Improvements in Metallic Bedsteads, Cots, and Couches.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 11th June, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 26th Feb., 1892-Accepted, 26th Mar., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Metallic Bedsteads, Cots, and Couches.
I EDGAR SMALLWOOD of No. 23 York Road Edgbaston Birmingham in the
County of Warwick Manager of Works do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
My invention has reference to the foot mounts of the pillars of metallic
bedsteads cots and couches and is especially applicable to brass mounted pillar
bedsteads and my said invention consists in constructing the foot blocks and
covering them with sheet brass mounts in the manner hereinafter described.
By my invention the disadvantages attending the use of ordinary coated foot
mounts namely the want of a proper seating for the brass mounts and the liability
of the brass mount to injury from blows are avoided the brass mounts are also
applied with great facility.
1
The ordinary foot mount of a brass mounted pillar bedstead consists of a
bulbous brass mount surrounding but only partly in contact with the leg part of the
pillar of the bedstead a cast block fixed in the end of the said leg part carrying
a peg or pin to which the castor is affixed.
According to my invention I cast the foot block upon a short tube which besides
encircling the end of the tube closes the bottom of the tube and has in the closed
bottom a pin which is fixed by the casting process to which pin the castor is
attached. In the tube of the cast block the leg part of the pillar is driven. The
exterior of the said cast block is so formed that it constitutes a seat or series of
seats upon which the sheet metal mount is made to seat itself and fit closely upon
the said block. That is to say I give the exterior of the cast foot block the
general figure of a series of circular collars or bands of progressively increasing
diameter the top collar or hand being of least diameter and the lower or bottom
collar or band of greatest diameter the lower edge of each band passing into the
adjacent band by a curved shoulder or seat and the bottom of the cast block.
having a rim or seat-for the bottom edge of the sheet brass mount to rest upon.
The brass mount which I use for covering the cast foot block has an internal
figure corresponding with the external figure of the cast block so that the sheet
brass mount when placed on the cast block by a vertical motion prior to fixing the
pillar leg to the cast block fits closely upon the said block the shoulder parts of
the sheet brass mount fitting or seating themselves closely upon the shoulders or
seats of the cast block and the bottom edge of the brass mount resting upon the
rim at the bottom of the cast block. By this construction the brass mount is readily
fitting upon the foot block and as every part of the brass mount is supported by the
foot block the indentation of the brass mount by blows is prevented.
I do not limit myself to the particular figure described of the cast foot block
and its brass covering or mount as other figures may be given to them which will
permit of the close seating and supporting in the manner described of the brass
nount upon the foot block.
My improvements may be applied to the foot mounts of metallic bedsteads cots
nd couches generally.
100+
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Metallic Bedsteads, Cots, and Couches.
I, EDGAR SMALLWOOD, of No. 23 York Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham in the
County of Warwick, Manager of Works, do hereby declare the nature of my
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 reference particularly to the foot mounts of the pillars of
metallic bedsteads, cots and couches and is especially applicable to brass mounted
pillar bedsteads; and my said invention consists in constructing the foot and other
blocks and covering them with sheet brass mounts in the manner hereinafter
described.
By my invention the disadvantages attending the use of ordinary coated foot
and other mounts, namely the want of a proper seating for the brass mounts and
the liability of the brass mount to injury from blows are avoided; the brass
mounts are also applied with great facility and are readily manufactured.
I will describe my improvements as applied to a foot block and mount.
The ordinary foot mount of a brass mounted pillar bedstead consists of a
bulbous brass mount surrounding but only partly in contact with the leg part of
the pillar of the bedstead, a cast block fixed in the end of the said leg part
carrying a peg or pin to which the castor is affixed.
According to my invention I cast the foot block upon a short tube which
besides encircling the end of the tube closes the bottom of the tube and has in the
closed bottom a pin which is fixed by the casting process, to which pin the castor
is attached. In the tube of the cast block the leg part of the pillar is driven.
The exterior of the said cast block is so formed that it constitutes a seat or series
of seats upon which the sheet metal mount is made to seat itself and fit closely
upon the said block. That is to say, I give the exterior of the cast foot block the
general figure of a series of circular collars or bands of progressively increasing
diameter, the top collar or band being of least diameter and the lower or bottom
collar or band of greatest diameter, the lower edge of each band passing into the
adjacent band by a curved shoulder or seat, and the bottom of the cast block
having a rim or seat for the bottom edge of the sheet brass mount to rest upon.
The brass mount which I use for covering the cast foot block has an internal
figure corresponding with the external figure of the cast block so that the sheet
brass mount when placed on the cast block by a vertical motion, prior to fixing
the pillar leg to the cast block, fits closely upon the said block, the shoulder parts
of the sheet brass mount fitting or seating themselves closely upon the shoulders
or seats of the cast block and the bottom edge of the brass mount resting upon the
rim at the bottom of the cast block. By this construction the brass mount is
readily fitted upon the foot block and as every part of the brass mount is supported
by the foot block the indentation of the brass mount by blows is prevented.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents in elevation the foot block
and brass mount of the leg part of the pillar of a metallic bedstead, the said block
and mount being made according to my invention;
and
Figure 2 represents in section the brass mount detached from the foot block,
Figure 3 represents the foot block in section, the mount being indicated in dotted
lines.
a is the foot block cast upon the short tube 6 in which the leg part of the
pillar is driven; c is the pin for the castor, the said pin being fixed in the block
by the casting process. The exterior of the foot block has the form represented,
that is, it consists of a series of circular collars or bands of progressively increasing
diameter, the said collars or bands joining or passing into one another by curved
seats or shoulders. The brass mount is marked d and has an internal figure
corresponding with the external figure of the foot block a so that the said mount
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page_text: fits or seats itself closely upon the block, the bottom straight edge of the mount
resting upon the rim e at the bottom of the block. The manner in which the
sheet metal mount d fits closely upon the block a is indicated in the section
Figure 3.
When the sheet metal mount d is fitted upon the foot block a every part of the
said mount is so closely seated upon and supported by it that the indentation of
the said mount by blows is prevented.
I do not limit myself to the particular figure represented of the cast foot block
and its brass covering or mount as other figures may be given to them which will
permit of the close seating and supporting in the manner described and represented
of the mount upon the foot block.
Figure 4 represents in section partly in elevation the top of a bedstead pillar
having a closely seated or fitted sheet metal mount according to my invention and
Figure 5 represents in elevation and plan the separate supporting block of the
mount detached. The mount is marked and the block on which it is closely
seated is marked g. The block g and mount have shoulders only near their
summits but they may have the same general configuration as the foot block and
mount represented in Figures 12 and 3. The block is made separate from the
pillar and is fixed in its place after the mount f has been fitted upon it by the
screwing home of the terminal knob upon its screw pin. A neck mount i is
used in combination with the close seated brass mount as represented.
block 9 at the top of the pillar is recessed at for receiving the end of the top
horizontal rod or tube of the rail.
The
Figure 6 represents a portion of a bedstead pillar having closely seated sheet
metal mounts applied to it above and below the corner block, one of the said
mounts being represented in section and the other in elevation. The sheet metal
mounts are marked m, m and the blocks cast on or fitted to the pillar for
the mounts to seat themselves upon are marked ". The mounts above and below
the corner block may have the same configuration as the foot mount represented in
Figure 2 or such other shape as will permit of their close seating upon the
supporting blocks having a corresponding external figure.
I do not limit myself to the use with sheet metal mounts of the kinds represented
of correspondingly shaped blocks on which they closely seat themselves as such
mounts may be only partially supported by the blocks but the mounts in this case
are not so well suited to resist indentation by blows as when they are wholly
supported as described and illustrated.
Mounts of the kind represented are more readily and economically manufactured
than the ordinary bulbous mounts.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention
and the manner in which the same is to be performed I declare that I claim
as my invention ;-
First Constructing the foot and other blocks of the pillars of metallic
bedsteads cots and couches and the sheet metal mounts for covering the said blocks
in the ways herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings;
that is to say so constructing the said foot and other blocks and their covering
mounts that the latter when fitted upon the blocks closely seat themselves on and
are completely supported by the said blocks for the purpose described and
illustrated.
Secondly-Covering the foot and other blocks of the pillars of metallic bed-
steads cots and couches with sheet metal mounts of the kinds hereinbefore
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, whether the said mounts
be used with blocks on which they closely seat themselves or are otherwise used as
herein before described.
1000