IMPROVEMENTS IN FOLDING BEDSTEADS, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO TABLES, CHAIRS, OR OTHER FURNITURE
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Jasper Wetter at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 24th June 1880. A communication from
abroad by Charles Christian Held, of Stuttgart, in the German Empire.
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JASPER WETTER, of the Firm of Herbert and Company, Solicitors of Patents,
of 67, Strand, in the City of Westminster, Civil Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN
FOLDING BEDSTEADS, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO TABLES,
CHAIRS, OR OTHER FURNITURE," A communication from abroad by Charlos
Christian Held, of Stuttgart, in the German Empire.
The Invention relates more particularly to folding camp-bedsteads, but is also
applicable to house and garden furniture, such as bedsteads, chairs, or tables, and is
divided into two parts or modifications. The first modification consists of a camp-
bedstead constructed of three principal parts, in the following manner :-
1. A main frame composed of a centre part and four arms, two of which, forming
a pair, diverge symmetrically from each end of the centre part, and are hinged to
the latter, so that they can be spread out or turned inside, the whole frame being
placed oblique, so that one pair of arms serve as feet, while the other pair serve to
hold or support the platform or upper part of the furniture. 2. A central lever laid
from the top of one end to the bottom of the other end, so that in plan view each
end of the said lever is in the centre between the corresponding pair of arms of the
main frame; but in side elevation, the central lover is laid diagonally across the
main frame, so that the whole structure rests on three feet, of which two are formed
by a pair of arms of the main frame, and one by the opposite end of the central
lever, which lever is also made of several parts hinged together. The third part of
the camp-bedstead is a sheet of canvas or other suitable material, attached at each
end to a cross beam which can be fastened to the upper ends of the parts one and
two, the said beams being preferably made of wood armed with sheet metal.
additional support to the beam, which is only supported in the centre by the upper
end of the central lever, two stays are applied right and left, which transmit the
pressure upon the two feet of the main frame. The opposite beam is connected with
two adjustable auxiliary stands, which rest free on the floor. The necessary tension
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is obtained by means of a chair or band attached at the bottom to the foot of the
central lever, and at the top to the cross beam on the same side of the structure.
The hinged parts are kept in position and connected when in use by means of hooks
and pins.

page_text: The second modification is constructed with several (preferably four) parallel
stands, each consisting of four arms forming a cross, and hinged together in the
centre, so that when folded together the stand has only the length of one arm, the
two lower arms being provided with feet, and the upper arms with lugs for
attaching the canvas or other removable sheet which forms the top of the furniture.
The four parallel stands or crosses are connected with each other by a longitudinal
bar attached near the contre of the cross with hooks, and consisting of several pieces
which are hinged together.