IMPROVED SPRING MATTRESS OR SUBSTITUTE THEREFOR"
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
JOSEPH BEALE of N° 20 Georges Street Cork, in the County of Cork Ireland,
Civil Engineer and Surveyor: and THOMAS DINEEN of No 17 Queen Street Leeds,
in Yorkshire, England, General Merchant do hereby declare the nature of our
invention for "IMPROVED SPRING MATTRESS OR SUBSTITUTE THEREFOR" to be as
follows:-
It consists in a novel and cheap mode of supporting a mattress or other bedding
to sleep upon, so that when a person is laid upon it, however poor or thin the
mattress or bedding may be, it becomes a luxurious Spring Bed, and may be used
on any bedstead, or other convenient place, or on the floor.
It is constructed in the following way. Two sides made of wood or other
material, placed on edge with head and foot board placed between them (also on
edge) these four are united at the angles by metallic or other straps and slides, so
as to hold them in relative position-there is a notch cut out of each end of the upper
edge of the side boards, into these notches is lodged at head and foot, a transverse
stretcher-bar, either with or without fastening to the two stretcher-bars are
attached a number of longitudinal List or Webs, (more or less according to width
of bed), and made of silk, jute, flax, linen, wool, or cotton or other fibrous material,
or a mixture of two or more of thein-lastly, between the List or webs are inter-
posed, alternately over and under, a number of thin transverse laths, a little short
of the distance between the inside faces of the side boards. This completes the
construction, and it can be quickly and easily taken asunder, and put together, so
that it is extremely portable. It is noteworthy also, that when the mattress &c:
is laid upon this composite List or Web and Lath Bottom, there is liberty for all to
sink longitudinally to a moderate extent between the sideboards, but there is no
sinking transversely, so that two or more occupants would not incline together
in the least degreo by their own natural gravity, and we claim that these two
distinctive characteristics of our invention are both sanatory and novel.
The Boards, Stretcher-bars and Laths inay be made of common White deal, or
any other light cheap wood or other material
The Metallic Straps and Slides of tinned-iron, steel, brass, copper, or the new
delta composition, or any other suitable metallic substance.

page_text: The List or Webs, of silk, jute, flax, linen, wool, or cotton, or other fibrous
material, or a mixture of these, or any suitable material possessing ordinary
strength..
We claim for the "Improved Spring Mattress or substitute therefor, made as
herein described, that it is new and novel, being fastened or fixed on a frame made 5
of wood or other material so constructed as to support the springing part suspended
between the sides.

page_text: We JOSEPH BEALE of 20 King George's Street, Cork, Ireland, Civil Engineer
and Surveyor, and THOMAS DINEEN of 17 Queen Street, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
General Merchant do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention for IMPROVED
SPRING MATTRESS OR SUBSTITUTE THEREFOR" and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The object of our invention is to construct a novel, cheap, and improved formn of
spring mattress, upon which the usual bedding materials are laid; and by which
spring mattress the bedding is supported, so as to afford a high degree of clasticity
and comfort.
:
And in order that our said invention may be clearly understood, reference is
hereby made to the accompanying drawings in which similar letters of reference
indicate corresponding parts.
Fig 1 is a plan of the mattress and frame-Fig 2 is a side view, and Fig 3 a
section on the line 1. 2. of Fig : 1.
The frame is herein described as mado of wood with dove tail joints, but the
frame may be made of metal or any other suitable material and the joints at the
corners may be made to dovetail together as shown, or be united by any other of
the well known means.
ff are the longitudinal sides the form of which is shewn in Figs 1. 2 and 3.
c is the head of the frame, and e is the foot-The dovetail joint ab is shewni
enlarged in Figs 8. 9. 10. 11 and 12. The sockets a a are fitted to the head frame c
and foot e.
The cones bb are attached by plates to the side frames ff by which means the
parts of the frame may be as readily combined or separated as those of an ordinary
iron bedstead. Another rail d is fitted at the head for tightening up the longi-
tudinal webs.
The ends of the rail d are so fitted as to slide in guide alots or on guide plates
or other parallel supports, and the screws ; working in suitable nuts fitted to d
enable the bar d to be drawn outwards, or slackened, as required. An enlarged
view of this detail is shown in Fig 13 where c is the foot rail of the frame, j is the
screw actuated by the moveable iron key i (Fig 13) and working in the nut j³.
TT are longitudinal webs which are firmly fixed to the rails e and d, a lath m
(Fig 13) being sometimes screwed over the ends of the webs to impart additional
security and neatness of finish and appearance. 88 are thin laths or cross pieces
made of wood, steel, or other suitable material, of such a length that they are
within the lines of the sides ff and do not rest upon the sides at any part. These
laths s are interlaced into the webs as shown in Fig 1. The straining screws are
used for the purpose of drawing the rail d towards the rail c and thereby drawing
the webs into tension.
The webs may be made of silk, juto, flax, linen, wool, cotton, or other fibrous
materials, or a mixture of such materials, the width of the webs and also that of
the laths being adapted to the size of the mattress.
Figs 3. 4. and 6 explain the method of supplying extra support to large
mattresses.
The lower board n is firmly fixed to the sides f. as shewn;-spiral springs ? are
fitted to and rest upon the board n. Above the springs and supported thereby is
the upper board o as shown. By placing one, two or more sets of springs in this

page_text: manner the strain upon the webs of large mattresses is relieved, without impairing
the clasticity.
Fig 7 is an enlarged view of the cover plate l.
Figs. 8. to 12 are detailed views of the dovetail joint a b. Fig 8 shews a side
view of 6 and an end view of f. Fig 9 is a top view of the same. Fig 10 is a
front view of 6 only Fig 11 is an end view of the iron dovetail socket a, and
Fig 12 is a side view of the same. Fig 13 is an enlarged view of the tightening up
arrangement. Fig 14 is a face view of the nut j¹.
In arranging our invention for temporary use and providing for greater porta-
bility, we adopt a framing as shewn in Figs. 15, 16 and 17. Fig 15 shews the
bedstead and mattress extended and ready for use. Fig 16 is an end view of the
foot end of the frame, and Fig 17 shews the whole packed up into a small compass.
The legs tt of the couch are pivoted upon fixed pivots, and moveable pins are fitted
to secure the legs in position, when erected. The legs may be placed in the position
shewn in Fig 17. and the mattress rolled round the several parts of the frame, as
shewn in the same figure, for the purpose of removal or packing away.
By means of slight modifications in the details our invention is applicable to
mattresses for hotels, barracks, hospitals, ocean and other passenger steam ships;
for stretchers for ambulance purposes; sofas, couches, chairs, garden seats, carriage
seats, railway_carriages and analogous-purposes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained-the-nature_of_our_said
Invention and what manner the same is to be performed we declare-that-what-
we claim is:-
1. The method of forming spring mattresses by means of a longitudinal and
transverse series of webs and laths, the laths being of wood, steel, or other suitable
material and intersecting-the-webs,-substantially as herein before described and
-shewn.on_the_drawings
2. The manufacture and use of spring mattresses, constructed-substantially-as
-and-for-the several purposes herein before described and shewn on the drawings.
3. The general combination and arrangement of webs and laths in-the-manu--
facture of spring mattresses and substitutes therefor substantially as herein before
described and shewn on the drawings.
Dated the 24th day of November 1884

page_text: No text detected.