Improvements connected with Sliding Windows or Window Sashes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Apr., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 16th Jan., 1895-Accepted, 2nd Mar., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
.Improvements connected with Sliding Windows or Window
Sashes.
I, GEORGE HARLING, of Thornfield, Lockwood, Huddersfield, Yorkshire,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to balanced sliding windows or sashes and consists of
improvements in the method of and means whereby the said windows or sashes
may, with ease, be drawn from their vertical position into a horizontal position
within the room lighted by them in order that the outer face of the glass or the
outside of the window or sash can be cleaned, painted, glazed, or repaired by a
person standing in the room, by which means all risk of accident attending the
cleaning or painting of the outsides of windows or sashes especially above the
ground level will be absolutely avoided.
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In carrying out my invention I employ longer cords for suspending the windows
or sashes and secure these in slotted brackets at suitable points near to the bottoms
of the frames or in proximity to certain fingers, pins, or bolts, which are adapted to
work in and out of the sash frames and to engage with openings or recesses formed
in suitable positions in the ways or grooves in which the sashes slide, the openings
in the front grooves being preferably a little higher than those in the inner
grooves. The lower portions of the vertical central and inner beadings which
maintain the windows in their upright position are removeable being secured by
screws or like means passing through slots in the beadings or they are hinged or
maintained in position by springs and can be moved out of the way or sprung or
forced clear of the sashes to permit of the latter being drawn into the room.
prefer to employ angular beadings having open ended slots formed therein through
which pass screws or other fastenings secured to the window frame. The said
fastenings hold the beads firmly in position, but they do not prevent the beadings
being removed whenever required and replaced again after the windows have been
cleaned. To draw the bottom or inner sash into the room the bolts or pins in each
side thereof are shot into their respective openings in the window frame and thus
form pivots upon which the said sash is moveable into a horizontal position within
the room with the outside uppermost the cords suspending said sash and the weights
not being affected by the alteration of position. The upper or outer sash is in like
manner drawn down into a horizontal position with the outside uppermost a little
distance above the first named sash and both can thus be cleaned, painted, glazed,
When the windows
or repaired on the outsides by a person standing in the room.
or sashes are in their upright position and closed, the bolts, pins, or fingers above
alluded to may be used as additional means for fastening the said windows or
sashes, separate openings or recesses being provided for such purpose.
The bottom rails of the sashes on the outer faces may be rounded and corre-
sponding rounded surfaces or recesses made in the woodwork adjacent to the
openings in which the pivots work to afford ease of movement to the sashes when
drawn out of a vertical position.
Instead of the sash cords being nailed to the sashes 1 provide slotted projections
or yokes which are attached to the sides of the sashes and near to the bottom
thereof. The cords are knotted at the ends and are passed into the said slots or
yokes in which they are firmly held and cannot he withdrawn until the window or
sash is relieved and the cord drawn out by hand; this method of securing the

page_text: cords to the sashes enables them to be 'immediately connected or disconnected
without nailing.
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TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Halifax and Huddersfield, Agents.
Improvements connected with Sliding Windows or Window
Sashes.
I, GEORGE HARLING of Thornfield, Lockwood, Huddersfield, Yorkshire,
Gentleman, 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 balanced sliding windows or sashes, and consists of
improvements in the method of and means whereby the said windows or sashes may,.
with ease, be drawn from their vertical position into a horizontal position within
the room lighted by them, in order that the outer face of the glass or the outside
of the window or sash can be cleaned, painted, glazed or repaired by a person
standing in the room, by which means all risk of accident attending the cleaning or
painting of the outsides of windows or sashes, especially above the ground level,
will be absolutely avoided.
In order fully to describe and ascertain my said invention reference is hereinafter
had to the annexed sheet of drawings, wherein :
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Fig. 1 is transverse section of a window frame and sashes arranged- and fitted
according to my invention;
Fig. 2 is similar section shewing the window sashes drawn into a horizontal
position within the room for cleaning, painting or otherwise attending to the outer
sides of the sashes.
Fig. 3 is inside elevation of Fig. 1.
Figs. 4 and 5 are details hereafter referred to.
Figs. 6 and 7 are front and side elevations respectively, of the bracket or sash
cord attachment.
Referring to the drawings, A represents the window. frame, and B. and C. the
top and bottom, or outer and inner window sashes which are adapted to slide up
and down in the ways or grooves B'C' at each side of the frame, as ordinarily.
The cords for suspending the window sashes are made longer than beretofore so as
to be secured near to the bottom thereof. Although the said cords may be nailed
in the ordinary manner to the sides of the sashes, I prefer to employ the form of
attachment herein shewn, and consisting of a bracket a, suitably bent or curved at
the foot and having an open ended slot or groove a¹ therein into which the sash
cord is forced; one of such brackets or attachments being secured to each side of
the two sashes and near the bottom thereof. A knot or enlargement on the end
of the sash cord prevents its withdrawal from the groove a¹ after proper insertion,
unless by hand, and forms a most handy and expeditious method of attachment,
adequately securing the sash cords and obviating all liability of disconnection when
the sashes are moved out of their vertical positions for cleaning and like purposes,
as might happen if the ordinary system of uailing were adopted.
The aforesaid attachment or slotted bracket is applicable to all balanced. or
sliding windows whether arranged to open into the room, or only moveable
vertically.
For the purpose of enabling the windows or window sashes to be drawn into a
horizontal position within the room according to my invention, I make the inner
beadings and the central dividing beadings c which are on each side of the

page_text: window frame, separate from said window frame and secure them thereto in such
manner as to be removeable at will. The said inner beadings b are secured to the
frame A by thumb or coach screws d, or like fastenings, and the central beadings c
are secured to flat pieces c', thereby forming angular dividing beadings which are
adapted to fit into corresponding recesses e made in the window frame. In the
part of the angular dividing beadings I form slots or openings which are
contracted at the upper ends, and in the recesses e are secured screws, nails, or
similar projections g the heads of which, when the said beadings are placed into
position for being secured in the frame A, pass through the larger ends of the slots,
and engage with the contracted necks thereof on the beadings being pressed or
forced down onto the window sill as shewn in Fig. 1. The central dividing
beadings c are thus made perfectly secure, to the window frame and yet easily
removeable by slightly raising them in the recesses e, which are rather longer than
the beadings as shewn, to allow for such movement.
At each side of the bottom sash rail of each window I secure sliding bolts or
pins h,, which are adapted to be slided into and engage with corresponding
openings. or sockets,, formed in the window frame and arranged, one a little
above the other as shewn in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, or Fig. 5.
To place the window sashes B and C in position to enable the outer sides thereof
to be cleaned, painted or otherwise attended to by a person standing within the
room, the two inner beadings b-one at each side of the window frame--are first
released by unscrewing the thumb screws d, and are placed on one side. The
sash C is then slightly raised and drawn forward to bring the sliding bolts or pins /
opposite the openings into which they are thereupon slided and form the fulcra
upon which the said sash can be drawn down into a horizontal position within the
room, as shewn in Fig. 2, in which position the outer side or surface is within
easy reach of a person standing in the room and being uppermost, there is no
liability of the water or other liquid used, running off onto the carpet or floor.
The augular dividing beadings c, being now clear of the sash C, can be removed
from the window frame and the top or outer sash B thus released. This said sash
is drawn down and inwardly to bring the bolts or pins ' opposite the openings or
sockets and when engaged with said openings the sash is moved on its fulcra into
a horizontal position above the sash C, or is permitted to rest thereon as shewn in
Fig. 2. To support the sash C, or both sashes, in a horizontal position, a prop or
suitable length of wood resting on the floor is placed underneath said sash or
sasbes.
The sash cords, being attached to the sashes at a point near to the pivots on
which they turn, are but slightly affected by the partial rotation of the windows or
sashes, and the weights by which they are balanced are therefore temporarily
suspended from nearly an immoveable centre.
The openings or sockets j, j', may be formed in or by brackets secured to the
inside of the window frame as shewn in Fig. 5 so that their position may be more
clearly seen. Although the said openings are shewn as being on the inner side of
the frame A, they may be formed in the ways or grooves B, C, and the beadings
adjacent to said openings, and also the lower edges of the sashes, be curved,
rounded, or shaped to permit of the angular movement of the window sashes, as
illustrated in Fig. 4.
In the grooves or ways B, C, I form openings k into which the bolts or pins h, h',
may be slided when the windows are in their normal upright position and closed,
and thus form additional fastenings for preventing the opening of the windows from
outside.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
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Firstly. In upright sliding windows, the combination, with removeable inner and
central dividing beadings such ne hand c of sliding bolts or pins h 'secured at

page_text: each side of the bottom sash rails, or near thereto, and adapted to be engaged with
corresponding openings in the window frame to form the fulcra on which the
windows or sashes can be drawn into a horizontal position within the room or
building with their outer sides or surfaces uppermost, all arranged in the manner
and for the purposes substantially as herein shewn and described.
Secondly. The combination with sliding window sashes and means for pivotting
same in the window frame, of the angular central dividing beadings c secured in
recesses in the sides of the window frame substantially as shewn and described.
Thirdly. The combination of sliding bolts or pins h, h, and window sashes
suspended by sash cords secured near to the bottom thereof, or near to said bolts
or pins, so that when the sash is moved on its fulcra the weights to same are
temporarily suspended from an almost immoveable centre, substantially as
.described.
Fourthly. The slotted bracket or attachment a for securing sash cords to sliding
windows or window sashes substantially as set forth.
Dated this 15th day of January 1895.
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Halifax, Agents for the Applicant.