Year: 1888

page_text: I JOHN HARROP JONES of The Stocks Cheetham Hill Road Manchester in the
county of Lancaster Joiner and Builder 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:-
This invention is an improvement upon an invention for which I obtained Letters
Patent dated 4th September 1886. No. 11266, and relates to improved and simplified
means for attaching the cords to the sash frames.
The nature of my said invention and the manner in which the same is to be
performed or carried into practical effect will be readily understood on reference
to the accompanying sheet of drawings and the following explanation thereof.
The invention consists principally of an attachment made of a single piece of
cast metal, whereby the end of the cord is grasped and fixed firmly in a simple
mortise made transversely through the sash, there being no occasion to knot the end of
the cord or to pass it more than once through the metal.
Fig. 1. in the annexed drawing, is a side view, Fig. 2. a plan view and Fig. 3. a
cross section of the improved fastening.
It consists of a metal plate a somewhat of the form of the letter H in transverse
section and having a single wedge-shaped hole formed in the web thereof.
A plain mortise c is cut through the sash stile d as shown at Fig. 4 and the end of
the sash cord e is drawn through and threaded through the opening & in the fastening.
The cord is then doubled, forced into the two grooves or troughs in the fastening as
shown (either by pressure or a blow of the hammer) which will hold it firmly in
consequence of the wedge-like form of the troughs as seen at Fig. 2, and the fastener
being then pushed into the mortise as shown at Fig. 5. is fastened by pins or screws
passing through the end plate f¹.
I would here remark that for the sake of lightness and cheapness the fastener may
be made of a single trough or U-shape in section as shown in side elevation and
section at Fig. 6. or it may be a flat plate without the side webs, and if preferred the
improved fastener may be used in a vertical position as shown at Fig. 7; or for very

page_text: light sash stiles it may be placed in a diagonal position and the hole may be round
instead of wedge shaped, or two round holes may be employed, but I prefer to use
the double trough of H-section and with a wedge shaped hole, and to place it in the
horizontal position as being firmer and more durable as well as being more simple in
its application, since nothing but a simple straight mortise through the sash stile is
required in fitting the same.
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 :-
The improved sash cord fastener consisting of a single piece of metal of either a
double-trough or a single-trough or equivalent section and provided with a hole,
substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore particularly set forth.
Dated this 28th day of September 1888.
GEORGE DAVIES,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicant.
GEORGE DAVIES,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicant.