Improvements in the Joining and Fastening Together of Parts of Furniture.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Jan., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 21st Sept., 1893-Accepted, 23th Oct., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by WAERN AND BATH, of Stockholm, in the Kingdom
of Sweden, Merchants.]
Improvements in the Joining and Fastening Together of Parts of
Furniture.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent
Agents, 45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
This invention relates to an arrangement for securely fastening together
the parts of furniture, but more particularly the parts of the underframes of
furniture.
By means of this invention therefore the said furniture or the underframes
thereof can be easily taken apart and put together again, which is a great advantage
for furniture intended for export.
The arrangement consists in, that the parts intended to be joined, for instance
the supporting parts of an underframe, as the legs, are put together in one or
more sets, in which the legs with one edge are placed close to each other for a
greater or smaller part of their length, and that between these edges a bolt is
placed, which at both its ends has iron-mountings. These mountings consist of as
many projecting arms as there are pieces to be joined, and these arms at their
outer ends are provided with hooks, intended to catch into corresponding notches
in the parts of the furniture.
Between the projecting arms of the mounting a curved tip with sloped edges
may be arranged, which edges when the piece of furniture is put together,
are placed against the sides of the surrounding parts keeping them in their
places.
Each arm need not however have a hook, but instead of this one or more of the
arms can be provided with screw-holes, so that the mounting can be screwed to the
corresponding part of the furniture.
When the piece of furniture is to be put together in this way, those parts of
the underframe which are to be fastened together, are pushed together so that their
straight edges, corresponding to each other, meet around the bolt pushed in
between them, after which the mountings of the bolt are fitted in such a manner,
that the hooks catch into the corresponding notches of the legs, and a female
screw placed at one end of the bolt is then drawn tight, whereby the under-frame
is securely held together.
The bolt need not have the same length as the straight edge of the legs, but
it may be shorter and can instead of the mounting at the one end have projecting
arms with points which enter into the wood thus holding the legs together.
The other parts of the piece of furniture are held together by suitable mountings,
as for instance by hooks and eyes or by bolts, so that the whole piece of furniture
can be easily taken to pieces and put together again.
Dated this 6th day of January 1893.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Joining and Fastening Together of Parts of
Furniture.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
45 Southampton Buildings, in the, County of Middlesex, 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 :-
This invention relates to a device for securely holding together parts of
furniture, more particularly parts of the under frames of furniture.
By means of this invention such furniture or under frames thereof can be easily
taken apart and put together again, which is a great advantage especially in
furniture designed to be sent away or for export.
In the accompanying drawing,
Figure 1 is a vertical section of a chair constructed according to this invention.
Figure 2 is a plan view of the same with the middle portion removed.
Figure 3 shows a plan and elevation of the fastening device.
Figure 4 shows a vertical section and elevation of a table joined together
according to this invention.
Figure 5 a plan of the same with the top removed and,
Figure 6 shows detail views of the fastening device.
According to this invention the parts intended to be joined, for instance.the
supporting parts of an under frame as the legs a are put together in one or more
sets, in which the said parts are placed with one edge close to each other, for a
greater or smaller part of their length. Between these edges a bolt b is placed,
which at its two ends has mountings c.
These mountings consist as clearly shewn in Figure 3 of as many projecting arms
as there are parts to be joined, and these arms at their outer ends are provided
with hooks d for engaging with corresponding notches in the parts of the
furniture.
Between the projecting arms of the mounting c a curved tip or projecting part e
with sloped sides may be arranged, which sides when the article of furniture is .put
together are placed against the sides of the parts of the furniture keeping the same
in their places.
Each arm need not have a hook d but instead thereof one or more of the arms
can be provided with holes for screws, so that the mounting can be screwed to the
corresponding part of the furniture such as is for example the case in putting
together the table represented in Figures 4 and where the lower mounting c is
mounted with the foot board of the table by screws d' (Figures 5 and 6).
When a piece of furniture constructed in this manner is to be put together those
parts of the under frame, which are to be fastened together, are placed together
so that their straight edges are opposite each other, the bolt b is pushed in between
them, (Figures 2 and 3) after which the mountings are fitted in in, such a
manner, that the hooks d engage with the corresponding notches of the legs, and
a nut 9 placed at one end of the bolt is screwed tight, whereby the under frame is
securely held together.
C
For holding together legs of tables the bolt b need not have the same length as
the straight edges of the legs, but it may be shorter and be provided at the lower
end only with a mounting while its upper end terminates in laterally projecting
parts which when the legs are put together enter into the wood.
The upper
part of the legs is in this case:securely fastened to the top by means of any suitable
device.
It may be mentioned that the parts of the piece of the furniture are held
together by suitable mountings as for instance by hooks and eyes h (Figure 1) or
by bolts so that they can be taken off. The whole piece of furniture can therefore
be easily taken to pieces and put together again when desired.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondents, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. A device for joining together parts of articles of furniture consisting of a
bolt in combination with arms one or more of which terminate in hooks designed to
engage with corresponding recesses in the parts to be joined, and with or without
projections such as e, substantially as described with reference to the accompanying
drawings and for the purpose specified.
2. An article of furniture having two or more of its parts secured together by
the device such as herein described.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.