Improvements in Bolt Fastenings for French and other Casements, Windows, Doors, and Shutters.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Aug., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 7th Apr., 1891-Accepted, 23rd May, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION,
Improvements in Bolt Fastenings for French and other Casements,
Windows, Doors, and Shutters.
I, PHINEHAS EDWARD AYTON of the firm of Thomas Pemberton and Sons,
of Livery Street, in the City of Birmingham, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to bolts, which fasten at both top and bottom, or at two
points, beyond the object to be fastened or secured.
Such bolt fastenings, usually consist of two bolts, directed in the same line, and
operated in reverse directions. Thus the inner ends of the bolts, which are directed
in the same right line, are made to recede from each other, when shot, and to
approach each other, when withdrawn.
The working of a lever or handle, simultaneously operates both bolts, which are
taken into, or withdrawn from, sockets or staple plates, secured to the top and
bottom cross framings of a window or door.
My invention consists in the employment of a single bolt, of about the combined
lengths of the two bolts, as aforesaid, and which said bolt, is mounted, operated,
and connected with the staple plates or sockets, as hereinafter described.
In carrying out my invention, I will describe it in connection with a French
casement fastener.
Directed from top to bottom, and a little beyond the inner edges of the framing
of the window, or a combined door and window, is a continuous bolt, with the
upper end, gapped, to an extent a little beyond the throw of the said bolt. This
gap, which consists of a slotted hole, near the upper end of the bolt, takes upon a
hooked shaped staple (secured to the framing) with the hook part turned upwards,
so that when the bolt is in its fastening position, its extreme upper end, which is
solid, takes under the hook part of the staple, whilst the lower end takes into
a socket, secured to the lower cross part of the framing, or the casement of the
window, as aforesaid.
The inner side of the hooked end of the staple, is inclined or curved, so as to
take the bolt to a positive bearing, and prevent rattling.
The single shoot or bolt, is directed in its movement, within guides, of the cross
section of the said bolt or shoot, which is preferably semi-circular, or half-round.
The middle of the bolt or shoot, has a bracket, wherein it takes, and is guided,
and between the uprights or checks of this said bracket, the inner end of a lever is
jointed, to work from the front in a vertical direction, in manner that the pulling of
the lever forward, unfastens the bolt or shoot, by bringing the gap of its upper
part, coincident and free of the staple, and the lower part, free of the socket,
respectively connected to the framing or casement of the window.
The bolt or shoot is operated, by two semi-circular shaped protruberances or
rises, on the inner end of the lever, taking into like recesses, made within the front
face of the bolt or shoot, so that the pulling of the lever in one direction, causes
one of the protruberances, to enter its recess in the bolt or shoot, for operating in
one direction, and the other protruberance takes into the other recess, for taking
the said bolt or shoot in the other direction.
The inner end of the lever, and the part opposite the bolt or shoot, is alike unto
a toothed quadrant and rack.
The ends of the bolt or shoot, instead of being respectively gapped and plain,
they may be both hooked, shouldered, or fashioned, to engage with, and be dis-
engaged from, fastenings, staples, or equivalents.

page_text: By my invention, the fastener, which consists of a single shoot, is operated by a
direct action, whilst the said fastener is simple in its construction, efficient in its
action, and not liable to become deranged when in use.
Dated this 11th day of August 1890
PHINEHAS EDWARD AYTON.
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bolt-fastenings for French and other Casements,
Windows, Doors, and Shutters.
I, PHINEAS EDWARD AYTON of the firm of Thomas Pemberton and Sons
of Livery Street in the City of Birmingham, Manufacturer 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 relates to that type of bolt which fastens at both top and bottom,
or at two points beyond the object to be fastened or secured.
Such bolt fastenings usually consist of two independent bolts. lineable one with
another, and operated in reverse directions. This, the inner ends of the bolts,
which are directed in the same right line, are made to recede from each other,
when shot, and to approach each other, when withdrawn.
The working of a lever or handle, simultaneously operates both bolts, which are
taken into, or withdrawn from, sockets or staple plates, secured to the top and
bottom cross framings of a window or door.
My invention consists in the employment of a single shoot, of about the combined
lengths of the two shoots or two bolts as aforesaid, and which said shoot, is
mounted, operated and connected with the staple plates or sockets, as hereinafter
described.
In carrying out my invention, I will describe it in connected with a French
casement fastener.
Directed from top to bottom, and a little beyond the inner edges of the framing,
of the casement or window, or a combined door and window, is a continuous shoot,
with the upper end, gapped, to the extent of the throw of the said shoot. This
gap, which consists of an all-through hole, near the upper end of the bolt, takes
upon a hooked shaped staple (secured to the framing) with the hook part turned
upwards, so that when the bolt is in its fastening position, its extreme upper end,
which is solid, or uncut away, takes under the hook-part of the staple, whilst the
lower end of the said shoot, takes into an ordinary socket secured to the lower
cross part of the framing, or the casement of the window as aforesaid.
The inner side of the hooked part of the staple, as aforesaid, is inclined or
curved, so as to take a lead over the end of the shoot, and also takes a positive
bearing, and prevent rattling.
The single shoot or bolt, is directed in its traverse within guides, of its cross
section, which is preferably semi-circular or half round.
The middle of the shoot is guided between cheeks of an attachment plate, for
carrying the inner end of an operating lever.
The shoot is traversed by two semi-circular shaped protruberances or rises, on
the inner end of the lever, taking into like recesses, made within the front face of
the shoot, so that the pulling of the lever in one direction, causes one of the
protruberances, to enter one of the recesses, and so traverse the shoot in one
direction, while the other protruberance takes into the other recess, for taking
the said shoot back in the other or shoot direction, and also locks the same in
position.
The ends of the bolt or shoot, instead of being respectively gapped and plain,

page_text: the may be both hooked, shouldered, or fashioned, to engage WIL
engaged from, fastenings, staples, or equivalents.
By my invention, the fastener, which consists of a single shoot, is operated by
a direct action, whilst the said fastener, is simple in its construction, efficient in its
action, and not liable to become deranged when in use.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings, represents in front elevation, a double
fastening bolt, constructed and arranged according to my invention. The shoot of
the said bolt, is shown in its fastening position, and with the operating lever turned
flat to the said shoot.
Figure 2 represents a longitudinal vertical section of the same, with the hook-
shaped staple part, and the operating lever, in elevation.
Figure 3 represents a like view as Figure 2, but with the shoot shewn in its
withdrawn position, or the French casement, or the combined door and window, or
the like, unfastened.
Figure 4 represents a transverse section of Figure 2, upon the dotted lines A. B.
Figure 5 represents a front elevation of the middle of the shoot, and Figure 6 a
section of the same.
a is a single shoot or continuous bolt, working within guides b,, secured to the
casement, window or door c. The ends of the said bolt are plain and gapped
respectively. The plain end a², takes into a plain socket or staple plate d, secured
to the lower framing e, of the general framing e, of the casement, window, or door.
The other and upper gapped end, which is marked ³, has an allthrough opening a',
through the middle of it, wherethrough the overhanging staple secured by a
staple plate, to the other framing e³, of the general framing e, takes. This said
hook shaped staple, has an inwardly curved overhanging part 3, which takes over
the solid part or end a³, of the said shoot, so that when the shoot is traversed home,
as in Figures 1 and 2 (and in the direction of the arrow Figure 1) a double
fastening is effected, but when the shoot is traversed in the reverse direction, as
in Figure 3, with the hook staple coincident with the gap, the bolt is unfastened.
The shoot is operated by a lever g, fulcrumed at 2, to an attachment plate h,
having cheeks, which form both bearings for the lever, and guides for the shoot,
while the inner end of the said lever, is shaped alike unto a toothed sector g³, whose
teeth or swells engage with like shaped recesses or rack indentations aº, sunk within
the front side of the middle of the shoot a, which is kept from rattling, by an
interposed spring i.
Thus, to unfasten the bolt, by the throwing of the shoot into the position
Figure 3, turn the lever outwardly, when the shoot will be traversed upwardly, and
by pressing back the lever, the said shoot is traversed in a reverse direction.
Figure 7 represents a modification of the shoot of my improved double fastening
bolt. In this form, the ends are plain and hooked respectively, which latter takes
into an ordinary barrel socket or staple plate, when the bolt is shot, and likewise
does the plain end.
a is the shoot, a.the lower plain end, engaging within a socket or barrel staple
plate d, affixed to the framing, as usual, as the upper end of the said shoot, with a
cranked or bent end at, which takes into a plain socket f, secured to the framing.
Thus, the shooting or withdrawal of the shoot, takes the ends thereof simultaneously
into or out of the staple plates.
Figure 8 represents a modification of Figure 7. a is the shoot, a² the one end
taking into a staple plate d, and a³ the other end, with a shoulder a, which takes
into an open sided staple plate f, as shown in the side elevation Figure 9.
Thus, the shooting of the bolt, for the double fastening, simultaneously takes the
end a², into the staple d, and the hooked end a into the interior, of the staple
plate hence the fastening.
Figure 10 represents another form of shoot for simultaneous and double fastening.
a is the shoot, with ends a², and a³, with the former a, taking into a staple plate d,
and with the latter taking, by a drawing action, into the staple plate. The shoot
at the end as is gapped on its opposite sides at at, for the purpose of freeing the

page_text: staple plate when the said shoot is withdrawn, likewise the staple plate, has its
entrance of the breadth of the shoot at the gapped part, while the interior of
the said staple plate, is of a like section as the shoot itself, so that by the traverse
of the shoot for fastening, the ends a², a³ respectively engage with their staple
plates.
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 1
claim is :-
First In a bolt for fastening French and cther casements, windows, doors,
and the like, consisting of a double fastening shoot, of the one part, whose ends
engage respectively with staple plate sockets, hooks or the like, of the other part,
substantially as, and for the purpose, as described and set forth.
Secondly-In a double fastening bolt, consisting of a single shoot, with plain
and gapped ends respectively, which engage with a plain staple socket, and hooked
shaped staple plate, whereby a fastening is effected at both ends of the said
shoot, substantially as described and set forth in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Thirdly-In a double fastening bolt, the general construction and arrangement
of the parts, and mounting of the said bolt, as herein described and set forth in
Figures 1 to 4, whereby the shoot is made to fasten at both ends.
:-
Fourthly In a double fastening bolt, with a continuous shoot, forming and
arranging the ends of the said shoot, and the engagement staple plate sockets, or
the like of them, as described and set forth in Figure 7.
Fifthly In a double fastening bolt, with a continuous shoot, forming and
arranging the ends of the said shoot, and the engagement staple plate sockets,
or the like of them, as described and set forth in Figures 8 and 9.
:
Sixthly In a double fastening bolt, with a continuous shoot, forming and
arranging the ends of the said shoot, and the engagement staple plate sockets,
or the like, of them, as described and set forth in Figures 10 and 11.
Dated this 3rd day of April 1891.
PHINEHAS EDWARD AYTON.
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.