Sash-holder.

Application filed July 25,1905. Serial No, 271,174,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Albert A. Quick, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brushycreek, in the county of Anderson, State of

Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sash-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit io appertains to make and use the.same.

This invention relates to windows, and more particularly to sash-holders therefor, and has for its object to provide a holder by means of which a sash may be maintained, at 15 different points of its movement and which will be so constructed that it may be manufactured at a low figure.

Another object is to provide a holder including few parts, so that breakage, or de20 rangement of the device will not be likely to occur.

Other obj ects and advantages will be apparent from the following specification, which describes an embodiment of the present in25 vention. .

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like, numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is an elevation of a window 30 provided with the present invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the latch member, attached, the member bing shown in section.. Fig. 3 is an elevation of rack-bar. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the latch-casing. .

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown a wmdow-sash 5, slidably mounted in a frame 6, and to the latter there is secured a vertical rack-bar 7, extending inwardly over the sash. A latch member 8 is secured to 40 the sash adjacent to the rack-bar, and this member consists of a metallic plate bent to form a body portion including spaced front and rear sides 9 and 10, respectively, and a connecting bottom piece 11. The side por45 tions 9 and 10 are provided with registering perforations 9' and 10' adjacent to their lower ends and near their rearward edges .12, and these side portions are also provided with aiming perforations 13 and 14, respectively, adja50 cent to their upper ends. Attaching-screws and 16, respectively, are disposed in the pairs of alining perforations and are eno-aged in the wood of the sash 5, the screw. 16 tying in the perforations 13 and 14 and being also engaged in an opening 17 formed in a 55 forwardly and rearwardly extending dog 18, adjacent to the forward end thereof.

A strap-spring 19 is engaged at its lower end with the screw 15, which lies between the perforations 9' and 10', and a. pin 20 is 60 engaged at its ends in the side portions 9 and 10 and receives thereagainst the spring 19, which extends upwardly forwardly of this pin 20 and rests at its upper end against the dog 18 forwardly of the pivot-point thereof 65 to hold the dog with its upper forward corner extending beyond the forward edges of the portions 9 and 10 and in position for engagement of this corner between any pair of teeth of the rack-bar 7. It will thus be seen that 70 when the dog is engaged with the rack-bar the sash is held against movement and the rearwardly - extending portion of the dog forms a finger-piece which may be moved in the direction of the frame to move the dog 75 against the action of the spring 19 and out of engagement with the rack-bar. By reason of the fact that the upper forward corner of the dog is engaged with the rack-bar the dog is held against movement out of engagement 80 with the bar by the weight of the sash, for the reason that downward movement of the sash would cause this corner of the dog to move in an arc, thus forcing the sash against the opposite. side of the frame and preventing 85 further downward movement thereof.

By reason of the fact that the pivot-pin of the dog 18 is located adjacent to its forward end the rearward portion thereof overbalances the forward portion to hold the latter 90 normally in engagement with the rack-bar, in which it is aided by the spring.