Improvement in the Manufacture of Furniture.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Jan., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 14th Sept., 1897--Accepted, 16th Oct., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in the Manufacture of Furniture.
EDWARD GEORGE Estate Agent, Joiner and Cabinet Maker of 33 Westgate Road
Newcastle upon Tyne do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The improvements I claim for in this arrangement is that I have Bolt A passing
through Ferrile B & cross ties D & fastened by nut E which when tightened up,
firmly secures the framework of stools, chairs, tables & all such articles making the
same practically unbreakable.
When the frame work is required to support a ring marked F for cane seat or
top of any other suitable material, the bolt marked A can be shortened to fix
through iron or other frame as marked G & H. The frame work & designs or
number of legs or standards can be made to suit all requirements Bolt A can be
used in one or any number of lengths. The whole structure or any part thereof can
be either in wood or other suitable inaterial.
I, EDWARD GEORGE, of 33 Westgate Road, in the City and County of Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, Estate Agent, Joiner and Cabinet Maker, 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 :-
The improvement consists in strengthening the framework of stools, chairs, tables,
and the like, so as to make them practically unbreakable and to provide for taking
up any looseness of the joints or legs caused by use.
Referring to the drawing filed with my Provisional Specification and the drawing
herewith on which Figs. 1 and 1ª shew the improvement applied to a stool with four
legs, a bolt A. passes through a vertical ferrule B. and through the cross stay D.
which binds the legs together, on the top of which bolt is a head sunk in the seat,
with a square neck, and at the bottom a screw with a nut E. which, when tightened
up, firmly binds the framework and seat together. When the framework is required
to support a rim F. for a seat of cane or other suitable material, as shewn by dotted
lines, the bolt A. will be shortened to fix through an iron or other frame marked G.
and H. below the seat.
The framework may consist of three, four, or any number of legs or standards
according to the requirements of the piece of furniture as to strength and stability,
and the bolt A. may be of iron or any other suitable material and in one or more
lengths for convenience of application in special cases.

page_text: Fig. 2 shews the invention applied to a stool required to be adjusted as to height,
as a music stool or office stool, in which a screw J. working through a tapped nut K.
in the fixed seat F. carries the movable seat L. which being turned in one direction
or the other raises or lowers the seat still preserving the essential feature of my
invention, viz., the ferrule pillar B. enclosing the bolt A.
Figs. 3, 34, shew a section and plan of an alternative method of raising or lowering
the seat of such a stool by means of 4 struts M. which being released by a binding
bolt N. can be raised or lowered with the seat and fixed by the clamps Q. at any
required height..
As applied to chairs or Gipsy tables the construction will be similar to that of a
stool, but tables having four or more legs will preferably have a bolt to each pair of
legs passing through the upper framework, and down through a cross-stay between
each pair of legs, and in large massive tables a longitudinal stay may be fitted to bind
the pairs of legs and give greater stability, or the stay may be applied in various ways
depending upon the construction. The material will generally be wood of various
kinds with turned or carved legs, though other material may be found suitable, and
the upper framework and legs in heavy furniture may be stiffened end and sidewise
by metal knees or brackets as usually done, but I anticipate that my mode of binding
the parts by a bolt or bolts will render any further stiffening quite unnecessary.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of said. invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
The application to stools, chairs, tables, or similar furniture of a binding bolt or
bolts between the upper framework and the cross ties of the legs in such manner that
by turning a nut on the screwed part of such bolt the whole structure is firmly drawn
together by the screw bolts, making it practically unbreakable, and any tendency to
looseness, arising from wear and tear or pining of the joints, is counteracted by
further drawing the parts together by the operation of the nut upon the bolt.
Dated this 14th day of September 1897