Builder's hardware; a manual for architects, builders and house furnishers . Fig. 268. Transom-catch. A. G. Fig. 270. Transom-catch. J. B. Shannon &Newman. Sons. to use pivots which do not turn on the line of the centre of thesash. Figure 265 illustrates a form which can be used in such TRANSOM AND SKYLIGHT FITTINGS. a case, both pivot and socket being planted on the faces of thesash and the frame. Figure 266 and Figure 267 are othervarieties sometimes met The different uses for whichthese various forms are applicable will readily be appreciated;the first being for a case in which the j
Builder's hardware; a manual for architects, builders and house furnishers . Fig. 268. Transom-catch. A. G. Fig. 270. Transom-catch. J. B. Shannon &Newman. Sons. to use pivots which do not turn on the line of the centre of thesash. Figure 265 illustrates a form which can be used in such TRANSOM AND SKYLIGHT FITTINGS. a case, both pivot and socket being planted on the faces of thesash and the frame. Figure 266 and Figure 267 are othervarieties sometimes met The different uses for whichthese various forms are applicable will readily be appreciated;the first being for a case in which the jambs and the sash areflush; the second, one in which the transom sets out from the. Fig. 271. Transom-lift. Fig. 272. American Mfg. Co. jamb; and the third, one in which the jamb is too deep, or thetransom set too far in to permit of the hinges being applied tothe face of the jamb. Transoms are usually provided with some form of springcatch to hold them closed. Figure 268 is a direct catch, thelatch being secured to the transom. This is for use when thejamb and the sash are flush. Figure 269 is a transom-catch 163Chapter X. Transom-catch. 11)4 BUILDERS HARDWARE. Chapter x. worked on a little different principle from the foregoing. The same form is also used for cupboards. This, as well as thefirst, is fastened onto the face of the transom. Figure 270 shows atransom-catch intended to be mortised into the edge of the tran-som, either at the top or the In the best work it is customary to provide some appliance for lifting the transom and holding it in position. With theordinary catches previously described, achain
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