in the Construction of Metallic Bedsteads.
Year: 1885

page_text: both, in the Construction of Metallic Bedsteads.
I REINDERT GERRIT VOS VAN AVEZATHE, of Gordon Place, High Street,
Erdington near Birmingham in the County of Warwick, manager, do hereby
declare the nature of my said invention for " EMPLOYING GLASS IN CONJUNCTION
WITH METAL TUBES OR RODS, OR BOTH, IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF METALLIC
BEDSTEADS," to be as follows:-
I construct the bedstead in the usual way with iron or brass upright, horizontal,
and diagonal rods or tubes, or both,-known in the trade as 'pillars' and 'rail-
work held firmly together by small chilled castings or suitable mountings, or
both, but on to such pillars and railwork, I thread tubes of glass which are
themselves held in position by the castings and mountings above mentioned: by
this means the appearance of the bedstead is greatly enhanced, and the facility in
cleaning it increased.
The glass tubes may be of any length, several lengths being threaded on one
pillar or rail, or both, and kept in position either by suitable mountings or by any
other means: or short glass tubes may be fixed on the pillars or rails, or both, at
intervals: or a single ornamental glass tube may be placed on any part of the
pillars or railwork, or both, being kept in position in any convenient manner.
The glass tubes will be of any section which may from time to time suggest
itself, and their outer or inner surfaces, or both, may be ground, cut or ornamented
in any style, to improve the appearance of the bedstead. The pillars and railwork
may be of brass, iron, or any other metal, painted, enamelled, or coated with
luminous compositions, to show through the glass.
The mountings of the bedstead may themselves be made of glass, either in
one piece with any of the glass tubes, or separately, and be held in their places by
nuts working on screws cast into the pillars and passing through the aforesaid
mountings, or in any other approved manner.

page_text: Employing Glass in Conjunction with Metal Tubes or Rods, or
both, in the Construction of Metallic Bedsteads.
I, REINDERT GERRIT VOS VAN AVEZATHE, of Gordon Place, High Street,
Erdington near Birmingham in the County of Warwick, manager, do hereby
declare the nature of my invention for "EMPLOYING GLASS IN CONJUNCTION WITH
METAL TUBES OR RODS, OR BOTH, IN THE CONSTRUCTION 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 :---
I construct the bedstead in the usual way with iron or brass upright, horizontal,
and diagonal rods or tubes, or both,-known in the trade as pillars' and 'rail-
work held firmly together by small chilled castings or suitable mountings, or
both, but on to such pillars and railwork, I thread tubes of glass which are
themselves held in position by the castings and mountings above mentioned: by
this means the appearance of the bedstead is greatly enhanced, and the facility in
cleaning it increased.
The glass tubes may be of any length, several lengths being threaded on one
pillar or rail, or both, and may be kept in position either by suitable mountings or
by any other means: or short glass tubes may be fixed on the pillars or rails, or
both, at intervals: or a single ornamental glass tube may be placed on any
part of the pillars or railwork, or both, being kept in position in any convenient
manner.
The glass tubes will be of any section which may from time to time suggest
itself, and their outer or inner surfaces, or both, may be ground, cut or ornamented
in any style, to improve the appearance of the bedstead. The pillars and railwork
may be of brass, iron, or any other metal, painted, enamelled, or coated with
luminous compositions, to show through the glass.
The mountings of the bedstead may themselves be made of glass, either in
one piece with any of the glass tubes, or separately, and be held in their places by
nuts working on screws cast into the pillars and passing through the aforesaid
mountings, or in any other approved manner.
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:-
The method of employing glass in conjunction with metal tubes or rods, or both,
in the construction of metallic bedsteads, substantially as herein described.
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