Year: 1888

page_text: 1, ALEXANDER MARTHINIUS GJESTVANG of No. 9 Ovre Slotsgade Christiania in
the Kingdom of Norway Merchant do hereby declare the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
This invention refers to chairs made of round iron or steel wire, more especially iron
wire, and has for its object a simple and strong construction of the legs of such chairs
and the mode of manufacturing the same.
In the annexed drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view showing how the wires are
carried up and combined. Figure 2 shews a single leg. Figuro 3 is a detail view on
a larger scale and Figures 4 and 5 show a modification in perspective and front view
respectively.
The main object of the invention is to provide simple means for connecting the
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horizontal braces, which tie the legs together below the seat of the chairs.
braces were formerly made like a frame which passed through an eye in each leg.
In the leg-construction, shown in the drawing, no separate frame is made use of, as
the horizontal braces are formed and made in one piece with the legs.
The legs are constructed from twisted wire and the lower part of each leg below the
frame or the braces, consists of one wire a forming first a loop, bent at right angles io
the leg, serving as a foot, and then twisted together, whereof one wire end diverges to
the side and extends to another leg thus serving as a horizontal brace and the other
wire continuing in a vertical direction is twisted together with the wire b close above
the point where the horizontal brace of the said wire a diverges being the horizontal
brace coming from a third leg, and the two wires a and b now constitute the upper
part of the leg being either twisted together all the way to the top of the leg, where
the same is bolted or rivetted to the seat-frame, or the two wires may diverge from
each other, one running in a vertical direction to the seat-frame and the other in an
inclined direction to another point of the seat-frame, or they may be carried and
connected with the seat-frame in any other suitable way

page_text: Figures 2 and 3 show how the wires are preferably twisted. By this mode of con-
structing chair-legs, the machines by which the same are made are very much
simplified, and thereby the cost of manufacture is reduced.
A modification of the mode of connection is shown in Figures 4 and 5. The wire a
is here, after being utilized for forming a brace, carried downwards forming the foot
of the next leg, and then up again. In this way only two of the braces are formed
in one with the legs. The other braces are formed by separate wires b. The braces
between the legs may in all instances be carried in different manners. Either as shown
straight between the legs or in a curved line or diagonally.
When the chairs are constructed as shown in Figure 1, the legs will be composed of
four equal pieces which may easily be taken apart and put together again if there be
only one or two twists above the point of the connection with the braces whereby
great advantages are attained for the purpose of facilitating the transport of the chairs
to greater distances.
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 :-
First Legs for chairs and other furniture made from wire, whose lower part
consists of a wire, which is laid double and twisted, one branch of the same diverging
to the side forming a horizontal brace to another leg of the chair, the other branch con-
tinuing upwards and uniting with a wire coming from a third leg and twisted together
with this one, forming the upper part of the leg substantially as described and
shown.
Second-The constructions of chair legs as shown.