Improvements in Mounting or Part-casing the Pillars of Iron Bedsteads.
Year: 1889

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Mounting or Part-casing the Pillars of Iron
Bedsteads..
I, THOMAS KENDRICK, of Summer Lane, Birmingham in the county of Warwick
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement, reference being had to the accompanying drawings an 1 to the
letters and figures marked thereon:-
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This Invention consists of an improved method of part-easing with brass or other
metal the pillars of Iron bedsteads and has reference to my patent No. 12,574,
September 19th 1884 in which I claim to apply a new principle where the, middles
or corners of iron French-end bedsteads might be mounted or cased with brass.
The object of my present invention is, by the introduction of certain additional
features and points of novelty, to extend the scope of some of the principles of my
former l'atent No. 12574 Septr. 19th 1884 this former patent having reference
in that part relating to pillars only, to casing or mounting the middles or corners of
French-end bedsteads, whereas the present invention applies equally to the tops, feet,
and other parts of the pillars, and also to loose pillar and skeleton-end bedsteads.
The method whereby Iaccomplish this object is as follows :-
I cast upon the pillars at the points where brass mounts are usually applied, chills
of a special construction, having their front surfaces recessed or otherwise prepared to
receive a shield or casing of brass or other metal. To these I attach by means of a
screw or any other convenient method the said shield or casing, which covers the face
or front surface of the chills so as to present an appearance similar to that of a fully
mounted pillar.

page_text: In order more perfectly to describe my invention
herewith.
now refer to the drawings
Figs. 1 & 2 are, front elevations of pillars mounted in the manner herein
described.
In Fig. 1 the vase employed is of the ordinary description.
In Fig. 2. a separate vase is dispensed with, the finial being in a piece with the top
mount.
Fig. 24. shews the construction of the chill & casing in cross section.
Fig. 3. shews a side elevation of a top mount of similar construction to that forming
part of Fig. 1. The shield (A) is attached to the chill casting (B) by means of a
screw and knob (C). In this case, as as Fig. 1, the vase (D) is separate from the
shield (A) and is fitted in the ordinary way.
Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a modification of the method illustrated in the
foregoing figures. The shield or casing (A) is partly extended over the chill (B) to
point (E) where it is met by the cap or terminal (D), which fits upon a flange or
check in the shield (A) and the whole is secured by a base screw (C) preferably cast
in the chill (B).
Fig. 5 is a side elevation showing a shield applied in the same way as that illustrated
in Fig. 2, in which the finial D and top mount A are cast in one piece having one
common and continuous shield AD. In all cases to which my invention applies,"
that portion of the chill (B) which is covered by the shield or casing (A) may be
reduced considerably within the proportions of the uncovered part, with the obvious
advantages of economy of material and consequent lightness, it being simply
necessary to retain just as much of the covered side as properly to clip the tube of
the pillar, and in order to sufficiently support the casing or shield, I then employ
a cone-shaped casting, as shewn in dotted lines at F, Fig. 5 through which the screw-
pin (G) passes which is cast in the chill (B) and secured by the nut or knob (C).
This may also pass through and so secure the top rod of the rail, the position of
which is indicated by dotted lines at H.
Where preferred, 1 cast or solder a pummel in the shield, and tap the same to
receive a screw-pin. I then either cast a tubular hole or insert a piece of tube in the
casting or chill (B) through which the screw pin may be passed, and screwed up at
the back, so as to conceal the knob or nut (C). The same object may be attained
by soldering or otherwise attaching a piece of tube to the inner surface of the
shield (A) to take the place of the pummel above named and passing this tube
through a hole cast through the chill (B) when the whole may be screwed up from
the back (as previously named) by passing a screw into a plug placed in the tube for
that purpose.
Each of the above mentioned methods of fixing may be applied to all parts of the
pillar with the exception of the middle, in which case the dovetail obviously prevents
the adoption of those last indicated.
Fig. 6. illustrates another form of the extension of the principles of my patent
No. 12,574 Sept. 19th 1884 to parts of the bedstead pillars other than the
corners or middles.
A part of the pillar of a French end bedstead is shown at (K)
at the point at which it is connected with the rail by the rod (L). The connecting
chill (B) is partly cased by the cap or mount (A) in a manner corresponding with
that part of my former patent above referred to.
In describing the application and extent of my invention, I have used the term
skeleton-end Bedsteads. I wish to be understood to refer by that term to bedsteads
having loose rails, but having the pillars permanently connected at the corner by an
angle bar. This is illustrated in Fig 7 (n) being the angle bar connecting the
pillars which are shewn mounted with shields or part casings, a cross-sectional view
of which is given in Fig. 7A..
The casings or shields herein referred to may be cast, stamped, or produced by
any.other method or, process, and may be constructed if preferred of copper or other
suitable metal. .

page_text: Having now particularly. described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
I The extension of the principles of my former patent No. 12,574 September 19th
1884 to the mounting or part casing of the middles or corners of iron loose pillar
bedsteads and skeleton-end bedsteads substantially in the manner herein described.
II Mounting or part casing with brass or other metal the various parts of the
pillars other than the corners & middles of iron bedsteads of all classes substantially
as herein described.