A New Method of Attaching Woven Wire Spring Meshes to Bedstead Frames and to the Iron Ends of Clip Mattresses.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Apr., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 6th Feb., 1895-Accepted, 6th Apr., 1895
A New Method of Attaching Woven Wire Spring Meshes to Bedstead
Frames and to the Iron Ends of Clip Mattresses.
GEORGE LANE 60 Digbeth Birmingham Bedding and Wire Mattress Manu-
facturer THOMAS MARK HEWITSON 223 High Street Deritend Birmingham Wire
Mattress Manufacturer and HENRY JOHN LANE 105 Gooch Street Birmingham
Wire Mattress Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows
Our invention consists of a new method of attaching woven wire spring meshes
to bedstead frames, and to the iron ends of clip mattresses.
In applying our invention to the frames of metallic bedsteads we bend the ends
of the woven wire mesh over the fixed end angle irons of the bedstead frame, then
place a loose piece of angle iron, same width as bedstead over each end of the mesh,
& secure them together by means of nuts & bolts or rivets, thus firmly holding the
mesh in its place at each end.
We can obtain the same result by placing the mesh under the fixed angle iron
of the bedstead frame, & then placing the loose piece of angle iron under both and
securing as before described.
In applying our invention to clip mattresses we place the ends of the mesh
between two loose pieces of angle iron & secure the angle irons together, with the
mesh between, by means of nuts & bolts or rivets as before described, our invention
is also applicable to adjustable frames.
GEO. LANE.
THOS. M. HEWITSON.
H. J. LANE.
A New Method of Attaching Woven Wire Spring Meshes to Bedstead
Frames and to the Iron Ends of Clip Mattresses.
We GEORGE LANE, late of 60 Digbeth Birmingham, THOMAS MARK
HEWITSON, late of 223 High Street Deritend Birmingham, and HENRY JOHN
LANE late of 105 Gooch Street Birmingham, all of the Firm of Lane Hewitson
& Lane, of Sterling Works, Brueton Street, in the City of Birmingham, Wire
Mattress Manufacturers, 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 :-
Our invention consists of a new method of attaching woven wire spring meshes
to bedstead frames and to the iron ends of clip mattresses.

page_text: In applying our invention to the frames of metallic bedsteads we bend the ends
of the woven wire mesh over the fixed end angle irons of the bedstead frame, then
place a loose piece of angle iron same width as bedstead over each end of the mesh
and secure them together by means of nuts and bolts or rivets thus firmly holding
the mesh in its place at each end.
We can obtain the same result by placing the mesh under the fixed angle iron of
the bedstead frame, and then placing the loose piece of angle iron under both and
securing as before described.
In applying our invention to clip mattresses we place the ends of the mesh
between the two loose pieces of angle irons and secure the angle irons together
with the mesh between by means of nuts and bolts or rivets as before described our
invention is also applicable to adjustable frames.
In order that our invention may be clearly understood & more easily carried into
practice we have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings upon which we have fully
illustrated the nature of our said invention together with the mode of carrying the
same into effect.
Figure 1, is a view of one kind of bedstead having our improvements applied
thereto.
Figure 2, is a sectional view of our double angle iron.
Figure 3, is a general view of our angle iron connection suitable for a clip
mattress.
Figure 4, is a view showing a modification.
Figure 5, is a similar view to Figure 4 but showing a modification.
Figure 6, is a section showing a further modification.
Figure 7, is a view of the angle iron as cut for circular ends.
Figure 8, is a similar view to Figure 7 but showing the angle iron bent to the
required shape.
We will proceed to describe our invention as applied to the frames of metallic
bedsteads, in carrying which into effect we bend the ends c¹ of the woven wire
mesh C over the fixed end angle irons A of the bedstead frame after which we
place the loose pieces of angle iron B which is the same length as the width of
bedstead over the ends of the mesh and secure the two irons A and B together
by means of suitable nuts and bolts or rivets thereby forming a sharp angle in
the mesh as shown by which firmly. retains every strand or coil of the mesh in
position. Of course the same effect is produced whether as herein before described
or by placing the mesh under the angle iron A of the bedstead frame in which
case the angle iron 13 would also be placed under and the whole secured together
as before described.
In applying our invention to clip mattresses we place the ends of the mesh
between the two loose pieces of angle iron A and B which are secured together
as described or in place of the angle iron A we may provide the wood end A¹
which is secured to the angle iron with the intermediate mesh in position. Slots 6*
may be provided to allow the axle of the adjusting bolts taking a true direction to
their nuts.
The one flange & may be made shorter than the other and in place of
the outer angle iron we may use the T iron shape shown by Figure 6. In bending
over the ends of the angle irons in cases where this is necessary we slot a piece
out as shown by Fig. 7 the end being then bent over as shown by Figure 8 by
which means the mesh is gripped by the angle 6' to the full extent of the width of
bedstead.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion & in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1st. The new or improved method of attaching woven wire spring meshes to
bedstead frames & to the iron ends of clip mattresses substantially as & for the
purpose herein set forth and shown.

page_text: 2nd. The attachment of the mesh C to bedstead bottoms and mattresses by the
angle or Tirons B or B₁ in combination with the angle iron A or its equivalent A¹
substantially as set forth.
Dated this 5th day of February 1805
GEO. LANE.
THOS. M. HEWITSON.
HENRY JOHN LANE.