Year: 1896

page_text: I FREDERICK BANNISTER of No. 1 West View Terrace Morecambe in the County of
Lancaster Solicitor do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object a syringe whereby the outer side of a sash window
can be cleaned from the inside of a building.
The invention consists of a tube the bore whereof is contracted at the end to form a
nozzle. The tube is curved or bent in such a form that when the upper frame of an
ordinary sash window is slightly lowered the nozzle end of it can be inserted from the
inside of the room through the aperture between the two frames of the window and
directed against the outside surface of the glass in the lower frame.
If water is forced through the tube by means of a syringe or pump or otherwise
the appliance can be so manipulated that a jet of water can be projected against any
part of the outer surface of the glass in the lower frame, and also by similarly placing
the nozzle over the top of the upper frame the outer surface of it can be syringed in
like manner.
My invention is not limited to one jet only as above described but the tube may
be divided into branches forming two or more jets. Also instead of having one or
more distinct nozzles, a rose of such size and shape that it will pass between the two
frames of a window and that the jets or spray will be projected against the outer
surface of the lower window can be fitted on the end of the tube.
The advantage of my invention is that it enables the user to syringe windows
without going outside for the purpose and also to syringe windows which are too high
above ground to be reached from the outside.
Dated this Twenty-third day of September 1896.
I FREDERICK BANNISTER of 1 West View Terrace Morecambe in the County of
Lancaster Solicitor 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 :-
My invention has for its object a syringe whereby the outside of an ordinary sash
window can be cleansed whilst the person using the syringe remains within the room
or other place on the inner side of the window.
The invention consists of a tube which is contracted at the end to form a nozzle.
The tube is curved or bent in such a form that when the upper frame of an ordinary

page_text: sash window is slightly lowered the nozzle end of the tube can be inserted from the
inside of the room through the aperture between the two frames of the window and
directed against the outside surface of the glass in the lower frame.
To enable my invention to be understood I will describe it by reference to the
accompanying drawings, in which :-
Figure 1 is the nozzle or tube attached to an ordinary syringe.
Figure 2 is a section shewing the position of the tube or nozzle when used to
cleanse the lower frame of a sash window.
Figure 3 is a section shewing the position of the tube or nozzle when used to
cleanse the upper frame of a sash window.
In Figures 2 and 3, a is the glass of the upper frame, b is the bottom part of the
upper frame c is the glass in the lower frame, d is the lower frame e is the top part
of the upper frame; fis the jet of water directed against the outside of the window,
g is the aperture between the two frames caused by slightly lowering the upper frame
and h is the nozzle.
To use the appliance water is forced through the nozzle or tube which is fixed to a
syringe as in Fig. 1, or connected with a pump or hose pipe. To cleanse the lower
part of the window the upper frame is slightly lowered to form the aperture g through
which the nozzle is passed and a jet of water f can be projected against any part of
the outer surface of the glass in the lower frame.
Similarly by drawing the upper frame down as shewn in Fig. 3 and passing the tube
or nozzle over the top of the frame the outside surface of it can be syringed in like
manner.
My invention is not limited to one jet only as above described but the tube may
be divided into branches forming two or more jets, or may have a rose affixed
thereto of any suitable shape.
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 :-
1. The bending or curving of a tube or nozzle in such a form that it can be passed
through the aperture between the top and bottom frames of a sash window caused by
lowering the top frame so that a jet of water forced through it can be directed against
the outer side of the glass in the bottom frame substantially as described.
2. The bending or curving of a tube or nozzle connected with a syringe pump or
hose pipe so that a jet of water forced through it can be projected against the outside
of a window by a person using it from the inside substantially as described.
3. An appliance for cleansing the outside surface of windows by a person operating
from the inside formed by affixing to a syringe pump or hose pipe of a curved or bent
nozzle substantially as hereinbefore described.
Dated this Twenty-second day of June 1907