Improvements in, or connected with, the Sackings of Bedsteads, Seats, Berths, and other Kindred Articles of Furniture.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in, or connected with, the Sackings of Bedsteads,
Seats, Berths, and other Kindred Articles of Furniture.
I, JOSEPH NICHOLS, of the Firm of J. Nichols and Son, of Cheapside Wire Works,
in the City of Birmingham, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:―
This invention relates to means for attaching wire fabrics or meshes of various
constructions to the end parts of the framings of metallic bedsteads, seats, berths
and other articles of a kindred manufacture, also in the construction and organizu-
tion of the fabrics or meshes by the introduction into them of resilient elements,
principally in the form of spring organized loops or links.
In carrying out one form of my invention in connection with the framing of
a metallic bedstead, I make the body of the wire fabric or mesh, of that type
known in commerce as the "Dominion" construction, that is a mesh made up
of a series of rows of V-shaped links, with the free ends infibulated or connected
together, thus forming a diamond pattern mesh with the returned ends of the
V-shaped links being connected or hooking one with another, so as to make a
distensible mesh with the diamond pattern running in the direction of the line
of pull or line of force, disposed between the two ends of the article to which it
is attached.
The ends of the mesh are provided with spring connections or attachments
consisting of a series of U-shaped links with their opposite sides branches or
legs bowed or curved and with the end or apex as it were, at the junction of
the sides, turned back into looped hooks which engage with the returned or
looped outward ends of the V-shaped links of the mesh or fabric as described.
The terminations of the branches or legs of each U-shaped link are also turned
back into plain hooks, which engage with or pass through pairs of holes, or studs
of a series, formed within or carried by the ends or end parts of a fast or loose
frame of a bedstead, and with the axial line of the diamond patterns running
equi-distant between the said holes, studs or connection ends.
By curving or bowing inwardly or outwardly the sides of these supplementary
U-shaped or bifurcated connecting links, resiliency and distensibility is acquired
through them to the body mesh.
In order to prevent over distension, check wires may be employed, and in
order to give increased resiliency to these bifurcated or dual sided hooked links,
looped coils may be introduced into them, both at one, two or more points upon
each side, so that when pressure is put upon the body fabric, these intermeditary
hook links, which connect the same to the ends of the stretcher frames, yield
to the pressure exerted and close the coils, which again open and the attach-
ment links resume their normal figure on pressure being relieved.
I propose that one hole or one stud should suffice for the adjacent ends of two
links or connections, and that the side branches or legs may loopwise cross each
other, so that two holes of studs serve for the attachment ends of the pair of

page_text: branches of one link and also the contiguous branches or legs of two adjacent
links.
The sides of the body mesh may be connected to the sides of the framing by
a number of ties or hook bands each formed preferably from a single length of
wire, with the free ends made into closed hooks or eyes, connected to an element
of the mesh, and the other end which is double, after passing around the sides
of the frame, turned back into a hook, which engages another element or the
same element as before described, of the mesh.
Instead of, or in addition to, the aforesaid end connections, the body mesh
may be formed into two or more sections, and with each section united or con-
nected together by a row or rows of U-shaped resilient links of the construction
and organization as described, and such resilient U-shaped links may be employed
in double or single order, so that the ends of their branches or legs may infibu-
late and form an oval shaped organized stripe or fabric.
I wish it to be understood that the body fabric may be made up of a series of
such resilient U-shaped and bifurcated links if so desired, and I wish it to be
further understood that the body mesh generally may be of any desired con-
struction, with the said bifurcated resilient links as the connections for the ends,
or unions or insertions in the middles.
These U-shaped resilient links which are made from spring wire or metal,
are used in lieu of the ordinary spiral springs in sackings and bed bottoms.
The application of my invention to seats, berths and other articles of a kindred
manufacture, differs in no essential respect from its application to a bedstead as
described.
Improvements in, or connected with, the Sackings of Bedsteads,
Seats, Berths, and other Kindred Articles of Furniture.
I, JOSEPH NICHOLS, of the Firm of J. Nichols and Son, of Cheapside Wire Works,
in the City of Birmingham, 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:
This invention relates to means for attaching wire fabrics or meshes of various
constructions to the framings of metallic bedsteads, cots, seats, berths and other
articles of a kindred nature, also to improvements in the construction and organiza-
tion of fabrics or meshes for bed bottoms and the like by introducing into them,
or forming them from, resilient elements, principally in the form of elastic sided
connection loops or links, which are made from spring wire and are employed
in substitution of the ordinary spiral springs usually employed with such
sackings.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a plan of a mattress, pro-
vided with a sacking of the well-known "Dominion" type, which has introduced
into it, and is also connected to the mattress framing by, series of resilient elements
or spring sided links constructed, arranged and applied according to my improve-
ments.
Figure 2 is a plan of the said mesh upon an enlarged scale, showing more
clearly the method of attaching the body sacking to the introduced resilient or
spring-organized links, and of connecting these latter to the mattress framing.

page_text: Figure 3 is a longitudinal vertical section of Figure 2 upon the dotted line.
In these said figures, the same letters of reference are employed to indicate
corresponding parts of the mattress.
a, a¹ are the body portions of the wire fabric or mesh constituting the sacking
of the mattress framing a³, the said fabric being, as aforesaid, of the Dominion
tyre, consisting of series of rows of V-shaped links b, the free ends b', of the
arms, of which are hooked, and the said hooked free ends of the links of each
row engage over the returned ends 63, of the links of the next adjacent row, thus
making an extensible mesh of a diamond pattern. These body sections a, a', of
the sacking are connected together and also to the end bars a³, of the mattress
framing, by means of end and middle rows, marked respectively c, d and e, of
resilient connections f, each consisting of an elongated or distensible sided loop
or link, lying in the plane of the sacking and with the opposite sides f¹, curved
or bowed, whilst the junction of these sides at one end are bent over to form
hooks f, whilst the other ends are infibulated or connected together at f³, thus
forming an approximately oval or elongated frame, provided with an attachment
hook at one end.
In the end rows c, and c, the sides of the said spring-organized loops are linked
up to one another as shown at f4, and the hook parts f, are engaged into holes a*.
or around studs formed within or carried upon the end bars of the mattress
frame, whilst the other ends are engaged by the hooks, b, of the V-shaped
elements of the sacking. In the middle row d, the hooks f³, of the spring
loops engage with the contiguous return ends of the V-shaped links of the body
section a', whilst the hooks 3, at the free ends of the said links in the adjacent
series of the body section a, are engaged over the ends of the said spring loops,
as best seen in Figure 2.
By thus embodying within the mesh a series of elements, lying in the plane
of the said mesh and having curved or bowed distensible sides, which tend to
straighten on a strain coming upon the mesh, and by connecting the sacking
to the mattress frame by further series of such links or elements, the mesh or
sacking becomes endowed with considerable resiliency and distensibility.
Figure 4 represents a plan of a portion of a mattress, the sacking of which
is provided with other forms of resilient or spring-organized members and con-
nections in accordance with my improvements.
a, al, are sections of the body sacking, which are connected together by the
hooked ends of the links of the two innermost rows engaging with a spring
organized band, consisting of a continuous length of spring wire which is
fashioned in a running series of loops d, d, connected by crossing arms d³, and
with the said loops slightly overlapping or lying upon one another at their
edges. This band is so disposed in regard to the sacking sections that the pull
comes upon the same transversely of its length.
c is a row of spring organized connection links, by which the body sacking is
attached to the end rails 6, of the mattress framing b, and comprising a series
of linked-up loops f, of a diamond figure, with the angular sides thereof con-
nected together at their inner ends fl, with which the hooks of the elements of
the body links engage, whilst the other end of each diamond loop is fashioned
into a hook f, adapted to take into holes 63, in the end rail, or is suitably
fashioned for engaging round studs on the said end rail, or for being otherwise
connected thereto.
Figure 5 represents another modification of my invention. In this case, the
spring-organized connections f, which lie in a horizontal plane, or in the same
plane as the body of the mesh are each formed of a length of wire fashioned into
a loop f, with which the links of the body mesh engage, whilst the free ends
are arranged as arms f³, which cross one another and are terminated by hook
connections f³, for engaging in the holes 62, of the mattress end rail b¹, or by
suitable formations for taking around studs or the like on the said end rails.

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Figure represents another modification of spring connection, similar to that
of Figure 5, with the exception that the arms f, first cross one another and then
return, one under the other, before terminating in the hooked or other end con-
nections.
In order to prevent over distension, check wires may be employed, and in order
to give increased resiliency to these dual-sided hooked connecting links, loop
coils may be introduced into them, at one, two or more points upon each side,
and with the said coils preferably lying in a horizontal plane, so that when pres
sure is put upon the body fabric, the sides of resilient connection links, yield in
obedience thereto and tend to close the coils, but which again open out when
the attachment links resume their normal figure ou pressure being relieved.
The sides of the body mesh may be connected to the sides of the framing by
a number of ties or hook bands, such as shown at g, in Figures 1 and 2, which
are formed preferably from a single length of wire, with the free ends g¹, made
into closed hooks or eyes g³, connected to an element of the mesh, the other end
which is double, being turned back into a hook g³, which engages the side rail b³,
of the mattress frame b.
I wish it to be understood that the body fabric may be made up of connected-
up series of rows of such resilient or spring links organized loops, if so desired,
and I wish it to be further understood that although I have described my inven-
tion in connection with a Dominion pattern mesh, yet the body mesh itself may
be of any desired construction, with the said resilient links or elements constitut-
ing the connections between parts thereof, and also between it or them and the
ends or sides of the mattress frame.
The application of my invention to seats, berths, and other articles of a kindred
manufacture, differs in no essential respect from its application to a mattress or
bed-bottom, as described.
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
18:-
First-Connecting together parts of a sacking by, or attaching a sacking or
sacking sections to the framing of a mattress, bedsteud or the like by, or making
up a sacking of, series or interlinked series of distensible sided or spring organized
loops or elements, such as f, disposed or lying in the plane of the said sacking,
substantially as described and set forth in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Secondly-Connecting together parts of a sacking or attaching a sacking or
parts thereof to a mattress framing by, or making up a sacking of, series or inter-
linked series of spring organized loops, such as f, with crossing arms f³, arranged
substantially as described and set forth in Figures 5 and 6.
Thirdly:--In distensible sacking, the application thereto of a spring organized
band such as d, with the loops d', d, disposed in the direction of the pull of the
sacking, across which the said band runs and receives the pull of the sacking in
a direction transversely of its length, substantially as described and set forth in
Figure 4.
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