IMPROVEMENT IN. WINDOW FASTENERS (SUITABLE FOR LARGE WINDOWS)
Year: 1885

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I ROBERT WILLIAMS ROBERTS, of Rosemary Cottage, Menai Bridge in the
County of Anglesey, Timber Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of my
invention for "IMPROVEMENT IN. WINDOW FASTENERS (SUITABLE FOR LARGE
WINDOWS)" to be as follows:-
These window fasteners shall consist of two bars or bolts of brass or wrought
iron from two to three inches long and to be semi circular or an inch and shall
be so inade as to pass through brass barrels of about one inch or one inch and a
quarter long. The barrels shall be fixed with screws on top of lower sash, one on.
each side of window, and so fixed that the bars or bolts shall pass through them
into a flush socket (of exact size & fit to receive them) securely fixed at the right
place on either side of upper sash.
The barrels shall be provided with a screw (with handle) of large thread (for
screwing quickly) for screwing into the bars or bolts which shall be furnished
with a notch or hollow of suitable size for allowing screw to pass in for fastening
securely.
The bars or bolts shall be furnished with a small eye at outer end, & be fastened
or kept to same by a small chain of sufficient length to the window frame each side.
The upper sash shall be furnished each side with flush sockets which may be
fixed at certain distances of say varying from three to six inches for securely
fastening window (as described above) when left open for ventilation.
Combined with this set of window fastening furniture there shall be two brass
flush holders securely set one each side at a convenient place in side rails of upper
sash for thumb & finger to open & close upper part of sash.
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page_text: Improvement in Window Fasteners, Suitable for Large
Windows.
I ROBERT WILLIAMS ROBERTS of Rosemary Cottage, Menai Bridge in the
County of Anglesey, Timber Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of my
invention for IMPROVEMENT IN WINDOW FASTENERS and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
These window fasteners shall consist of two bars or bolts A A. of brass or
wrought iron from two to three inches long and to be semi-circular or an inch,
and shall be so made as to pass through brass barrels B B of about one inch or
one inch and a quarter long.
The barrels B B shall be fixed with screws D. D. on top of lower sash, R S T.
one on each side of window and so fixed that the bars or bolts A A shall pass
through them into à flush socket E E (of exact size & fit to receive them) securely
fixed at the right place on either side [1] of upper sash, X Y Z
The barrels A A shall be provided with a screw, C. (with handle C.) of large
thread for screwing quickly, for screwing into the bars or bolts which shall be
furnished with a notch or hollow of suitable size for allowing screw to pass in for
fastening securely.
The bars or bolts A. A shall be furnished with a small eye at outer end, and be
fastened or kept to same by a small chain, f. of sufficient length to the window
frame each side.
The upper sash X Y Z. shall be furnished each side with flush sockets E E which
may be fixed at certain distances of say varying from 3 to 6 inches for securely
fastening window as described above when left open for ventilation. Combined
with this set of window fastening furniture there shall be two brass flush holders
securely set one each side at convenient places in side rails of upper sash, for finger
& thumb to open & close upper part of sash.
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. That this novelty claims to be safer than the old style of sash fasteners.
2. That the upper or lower sash can be left open, or both partly open for venti-
lation with equal safety.
3. That the same cannot be worked except from the inside.