Handle attachment for window-sashes.

Application filed February 5,1906. Serial No. 299,389.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Charles A. Merryweather, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings 5 and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Handle. Attachments for Window - Sashes, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it io appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to the sashes of windows; and the object thereof is to provide improved means for lowering the upper sash, a further object being to provide a device of 15 the class specified which will strengthen the upper sash and prevent injury thereto in the operation of pulling it down; and with these and other objects in view the invention consists in a handle attachment which is de20 signed to be secured to the bottom portion of the upper sash and by means of which the said sash may be conveniently lowered when the lower sash is raised.

The invention is fully disclosed in the fol25 lowing specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts, of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each or the views, and in which—

Figure 1 is an outside view of a part of a window-frame, showing, the sashes mounted therein and showing my improvement applied to the upper sash; Fig. 2, a side view of a modified form of my improvement, and Fig

3 a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, reference being made, to Fig. 1, I have shown a part of a window-frame comprising opposite side portions a and a bottom 4° frame member a², and mounted in said frame are the usual bottom and top sashes δ and c, the top portion of the frame and the top portion of the upper sash being broken away. . ^tbe practice of my invention, as shown ⁴⁵ “ ^F1g: ¹ provide an L-shaped plate d, two of which are employed, and said plates are secured to the bottom of the side rails c² of the top sash and to the. bottom rail c³ of said sash and on the outer side of said sash and in 5c siich manner as to cover the joint between said rails. The longer arm of the L-shaped plates d is secured to the side rails c² of the top sash, and the bottom or shorter arm of said plates is provided with a depending han55 die member d², and whenever it is desired to lower the top sash all that is necessary is to raise the bottom sash in the usual manner and catch hold of the handle member d² of the plates d and pull the top sash down.

It is.a well-known fact that it is frequently 60 very difficult to lower the top. sash by reason of the fact that no means is provided for catching hold of it, and under ordinary circumstances it. is customary to take hold of the bottom rail of said sash and pull down- 65 wardly thereon, and this operation frequently strains and injures said sash, especially if the sash is a large one; but with my improvement the upper sash may be easily pulled down, and the plates d being secured to the 70 outer side of the said sash the handle members d² thereof may be conveniently grasped as soon as the. bottom sash is raised far enough to permit the said handle members to be reached by passing the hands out under 75 the bottom sash.

In Fig. 2 I have shown a modification of the handle-plates d, which comprise a single oblong plate d³, with which the handle member d² is connected, and in practice when this 80 form of handle-plate is used the said plate is secured to the bottom rail c³ of the sash transversely of. the joint between said bottom rail and the side rails c² in the same position as the bottom members of the L-shape<| plates 85 dI shown in Fig. 1. It will also be noted that the longer arms of the L-shaped plates d, which are secured to the side rails of the top sash, are narrower than said side rails, the object of this being to enable said plates to be 90 secured to the side rails c² so that they will not. interfere with the outer beads or strips a³, which are secured to the frame of the window and hold the top sash in position, and if the handle-plate d³ (shown in Fig. 2) is employed 95 care must be taken in securing said plates to the bottom rail so that the outer ends thereof will not interfere with the beads or strips a³.