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Patented May 14, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY MORGAN, OF OAKLEIGI-I, ISLE OF IVIGHT, ENGLAND.

SASH-CORD FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,361, dated May 14, 1889. Application filed May 17,1888. Serial No. 274,173. (No model.) Patented in England January 9, 1888,1To. 334.

To all whom it' may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY MORGAN, of

Oakleigh, Isle of Vight, England, a subject lowing is a specification.

My invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described in the connection of sashcords to window-sashes, and in the arrangement, as hereinafter described, of the pocketpieces of window-frames, the objects of my said improvements being to render unnecessary the removal of the sashes from windowframes when it is required to renew the sashcords, and to facilitate access to the weights of the upper sash.

According to my said improvements, I form a groove along the whole length of each stile of each of the sashes, and I secure over portions of the said grooves metal plates having eyes formed on or affixed to them, which eyes lie in the said grooves, and I secure each of the sash-cords to the sashes by passing one end of a sufficient length of the cord through the said eyes and fastening a ferrule over the cord at the part Which, when the weight is suspended as required, is just below one of the said eyes. The upper portions of t-he said ferrules bear against the under sides of the lowermost of the eyes through which the cords pass, and thus prevent the said.

cords from becoming disengaged from the window-sashes. cured, the portions of the said cords which project from the lower ends of the grooves in the stiles of the sashes are cut off flush with the under faces of the bottom rails of the sashes.

I will further describe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawings and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the said drawings is an elevation of the inner side of a window to which my invention is applied. Fig. 2 is a section (taken on the line A, Fig. l) of the frame of -a window, showing a face view of one of the pulley-stiles, the sashes being omitted. Fig. 3 is an edge view of the lower sash, showing When the cords are thus sethe aforesaid Aplates secured over the said groove. Fig. 4 is a section of the said sash, taken on the line B, Fig. 3, showing the said groove and the said plates, and a portion of one of the sash-cords engaged in the eyes on the said plates. Fig. 5 is a transverse section of one of the sash-stiles, showing the groove and one of the aforesaid plates and cords, the section being taken on the line C, Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a section taken on the line D, Fig. 2, showing a portion of one of the pulley-stiles and the form and arrangement therein of one of the pocket-pieces. Figs. 7 and 8 are two views of a portion of one of the sash-cords with a ferrule secured thereto, the said two views being taken at right angles to each other in order to clearly exhibit the form of the ferrule.

The same letters and figures of reference indicate the same parts in all the iigures of the drawings.

Referring to the said drawings, @is the window-frame. b c are the sashes. d d e care the sash-weights, and d CZ e e are the cords by which the said weights are connected to the sashes.

ff are the grooves in the stiles of the sashes.

g g 7L h are the plates secured to the stiles of the upper sash over the grooves therein.

z' z jj are the plates secured to the stiles of the lower sash.

g g h h are the eyes on the plates g g h h, through which eyes the cords e e are passed, and t" t" j j are the eyes on the plates 't' z'jj, through which eyes the cords d d are passed. The position of the grooves in the stiles of the sashes and the form and arrangement of the aforesaid plates g h j and the position of the cords in the grooves will be clearly understood. by reference to'Figs. 3, 4, and 5.

The ferrules hereinbefore referred to are secured to the cords by rivets, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, in which figures the ferrule is marked lo, and the rivet which passes through the ferrule and through the cord is marked Z. From the foregoing description and the drawings it will be seen that the cords are connected to the sashes, and the sashes are supported solely by the bearing of the upper parts of the aforesaid ferrules against the under sides of the eyes on the plates h h j j, secured to the stiles of the sashes. It will be obvious, therefore, that these ferrules 7c constitute stops or shoulthe groove in one of the stiles thereof and IOO ders xed on the cords to prevent the latter from being drawn through the eyes in rear of the metal plates.

m m are the pocket-pieces or doors of the boxes in which the sasl1-weights work, which pocket-pieces are secured in place and jointed to the pulley-stile n of the window-frame by pins o o. The form and arrangement of these parts are clearly shown in Figs. 2 and G.

The following is a description of the method of effecting the renewal of the sash-cords oi a window provided with the means of connection hereinbefore described: lf one or other of the cords of the lower sash be broken and requires to be replaced, the said sash is raised, and the portion of the broken cord in the groove f is pulled out from the bottom end oil the said groove, and the weight is removed in the usual way, and the end of the broken cord is detached therefrom. One end of alength of new cord is then passed up the said groove f, through the eyes t" of the plates j 1T, over the pulleys, into the box in which the weights work, and out of the opening in the pulleystile covered by the pocket-piece and secured to the weight, which is then replaced in the said box. The pocketpieee is then vclosed and the cord is drawn taut, and the weight is raised to the top of the boxA by pulling on the part ot the cord which projects from the lower end of the groove f in the sash. rlhe cord is then cut to about the required length and a knot is tied in it a few inches from the end and it is released, the knot bearing against the under side of the sash-stile and preventing the cord from heilig drawn through the groove f by the action of the weight. The terrule is then. passed over the end ot' the cord to the required position on the cord. and is secured by a rivet, as shown in Figs. and 8. The knot is then untied and the part of the cord on which the ferrule is fastened is released and passes into the groove f until the upper end of the ferrnle secured to the said cord bears against the under side oi' the eyej on the plate j, as seen in Fig. at. rlhe said cord is then out o'li flush with the under side ot' the bottom rail of the sash.

It the cord to be replaced. be one ot' those connected to the upper sash, the lower sash is partly raised, and t-he weight of the said sash on the same side as the cord. to be renewed is drawn up to the Yfull extent by pulling outward the exposed part of the cord connected to the said lower sash, which is then pushed up as iar as possible, the cord so pulled outward being thereby jammed between the upper rail oi' the said sash and the top of the window-framerlhe p0cketpiece fm on the saine side of the window is then opened, its lower end projecting below the lower sash and its upper end into the box of the windowframe below the weight of the said sash, so that if the cord connected thereto, and which was jammed between the top rail of the sash and the top of the window-frame, be now .re-

leased the said weight and the sash connected to it are both supported, the former resting on the upper part of the pocket-piece and the latter on the lower part thereof. Free access to the weight of the upper sash is thus permitted and the cord connected to the said weight, and the said sash may then be removed and replaced, as hereinbefore described with reference to the lower sash. Then this has been done, the lower sash and the weight thereof are liberated by pulling outward the exposed part of the cord connected thereto and closing the pocket-piece m and then releasing the said cord.

rlhe means of connection hereinbelore de scribed admits of the renewal of sash-cords in considerably less time than is required in cases where the ordinary means oi' connection are used, and also obviates the damage caused to the window-frame by the removal of the beading, which is ordinarilynecessary.

I do not broadly claim a window-sash having a groove in its edge extending entirely from the top to the bottom thereof and provided with a forked cord-holder, below which the cord is knotted, so that the knot lies in a lateral recess in the sash, as in Letters Patent No. Bf/775. The knotting of the cord renders the lateral recess necessary, lin that the groove cannot, on account of weakening the sash-frame, be made sufficiently large to accommodate a knot tied in the cord and permit such knot to slide in the groove. Consequent-ly, the cord cannot be renewed without removing the sash from the window-frame, for the reason that the knot occupying the cavity cannot be drawn. through the lower portion of the groove. My invention remedies this, in that I provide the cord with a metallic ferrule riveted to the cord and ot' such size relatively to the groove that the cord with the attached :Eerrulc can be freely drawn. down through the groove and out at the lower end thereof, thus permitting the cord to be renewed 'without removing the sash out of the frame. The riveting of the ferrule also avoids knotting the cord to form a stop.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature ot' my invention and the manner in which the same is to be performed, what I claim isd The combination otl the wi ndow-sash having a groove extending from end to end of its side rail, the plate secured across the groove and having eyes located in the groove, and the window--cord provided with a metallic ferrule, 7s, through which the cord passes, and to which cord it is fastened by a transverse rivet, said ferrule being slidable with the cord out through the open end of the groove at the lower end of the sash-rail, substantially as shown and described.

HENRY MORGAN. lVitnesses:

WILLIAM CHARLES Moses, Cuantas FRnnnRioi: Gnnoonv.

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