CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CON- STRUCTION AND ARRANGEMENT OF CERTAIN PARTS OF BUILDINGS
Year: 1848

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
TUTTON, of 20, South Audley Street, in the County of Middlesex, Mechanist,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Ninth day of December,
One thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, in the twelfth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
John Tutton, my exors, adññiors, and assigns, Her especial license, full power,
sole privilege and authority, that I, the said John Tutton, my exors, admors,
and assigns, and such others as I, the said John Tutton, my exors, adñiors, or
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at
all times during the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of
Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CON-
STRUCTION AND ARRANGEMENT OF CERTAIN PARTS OF BUILDINGS;" in which said
Letters Patent is contained a proviso that I, the said John Tutton, should
cause a particular description of the nature of my said Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be performed, by an instrument in writing
under my hand and seal, to be inrolled in Her said Majesty's High Court of
Chancery within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of
the said in part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same, reference being
thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear.

page_text: manner In WHICH CH
tained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being had to the
Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked thereon,
that is to say:
My Invention has for its object improvements in constructing projecting
windows of buildings, that safety and other closets may be more conveniently
made under such windows; and it consists of using slate and cast iron, as
hereafter explained, when constructing such descriptions of windows.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 shews an interior view of a projecting window, having under it a
closet, which if of iron may be fire-proof. The arrangement of the interior
may be varied in respect to shelves and drawers; and such parts form no part
of
my Invention.
Figure 2 shews an external view of the projecting window shewn at
Figure 1, and the means of construction will be better understood when
I come to describe the other Figures of the Drawings. The architectural
character given to the exterior may be varied to suit the character of the
building, or the taste of the parties for whom the work is to be done.
Figure 3 shews an external view of another window.
Figure 4 an internal view of the same window, the closet below the glazed
portion being suitably arranged for a water-closet and wash-hand stand,
having above them and combined therewith a swing looking-glass, which is
capable of turning out of the way when the water-closet is about to be used;
such turning out of the way being accomplished by the frame of the glass
being so arranged as to turn on one of its pillars as an axis.
Figure 5 is a vertical section of the window, and Figures 6 and 7 are
horizontal sections thereof.
In constructing the projecting windows in order that there should be as
little projection as possible for obtaining a given size or depth of closet, I
make the whole of the projecting parts of slate, as will readily be traced in
Figures 5 and 6; or in place of using slate I can use cast iron, which will
give great strength when comparatively thin material is employed. In either
case the recess formed within by the projection may be fitted up as a safety or
other closet, by using fire-proof materials, such as slate or iron. In all cases
I prefer that the glazed sash frame alone should be of wood or of metal, all
the boxings or frames to receive the sashes being of cast iron; or they may be

page_text: of slate when metal sashes are used. And in place of using all slate or all iron,
I can, if desired, combine the use of these two materials in making a projecting
window and a closet therein. In the Drawings I have shewn only compara-
tively small projections beyond the exterior of the building, and yet a closet of
considerable dimensions may be obtained. I would, however, state, that the
extent of projection of a window may be varied to suit the circumstances of
each particular case.
Having hus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, I would state, that what I claim is; the
constructing projecting windows by employing slate or cast iron, or those two
materials combined, as herein explained, and making safety and other closets
in such projecting windows. And I also claim the construction of fixed
water-closets in projecting windows with swing glasses, as above described.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Tutton, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Ninth day of June, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and forty-nine