Improvements in Metallic Bedsteads, and in the Manufacture of the same.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Jan., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 20th Oct., 1896-Accepted, 21st Nov., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Metallic Bedsteads, and in the Manufacture of
the same.
1 SAMUEL ILSLEY WHITFIELD of Hawkesley Moor Green Lane Birmingham
in the County of Worcester Manager do hereby declare the nature of my
said invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object improvements in metallic bedsteads and in the
manufacture of the same and refers to the attachment of the dovetail junctions to
the head and foot of bedsteads being particularly applicable to bedsteads in which
brass forms a component part and by which means I am enabled to reduce the
labour in manufacture as also the quantity of brass used in comparison with that
which has hitherto been necessary in the manufacture of the junctions of such
bedsteads while at the same time my improvement renders the fixing or removal of
the junctions from the head or foot an easy matter thus facilitating the packing and
transport of such articles.
In carrying my invention into effect the dovetail junction is made to fit against
the back of the pillar and is provided with ears or lugs which project top and
bottom and are also so shaped as to fit a section of the pillar at the back.
These lugs or projections are provided with suitable bolt holes similar bolt holes
being also formed at the rear of the pillar in a position opposite to those formed
in the lugs when the junction is in the desired position to receive the sides of the
bedstead.
A plate or block formed to fit a section of the internal diameter of the
pillar and having two or more projecting bolts or pins is provided and is inserted
up the interior of the pillar into a position in which the pins or bolts project
through the holes in the pillar from the inside to the outside and also pass
through the holes in the ears upon the junction. The whole is then firmly
secured by nuts which are screwed on to the projecting pins or by any other suitable
contrivance. By this means the junctions are securely fixed to the pillars in such
a manner that the may be readily removed or attached while at the same time no
part of the iron connection can be seen from the front and therefore the necessity
for the usual brass bands & bosses for hiding the connection is obviated.
Dated the 18th day of January 1896.
SAMUEL ILSLEY WHITFIELD.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Metallic Bedsteads, and in the Manufacture of
the same.
I SAMUEL ILSLEY WHITFIELD of Hawkesley Moor Green Lane Birmingham
in the County of Worcester Manager 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:-
My invention has for its object improvements in metallic bedsteads and in the

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
In metallic bedsteads and the manufacture of the same the attachment of the
dovetail junctions A to the pillars D substantially as and for the purpose herein set
forth and shewn upon the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 19th day of October 1896.
SAML. ILSLEY WHITFIELD.