Improvements in and relating to Window Sashes and their Frames, applicable also to Doors, Partitions, Hoists, and such like purposes, and Fittings therefor.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Mar., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Dec., 1891-Accepted, 6th Feb., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Window Sashes and their Frames,
applicable also to Doors, Partitions, Hoists, and such like purposes,
and Fittings therefor.
I, ARCHIBALD PRENTICE, of 111 Allison Street, Govanhill, Lanarkshire,
Joiner, do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to new or improved fittings for attaching the ends
of the hanging cords, wires, or chains to the raising and lowering sashes or sliding
frames of windows, and to the fitting and removing of the lower parts of their
batten rods and parting beads, so as to be able to remove said cords and swivel or
lift the windows into the apartments for cleaning the outside of the glass and frames
without requiring to do so from outside the windows. The ends of these said
hanging cords, wires or chains have heretofore been fitted and attached in various
ways for removing the sashes from the cords. The improvements are equally
applicable to glass doors, partitions, hoists, and such like purposes, which are
raised and lowered by cords and weights.
The present improvement consist in fitting a permanent hollow cylindrical bush
in the socket of the window sash frame, preferably in the form of a short metal
tube open at the outer end, for the insertion of a short cap or hollow plug, through
which the end of the cord whether made of hemp or wire in the form of a metal
chain is passed in through a hole or slot in the upper side and out through the
inner open end of this plug to have a knot formed on it, which knot is drawn to the
inside of the bollow plug, and leaves the cord in direct line with the edge of
the sash. Thus this hollow cap or plug attached to the end of each cord is
pushed into the permanent bush, which has a slot in its upper outer edge for the
cord passing up through, so as to hang the window sash by the cords at each edge;
and when it is desired to remove the sash, this plug is drawn out with the cord at
one edge, and the window sash swivelled in on the other cord, the removable cap
on this cord being held in by a plate screwed on outside of cap. But when the
sashes are desired to be removed from both cords, this screw plate would be
dispensed with, and both caps be drawn out of their securing bushes with the cord,
thus freeing the sashes, so that they can be lifted inside the house and cleaned, and
then replaced again on their cords, by inserting the said end caps of the cords into
their bushes. These caps or ends of the cords when removed from their sashes
may be hung on hooks or other equivalent for the purpose at the side frames of
the window, ready for insertion into the frames again, and prevent the weights
inside the frame from falling to the bottom. The upper parts of the batten rods
would be secured to the fixed slide frames of the window, but the lower parts
would be secured by screws and made removable, as also the lower parts of the
parting beads and their ends secured by checks, so that these may be respectively
removed from their frames, for the swivelling-in or removal of the inner and outer
sashes after each other, and be replaced again as these window sashes are
respectively hung on their cords. In some cases lugs or flanges would be formed on
the outer end of the socket bushes to secure them by screws to the sash frame. And
these bushes may have holes formed through them into which spring prongs would
slip, on the end of a drawing out key or hand tool for the easy removal of the bush
when that was required.
Dated the 23rd March 1891
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Agents.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Window Sashes and their Frames,
applicable also to Doors, Partitions, Hoists, and such like purposes,
and Fittings therefor.
I, ARCHIBALD PRENTICE, of 111 Allison Street, Govanhill, Lanarkshire,
Joiner, do hereby declare the nature of my invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement in writing, that is to say :-
This invention has reference to new or improved fittings for attaching the ends
of the hanging cords, wires or chains to the raising and lowering sashes or sliding
frames of windows, and to the fitting and removing of the lower parts of their
batten rods and parting beads, so as to be able to remove said cords and swivel or
lift the windows into the apartments for cleaning the outside of the glass and
frames without requiring to do so from outside the windows. The ends of these
said hanging cords, wires, or chains have heretofore been fitted and attached in
various ways for removing the sashes from the cords. The improvements are
equally applicable to glass doors, partitions, hoists, and such like purposes, which
are raised and lowered by cords and weights.
And in order that my said invention and the manner of performing or carrying
the same into effect or practice may be properly understood, I have hereinto
appended an explanatory sheet of drawings, in which Figure 1 shows an elevation
of one side of a sash window as fitted with my improvements, the inner lower sash
being shown partly in section in Figure 1, to show the improvements as applied
thereto. Figure 2 shows a detached inner end view and a sectional elevation of
the close ended removable cap or hollow plug into which the end of the weighted
cord B carrying the sash is secured. Figure 3 shows a detached outer end view,
and a sectional elevation of the new bush a detached which is inserted and secured
in a recess in the edge groove of the window frame for holding the removable cap
or plug b.
Referring to Figure 1 of these drawings:-A is the inner lower sliding sash
frame, and A', the outer and upper sliding sash frame, both of which are formed as
usual with edge groove A" for the insertion of the lower ends of their carrying
cords B clear of the fixed stationary frames A² of the window, with the usual
batten side guide rods A³ inside, and parting beads A', between the window
frames A, A, for guiding them on opposite sides of the window.
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The present improvements essentially cousist in fitting a permanent hollow
cylindrical bush a in a socket hole a" bored in one or both edges of the window
sash frames A, A', shown in Figure 1, preferably in the form of a short metal
tube a shown detached in Figure 3 open at the outer end a', for the insertion of a
short cap or hollow plug b, shown detached in Figure 2, having the lower end of
the cord B, inserted through a hole in the top and knotted inside. The cord or
chain B and plug are passed in through a hole or slot a², in the upper side and in
through the inner open end a¹ of the bush a. Thus this hollow cup or plug b
attached to the end of each cord B is pushed into the permanent bush a which bas
a slot a² in its upper outer edge for the cord B passing in through, so as to hang
the window sash A, or A', by the cord B, at both edges, and when it is desired to
remove the sash, this plug is drawn out of its permanent bush a with the cord B
at one edge of the frame and the window sash swivelled in on the other cord, and
the removable cap on the cord may be held in by a separate plate 611 screwed on
outside of cap, as indicated in dotted lines in Figure 2. But when the sashes are
desired to be removed from both cords this screw plate would be dispensed
with, and both caps be drawn out of their securing bushes a with the cord, thus
freeing the sashes, so that they can be lifted inside the house and cleaned, and then
replaced again on their cords, by inserting the said end caps of the cords into

page_text: their bushes a. These caps or ends of the cords B, when removed from their
sashes would preferably be hung on hooks 63 or other equivalent for the purpose at
the fixed side frames A2 A2 of the window, ready for insertion into the bushes a in
the sash frames A A' again, and prevent the weights inside the frame from falling
to the bottom. The upper parts of the batten rods would be secured to the fixed
side frames A, A, of the window, but the lower parts would be secured by
Screws A, and made removable as also the lower parts of the parting beads A'
and their ends secured by checks and screws so that these may be respectively
removed from their fixed frames A for the swivelling-in or removal of the inner
and outer sashes A A' after each other, and be replaced again as these window
sashes are respectively hung on their cords. In some cases lugs or flanges may be
formed on the outer end of the socket bushes a as dotted in at a in Figure 3, to
secure them by screws to the sash frame. And these bushes a may have holes a³
formed through them into which spring prongs would slip, on the end of a drawing
out key or hand tool for the easy removal of the bushes a from the socket hole a¹
in the window frame when that was required.
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
First. The fitting and application in connection with window sashes and the
other sliding objects described, of a removable cap or hollow plug in combination
with an enclosing bush for securing the hanging cords, substantially as and for
the purposes herein described in reference to and shown in the accompanying
drawings.
Second. The construction and use of a fixed bush for receiving the cord cap or
hanging cord in window sashes or other sliding objects, substantially as and for
the purposes herein described in reference to and shown in the accompanying
drawings.
Dated 22nd December 1801
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Agents.