THE SECURING OF WINDOWS, EITHER OPEN, HALF OPEN, OR PART OPEN, OR CLOSED FULL AND ALSO TO BE SELF-ACTING
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederick Leech Leech, of 15, Westbourne Grove, Cheetham
Hill, near Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Gentleman, and Edward
Holland, of Halliwell Lane, Cheetham Hill aforesaid, Clerk, for the Invention
of "THE SECURING OF WINDOWS, EITHER OPEN, HALF OPEN, OR PART OPEN,
OR CLOSED FULL AND ALSO TO BE SELF-ACTING."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederick Leech Leech and
Edward Holland at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 23rd
August 1879.
FREDERICK LEECH LEECH, of 15, Westbourne Grove, Cheetham Hill, near Man-
chester, in the County of Lancaster, Gentleman, and EDWARD HOLLAND, of Halliwell
Lane, Cheetham Hill aforesaid, Clerk. "THE SECURING OF WINDOWS, EITHER OPEN,
HALF OPEN, OR PART OPEN, OR CLOSED FULL, AND ALSO TO BE SELF-ACTING."
To arrange an apparatus in such a manner and in such a position that the sash
or shutter of a window or other opening may be so effectually fastened in a conve-
nient manner as that it shall be most difficult to open or close the sash or shutter
from the outside. This Invention consists chiefly of two parts, the plate being one
part and the protector or holder the other part. The plate must be constructed of
brass or other hard material, about nine inches long by half an inch wide and 1 of
an inch thick, and to be perforated with holes for the reception of the peg of the
protector or holder, and secured by screws or other fastenings to either the pulley
style of the sash-frame or on the inside of the side bar or style of the upper sash, as
near the meeting bar as possible, and to be let into the sash or sash frame so as to
be flush with the woodwork, so as to give free motion to the sash when unlocked..
The protector or holder consists of a brass hinge; one fold or wing is screwed or
otherwise securely fixed to the extreme end of the upper side of the meeting bar;
the loose or free fold or wing is about 21/2 inches long, and when locked to the above
inentioned plate forms a vertical right angle, and kept so locked by means of a
spring. The advantages of our Invention are that, no matter what position the
window is left in, whether open, half open, or closed full, neither the upper nor the
lower sash can be moved up or down unless the vertical part of the protector or
holder is drawn backward, so as to form an acute angle with the fixed part of the
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page_text: protector or holder. In order that our Invention may be more completely under-
stood reference is given to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, which shew the
mode of applying our Invention: We will now proceed to describe the Drawings.
Fig. 1 shews the part called the plate, full size; Fig. 2 shews the other part, called
the protector or holder. We screw or otherwise fix the plate (Fig. 1) on to the
inside of the upper sash, as shewn on Fig. 3, and screw one wing of the protector or
holder on to the sash, as shewn on Fig. 3, which shews the fastener locked so that
the sash cannot move up or down. The dotted lines on Fig. 3 shew the protector or
holder unlocked, when the sash is free to be opened or shut. The above described
arrangements are applicable to dwellinghouses and other buildings, also for railway
carriages and such like vehicles. Having now described the nature of our Invention,
and the manner in which the same may be performed, we would remark in conclu-
sion, that we do not limit ourselves to the exact limits, details, and configuration of
parts we have explained and shewn, as the same may of course be varied or modified
without in any way departing from the nature of our Invention.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Frederick Leech Leech and Edward Holland in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 23rd February 1880.
FREDERICK LEECH LEECH, of 15, Westbourne Grove, Cheetham Hill, near Man-
chester, in the County of Lancaster, Gentleman, and EDWARD HOLLAND, of Halliwell
Lanc, Cheetham Hill aforesaid, Clerk. "THE SECURING OF WINDOWS, EITHER OPEN,
HALF OPEN OR PART OPEN, OR CLOSED FULL, AND ALSO TO BE SELF-ACTING."
The object of our Invention is to arrange an apparatus in such a manner and in
such a position that the sash or shutter of a window or other opening may be so
effectually fastened in a convenient manner as that it shall be most difficult to open
or close the sash or shutters from the outside. This Invention consists chiefly of
two parts, the plate being one part and the protector or holder the other part. The
plate must be constructed of brass or other hard material, about nine inches long by
half of an inch wide and one sixteenth of an inch thick, to be perforated with holes
for the reception of the peg of the protector or holder, and secured by screws or other
fastenings to either the pulley style of the sash frame or as near the meeting bar as
possible, and to be let into the sash or sash frame so as to be flush with the wood-
work, so as to give free motion to the sash when unlocked. The protector or holder
consists of a brass hinge; one fold or wing is screwed or otherwise securely fixed to
the extreme end of the upper side of the meeting bar; the loose or free fold or wing
is about two and a half inches long, and when locked to the, above mentioned plate
forms a vertical right angle, and kept so locked by means of a spring. The advan-
tages of the Invention are that, no matter what position the window is left in, whether
open, half open, or closed full, neither the upper nor the lower sash can be moved
up or down unless the vertical part of the protector or holder is drawn backward,
so as to form an acute angle with the fixed part of the protector or holder. In order
that our Invention may be more completely understood reference is given to the
accompanying Sheet of Drawings, which shew the mode of applying our Invention.
We will now proceed to describe the Drawings. Figure 1 shews the part called the
plate, full size; Figure 2 shews the other part, called the protector or holder. We
screw or otherwise fix the plate (Figure 1) on to the inner side of the upper sash, as
shewn on Figure 3, and screw one wing of the protector or holder on to the sash, as
shewn on Figure 3, which shews the fastener locked so that the sash cannot move
up or down. The dotted lines on Figure 3 shews the protector or holder unlocked,
when the sash is free to be opened or shut. The above described arrangements are
applicable to dwelling houses and other buildings, also for railway carriages and
such like vehicles. For railway and other carriage windows letters A shew the
plates to be put on the windows; letter B shews the form of the protector or holder;
letter C is a rod which connects two protectors or holders together, in order that
both protectors or holders can be worked at one and the same time, this we terin
"the connecting rod"; letter D is a window shewing the plates attached; letter E
is the inner or inside casing of a carriage door, shewing position of Invention when
adapted; letter F is a section of a railway carriage shewing the Invention when
attached complete; letter G is a protector or holder step. The object of introducing
our Invention for carriage windows is to do away with window straps. The plates
letter A must be constructed of brass or other hard material, and extend the full
height of the window frame, as shewn in letter D, and is about an inch wide and
one sixteenth of an inch thick, to be perforated with holes for the reception of the
pegs of the protectors or holders, and secured at cach side of the window frame by
screws or other fastenings. When fixed the plates must be let in the frame so as to
be flush with the woodwork, giving a free motion to the window when unlocked.
The protector or holder letter B is also constructed of brass or other hard material,
but differs in form from that of the protector or holder used for house windows,

page_text: inasmuch as it has no hinge or fold, but consists of a straight piece of metal with
an indian rubber roller attached at the bottom. Two protectors or holders, that is,
one at each side, are then secured to the inner or inside casing of the carriage door
directly opposite the plates attached to the window frame, as shewn by letters E
and F, by a brass step (letter G) to which is attached a spring. resting at the back
of the protectors or holders, thus keeping the protectors or holders in one position.
The connecting rod is then attached to the protectors or holders, as shewn in letters
C, E, and F. Thus it will be seen that when our Invention is adapted the window
can be left open at any position. If the window is required to be open the
person so requiring it has only to draw the handle H towards him, and the window
will then begin to descend slowly, because the pegs of the protectors or holders will
then have been removed from the holes in the plates A. When the window has
lowered itself to the satisfaction of the person such person has only to loose the
handle H from his hand, and the window will become locked again, inasmuch as
the springs between the steps and the protectors or holders forces the pegs of the
protectors or holders again into the holes of the plates A. Having now described the
nature of our Invention, and the manner in which the same may be performed, we
would remark in conclusion that we do not limit ourselves to the exact limits, details,
and configurations of parts we have explained and shewn, as the same may of course
be varied or modified without in any way departing from the nature of our
Invention.
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Twenty
first day of February, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
and eighty
Witness to the signatures of
Frederick Leech Leech
and Edward Holland,
GEORGE A. LOMAX,
7, Hewitt Street,
Cheetham,
FREDERICK LEECH LEECH. (L.S.)
EDW. HOLLAND.
Manchester.
(L.S.)