IMPROVEMENTS IN SECURING THE LATHS OF METALLIC BEDSTEADS
Year: 1884

page_text: We GEORGE HENRY HOVEY GEORGE HENRY HOVEY the Younger and ERNEST
BALDWIN HOVEY, all of Angel Street, Sheffield in the County of York Cabinet
Makers and Drapers do hereby declare the nature of our said invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN SECURING THE LATHS OF METALLIC BEDSTEADS, to be as
follows:-
:
Our invention relates to improvements in securing the laths of metallic
bedsteads in their places, which we accomplish in a simple, easy, and effective
manner.
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In carrying our invention into practice, we fix at suitable distances upon the .
angle iron of the frame of the bedstead short strong studs, carrying a catch lever
which turns upon a centre-pin.
The end of the lath is provided with a hole or slot which is passed over the end
of the catch lever when it is in an upright position; and on pressing it down, the
lath is carried down, passed over the head of the stud, and secured.
In order to release the lath from its position upon the stud, a shoulder or
projection is formed upon the catch lever at its lower end, so that when the lever
is raised, the shoulder (being under the lath) forces it up, and sets it at liberty.
Instead of a stud as described, the lever may be carried by a plate having two
lugs, between which the lever is placed, and the plate is secured to the angle iron
by rivets.
When the lath is in position upon the stud, the shoulder upon the catch lever
retains it in its horizontal position, being held back by the pressure of the lath.
We do not bind ourselves to the exact details of construction of our improve-
ments in securing the laths of metallic bedstead, as it is evident that they may be
much varied without departing from the spirit of our invention.
Dated the 3rd day of April 1884
ROBT F. DRURY,
Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION,
We GEORGE HENRY HOVEY, GEORGE HENRY. HOVEY the Younger and ERNEST
BALDWIN HOVEY all of Angel Street Sheffield in the County of York Cabinet
Makers and Drapers do hereby declare the nature of our invention for IMPROVE-
MENTS IN SECURING THE LATHS OF METALLIC BEDSTEADS 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 :—
Our invention relates to improvements in securing the laths of metallic bedsteads
in their places, in a simple, easy, and effective mauner hereafter described.

page_text: And in order that our invention may be clearly understood, we have annexed
to this our specification, a sheet of drawings to illustrate the same, the same letters
of reference indicating the same parts in any of the figures.
Fig. 1, illustrates a simple arrangement of the catch-lever, and stud, attached to
the angle-iron frame of the bedstead, with the parts separated.
Fig. 2, shows a modification of same.
Fig 3, represents the catch-lever attached to a plate, instead of a stud as in fig. 1.
Fig. 4, is a similar arrangement but with the addition of a spring.
In carrying out our invention, we fix upon the angle iron of the bedsteads, and
at suitable distances apart, short studs A, which are preferably secured by means
of nuts B, screwed upon the shanks C, made to project through holes in the angle
iron frame D, the catch lever E, turns upon the joint pin F, as shown by the dotted
lines.
The end of the lath is provided with a hole or slot, which is passed over the end
of the catch-lever E, when it is in an upright position or thereabouts; and by
pressing the catch-lever down to the position shown in Fig. 1, the lath is stretched
tight and passed down over the head of the stud A, the strain being taken by the
part G, in which position the lath is quite secure.
When the lath is to be released from its position upon the stud, the catch-lever
is raised, at the same time the shoulder G, carries up the end of the lath, and thus
sets it at liberty.
Instead of the catch-lever being single and the stud being double at the joint,
this arrangement may be reversed, as shown in Fig. 2.
If we prefer we may use a plate-H, (instead of the slank C) as shown in
Fig 3 and 4. secured to the angle-iron, and either having the single or double side
joint as described before, and instead of the shoulder G, on the catch-lever, taking
the strain of the lath, the face of the stud may be arranged to take it as shown
in Fig. 3.
In some cases it may be advisable to use a spring, to act upon the underside of
the catch-lever, this may be applied in the manner shown in Fig. 4, at I.
We do not bind ourselves to the exact details as shown in the drawings, as it is
evident they may be varied, but 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 :-
1st The method of securing the laths of metallic bedsteads, by the use of the
appliances hereinbefore described and as illustrated, or any mere modification
thereof.
2nd In securing the laths of metallic bedsteads to the framework; the use of
turn down catch-levers, or clasps, for the purpose specified, and substantially as
described and illustrated.