Improvements in the Construction of Bedsteads.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 12th July, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 11th Apr., 1896-Accepted, 16th May, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Bedsteads.
We ISAAC CHORLTON of 17 Blackfriars Street, Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Spring Mattress Manufacturer, and WALTER OLDHAM, of the same
address, Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
Our said invention relates to improvements in the construction of metallic bedsteads
chiefly with the object of facilitating the attachment of elastic woven wire mattresses
thereto, and also with the object of cheapening and simplifying such bedsteads. In a
well known type of so called French bedsteads both of the bedstead ends carry cross
angle irons, the angle end at the head of the bedstead being used to pass the straining
bolts through by which the wire mattress is tightened while vertical bolts pass
through the other angle end at the foot of the bedstead in order to secure the fixed
angle end of the mattress.
According to our invention we dispense with the fixed angle iron carried by the
foot bedstead end and cast or it might be otherwise secure dovetail brackets on the
ends of the side members whether of angle iron or of tubing. These dovetail brackets
are formed with sadiles or blocks with projecting snugs which engage with holes in
the angle end of the mattress in accordance with Patent. No. 17067 of 1887 granted
to Isaac Chorlton and George Lamb Scott or bolts or studs may be used to secure the
mattress ends to the said saddle blocks. By these means the angle at the foot end of
the mattress is firmly secured to the dovetail brackets which are practically continua-
tions of the side members so that we are enabled to dispense with the former fixed
angle of the bedstead end and thus avoid the tedious and inconvenient mode of fixing
the mattress end thereto, by the aforesaid vertical bolts with nuts beneath the angle
end: At the head of the bedstead we retain the angle fixed across the bedstead end
and pass the straining bolts therethrough as before the angle of the bedstead end and
the angle end of the mattress lying in the same plane so that we have practically a
continuous surface from head to foot of the mattress. The adjustable angle end of the
mattress rests and slides upon the side members of the bedstead, the said side
members being formed as before with dovetail blocks which engage with the dovetail
recesses formed in or on the chills of the head bedstead end. The whole arrangement
and combination forms a simpler and cheaper combination than has hitherto been
carried into effect.
In place of the saddles or blocks being cast on the foot ends of the side members as
hereinbefore described they may form part of the dovetail castings on the bedstead
foot end pillars.

page_text: We ISAAC CHORLTON of 17 Blackfriars Street, Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Spring Mattress Manufacturer, and WALTER OLDHAM of the same address,
Manager, 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 and accompanying drawings :-
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Our said invention relates to improvements in the construction of metallic bedsteads
chiefly with the object of facilitating the attachment of elastic woven wire mattresses
thereto, and also with the object of cheapening and simplifying such bedsteads. Our
invention will be best understood by a reference to the annexed sheet of illustrative
drawings.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of so much of a so called French bedstead as is necessary
to show our invention.
Fig. 2 is a plan.
In both of these figs. the mattress and frame are shown broken in their length so
as not to take up too much space in the drawing.
Figs. 3 and 4 are details of the frame.
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In a French bedstead with extended foot rails both of the bedstead ends b carry
cross angle irons, the raised angle end c at the head of the bedstead being used to
pass the straining bolts d d through, by which the wire mattress e is tightened, while
vertical bolts pass through the other angle end f at the holes fl, the end f being
shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 at the foot of the bedstead. The bolts at fl serve to
secure the fixed angle end of the mattress to the rail f.
According to our invention we dispense or may dispense with the fixed angle iron f
carried by the bedstead foot end b and cast dovetail brackets 'g on the ends of the
side members whether of angle iron or of tubing. These dovetail brackets are formed
with saddles or blocks g¹ with projecting snugs 92 (see the perspective view Fig. 3)
which engage with holes in the angle end i of the mattress in accordance with
Patent No. 17067 of 1887 granted to Isaac Chorlton and George Lamb Scott, or
bolts or studs may be used to secure the mattress end i to the said saddle blocks. By
these means the angle iron end i at the foot end of the mattress is firmly secured to
the saddles g of the dovetail brackets 9 which are practically continuations of the
side members so that we are enabled to dispense with the former fixed angle
end of the bedstead if we should so desire, and also avoid the tedious and
inconvenient mode of fixing the mattress end i thereto by the aforesaid vertical
bolts with nuts beneath the angle end. The dovetail brackets g engage with the
corner recess brackets n in the bedstead end b. At the head of the bedstead we
retain the raised angle end c fixed across the bedstead end a and pass the straining
bolts d d (se Fig. 4) therethrough as before, the angle end c of the bedstead end and
the angle end of the mattress lying in the same plane so that we have practically a
continuous surface from head to foot of the mattress. The adjustable angle end k
of the mattress rests and slides upon the side members h h of the bedstead, the said
side members being formed as usual with dovetail blocks m m which engage with
the dovetail recesses formed in or on the chills or corner brackets of the head end of
the bedstead. The whole combination forms a simple and cheaper arrangement than
has hitherto been carried into effect.
In place of the saddles or blocks g¹ being cast on the foot ends of the side
members has hereinbefore described they may form part of the dovetail castings n
on the bedstead foot pillars.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven--
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that we
claim is.
1. The improved general arrangement and construction of bedstead as hereinbefore.
set forth and as illustrated.
2. In a bedstead of the indicated nature forming the dovetail blocks on the foot.
ends of the side members or the corner blocks or chills of the bedstead foot end, with
raised saddles such as g¹ to receive and carry the foot angle of the elastic mattress.
substantially as hereinbefore set forth.
3. In a bedstead having the fixed head angle end raised to receive the straining
bolts which engage with the head end of the mattress, forming the dovetail blocks
on the foot ends of the side members or the corner blocks or chills of the bedstead
foot end, with raised saddles to receive and carry the foot angle of the elastic
mattress, substantially as described and as illustrated.