Improvements in or relating to Sliding Sash Windows.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Sept., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 8th July, 1895-Accepted, 7th Sept., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Sliding Sash Windows.
We, EDWIN JAMES NOWELL of 2 Chapel Row, West Thurrock, Carpenter,
HENRY JAMES CARTER, of 1 Orsett Road, Grays Thurrock, Builder, and
JOSEPH WEYMOUTH, of 17 High Street, Grays Thurrock, Auctioneer, all in
the County of Essex, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Our invention has for its object improvements in sliding sash windows as now
ordinarily constructed whereby the sashes may be turned inwards and their outer
sides cleaned without risk.
In carrying our invention into practical effect as applied to a double hung
sliding sash window, we form each of the inside stop beads in two parts, the upper
shorter portion being nailed or otherwise secured in position whilst the lower longer
portion is held in position by thumb or milled head screws, bolts or the like so that
it may be easily removed. Two upwardly projecting hooks are secured one above
the other to one side of the window frame in such a position that when the lower
half of the stop bead on that side of the window is secured in position said hooks
These hooks
project into recesses formed in said bead and are so hidden from view.
form parts of hinges on which the lower sash may be supported and turned inwards,
the other portions or sockets of said hinges being secured to the style of said
lower sash nearest that side of the frame to which said hooks are attached.
To bring the lower sash into a position that it will be supported by and be
free to turn on the hinges the lower portions of the inside stop beads are
removed, the sash slightly raised and then drawn inwards to such an extent that
when again lowered the parts of the hinges will fall one into the other and so
support the sash.
Hook and sockets similarly arranged are provided to support the sash and
upper
allow of it being turned inwards, the lower portion of the parting bead being made
removable for this purpose.
The sash cord of the opposite side of each of the sashes to that to which the parts
of the hinges are attached has a hook shaped piece secured to the end thereof which
normally grips a bar secured across the usual slot in the sash but may be detached
therefrom and hooked, onto a projection on the window frame when the sash is
supported by the hinges.
1004
CASTLE SMITH,
Invention" Office, 54 Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicants.
Improvements in or relating to Sliding Sash Windows.
We, EDWIN JAMES NOWELL, Carpenter, of 2 Chapel Row, West Thurrock,
HENRY JAMES CARTER, Builder, of 1 Orsett Road, Grays Thurrock, and
JOSEPH WEYMOUTH, Auctioneer, of 17 High Street, Grays Thurrock, all in
the County of Essex, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
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page_text: manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
Our invention has for its object improvements in sliding sash windows as now
ordinarily constructed whereby the sashes may be turned inwards and their outer
sides cleaned, glazed, painted, or otherwise treated without risk.
In carrying our invention into practical effect as applied to a double hung sliding
sash window, we form each of the inside stop beads in two parts, the upper,
shorter portion being nailed or otherwise permanently fixed, whilst the lower,
longer portion is held in position by thumb or milled head screws, bolts, or the like
so that it may be easily removed. Two upwardly projecting hooks are secured one
above the other to one side of the window frame in such a position that when the
lower half of the stop bead on that side of the window is secured in position, said
hooks project into recesses formed in said bead and are so hidden from view. These
hooks form parts of hinges on which the lower sash may be supported and turned
inwards, the other portions or sockets of said hinges being secured to the style
of said lower sash nearest that side of the frame to which said hooks are attached.
To bring the lower sash into a position that it will be supported by, and free to
turn on,
the hinges, the lower portions of the inside stop beads are removed, the
sash slightly raised and then drawn inwards to such an extent that when again
lowered the parts of the hinges will fit one into the other and so support the sash.
Hooks and sockets similarly arranged are provided to support the upper sash and
allow of it being turned inwards, the lower portion of the parting bead being made
removable for this purpose.
The sash cord on the opposite side of each of the sashes to that to which parts
of the hinges are attached has a hook-shaped piece secured to the end thereof
which normally grips a bar secured across the usual slot in the sash, but may be
detached therefrom and hooked into a projection on the window frame when the
sash is supported by the hinges.
And in order that our invention may be more readily understood and carried into
practice we will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accom-
panying drawings of which Fig. 1 is an inside view of a sash window fitted
according to our invention with the sashes arranged to slide vertically in the
ordinary manner, Fig. 2 a similar view but with the lower sash hinged and
turned inwards; Fig. 3 a similar view but with the lower sash removed and the
upper sash hinged and turned inwards and Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 enlarged
details.
The inside stop beads are each formed in two parts, the upper, shorter ones a
being fixed, whilst the lower ones a¹ are rendered detachable by securing them in
position by thumb or other screws, these being preferably of the form shown
in Fig. 9 and permanently connected to the beads by split plates c (Fig. 6) secured
to said bead, so that the reduced portion of the screws will work in recesses c¹ in
said plates, formed at the point of juncture between the halves thereof.
To one side of the window frame a pair of hooks d (Figs. 1 and 4) are so secured
one above the other that when the portion a' of the stop bead on that side is
secured in position these hooks project into recesses therein and are so hidden
from view.
In combination with these hooks two sockets e (Figs. 1, 2, and 7) are secured
to the style of the lower sash on the same side of the window in such position that
when desired these may be brought to fit on to the hooks and so support the
sash and permit of it being turned inwards, this being made possible by first
removing the portions a¹ of the stop beads, slightly raising the sash, and then
drawing it inwards to such an extent that when again lowered the socket will drop
on to the hooks or pintles.
Similar hooks or pintles situated as shown in Fig. 4 and sockets g (Figs. 3
and 4) are provided for hinging the upper sash in approximately the same horizontal
plane as the lower one, the parting beads being formed in two lengths as with
the stop beads and the lower portions of these made removable for this purpose.

page_text: Instead, however, of these parts of the parting bead being secured in position by
screws as in the case of the parts a¹ of the stop beads, the upper ends of these
are preferably shaped so that they will bind with the lower ends of the fixed
portions when the parts are placed in position, whilst their lower ends are provided
with a sliding socket h (Fig. 8) held in position by a bolt h' and having a lug h³
projecting from the bottom thereof, which, when said socket is forced downwards
will engage with a recess in the window sill.
At the opposite sides of the sashes to those to which the sockets are fixed
the sash lines are connected thereto by a hook and eye, or bolt, so that they
may be easily disconnected when required.
When found preferable, the whole of the inside stop beads and parting beads
may be made removable.
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 :-
:-
A sliding sash window having the inside stop beads and parting beads partly
or wholly removable and provided with hinges, parts of which are secured to the
window frame, and parts to the sash or sashes the whole constructed arranged
and operated substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
Dated th: oh dan ot T. 1905
CASTLE SMITH,
"Invention" Office, 54 Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicants.