Improvements in or relating to the Framework of Portable Tents.
Year: 1899

page_text: Improvements in or relating to the Framework of Portable Tents.
I, GEORGE REGINALD CUTLER, of Cannon Works, Constitution Hill, Birming-
ham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature
of my said invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to construct the framework of portable tents
in an improved manner, a rigid tent frame without guy ropes or a central
pole being thereby obtained.
According to my invention I fix a number of upright bars formed of wood,
iron, or other suitable material (but preferably of wood) in position as required.
The upper ends of these bars are fitted with eyes or sockets in sets of three,
two being external and one towards the inside of the tent; each set
consists of two screw eyes or of one or more staple or staples, screwed or other-
wise suitably attached to the bar to receive the ends of the rods; or the upper
ends of the bars may be vertically bored to receive the ends of such rods. Any
number of upright bars may be used, according to the form the tent is required
to assume, when erected. Horizontal metallic rods with their ends bent at
right angles are attached to the external sockets of the upright bars, so as to
connect the whole of the bars. Other rods with bent ends are attached to the
internal sockets, the inner ends of the last named rods being screwed or other-
wise secured to a central boss at the top of the tent. By this arrangement the
frame is rendered rigid and secure, and capable of being readily set up or taken
down.
I, GEORGE REGINALD CUTLER, of Cannon Works, Constitution Hill, Birming-
ham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature
of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement: —
1
The object of my invention is to construct the framework of portable tents
in an improved manner, a rigid tent frame without guy ropes or a central
pole being thereby obtained.
According to my invention I fix a number of upright bars formed of wood,

page_text: iron, or other suitable material (but preferably of wood) in position as required.
The upper ends of these bars are fitted with eyes or sockets in sets of three,
two sets being external, and one set towards the inside of the tent. Each set
consists of two screw eyes or of one or more staple or staples, screwed or other-
wise suitably attached to the bar to receive the ends of the rods; or the upper
ends of the bars may be vertically bored to receive the ends of such rods. Any
number of upright bars may be used, according to the form the tent is required
to assume, when erected. Horizontal metallic rods with their ends bent at
right angles are attached to the external sockets of the upright bars, so as to
connect the whole of the bars. Other 10ds with bent ends are attached to the
internal sockets, the inner ends of the last named rods being screwed or other-
wise secured to a central boss at the top of the tent. By this arrangement the
frame is rendered rigid and secure, and capable of being readily set up or taken
down.
And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and ascer-
tained, reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which similar
letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
Fig. 1, is a side view of the upper end of an upright tent bar, fitted with
my improved attachments. Fig. 2, is a plan of the same; and Fig. 3, is a plan
view of a hexagonal tent frame.
a, a, are the upright bars. b, b, are eyes or sockets in sets of three, secured
to the bars a, by screwing or other suitable means of attachment. When
using screw eyes, as shown, they are necessarily fitted in pairs. Tubular sockets
of suitable length may be substituted for the screw eyes, or staples of any suit-
able form may be used; the distance apart of the upper and lower eyes or
staples, and also the length of the tubular sockets being such as to ensure the
stability and parallelism of the upright bars when the rods c and d are inserted
therein. Instead of utilising the sockets, staples, or tubes, holes may be bored
in the bars for the reception of the bent ends of the rods c, d, as shown by dotted
circles e, d, in Fig. 2. The ends of the horizontal rods c, e are bent at right
angles, as shown, for insertion into the sockets b, b, whereby the parallelism of
the upright bars a, a, is secured; and the outer ends of the rods dd, are bent
to angles corresponding with the angle of the roof, as shown in Fig. 1, the
inner ends of the same rods d, d, being screwed or otherwise detachably secured
to a central boss, e, as shown in Fig. 3.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
In framework for portable tents, the combination with upright bars a, a, of
sockets,, bored holes c, d, staples, tubes, or equivalent devices; rods c, c
having their ends bent at right angles for insertion into the sockets b; rods d, d
having their outer ends suitably bent for insertion into sockets b', the inner
ends of the same rods d, d being detachably secured to a central boss e, substan-
tially as and for the purposes described.
Duter
G. R. CUTLER.
By George Downing & Sons,
Chartered Patent Agents, Agents for the Applicant.