IMPROVEMENTS.IN. CONNECTIONS. OR JOINTS. OF THE POSTS AND FRAMES OF BEDSTEADS AND; IRON HOUSES
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Jenkinson, of Bentley, near.Doncaster, in the
County of York; and Alfred Solbé, of Leadenhall Street, in the City
of. London, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS.IN. CONNECTIONS. OR JOINTS.
OF THE POSTS AND FRAMES OF BEDSTEADS AND; IRON HOUSES."
Sealed the 12th February 1861, and dated the 15th August 1860..
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Jenkinson and**
Alfred Solbé at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 15th August 1860.
We, WILLIAM JENKINSON, of Bentley, near Doncaster, in. the County of
York, and ALFRED SOLBE; of Leadenhall. Street, in the City of London,, do.
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
CONNECTIONS OR JOINTS OF THE POSTS AND FRAMES. OP BEDSTEADS. AND IRON HOUSES,"
to be as follows:-
This Invention has, for its, object certain improvements in the connections-of
metal posts, and frames which are applicable. to the posts, and frames of
bedsteads and iron houses.
The ends of the said frames terminate with a male dovetail, the said dove-
tail, unlike ordinary dovetails, being made taper or, wedge-shaped in its depth.
The said posts or the bosses on the posts (as the case may be) have female
dovetails recessed into them which correspond in shape with the male dovetails,..

page_text: but are of a greater depth, and have an aperture sufficiently large to allow the
admission of the male dovetail. By these means the joints bind firmly
together, being both neat in appearance and very rigid in construction.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Jenkinson and Alfred Solbé in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 15th Febuary 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, WILLIAM
JENKINSON, of Bentley, near Doncaster, in the County of York, and ALFRED
SOLBE, of Leadenhall Street, in the City of London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fifth day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand, eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-fourth year of Her
reign; did; för,Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant. unto..us,. the
said- William-Jenkinson and Alfred Solbé, Her special licence that we, the
said William Jenkinson and Alfred Solbé, our executors; administrators; and
assigns, or such others as we, the said William Jenkinson and Alfred Solbé,
our executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time. agree, with,.
and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and. Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONNECTIONS OR
JOINTS OF THE POSTS AND FRAMES OF BEADSTEAD AND IRON HOUSES," upon the
condition (amongst others) that we, the said William Jenkinson and Alfred
Solbe, our executors or administrators, or one of us, by an instrument in writing
under our, or one of our or their, or one of their hands and seals, should' par-
ticularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the
Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
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'NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Alfred Solbé, 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
(that is to say):
The said Invention has for its object certain improvements in the connections
of metal posts and frames which are applicable to the posts and frames of
bedsteads and iron houses.

page_text: The ends of the said frames or horizontal rails terminate with a male dove-
tail, the said dovetail, unlike ordinary dovetails, being made taper or wedge-
shaped in its depth. The said posts or bosses on the posts (as the case may be)
have female dovetails recessed into them which correspond in shape with the
male dovetails, but are of a greater depth and have an aperture sufficiently
large to allow the admission of the male dovetail. By these means the
joints bind firmly together, being both neat in appearance and very rigid
in construction. .
In order that the said Invention may be fully understood I will now proceed
to describe the same in connection with the Sheet of Drawings hereunto
annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a part side view, and Figure 2 an end view of a horizontal
rail of a bedstead with male dovetail according to my said Invention.
Letter (a) is the horizontal rail, and (b) is the male dovetail, the shape of
which is taper, as will be seen from the end view. Figure 3 is a part,side
view of a post or upright of a bedstead with the female dovetail recessed in the
boss. Letter (c) is the upright, (d) is the boss, and (e) the female dovetail.
Figure 4 is a plan view, showing a post or upright of a bedstead with
horizontal rails connected. Letters (f) are the rails, and (g) is the post or
upright. The said dovetail as shown in the Drawings are also applicable in the
construction of iron houses.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention, and the manner of
carrying the same into effect, I wish it to be understood that what we claim as
the Invention secured to us by the above in part recited Letters Patent is, the
construction of the connections or joints of the posts and frames of bedsteads
and iron houses in the manner as herein-before described.
In witness whereof I, the said Alfred Solbe, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Thirteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
Witness,
W. H. BOWERS,
71, Fleet St., London.
ALFRED SOLBÉ. (L.S.)