Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 6th May, 1887
Complete Left, 6th Feb., 1888
Complete Accepted, 23rd Mar., 1888
I ALEXANDER MCILQUHAM Engineer and Machinest 14 Gough Road Stratford
London in the County of Essex do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
I make the bed of the mattrass of spiral formed lengths of wire, and have the wire
either tin covered, copper covered or galvanized, as is commonly used.
I then make a frame of timber with sutable castings at two or more corners to hold
the frame together and to hold the wire work in tention.
Two of the longutudnal pices of timber are tenoned into the foot castings fit on a
taiper and are made to be fixed. The two castings at head are made to slide on
the two longutudunal pices of timber before mentioned and are regulated by a
screw at side of frame, on the top and bottom cross pices of timber are fixed the
longudidnal spiral springs and with sutable staples, such cross pices of timber are
let into prepared parts of the corner castings. At the end of each of the longu-
tudnal timbers of the frame there is a poperly shaped casting to recive each of
the tention bolts which by screwing or unscrewing tightens or slackens the mattrass.
In order that the mattrass may be made tight or slack without causing a space
between the beds head (or beds foot as the case may be) and the mattrass I purpose to
lay a pice of timber or stretch a frame of wirework from side to side of longutudenal
timbers that already form the framework of mattrass, one edge of the timber or
wirework frame to be held by sutable pillars screwed or fixed underside and such
pillars to fit into holes or preparations to recive them at end of longutudnall frame
timbers so that any tightening or slackening of the mattrass shall not cause the
overlay to slip through any space so formed.

page_text: I weave the mattrass of wire wider than the width such mattrass is intended to be
on the top and such overwidth I turn down to a sutable angle and make fast to the
ends of the cross pieces of frame so as to give strength and improve the edge of the
mattrass.
At the bottom or foot of the mattrass I make a pannel of timber paper mache,
Lincrusta Walton, porcelain, glass or metal work, such pannel to run from side to
side of mattrass and to be width of the thickness of wirework of mattrass and the
cross pice of timber it is fastened to, or to be wider than thickness of wirework and
timber and to project or be wider above or below the mattrass as may be wished.
Dated this 5th day of May 1887.
ALEXANDER MILQUHAM,
14, Gough Road, Stratford, London, E.

page_text: ALEXANDER MCILQUHAM Engineer and Machinest 34 Buckingham Road (late
14 Gough Road) Stratford in the County of Essex do hereby declare the nature
of my invention for WOVEN WIRE MATTRASS AND FRAME and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
I make the bed of the mattrass of spiral formed lengths of wire and have them
either of tin covered, copper covered or galvanized wire as is commonly used.
I then make a frame of timber A A A A A with sutable castings at two or more
corners B B to hold the frame together, and to hold the wirework in tention.
Two of the longutudnal pices of timber are tennoned into the foot castings C, fit on
a taiper and are made to be fixed. The two castings at head D are made to slide on
the two longutudnal pices of timber before mentioned and are regulated by a screw E
at side of frame.
On the bottom & top cross pices F are fixed the longutudnal spiral springs G G
with sutable staples. Such cross pices of timber are let into prepared parts of the
corner castings.
At one end of each of the longutudnal timbers of the frame H there is a proper
shaped casting to recive each of the tention bolts which by screwing or unscrewing
tightens or slackens the mattrass.
In order that the mattrass may be made tight or slack without causing a space
between the beds head (or foot as the case may be) and the mattrass I I purpose to
lay a pice of timber or stretch a frame of wirework from side to side of longutudnal
timbers that already form the framework of mattrass, one edge of the timber or
wirework frame to be held by pillars M screwed or fixed underside, and such pillars
to fit into holes or preparations to recive them at end of longutudnal frame timbers so
that any tightening or slackening of the mattrass shall not cause the overlay to slip
through any space so formed.
I weave the mattrass of wire wider than the width such mattrass is intended to be
and such overwidth I turn down to a sutable angle K and make fast to the ends of
the cross pices of frame so as to give strength and improve the edge of the mattrass.
At the bottom or foot of the mattrass I make a pannel of timber, paper mache,
Lincrusta Walton, porcelain, glass, or metal work, such pannel to run from side to
side of mattrass L and to be the width of the thickness of wirework of mattrass and
the cross pice of timber it is fastened, too, or be wider than thickness of wirework
and timber and to project or be wider above or below the wirework of mattrass as may
be wished.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my saide
invention I declair that what I claim
1st. Weaving an extra width to breadth of mattrass and turning the same down at
each side of mattrass to an angle.
2nd. Making and useing a foot pannel of timber, paper mache, Lincrusta Walton,
glass, or metal work, and fixing the same on mattrass as described.
Dated this 6th day of February 1888.
ALEXANDER MCILQUHAM.