Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Oct., 1894,
Complete Specification Left, 27th July, 1895-Accepted, 31st Aug., 1895
We, HENRY GARNER of Sycamore Road, Handsworth, in the County of Stafford,
Works Manager, and THOMAS PERRY & SON LIMITED of Highfield Works,,
Bilston, in the County of Stafford, Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to the manner in which we construct and arrange
side arms and side arm fittings upon bedstead pillars; the object of the invention
being to produce a side arm attachment which will permit of the arm and its
hangings being moved freely upon the pillar without necessitating the raising of
the arm and without limiting the movement to that of a right angle only.
In carrying our invention into effect when constructing our fittings for attachment
to an ordinary bedstead, we make a pair of mounts or cuplike rings to attach to
the pillars of the bedstead, one mount being placed above the other on each of the
head pillars. We secure the mounts by means of pins, screws, or rivets and we
make them with beads or other external ornamental mouldings or projections to
suit the particular ornamentation or pattern of bedstead to which they are to be
applied. The interior of each mount is made with a channel or annular groove
capable of receiving a projecting foot or flange carried upon the vertical member
or up-right forming the side-arm, this projecting foot being specially provided by
us upon the side arm pillar.
We vary the method of forming the flanged projection together with the manner
of mounting the arm to suit any particular requirement, in each case however
maintaining the same system of moving the arm without having to. first raise it.
We attach our guiding flanges in one convenient manner to our side arms or
side brackets, by providing a horizontal member at or near the upper part of our
vertical arm pillar, this upper guiding leg or bar having a leg or quadrant piece
shaped to enter and freely work within the annular groove upon the ring mount
upon our bedstead pillar. Similarly we make a bottom projecting limb or bar with
a curved lug piece or feather piece to enter and slide freely round the groove in
our lower mount. These two lugs thus serve not only to carry and support the
side arm and its hangings but they admit also of a free movement or turning
motion being obtained, so that the side arm can be placed in any position upon the
bedstead pillar without limitation to its angle.
We provide for a locking action or stop upon our improved free turning side
arms in one convenient form by forming a lug piece or boss piece upon one or the
other of our projecting legs so that the boss or lug stands outside the circular
mount upon our pillar; and through this lug piece we place a screw or clamping
pin which when screwed or manipulated locks the side arm in any desired position.
Instead of a screw and clamping action we sometimes employ a wedge or bar to
press up or down and lock the bracket lug to the pillar mount by pressure.
When arranging our mounts so that no inner motion over the bed shall occur we
sometimes place a stop piece within the groove of our mount so that the path of
the guiding lug is interfered with at the position required.
We do not limit the application of our invention to any particular form of
mount or side arm but we modify the same to suit any particular form of illar,
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page_text: round, square, or other section that may be employed upon the bedstead to which
it is desired to attach our improvements.
Dated the 29th day of October 1894.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for Applicants.
We, HENRY GARNER, Sycamore Road, Handsworth, Foreman, and THOMAS
PERRY & SON LIMITED, of Highfield Works, Bilston, Manufacturers, both in the
County of Staffordshire, 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 has reference to the manner in which we construct and arrange
side arms and side arm fittings upon bedstead pillars, the object of the invention
being to produce a side arm attachment which will permit of the arm and its
bangings being moved freely upon the pillar without necessitating the raising of
the arm and without limiting the movement to that of a right angle only.
In the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings to be hereinafter
referred to;-
Figure 1 is a side elevation representing our improved side arm attached to a
bedstead pillar.
Figure 2 is a part plan, and Figure 3 a part sectional elevation illustrating the
method of attaching the side arm to the pillar.
The same reference letters in the different views indicate the same parts.
In carrying our invention into effect when constructing our fittings for attachment
to an ordinary bedstead, we make a pair of mounts or cup-like rings, such as A, to
attach to the pillars of the bedstead, one mount being placed above the other on
each of the head pillars. We secure the mounts by means of pins, screws, rivets,
or by other suitable methods of fixing, and we make them with beads or other
external ornamental mouldings or projections to suit the particular ornamentation
or pattern of bedstead to which they are to be applied.
The interior of each mount is made with a channel or annular groove A', capable
of receiving a projecting foot, or lug B, carried upon the vertical member or
upright C of the side arm, a projecting foot. being specially provided upon the
side arm pillar to fit within each of the cups or ring mounts A. We vary the
method of forming the flanged projection together with the manner of mounting
the arm, to suit any particular requirement, in each case however maintaining the
same system of moving the arm without having to first raise it.
We attach our guiding flange in one convenient manner to our side arms or side
brackets, by providing a horizontal member C', at or near the upper part of our
vertical arm pillar, this upper guiding leg or bar having a foot or curved lug
piece B formed with or attached thereto and shaped to enter and freely work
within the annular groove of the ring mount A upon the bedstead pillar. Similarly
we make a bottom projecting limb or bar C³, with a foot or curved lug piece B to
enter and slide freely round the groove in our lower mount. These two lugs thus
serve not only to carry and support the side arm and its hangings, but they admit
also of a free movement or turning motion being obtained so that the side arm
can be placed in any position upon the bedstead pillar without limitation to its
angle.
We e provide for a locking action or stop upon our improved free turning side
arms in one convenient manner by forming a supplementary lug piece or box piece,

page_text: such as B', Figure 1, upon one or the other of our projecting legs, so that the box
or lug stands outside the circular mount upon our pillar; and through this lug
piece we place a screw or clamping pin D, which when screwed or manipulated
locks the side arm in any desired position. Instead of a screw and clamping action
we sometimes employ a bridge or bar to press up or down and lock the bracket lug
to the pillar mount by pressure, and we adopt other convenient methods of securing
or fixing the side arms in a stationary position.
When arranging our mounts so that no inner motion over the bed shall occur,
we sometimes place a stop piece within the groove of our mount so that the path
of the guiding lug is interfered with at the position required.
We do not limit the application of our invention to any particular form of mount
or side arm, but we modify the same to suit any particular form of pillar, round,
square, or other section that may be employed upon the bedstead to which it is
desired to attach our improvements.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is.-
1. The improved method of attaching a side arm to a bedstead pillar substantially
as and for the purposes herein described.
2. The combination of a side arm having projecting limbs or bars such as C¹, C³,
each provided with a foot or curved lug piece B, with a bedstead pillar having
ring mounts such as A, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described,
and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
3. The improved side arm and fittings for bedsteads substantially as and for the
purposes hereinbefore described and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 23rd day of July 1895.
MARKS & CLERK,
18 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13 Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicants.