Improved Appliances or Fittings for for Use in connection with Windows to Facilitate their Cleaning.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 25th June, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 25th Mar., 1897-Accepted, 12th June, 1897
TONAL SPE
IFICATION.
Improved Appliances or Fittings for
for Use in connection with
Windows to Facilitate their Cleaning.
We, JAMES SPENCER of 20 Maple Street, Southport in the County of Lancaster,
Manager, and DAVID PARRY SYKES of 17 Derby Road, Southport aforesaid, Secretary
of the Equipoise Window Sash Opening Syndicate, Ltd., do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:
This invention has for its object to provide appliances or fittings to be applied to or
to be used in connection with existing windows or with existing window frames and
sashes, so that when such appliances or fittings are to be made use of, the windows can
be cleaned or painted in a much more convenient and in a safer manner than has
hitherto been the case..
In carrying the invention into effect, each sash is hinged to a slide adapted to slide.
in ways or grooves between the beadings in the window frame. These slides are by
preference dovetailed, the grooves being similarly so formed as to retain the slide in
place in the grooves so that they cannot fall out while enabling them to freely slide in
a vertical direction. The counterbalancing cords or chains are coupled direct to these
slides. At one side the sashes are hinged to these slides, while at the other the sash is
provided with a catch which enables it to engage the slides so that in raising or
lowering the sashes, each sash and slide move together. To clean the sashes, however,
the catch on the sashes is disconnected from the slides, and the sashes can then be
swung out clear of the window frame. This greatly facilitates cleaning or painting of
the sash on both sides and secures greater ventilation if such is required. When the
sash is returned it can be fixed in place by means of a sliding abutment on the sash
engaging the beading on the window frame. This prevents the sash being thrown out
clear of the window until the said abutment is slid back clear of the said beading.
Suitable locking devices are also provided for keeping the slides stationary in a given
position when it is required to swing the sashes out clear of the window frame. These
locking devices may consist of a suitable sliding or even a rotary locking arrangement
whichever is preferred. The device of a spring locking bolt and plate may be used
for engaging the lower sash at any required height. This is usually used when the
sashes are balanced on the system described in the Specification of Letters Patent
No. 14069/92 by the other sash. When ordinary sash weights are used however a
very similar device can be employed.
Dated this outh J
1300
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: Improved Appliances or Fittings for Use in
connection with
Windows to Facilitate their Cleaning.
We JAMES SPENCER of 20, Maple Street, Southport in the County of Lancaster,
Manager and DAVID PARRY SYKES of 17, Derby Road, Southport aforesaid, Secretary,
of the Equipoise Window Sash Opening Syndicate Ltd., 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 for its object to provide appliances, or fittings to be applied to or
to be used in connection with existing windows or with existing window frames and
sashes, so that when such appliances or fittings are to be made use of, the windows
. can be cleaned or painted in a much more convenient and in a safer manner than has
hitherto been the case."
The invention will be understood from the following description, reference being
had to the accompanying drawings, in which,
Figures 1 and 2 are general views of a window frame fitted with our invention, one
figure being a view taken from the left, and the other a view from the right,
Figure 3 a vertical section,
Figure 4 a sectional plan,
Figure 5 an enlarged view showing the locking device for keeping the stiles
stationary in a given position when it is required to swing the sash out,,
Figure 6 a front view of Figure 5,
Figure 7 a detail view of the spring locking bolt for engaging the sash at any
required height.
Referring to these figures, each sash A is hinged to a stile or slide B adapted to
slide in the ways or grooves C between the beadings D.and the frame E. These,
stiles B are, by preference dovetailed, or they may be formed with tongues b, the
grooves being similarly formed so as to receive the stiles and retain them in place
in the grooves, so that they cannot fall out, while enabling them to freely slide in a
vertical direction. The counterbalancing cords or chains are coupled direct to these.
stiles B. The cords are shown in the drawing arranged on the equipoise system set
forth in the Specification of Letters Patent No. 14069 of 1892, but it must be.
understood that we do not confine ourselves to this arrangement, as if desired the
sashes instead of counterbalancing each other, may each be counterbalanced by
weights, independently of the other: At one side the sashes A are hinged to the
stiles B (Figure 1), while at the other, each sash is provided with a catch F (Figure 2),
which enables it to engage its stile, so that in raising or lowering the sashes, the sashes,
with their respective stiles will move together. To clean the sashes, however, the
sashes are raised or. lowered into such a position that the abutments F' on the sashes.
will coincide with grooves G in the beading, and the sashes can then be swung out
clear of the window frame into the room." This greatly facilitates cleaning or painting
of the sash on both sides, and secures greater ventilation if such is required. A
suitable locking device is also provided for keeping, the slides stationary in a given
position, when it is required to swing the sashes out clear of the window frame; said
locking device consisting of a bolt J. attached to casement K and having on its inner
end M a segmental projection which will slide in a groove or slot L. Bolt H is used
for fastening window sashes in their normal or closed position. When the sashes are
returned and the window closed, the abutments F' abut against the beadings in the
window frame. This prevents the sash being thrown out clear of the window until
the abutment is again brought opposite the groove in the beading. The device of a
spring locking bolt H on the frame and a plate I on the sash may be used for

page_text: engaging the lower sash at any required height. This is usually used when the sashes
are balanced on the system described in the Letters Patent aforesaid by the other sash.
When ordinary sash weights are used however, a very similar device can be
employed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The improvement in sliding window sashes, which consists in hinging or
otherwise mounting them on stiles adapted to freely slide in the ways or grooves in
the window frame, whereby the sash can be swung out or removed from the window
frame when required, substantially as and for the purpose described.
2. A sliding window sash in which those portions that are adapted to slide in
the ways or grooves in the window frame, are formed of stiles, one of which is
hinged to the sash and the other capable of being locked thereto when the sash is
closed, whereby by unlocking one of the stiles from the sash, the sash can be
swung out from the window frame laterally into the room to facilitate its cleaning or
for other purposes, substantially as described.
3.. In a window of the kind set forth, the arrangements for locking the stiles
stationary in a given position when it is required to swing the sashes out, also
for preventing the sashes being swung out laterally into the room when the stiles
are in any but a given position substantially as described.
4. The general combined arrangement and construction of parts substantially as
hereinbefore described and shown in so far as they differ from the prior patent
aforesaid.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and London, Patent Agents.