Name of these window catches?

[thingsweregood]

Can't find these style of window catches online anywhere - anyone know what they're called? They just stick on to the hopper window with double sided tape.

 

[David Schweizer]

I know them as Surface Slide Bolts, used to secure slim cabinet doors. They are still available from:- 

 

https://www.locksonline.com/Furniture-Ball-Bolt-with-Straight-Slide-Surface-Mounted-1051.html

 

 

                             

                                              

 

 

 

Edited June 29, 2021 by David Schweizer

[Tracy D'arth]

Mable? Bolter?

 

Are they drop back windows?  Is there a hole in the glass? Or two?

[thingsweregood]

2 hours ago, David Schweizer said:

I know them as Surface Slide Bolts, used to secure slim cabinet doors. They are still available from:- 

 

https://www.locksonline.com/Furniture-Ball-Bolt-with-Straight-Slide-Surface-Mounted-1051.html

 

 

                             

                                              

 

 

 

Oh great! This definitely gives me something to go off.

2 hours ago, Tracy D'arth said:

Mable? Bolter?

 

Are they drop back windows?  Is there a hole in the glass? Or two?

Drop back - I guess, yes. No hole in the glass, they're just glued on, and the slider fits into a recess in the window fitting. Very low profile - 5mm.

 

[blackrose]

Glued on? They don't sound very secure.

[Bee]

11 hours ago, blackrose said:

Glued on? They don't sound very secure.

The old Austin A30 /35 used to have drop down windows with a little rectangle of glass glued on to raise and lower it. Used to stay on OK. That was before the days of girly things like window winders. 

[Tracy D'arth]

1 minute ago, Bee said:

The old Austin A30 /35 used to have drop down windows with a little rectangle of glass glued on to raise and lower it. Used to stay on OK. That was before the days of girly things like window winders. 

Molecular attraction.

[Bee]

1 minute ago, Tracy D'arth said:

Molecular attraction.

Is that the same as 'Naked Attraction'? (That's the TV programme I've never watched)

[Tracy D'arth]

2 minutes ago, Bee said:

Is that the same as 'Naked Attraction'? (That's the TV programme I've never watched)

Similar, but much more intimate.  Right down to atomic level.

[Sea Dog]

On 29/06/2021 at 22:27, blackrose said:

Glued on? They don't sound very secure.

Well you ain't gonna unglue it from the outside or push the glass past it without breaking the window - and at that point it doesn't matter how secure the bolt was!