Year: 1885

page_text: We, WILLIAM ANGUS, of 66 and, 68, Tabernacle Street, London, Manufacturer,
and JAMES LYONS SAMPSON, of the North London Iron Works, Wenlock Road,
London, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention, to be as
follows:-
This Invention relates to certain improvements in or applicable to wire mattresses,
:special objects of the Invention being to devise simple and improved means of
effecting the longitudinal extension or stretching of such mattresses, and which
will permit of the parts being separately sent out from the manufacturer or ware-
houseman and of their being readily put together by the user or receiver without
the need of any special appliances or assistance, and will also permit of the
mattress being made of or stretched to the full length between the head and foot.
pillars rails or boards of the bedstead, and will consequently prevent the bedding:
and bed-clothes from overhanging the ends of the mattress and falling between the
same and the said head and foot of the bedstead, and will also cause the mattress
to occupy its desired position in relation to the bedstead without liability of
shifting excepting when it is desired to be removed, and will be otherwise more.
convenient and advantageous in use than existing appliances used for the same
purpose.
To this end the Invention consists essentially in so forming and arranging the
corner castings or parts adapted for application to the side bars of the mattress and
for carrying the end or cross bars thereof, as that the said side bars may be laid
within the angles of the side rails of the hedstead (these said side rails being
caused to occupy an inverted position L relatively to their usually existing
position ) so as to lie embedded therein without liability of shifting and as to
to occupy a less vertical height than if such side bars were mounted directly upon
the top flat web of the said bedstead rails; and as that the said end or cross bars
of the mattress (that is both the fixed cross bar and the adjustable cross bar) shall
overhang the ends of the side bars thereof to an extent sufficient when the mattress.
is fully distended to reach to the adjacent rails at the head and foot of the bedstead
for the purpose aforesaid.
In carrying the Invention into effect, the side bars of the mattress are made of
a less length than usually so as to be adapted for lieing within the said L side
rails of the bedstead, and there is adapted to the upper side of each end of each.

page_text: such side bar a casting or equivalent part which is intended to occupy a fixed
position in relation thereto.
These corner castings or parts at the end of the mattress frame at which the said
fixed cross bar is intended to be are each provided with an extending socket or
carrier closed at the top bottom back and outer sides and open at the front and
inner or opposite sides, and are thus adapted for carrying the said fixed cross bar
which is simply inserted therein from the open front, the castings being formed
with inner and opposite ribs which enter corresponding grooves in the cross bar,
and being thus prevented from lateral separation.
Both these castings and those next referred to adapted for carrying the adjustable
bar of the mattress are simply screwed or bolted or otherwise similarly fastened to
the ends of the said side bars being mounted upon the upper sides thereof and not
recessed into or surrounding the substance thereof.
The corner castings or parts at the end of the mattress frame at which the said
adjustable cross bar is intended to be are of a different construction to that of the
other said castings; they are made with solid or closed sides with an inner over-
hanging guide or bearing part and are open on their inner or opposite sides and at
the inner part of their upper parts so that their interiors can be freely got at and
cleaned out and for the purpose of allowing of the longitudinal movement of
adjustable end projecting sliding carriers of a somewhat similar formation to that
of the said extending sockets or carriers adapted for carrying the said fixed bar of
the mattress, such sliding carriers being adapted to the upper and under sides of the
said guiding or bearing part of these castings and used for carrying and supporting
the movable or adjustable bar of the mattress.
The upper side of these castings and the adjacent sides of the said sliding carriers
are planed or faced so that the latter can be freely alid along the former without
any needless friction for the purpose of distending the mattress by separating the
said extending or overhanging carriers carrying the said fixed and movable bars of
the mattress, and the outer sides of these castings are also marked with equidistant
indications or marks serving as guides to the operator in ensuring even stretching
of both sides of the mattress.
This extension is effected by means of screws adapted to the said recessed and
faced castings in such a manner as that upon their being turned in the ends thereof
rising above side bars of the mattress in the proper direction by a suitable key or
spanner and without their receiving any endwise movement they act upon parts
made with and depending from the said sliding carriers on the inner or open sides
of the relative castings and projecting under the said inner overhanging or bearing
or guiding parts thereof and with which they engage and thus cause such sliding
carriers to be more or less moved away from or towards the opposite end of the
mattress and so distend or adjust the mattress as required.
The actuating screws are thus situated where they are readily accessible and
where they can be freely got at and cleaned, and are not enclosed in the side rails
as has been formerly proposed, nor do they occupy such an exposed position as that
they will be liable to injure or soil the bed clothing or hangings, and the castings
are also so formed as that they can be readily got at and thoroughly brushed out.
The said improved formation and arrangement of the various parts thus permits
of the parts of the mattress being separately warehoused and sent out, and of their
being readily put together by the user or receiver without any special appliances
or need of assistance, which is a very great advantage commercially and otherwise.
In putting together the parts of the mattress the side bars are first placed in their
proper relative positions in the angle of the side rails, of the bedstead or elsewhere
and the bottom or fixed cross bar is placed in position in its carriers and is secured
and secures the same in position as aforesaid, and has one end of the wire fabric
secured to it; the other end of the wire fabric is secured to the adjustable cross
bar which is inserted into its carriers when occupying their nearest adjacent
position to the fixed bar and thus loosely secures them against the adjacent said
rising ends of the castings, and the screws are inserted while all the parts are loose

page_text: and can be easily manipulated through the outer ends of the castings, the inner
projecting parts of the sliding carriers and the said inner rising ends of the same
castings, at which ends the screws are formed without any threads and
engage in
plain holes in the castings for the purpose of being inserted through the inner
projecting parts of the sliding carriers without actuating them. The parts are thus
all held together by the simple insertion of the screws, and can then be freely
adjusted as may be necessary. The mattress is then stretched as desired and the
parts are all secured in their desired relative positions by turning the screws which
causes their threaded parts to engage with the inner projecting part of the sliding
carriers and to actuate them as desired:-and the whole strain of the mattress is
taken up by the screws and by the inner projecting parts of the sliding carriers,
and the bearing or guiding parts of the castings against which the same bear.
The mattress can be wholly removed from the bedstead or elsewhere.
Doted this 21st day of tab 100=
DAY, DAVIES & HUNT,
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: Improvements in or Applicable to Wire Mattresses.
We, WILLIAM ANGUS, of 66, and 68, Tabernacle Street, London, Manufacturer,
and JAMES LYONS SAMPSON, of the North London Iron Works, Wenlock Road,
London, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said 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 certain improvements in or applicable to wire mattresses,
special objects of the Invention being to devise simple and improved means of
effecting the longitudinal extension or stretching of such mattresses, and which will
permit of the parts being separately sent out from the manufacturer or warehouse-
man and of their being readily put together by the user or receiver without the
need of any special appliances or assistance, and will also permit of the mattress
being made of or stretched to the full length between the head and foot pillars
rails or boards of the bedstead, and will consequently prevent the bedding and bed-
clothes from overhanging the ends of the mattresses and falling between the same
and the said head and foot of the bedstead, and will also cause the mattress to
occupy its desired position in relation to the bedstead without liability of shifting
excepting when it is desired to be removed, and will be otherwise more convenient
and advantageous in use than existing appliances used for the same purpose.
On the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1; represents in perspective view a mattress
constructed in accordance with the present improvements, the mattress and parts
of the bedstead frame to which it is applied being shown in section transversely
and longitudinally. Fig. 2, represents on an enlarged scale a transverse section
through the plane indicated by the line a--b. Fig. 1.
In accordance with the present improvements, the corner castings or parts 1, 1×,
carrying the end or cross bars 2, 2*, of the mattress, are so formed and arranged
and are so adapted to the longitudinal or side bars, 3, thereof as to permit of the
latter being laid within the angles of the side rails, 4, of the bedstead, such latter
side rails being caused to occupy an inverted position L relatively to their usually
existing position r, (so as to prevent shifting of the mattress and so as to cause it
to occupy a less vertical height than if such side bars were mounted directly upon
the top flat web of the said bedstead rails when applied as at present usual); the
said corner castings or parts 1, 1*, being also so formed and arranged as that the
said end or cross bars of the mattress (that is both the fixed cross bar, 2, and
the adjustable cross bar, 2*,) shall overhang the ends of the side bars, 3, thereof to
an extent sufficient when the mattress is fully distended to reach to the adjacent
rails rising from the frames, 5, at the head and foot of the bedstead for the purpose
aforesaid.
In carrying the Invention into effect, the side bars, 3, of the mattress-frame are
made of a less length than usually so as to be adapted for lying withing the said
L side rails, 4, of the bedstead when arranged in such inverted position as aforesaid,
and there is adapted to the upper and outer side of each end and to each end of
each such side bar, 3, a corner casting or equivalent part 1, 1*, which is intended
and caused to occupy a fixed position in relation thereto.

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The corner castings or parts, 1, at the end of the mattress frame at which the
fixed cross bar, 2, is intended to be, are each provided with an extending socket or
carrier, 6, formed together or in one piece therewith and closed at the top bottom
back and outer sides and open at the front and inner or opposite sides, and are thus
adapted for carrying the fixed cross bar, 2, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1,
and which bar is simply inserted into such sockets from the open front of the
castings which are at such part formed with inner and opposite ribs, 7, which enter
corresponding grooves in the cross bar and thus keep the side bars, 3, from lateral
separation.
Both these castings, 1, and those 1*, next referred to adapted for carrying the
adjustable bar, 2*, of the mattress are simply screwed as at, 8, or bolted or otherwise
similarly fastened to the ends of the side bars, 3, being mounted upon the upper
and outer sides thereof, vide Fig. 2, and not recessed into or surrounding the
substance thereof.
The corner castings or parts, 1×, at the end of the mattress frame at which the
adjustable cross bar 2*, is intended to be, are of a different construction to that of
the castings, 1; being made with solid or closed sides with an inner overhanging
guide or bearing part 9, and open on their inner or opposite sides and at the inner
part of their upper parts, vide Fig. 2, so that their interiors can be freely got at
and cleaned out, and for the purpose of allowing of the longitudinal movement of
adjustable end projecting sliding carriers, 6*, (of a somewhat similar formation to that
of the extending sockets or carriers, 6,) which are adapted to the upper and under
sides of the guiding or bearing parts, 9, of the castings, 1*, and are used for carrying
and supporting the movable or adjustable cross bar, 2*; of the mattress.
The upper surfaces or sides of the guiding parts, 9, of the castings, 1*, and the
adjacent surfaces or sides of the sliding carriers, 6×, are planed or faced so that the
latter can be freely slid along the former without any needless friction for
the purpose of distending the mattress by separating the extending or overhanging
carriers, 6, 6*, and the burs, 2, 2x, they respectively carry, and the outer sides of
the castings, 1x, are also marked with equidistant indications or marks as indicated
serving as guides to the operator in ensuring even stretching of both sides of-the
mattress.
This extension (as also the contraction of the mattress) is effected by means of
screws, 10, adapted to the interiors of the recessed castings, 1*, in such a manner
as that upon their being turned in the ends, 11, thereof rising above the side bars, 3,
in the proper direction by suitable keys or spanners applied to the outer ends or
heads, 12, and without their receiving any end wise movement, they act upon
parts, 13, acting as nuts and made with and depending from the carriers, 6*, on the
inner or open sides of the castings, 1*, and projecting under the bearing or guiding
parts, 9, thereof, and with which they engage as indicated in Fig. 2, and thus cause
the sliding carriers, 6x, to be more or less moved away from or towards the
carriers, 6, at the opposite end of the mattress and so distend or adjust the mattress
as required.
The actuating screws, 10, are thus situated where they are readily accessible and
where they can be freely got at and cleaned, and are not enclosed in the side rails
as has been formerly proposed, nor do they occupy such an exposed position as
that they will be liable to injure or soil the bed clothing or hangings, and the
castings are also so formed as represented as that they can be readily got at and
thoroughly brushed out.
The said improved formation and arrangement of the various parts thus permits
of the parts of the mattress being separately warehoused and sent out, and of their
being readily put together by the user or receiver without any special appliances
or need of assistance, which is a very great advantage commercially and otherwise.
In putting together the parts of the mattress, the side bars, 3, are first placed in
their proper relative positions in the angle of the side rails, 4, of the bedstead, or
elsewhere, and the bottom or fixed cross bar, 2, is placed in position in its carriers, 6,
and is secured and secures the same in position as aforesaid, and one end of the
:

page_text: wire fabric, 14, is secured to it, the other end thereof being secured to the adjustable
cross bar, 2x, which is inserted into its carriers, 6*, when occupying their nearest
adjacent position to the fixed bar, 2, and thus loosely secures them against the
adjacent rising ends, 11, of the opposite castings, 1*, and while all the parts are
- loose and can be easily manipulated the screws, 10, are inserted through the outer-
most ends, 11, of the castings, 1*, the inner projecting parts, 13, of the sliding
carriers, 6*, and the inner rising ends, 11, of the same castings, at which ends (as
also at the parts adjacent to the heads, 12,) the screws are formed as plain rods
without any threads as represented and engage in plain holes, 15, in the castings
for the purpose of being inserted through the inner projecting parts, 13, of the
carriers, 6*, without actuating them and of being turned in the rising ends, 11, of
the castings, 1*, without receiving endwise movement or tending to impart such
movement to the castings. The parts are thus all held together by the simple
insertion of the screws, 10, and can then be freely adjusted and the mattress
stretched as may be necessary or desired the parts being all secured in their desired
relative positions by turning the screws, 10, so as to cause their threaded parts to
engage with the inner projecting parts, 13, of the sliding carriers, 6*, and to
actuate them as desired:-and the whole strain of the mattress is thus taken up
by the screws, 10, the inner projecting parts, 13, of the carriers, 6*, and the
bearing or guiding parts, 9, of the castings, 1*, against which the same bear.
The mattress can be wholly applied to or removed from the bedstead, or
elsewhere.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that
what we claim, is;-
The hereinbefore described improvements in or applicable to woven wire and
other spring mattresses, the same consisting essentially ;-
1. In constructing and arranging the corner castings or parts carrying the end or
cross bars of the mattress and adapting them to the upper and outer sides of each
end and to each end of each longitudinal or side bar thereof in a fixed position in
relation thereto in such manner as to permit of the said side bars being laid within
the angles of the side rails of the bedstead when caused to occupy an inverted
position L relatively to their usual position and in such manner as that the said
end or cross bars of the mattress shall overhang the ends of the side bars thereof
with a facility of adjustment as regards their distance apart for distending or
adjusting the mattress as required, when effected substantially in the manner
herein before described.
2. In combining opposite corner castings or parts occupying a fixed position in
relation to one end of the opposite side frames of the mattress and adapted to carry
one end or cross bar of the mattress in a fixed position in relation to such castings
and in a position overhanging the ends of the said side bars, with corner castings
occupying a fixed position in relation to the other end of such side frames and
adapted to carry the other of such end or corner bars in a position overhanging
the adjacent ends of the said bars but in such a manner as that it may be adjusted
from or towards the said fixed cross bar as required, when effected substantially
in the manner hereinbefore described.
3. In constructing such castings as regards the parts occupying a fixed position
in relation to the side bars of the mattress with closed outer sides and adapting
them to the upper and outer sides of each end and to each end of such side bars,
substantially as and for the purpose herein before described.
4. In constructing each of such castings adapted to carry the adjustable end or
cross bar of the mattress in parts, the one adapted for application to and in a fixed
position in relation to the side bar of the mattress and formed with a closed outer
side with an inner overhanging guide part and of an open formation on the inner
side, and the other part being adapted to carry the said cross bar and for sliding
on and being guided by the said overhanging guiding part so as to permit of the

page_text: said cross bar being adjusted as required, the parts being adapted with means of
ensuring even stretching of both sides of the mattress, and combined with an
inner protected screw engaging with both parts of the casting in such a manner as
to cause the required movements of the adjustable part thereof about and along
the upper and under sides of the said overlying guiding or bearing part of the
casting, the parts being also so adapted and combined as to cause the screws to be
the means of retaining all the parts in their relative positions while the form of
the casting provides for all strains due to the spring of the fabric before being
tightened up, substantially as herein before described.
Dated this 19th day of December 1885
DAY, DAVIES & HUNT,
Agents for the Applicants.