Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Oct., 1886.
Complete Left, 2nd July, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 16th Aug:, 1887]
I, THOMAS EDWARD LANE, of 5, Witton Lane, Aston, Birmingham Spirit Merchant,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
These improvements in window sash fastenings are designed for the purpose of
securely fastening the sashes of a window, against all attempts to open them from
without, and for rendering them perfectly draught and snow proof and preventing
them from rattling in windy weather.
In carrying out my invention I provide two plates screwed directly opposite to each
other on the middle sash rails. A lever is fixed to the front plate near its inner edge
by a pivot passing through it, and into the plate which lever is thrown up on its
pivot by means of a small spring underneath when a button projecting through the
front of the fastening is pressed by the thumb to release the lever from a catch which
fastens it down, and to which catch the said button is attached. The front end of the
lever is in the form of a hook to take into a corresponding recess in the back plate
when the sashes are fastened and the lever is in its horizontal position, and the lever
is so arranged that when the sashes are unfastened it stands up and its hooked end
lies back in a recess in the front plate to allow the sashes to pass and repass each
other.
To fasten the sashes when closed, the said lever is simply pulled down by two fingers
placed on its outer end when its hooked end will curl into the recess in the back plate
which is beveled to fit, thus raising the upper sash (which so invariably fails to remain
exactly in place when thrown up, without being held whilst fastened) into its extreme
position against the top of the sash frame, and, forcing the lower sash against the lower
part of the sash frame. When the lever has been pressed into its lowest position it is
locked into the catch to which the button is attached, and the sashes are thereby
firmly held together and pressed against the top and bottom of the frame.
Dated this 1st day of October 1886.

page_text: I, THOMAS EDWARD LANE, of 5, Witton Lane, Aston, Birmingham, Spirit
Merchant, 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:-
These improvements in window sash fastenings are designed for the purpose of
securely fastening the sashes of a window against all attempts to open them from
without, and for rendering them perfectly draught and snow proof and preventing
them from rattling in windy weather.
On the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 represents in front elevation a window sash
fastening embodying my improvements and part of the sash rails of a window,
Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation and Fig. 8 a plan of the same (in these Figures the
fastening is represented as unfastened); Fig. 4 is a sectional side elevation and Fig. 5
is a front elevation of the same fastening fastened and Figs. 6 and 7 represent
details of the same as hereinafter described.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several Figures.
A and B are the middle sash rails of a pair of window sashes, A being the bottom
rail of the upper sash and B being the top rail of the lower sash. In carrying out
my invention I provide on the sash rail A a metal plate D and on the sash rail Ba
metal plate C, the two plates C, D being fixed directly opposite to each other.
A lever E is hinged to the front plate C near its inner edge C¹ by a pivot or hinge
pin E¹ passing through it and into ears c¹, c³ on the plate. Underneath the lever is
a small spring G (the free end of which engages with a projection e³ on the lever E)
by which the lever is thrown up on its pivot when a button F, projecting through the
front of the fastening, is pressed by the thumb far enough to release the notched
end of the lever from a spring catch H which fastens it down and to which catch
the button F is attached. The front end e² of the lever E is in the form of a hook to
take into a corresponding recess d in the back plate D when the sashes_are fastened
and the lever E is in its horizontal position (see Fig. 4); and the lever E is arranged
far enough from the edge c¹ so that when the sashes are unfastened and it stands up
(see Fig. 2) its hooked end e lies back in a recess c³ in the front plate C to allow the
sashes to pass and repass each other.
The fastening above described operates as follows:-To fasten the sashes when closed
(see Fig. 2) the lever E is simply pulled down by two fingers placed on its outer end
when its hooked end e³ will curl into the recess d in the back plate D which is bevelled
to fit, thus raising the upper sash (which without being held whilst being fastened
invariably fails to remain exactly in place when thrown up but generally falls below
its proper position as seen in Figs. 1 and 2) into its extreme position against the top
of the sash frame and forcing the lower sash against the lower part of the sash frame
brings the two sash rails A, B flush together as shewn by Fig. 4. When the lever has
been pressed into its lowest position (see Fig. 4) it is there locked by the catch H to

page_text: which the button F is attached engaging with the notch e¹ and the sashes are firmly
held together by the hooked end engaging in the recess d and are pressed against
the top and bottom of the sash frame.
To unfasten the fastening the button F has to be pushed inwardly far enough to
force the catch H away from the notched end e' of the lever E which latter will then
be free to be raised into the position shewn by Figs. 1 and 2 either by the finger or by
the spring G.
I wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise details herein
described and illustrated as the same may be varied without departing from the nature
of my invention but
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 :-
1st. In a sash fastening the employment, on the top rail of the bottom sash, of a
lever, hinged near one end so as to be capable of motion in a vertical plane, and so
arranged that when turned downwards about its hinge its shorter arm will engage with
a recessed plate on the upper sash and bring the sashes together and against the top
and bottom of the sash frame, and when turned upwards will allow the sashes to pass
each other, the fastening being provided with means for holding the lever in either
position all substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the accompanying
drawing.
2nd. A sash fastening constructed and arranged to operate substantially as
herein before described and illustrated by the accompanying drawing.
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CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.