Improvements in Bedsteads.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Jan., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 22nd July, 1896-Accepted, 22nd Aug., 1896
Improvements in Bedsteads.
I, GEORGE ROGERS, of 89, Bordesley Green, Small Heath Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick Brass Bedstead Worker, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
The improvements constituting my invention relates to a means for connecting
the sides or angle pieces to the foot and head pieces of French end bedsteads.
For the purposes of my invention I dispense with the usual corner pieces upon
the head and foot portions, and the dovetail portions upon the side or angle pieces
fitting into the said corners, and in place of the said corner pieces, I cast upon the
outside tube of the end pieces, a band provided with a screw-in or other stud or
peg, arranged to receive a cotter pin or threaded to receive a nut. Upon the ends
of the angle side pieces I rivet, screw or otherwise fix an eyelet, hook or other
device capable of slipping over the said studs or pegs on the end pieces, and secure
them together by a cotter pin or the like passing through the said studs or pegs
or by the means of a nut screwed thereon, as may be desired. Or I may fix such
studs or pegs upon the angle side pieces, and the eyelets, hooks or other devices
upon the end pieces, and arrange these so as to be interchangeable.
1000
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
1, Broad Street Buildings, Liverpool Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for Applicant.
I, GEORGE ROGERS, of 89 Bordesley Green, Small Heath, Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick Brass Bedstead Maker 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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in metallic bedsteads, and consists of
improved means for attaching the side and end angle picces to the pillars of the
bedstead in lieu of the tongue and socket joints hitherto employed for this purpose,
and has for its object to effect a perfectly rigid junction between these parts
without the need of a blow, (by which the said tongue and socket joints have been
frequently broken hitherto) and which provides perfect security against their
spontaneous disconnection should the bedstead be lifted bodily or moved about
from place to place.
In order that my invention and the alternative methods by which I purpose
carrying the same into effect may be clearly understood, I have hereunto appended
a sheet of drawings, of which,
Fig. 1 is a view of one of the pillars of the end pieces of an iron or brass bedstead,
according to one method of carrying my invention into effect.
Fig. 2 is a like view of such a pillar illustrating a second method of carrying
out my invention.

page_text: Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the band or collar substantially as I
prefer to construct them, and which I cast or shrink upon the said pillars in lieu
of the hitherto cast socket, and this, while illustrating the form of band or collar
used in the method Fig. 1, will, by the explanation hereinafter given, illustrate the
method shewn by Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is an enlarged end view of one of the side or angle pieces, while Fig. 5
is an enlarged elevation of one end of an angle piece for connecting the two pillars
of the foot or head pieces, when the said pillars are constructed as at Fig. 1.
Figs. 6 and 7 are perspective view and plan view respectively (the latter
partly in section) of the pillar Fig. 1 with the angle pieces Figs. 4 and 5 in
position thereon.
Figs. 8 and 9 are perspective views of a portion of the side and end angle pieces
similar to Figs. 4 and 5, but relating to the pillar Fig. 2.
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Figs. 10 and 11 are views similar to Figs. 6 and 7 but relating to the fixation
of Figs. 8 and 9 to Fig. 2.
Fig. 12 is a perspective view of the said side and end angles pieces, illustrating
a further method of connecting these with the said pillar as hereinafter
explained.
For the purposes of my invention, I cast integrally with, or shrink or otherwise
fix upon, each of the pillars A of a metallic bedstead, whether made of iron or
brass or both, a metallic collar B formed substantially as at Fig. 3, having upon
any part of its circumferential surface a projection or swelling such as C, and
this, when intended for use with the side and end angle pieces Figs. 4 and 5, may
have upon its face a stud D, which may be either screwed into a hole therein, or be
cast integrally therewith, and may be either plain upon its surface and provided
with a through slot for the reception of a cotter or other pin, or have a male
thread formed thereon to receive a nut, preferably the latter, as shewn in Figs. 1
and 3.
The two pillars and their collars at either end of the bedstead may be connected
together by an angle piece E, (Fig. 5) having in each end a hole a, capable of
passing over and fitting upon the stud D, as at Fig. 6, and in order that this may
abut solidly against the projection C, a block, plate, or projection such as F, may
be cast upon, or otherwise fixed to its outer face, as shewn in Fig. 7, or a slit or
cavity may be provided in each of the projections C for receiving the ends of the
vertical side of this.
Upon each end of the side angle pieces G, I screw, rivet or otherwise fix an
eyelet, ring, hook or equivalent device b, also capable of passing over and fitting
upon the said stud D, when a nut c may be screwed upon D, (or a cotter or other
pin passed through a slot therein when such is provided) and thus hold G and E
firmly in connection with the four pillars A, as illustrated by Figs. 6 and 7.
According to a second or alternative method of carrying my invention into effect,
.I fix in like manner the stud D in a vertical position upon the upper surface of
the projection C, as shewn in Fig. 2, and for the purpose of fixing the side and
end angle pieces G and E thereto, I form in the upper surface of the ends of these
boles or slots such as d and e respectively, as shewn in Figs. 8 and 9, capable of
passing over and fitting upon the stud D, and in order that the end of E may abut
closely against the projection C, I may cut away a portion of E at f, as shewn at
Fig. 9, or I may form a slot or cavity in C to receive the end of this part of E,
as shewn by g' in Fig. 2, when both G and E would be retained in position upon,
and in fixed connection with C, by the means of a nut e screwed upon D as shewn
in Figs. 10 and 11, or by the means of a cotter or other pin passed through a slot
in D when such is provided.
By a third or alternative method I may entirely dispense with the stud D
upon C, in Fig. 2, and in lieu of the hole d in the angle piece G Fig. 8, I provide
a like screw stud D1 upon the under surface of this, of such a size as to pass
freely through the hole e in E and entirely through a hole g in the projection C,
of the collar B, Fig. 3, when both G and E may be firmly fixed in connection

page_text: with C by a nut such as c screwed upon D₁ below C. This latter arrangement will
be understood by reference to Figs. 12 and 3.
I may find it convenient or desirable to construct the collar B with two holes
such as g, one upon its upper surface, and one upon its face, so that the stud D
may fit both, and be changed from its horizontal position shewn in Fig. 1, to a
vertical position as shewn in Fig. 2, so as to be adaptable for receiving angle
pieces formed as at Figs. 4 and 5, or as at Figs. 8 and 9. I may also arrange
that the stud D' may screw into the hole d in G, which provides that the fore-
going arrangements for the fixation of the angle pieces to the pillars may be
interchangeable.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is.
1st. In the construction of metallic bedsteads, the construction, use and
application of metallic collars such as B, each having a projection such as C, one
of such collars being cast or shrunk upon, or otherwise fixed to each pillar A of the
bedstead, with means such as a slotted or threaded stud D, fixed horizontally or
vertically to C, and receiving and holding the side and end angle pieces G and E,
substantially as and for the purposes herein described and shewn.
2nd. In the construction of metallic bedsteads, the combination of a collar B,.
cast, shrunk or otherwise fixed upon the pillar A, the said collar having a
projection such as C, carrying horizontally a threaded or slotted stud D, engaging
with a ring, hook, eyelet or the like b upon the side angle piece G, and a hole a
in the end angle piece E both secured thereon by a nut c or a pin or cotter passed
through a slot in D, substantially as herein described and shewn by Figs. 1, 3, 4,.
5, 6 and 7 of the accompanying drawings.
3rd. In the construction of metallic bedsteads, the combination of a collar such
as B, cast, shrunk or otherwise fixed upon the pillar A, the said collar having a
projection such as C, carrying a vertical stud D, engaging with holes d and e in
the side and end angle pieces G and E, and secured thereto by a nut c, or a cotter
or other pin passing through a slot in D, substantially as herein described and
shewn by Figs. 2, 3, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of the accompanying drawings.
4th. In the construction of metallic bedsteads, the combination of a collar B,
cast, shrunk or otherwise fixed upon the pillar A, the said collar having a
projection such as C, in which is formed a vertical through aperture g for receiving
a stud D¹, screwed into the hole d or otherwise connected to the under surface of
the side angle piece G, and passing through a hole e in the end angle piece E, the
said angle pieces being secured to C by the means of a nut screwed upon D'
below C, substantially as herein described and shewn.
Dated this 22nd day of July 1896.
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
1 Broad Street Buildings, London, E.C.. Agent for the Applicant..