Improvements in Securing Sash Lines to Sashes and for similar Purposes.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Dec., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 12th Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 12th Feb., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Securing Sash Lines to Sashes and for similar
Purposes.
We, JOHN STRACHAN of 81 Guildford Street Russell Square London Middlesex,
Dentist and JOHN ALEFLETT of 6 James Street Goswell Road London, Middlesex,
Millwright do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
This Invention consists of a flat piece of metal provided with a slit of sufficient width
to allow a sash cord to pass through it. This flat piece of metal is bent at right
angles. A saw cut is made in the sash to which this metal piece is to be attached and
the part bent at right angles is inserted in this saw cut, the remainder lying flat
against the side of the sash which is grooved in the ordinary manner to take the sash
line. This metal piece may be fixed to the sash by tacks or screws if required, but it
is not necessary, as on account of the sash fitting close to the pulley style of window
frame it is impossible for it to come out of its place. If a knot be formed in the
sash line, and the line passed through the shit in metal piece, the said metal piece will
firmly bold the sash line as the knot will not be able to pass through the slit in metal
piece-thus the sash line becomes firmly fixed to the sash. As our improvements are
capable of various modifications we do not restrict ourselves to any particular shape,
form, materials or size.
Dated this 10th day of December 1888.
RAYNER & CASSELL,
43, Southampton Buildings, W.C.,.
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Securing Sash Lines to Sashes and for similar
Purposes.
We JOHN STRACHAN of 81 Guildford Street Russell Square, London, Middlesex,
Dentist, and JOHN ALEFLETT of 6 James Street, Goswell Road Middlesex, Millwright,
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 and accompanying drawings
This Invention consists of a flat piece of metal provided with a slot of sufficient
width to allow a sash cord to pass through it. This flat piece of metal is now bent at
right angles in the direction of its length, and the slit which is the means of allowing
a knot formed at end of the cord to be firmly held by the same need only be a very
little longer than that side of my invention which lies flat against the side of
the sash.
A saw cut is made in the sash across the length of same in the desired place where
the sash line should be attached, and into this saw cut a portion of our improved cord
fastener is. fitted and knocked home until the remaining portion lies flat against the
sash and flush with same, which sash has previously been prepared to receive such a
fastening flush with itself. This improved fastener may now be secured to the sash by
means of screws or nails if necessary, but as the back of the sash always fits closely
against the pulley style of the window when the sash is fitted up it is not strictly
necessary that any screws or nails be used to secure this fastening to the sash, but
when this fastening is secured to other articles than sashes, then it may be necessary
to use means of securing same when it is pierced with holes to receive such screws
or nails.
When this improved fastening is secured to the sash a knot is made at the end of
the cord and the cord is run through the slit in the fastening until the knot blocks
itself against the fastening when it is firmly held. The sash is grooved in the ordinary
way to receive the sash line along its length.
We wish it to be understood that we apply our improvements in securing sash lines
to any object to which a cord, or line, or chain is attached for the purpose of raising
or lowering the same or dragging the same obliquely or horizontally, including cages
for lifts, sashes to windows, sliding doors and partitions and such like.
So that our improvements may be the more fully understood we will now proceed to
describe the several figures on the sheet of drawings hereunto annexed, all of which
figures are marked with the like letters of reference throughout.
Figure 1. shews a side elevation of our said improvements in which A is that
portion that is inserted into the saw cut formed in sash to receive the same.
Figure 2. is a plan looking down on to Fig. 1 in which B is the slit or slot receiving
the sash line.
Figure 3. is a perspective sketch of our said improvements, in which C. C are the
pierced holes to receive the screws or nails.

page_text: As our improvements are capable of some modification without departing from
the principle thereof, we do not restrict ourselves to materials, dimensions or the
precise form or placement of the slit or slot, or the angle to which we bend the
upper portion of this improved fastener.
Having now fully described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:-
A piece of flat metal so bent and pierced with holes and slotted as herein before
described so that when fixed in conjunction with an ordinary window sash or similar
article in the manner herein before described it will retain and hold a knotted cord
placed in the said slot of the same for the purpose of raising or lowering the said
sash or similar article.
Dated bis funty or January 2005.
RAYNER & CASSELL,
43, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.