dated this 2nd day of June 1893.
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TASKER & CROSSI
Huddersfield, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Inwardly Opening Casements,
Windows, Ventilators, Doors, and the like.
1, WILLIAM WARD BATLEY, of Paddock, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, Joiner, 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 :-
This invention has reference more particularly to casements or windows opening
inwardly, but is also applicable to other means, such as ventilators or doors, for

page_text: closing exposed openings or entrances in buildings or structures so as to shut out
the weather, and which are arranged to open inwardly.
The object of my improvements is to overcome the objections appertaining to
casements or windows which are designed to open into the room or building, and to
render them equally as serviceable in keeping out the wind and rain and as easily
manipulated as sliding sashes or windows and to do this without altering or
departing from the ordinary method of hanging such casements or windows upon
fixed hinges.
In carrying out my invention in respect of casements or windows I secure to or
form on the front of the lower sash rail of the casement and near the bottom
thereof a suitably shaped projection having a rounded or curved undersurface in
which is adapted to work or oscillate a bar hinged to the sash rail and having a
corresponding rounded or curved outer surface. In the sash rail and behind the
projection and hinged bar is formed a recess or chamber into which the latter is
capable of entering and on the underside of the hinged bar is formed a step
adapted to engage with a corresponding step on the sash sill when the casement or
window is closed and to prevent the passage of wind or rain between the sill and
sash rail; the said sill being also suitably "weathered or recessed for aiding such
purpose, and inclined to run off the moisture. The hinged bar is actuated from the
inside by a lever, rack or other suitable mechanical contrivance operated, if desired,
in one direction by a spring.
Instead of the bar being hinged it may be made to slide in ways in the sash rail.
For ventilators, louvres, doors or like means for closing exposed openings in
buildings or structures the same arrangements and parts as above set forth will
answer, the exact method of application depending on the construction and position
of the part to be fitted with same.
In order more particularly to describe and ascertain the nature of my invention
reference is hereinafter had to the drawings annexed, wherein :-
Fig. 1 is transverse sectional elevation of an inwardly opening casement having
my improvements applied thereto, and
Fig. 2 is part front or outside elevation of same.
Fig. 3 is cross section of my improvements on an enlarged scale.
Fig. 4 is a detail hereafter referred to.
Fig. 5 is elevation from the inside of the casement on a reduced scale.
Fig. 6 shews a modification.
Referring to the drawings a represents the casement hinged to the frame bas
indicated at c in Fig. 5, or in any ordinary manner. d is the window sill which is
made to incline towards the front or outside to run off moisture and is made with
one or more steps e and f.
In the bottom sash rail a' of the casement « and across the front thereof is
formed a recess or chamber a in which is placed a bar g hinged at g' to the lower
part of the recess. The hinged bar g is curved on its outer side and the upper
portion of the recess or chamber a² is made with a corresponding opposing curve
so that the hinged bar shall fit concentrically therein and shall be adapted to move
or oscillate backwards and forwards on its hinges. Secured to the front of the
sash rail a' is a breast piece h curved on its underside to the same radius as the
recess or chamber a and forming a continuation of said chamber so as to project
over and partly shield the hinged bar g. The said breast piece is preferably
employed so that the bar g may be more easily attached in the chamber a and
connected to the means for operating it, but instead thereof the sash rail may be
formed with a depending lip or projection to answer the same purpose as the breast
piece.
The hinged bar g is adapted to be oscillated or moved backwards and forwards
in the chamber or recess a² by means of a screw which passes through the sash
rail into the chamber or recess and is connected to the hinged bar by a small
button headed screw k inserted through a slot or opening in the bracket m secured
ceutrally to the top of the hinged bar and screwed into the end of the operating

page_text: screw j as shewn at Fig. 3. The slot or opening shewn clearly in Fig. 4, allows
for the angular movement of the hinged bar and prevents the parts being locked by
the fixed horizontal position of the operating screw j; the rounded head of the
small screw also ensures easy and smooth working of the parts.
This method of securing the operating screw to the hinged bar g is not essential,
being one only of many which may be adopted for the same purpose, as, for instance,
the end of the operating screw may be provided with an anuular groove and fit into
a yoke formed on the bracket m.
The operating screw j works in and through a nut a secured on the inside of the
sash rail and is operated from the inside of the room by hand.
Instead of a screw,
a lever, rack or other equivalent mechanical device or contrivance may be employed
to actuate the hinged bar.
When the bar is forced outwards and downwardly into the position shewn in-
full line in Fig. I and in dotted line in Fig. 3 a step on the bottom of said bar
engages with the window sill and the step e thereon and effectually prevents the
passage of wind and rain between the casement and sill into the room, the rise of
the step e being hollowed out or recessed as shewn to return any moisture which
may find its way or be forced by the wind under the hinged bar and the step falso
aiding to prevent the admission of moisture under the bar. To open the casement or
window, the screw is operated so as to draw the hinged barg into the position
shewn in full line in Fig. 3 thereby raising the step g³ clear of the window sill and
allowing the casement to be opened. The underside of the hinged bar
g may be
covered with india rubber so that when forced down upon the sill and against the
step e a tight joint will be made.
The means described and shewn render inwardly opening casements or windows
equally as proof against moisture being driven into the room as the sliding windows
or sashes now commonly used over which they possess many advantages and are
much to be preferred thereto if only for the case and safety with which the outside
of the window may be cleaned.
The latch or sneck o (see Fig. 5) which secures the casement when closed to the
frame may be withdrawn from or shot into the recess p in the frame by the same
movement which actuates the hinged bar y and at the same time by means of a cord r
which is passed once or twice around a pulleys fast on the operating screw j con--
ducted under pulleys and connected at each end to a lever u mounted on the
spindle which moves the latch or sneck o. One end of the cord before being attached
to the lever u is passed over a pulley placed above the latch. The lever u acts
as an ordinary door knob or handle and is drawn in one direction or the other by
the ends of the cord according to the direction in which the operating screw is
rotated and the portion of the cord which is wound upon the pulley, and either
withdraws the sneck or latch o from or shoots it into the recess p.
Ventilators, louvres, doors or like means opening inwardly, can be arranged and
provided with a hinged bar g for excluding the weather in the same manner as
described with reference to hinged casements. Provision is made in the centre of
the chamber or recess a² and the breast piece h as indicated at a³ and ' in Fig. 3
for receiving the bracket m and part connecting the hinged bar and operating screw
together, and the two sides of the frame are hollowed out as shown at w in Fig. 1
so that the casement when closed may fit tightly in the frame and prevent the
admission of moisture at the sides.
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In Fig. 6 a modification of my improvements is shewn wherein a sliding bar
employed in lieu of the hinged bar. The said bar is provided with projections or
guide pieces g³ to guide the bar vertically in the grooves or ways 9' formed in each
side of the casement, and said bar is raised clear of the sill or lowered into engage
ment therewith by means of a lever, actuated by hand from the inside and engaged
in notches in the quadrant j' or otherwise secured or held, in the position to which
it is moved.
Although the sliding bar is the equivalent of and answers the same purpose as
the hinged bar, I prefer in the main to use the latter.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim, is :-
Firstly. In inwardly opening casements or windows hung upon fixed hinges a
hinged or pivotted bar extending across the bottom of sash rail and adapted to be
moved backwards and forwards or oscillated therein and to engage with a step or
projection on the window sill in the manner and for purposes substantially as
herein shewn and described.
Secondly. In inwardly opening casements or hinged windows a curved recess or
chamber in the bottom sash rail to receive and permit of the oscillation or backward
aud forward movement therein of a hinged curved bar such as g provided on its
underside with a step or groove, a step or steps such as e, f, on the window sill, a
breast piece or depending lip or projection such as hand means for actuating the
hinged bar, all arranged and operating in the manner and for the purposes
substantially as herein shewn and described.
Thirdly. The combination with a curved bar g hinged or pivotted in a chamber
in the sash rail of a nut n and screw secured by a small screw k to a bracket fixed
on the said hinged bar substantially as shewn and described.
Fourthly. The general arrangement, operation and combination of the parts
comprising my improvements in inwardly opening or hinged casements, windows,
ventilators, doors and the like for excluding moisture, substantially as herein shewn
and described.
Fifthly. In inwardly opening casements windows or the like, a bar such as shewn
in Fig. 6 adapted to slide up and down in ways in the casement and means for
giving such movement in manner and for purposes substantially as shewn and
described.
Dated this 2nd day of March 1891
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Huddersfield, Agents.