Builder's hardware; a manual for architects, builders and house furnishers . nary manner, but is readily liftedwhen the blinds are to be pushed out from the fixtures are sold with side-bars to hold the bottom ofthe blind away from the building,and with a centre cross-bar whichpermits the blinds to be openedpart way in the ordinary manner,and secured. The description and thefigure might seem to imply a some-what complicated arrangement; butthe fixtures work very simply, andseldom fail to give satisfaction. Figure 258 shows a form of slat-adjuster intended to be operated bya key from
Builder's hardware; a manual for architects, builders and house furnishers . nary manner, but is readily liftedwhen the blinds are to be pushed out from the fixtures are sold with side-bars to hold the bottom ofthe blind away from the building,and with a centre cross-bar whichpermits the blinds to be openedpart way in the ordinary manner,and secured. The description and thefigure might seem to imply a some-what complicated arrangement; butthe fixtures work very simply, andseldom fail to give satisfaction. Figure 258 shows a form of slat-adjuster intended to be operated bya key from the inside of the house without opening the window, slats are connected with an eccentric which is turned bythe key, so that the slats can be either raised or lowered asdesired. HARDWARE FOR INSIDE SHUTTERS. There is little to be said as regards fasts or locks for insideshutters. The shutters themselves are usually provided with of some description, with porcelain or metal headssecured in position by a screw. The shutters are also pro-. Fig. 262. Sliding & F. Corbin. 160 B UILDERS IIA RD WARE. ChaDter ix videcl with some form of latch or bar, of which Figure 259 is avery simple type. Figure 260 shows a more elaborate form,for inside work. There are, of course, many variations ofthese forms. A few of the hardware manufacturers have beenmaking self-locking shutter-bars, in which the cross-bar issecured by some form of auxilliary lever or cam. Figure 261illustrates one variety. There is, however, but little demandfor such appliances. i For sliding shutters a bar like that shown by Figure 260may be employed, but there are also several varieties of mortisehooks, Figure 262, which work with a spring, and are ratherpreferable for most cases. The retail prices of the foregoing blind and shutter fixturesare as follows: TABLE OF SHUTTER-FIXTURES.—PRICES PER WINDOW, WITHTWO SINGLE-FOLD BLINDS. Fig. 2352362372382392-40241242 243 244245
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