IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF METALLIC BEDSTEADS TO FACILITATE THE APPLICA- TION OF SPRING MATTRESSES THERETO.
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Barnouin Rowcliffe, of Glossop, in the County of
Derby, Wire Mattress Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF METALLIC BEDSTEADS TO FACILITATE THE APPLICA-
TION OF SPRING MATTRESSES THERETO.'
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Barnouin Rowcliffe
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd July 1879.
JOHN BARNOUIN ROWCLIFFE, of Glossop, in the County of Derby, Wire Mattress
Manufacturer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF METALLIC BEDSTEADS
TO FACILITATE THE APPLICATION OF SPRING MATTRESSES THERETO."
The object of this Invention is so to construct a metallic bedstead that a woven
wire or other description of spring mattress possessing an adjustable distended
surface may be readily and cheaply applied thereto, and this without the use of the
brackets hitherto employed, and without injuring, but rather improving, the
appearance of the bedstead.
In carrying out my Invention I extend the cast iron socket pieces which are cast
upon the pillars at one end of the bedstead, and I cast ears or brackets upon these
Bocket pieces, or upon the casting of the angle iron which joins the bed together, so
as to form a means of bolting the stationary or fixed end of the frame of the
mattress to the bedstead at one extremity, and I either arrange the other end of the
bedstead in a similar manner by casting ears or brackets upon the extended sockets
for the adjusting bolts to pass through, or 1 arrange the rail at that end of the
bedstead higher than the side rails, so as to pass the adjusting bolts directly through
the angle iron rail at a proper height for effecting the necessary adjustment, and so
I dispense with the loose brackets which have hitherto been necessary for the
aforesaid purposes.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said John Barnouin Rowcliffe in the Great Scal Patent Office on the 2nd
January 1880.
JOHN BARNOUIN ROWCLIFFE, of Glossop, in the County of Derby, Wire Mattress
Manufacturer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF METALLIC BEDSTEADS
TO FACILITATE THE APPLICATION OF SPRING MATTRESSES THERETO."
The object of this Invention is so to construct a metallic bedstead that a woven
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page_text: wire or other description of spring mattress possessing an adjustable distended
surface may be readily and cheaply applied thereto, and this without the use of
the brackets hitherto employed, and without injuring, but rather improving, the
appearance of the bedstead. And in order that this my said Invention may be the
more readily seen and understood, I have hereunto annexed a Drawing illustrating
several modifications of my improvements in bedsteads, and will now proceed to
describe the same, reference being had to the figures and letters of reference marked
thereon. Figure 1 represents upon a small scale a longitudinal or side view of a bed-
stead embracing my improvements; Figure 2 is an end view of the head; Figure 3 a
plan of one of the corners; and Figure 4 an end view of one of the pillars and a
portion of the bottom rail of the same bedstead; and Figure 5 is a modification of
Figure 4; Figure 6 is a plan (full size) of the angle iron rail seen in Figures 1, 2,
and 3; and Figure 7 is a plan view of another modification (full size) of my
improvements. In carrying out my Invention I cast ears or brackets a, see
Figures 1, 2, 3, and 6, upon the casting b of the angle iron rail c, so as to form a
means of bolting the stationary or fixed end d of the framework of the spring
mattress to the bedstead, say at the head extremity, and which is accomplished by
passing the bolts e through the said framework of the spring mattress, and through
the holes f formed in the cast iron cars or brackets a, and then securing the same
in position by the application of the nuts g on the underside, as illustrated; or I
extend the cast iron socket pieces which are cast upon the pillars i at one end of
the bedstead, as seen in Figure 7, and I cast ears or brackets h upon these socket
pieces in which I form holes j for receiving the bolts e for securing the fixed end d
of the framework of the spring mattress, as hereinbefore described.
And I either arrange the other end of the bedstead with the foot rail / higher
than the side rails, as seen in Figures 1 and 4, so as to pass the adjusting bolts m
directly through the angle iron rail k at a proper height for effecting the necessary
adjustment, and thus I dispense with the loose brackets which have hitherto been
necessary for the aforesaid purposes; or I extend the cast iron sockets or brackets o
formed upon the pillars, as seen in Figure 5, and I cast ears or brackets n upon the
same for the last mentioned purpose; or such ears may be formed upon the top of
the cast iron portion of the angle iron foot rail when such foot rail is secured by a
socket joint to the pillar in a somewhat similar manner to that illustrated in
Figure 6, but with the holes arranged horizontally instead of vertically.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
Invention, together with the best methods with which I am acquainted for carrying
the same into practical effect, I wish it to be distinctly understood that I do not confine
myself to the precise details, relative proportions, or dimensions of the various parts
of the improved bedsteads herein before described and illustrated on the accompanying
Drawing, as the same may be considerably varied without departing from the
Invention, but what I claim is, the improvements in metallic bedsteads whereby the
application and adjustment of a spring mattress is facilitated, and the loose brackets
hitherto employed dispensed with, substantially as herein before described, and
illustrated on the accompanying Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Barnouin Rowcliffe, have hereunto sot