Improvements in Metallic Bedsteads.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application; 3rd May, 1888
Specification Accepted, 8th June, 1888
Improvements in Metallic Bedsteads.
I THOMAS KENDRICK of Summer Lane Birmingham in the County of Warwick
Manufacturer, 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, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the
letters and figures marked thereon :-
This invention consists in an improved method of raising the end bars of metallic
bedstead frames. The elevating of the end bars of bedsteads for the purpose of
bringing the surface of a spring mattress attached thereto above the level of the sides
has been previously accomplished by various means and my invention therefore does
not consist in the fact of raising the end bars but in the method which I employ for
that purpose which I claim to be an improvement upon those hitherto in use.
I will now proceed to describe my said invention.
The principle which forms the basis of my invention is that of employing blocks
of cast iron attached (permanently or otherwise) to the end bars of the bedstead
frame of any convenient form such for instance as shewn in the drawings herewith
and connected by either of the means therein illustrated to the blocks cast upon the
corners of the pillars or upon the side bars of the bedstead in such a manner as to
elevate the said end bars to a convenient height above the bars forming the sides.
An example of this principle is given in Fig. 1. A dovetail block (A) is cast upon
the end of the side bar (B).
A corresponding block (C) is cast upon the end bar (D) and the two blocks are
connected by means of a nut and bolt (E).
To prevent undue strain from the pull of the mattress upon the screw bolt (E) the
upper surface of the block (A) and the lower surface of block (C) are of a corre-
sponding form so as to lock one upon another.
Figs. 2 and 3 shew similar arrangements of blocks more particularly applicable to
French end or fast pillar bedsteads.
In these instances the block (A) is cast upon the pillar and forms the corner block
a horizontal bar or rod being shewn at (F) connecting the pillars. The upper

page_text: blocks (C) are here shown of a form adapted to this arrangement. Fig. 2 is an
elevation from the inner side or back of the pillar and Fig. 3 from the front. The
blocks will be seen to differ somewhat in matters of detail.
A further modification of the principle of my invention is shewn in Figs. 4 and 5,
in which a projecting block or lug (G) is shewn cast in a piece with the corner block
of the pillar. The end bar (D) to which the spring mattress is to be attached has
blocks (C) cast upon its ends of the form shown in Fig. 5, having screw pins or
bolts (E), which passing through a hole in the lugs (G) are screwed by nuts.
If preferred the lugs (G) may be cast upon the dovetail block upon the side
bar (B) Fig. 7, or in place of the lug (G) a dovetail or block may be substituted as
shewn at H Fig. 6.
In the case of French end or fast pillar bedsteads where it is not necessary to
remove the end bar of the bedstead I adopt if preferred either of the methods shown
in Figs. 8 and 9.
In Fig. 8. I cast the angle iron or tube end bar into a block (C) situated upon the
top of the corner block (A) and either cast in a piece with the same or attached
thereto by a nut and bolt.
In the method shown in Fig. 9 I employ an angle iron end bar having one web
considerably wider than the other which I cast into the corner block (A) in a vertical
position supporting it so as to prevent bending by the pull of the mattress by a small
buttress like block (C).
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is,
The method of elevating the end bars of metallic bedsteads for use with spring
mattresses substantially as herein described and specified.
PAYNE & TALBOT,
7, Cherry Street, Birmingham,
Agents for the Applicant.