US96616A - Improved window-sash fastening - Google Patents

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' @initrd tutea 'wat @twine Letters Patent No. 96,616, dated November 9, 1869.

lIMPROVIEII) WINDOW-SASH IFAS'IENIN'G.

The Schedule Areferred. tcfin these Letters Patent and making part' of the'same.

To all "10710111, it may concern.

Be it known that'I, SAMUEL REED, of Rising Sun,

in the count-y of Cecil, and State of Maryland, have invented a new and improved Sash-Fastening; and I 'do hereby declare that the following is a` full, clear,

and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to malte andu'sc the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, thrilling part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a front View of a windowv to which my improved fastening has been attached, part being broken away toshow the construction.

Fignre 2 is a vertical section of the same, taken through the line a' rv, tig. 1.

Figure 3 is a horizontal section of the same, taken through the line y y, hg. 1.

Similar letters ofrcterence indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has'for its object to furnish an iinproved window-sash fastening, by means of which the sash may be fastened, closed or open, to any desired extent, either at the top or bottom, or both, and which shall be simple in construction and effective iu operation; and l It consists in thel construction and combination ot the various parts ot' the fastening, as hereinafter more fully described.

A represents the window-casing; B, the lower sash; and C, the upper sash, about the construction of which parts there is nothing new.

I) are plates, attached to the forward sides of the lower parts ot' the side bars ot' the upper sash, and which have three, more or less, transverse slots formed in them.'

In the central slot is placed a bolt, E, which shoots into a slot-ted plate attached to or into a mortise formed in the casing A, to lock the sash C, when fully raised or closed.

l are lever-catches, -pivoted to the top bar ot' 'the lower sash B, or to plates securely attached to said sash.

ward, their outer ends will be forced outward, and will enter the lower slot of the plate or plates D, securely locking the sashes. Then either sash may be partly opened, the outer ends of theltwer-catches F may, in the saine Ina-nner, be forced into one ot' thc upper slots ofthe plat-es D, to securely connect the sashes to each other, so that they may be raisedaud lowered together.

To the upper part of the upper sash C is attached one end of the double cord G, which passes over ,the

pulley H, attached to the'upper part of the casiugA, p and thefree end of which extends down -in front ot' y the window, as shown in tigs.1 and 2.

The cords G are connected to eachother, at suit-able distances apart, to form loops, which may be passed over knobs I, attached to the lower sash, to suspend the sashes'in any desired position.

J are slides or guides, attached to the upper part of the side edges of thcl upper sash (l, projecting t'orl ward, and to the lower parts of the side edges ot the lower sash B,` projecting rearward.

The slides J are designed to be used when the window is constructed without a parting-strip between the sashes, and are intended to keep the sashes in a verbi# cal position when moving up and down.

Having thus described 1n y invention,

vl' claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The com buiation ofthe catch F, slotted plate D,

and shootlngor sliding bolt E, substantially as set forth.

2. The arrangement of the bearing-guards J at the upper end ot" sash B, and lower end of sash C, to prevent their lateral displacement in sliding up and down, all as set forth.

` SAMUEL REED.

Witnesses J AMES N 1c HoLs, FRANKLIN lLANGDON.

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