A COMBINED AUTOMATIC SASH FASTENER AND LIFTER
Year: 1884

page_text: I, JOHN MILLER BRYDEN, of Sixteen Frederick Street, Edinburgh, in the
County of Midlothian, North Britain, Brassfounder, do hereby declare the nature
of the said invention for A COMBINED AUTOMATIC SASH FASTENER AND LIFTER
to be as follows:-
This Invention of a combined automatic sash-fastener and lifter consists of a
pivot-jointed drop handle which is capable of being made in various forms and in
any metal or of hard wood.-The apparatus is fixed on the under moving sash
frame of a window at any convenient position and close to the upright bead rod.
-Upon one side of the bandle there is cast or attached a projecting tongue which
when the sash is at its lowest or closed position falls into a slot in a plate attached
to the bead and thereby fastens the sash.-In place of forming the tongue on the
handle and the slot in the plate, this may be reversed by placing the tongue on the
plate and the slot in the handle.-The combined fastener and lifter are applied in
pairs right-handed and left-handed respectively so as to attach them to the corre-
sponding sides of the sash.-When it is desired to lift the sash the pivoted handles
are raised until they come in contact with a stop, this action removing the tongues
out of the slots and leaving the sash free to be raised.
J..H. JOHNSON, DAY & JOHNSON,
Petitioner's Agents,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow.

page_text: I, JOHN MILLER BRYDEN of Sixteen Frederick Street, Edinburgh in the
County of Midlothian, North Britain, Brassfounder do hereby declare the nature
of my said invention for A. COMBINED AUTOMATIC SASH-FASTENER AND LIFTER
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My Invention of a combined automatic sash-fastener and lifter consists of a
pivot-jointed drop handle which is capable of being made in various forms and in
any metal or of hard wood. The apparatus is fixed on the under moving sash
frame of a window at any convenient position and close to the upright bead rod.
Upon one side of the handle there is cast or attached a projecting tongue which,
when the sash is at its lowest or closed position, falls into a slot in a plate attached
to the bead and thereby fastens the sash. In place of forming the tongue on the
handle and the slot in the plate, this may be reversed by placing the tongue on the
plate and the slot in the handle. The combined fastener and lifter are applied in
pairs right-handed and left-handed respectively so as to attach them to the corre-
sponding sides of the sash. When it is desired to lift the sash the pivoted handles
are raised until they come in contact with a stop, this action removing the tongues
out of the slots and leaving the sash free to be raised.
In order that my said Invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect, I will proceed to describe the drawings hereunto annexed.
Figure 1 is a front elevation of portion of a window fitted with combined
automatic sash-fasteners and lifters constructed according to and constituting my
present Invention, and Figure 2 is a side elevation of a combined automatic sash-
fastener and lifter so fitted.
I constructing a combined automatic sash-fastener and lifter according to my
present Invention, I hinge the pivot-jointed drop handle a, between the front and
back plates of the bracket b, by a pin c, passing through these plates. The drop
handle a, is formed with the projecting tongue d, at its side, and at its upper part
with the arm e. The bracket b, is provided with a stop f, represented more
particularly in dotted lines at Figure 1 of the annexed drawings, the said stop
taking the form of a web or rib extending from the front to the back plates of the
said bracket b.
In applying my combined automatic sasb-fastener and lifter to the purposes for
which it is adapted, I secure the bracket b, by the screws g, or their equivalents to
the under moving sash frame h, of the window, and upon the upright bead rod i,
I secure by screws or their equivalents, the plate 1, (shewn more particularly at
Figure 2) in which an opening is formed for the reception of the projecting
tongue d.
It will thus be seen that when the sash frame h, is in its lowest position the drop
handles a, rest in the manner shewn in full lines on the annexed drawings the
projecting tongues d, engaging with the openings in the plates j, so that the said
sash frame is locked in such position. When the drop handles a, are raised into
the position indicated on the annexed drawings by dotted lines, the tongues d, are
disengaged from the openings in the plates j, and the arms e, having abutted
against the stops f, the sash frame h, may be raised to any required extent.

page_text: 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
A combined automatic sash-fastener and lifter consisting of the pivot-jointed
drop handle a, having the projecting tongue d, and arm e, the bracket b, having the
stop f, and the plate j, all operating substantially as and for the purposes herein-
before set forth with reference to the annexed drawings.
J. H. JOHNSON, DAY & JOHNSON,
Applicant's Agents.