Improvements relating to Spring Stuffing in Upholstery Work.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 20th May, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 20th Feb., 1896-Accepted, 9th May 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Spring Stuffing in Upholstery Work.
DANIEL ROBERTSON GARDNER and ARCHIBALD GARDNER of the Firm
of A. Gardner & Son Cabinet Makers and Upholsterers 36, Jamaica Street,
Glasgow, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to an improved construction of spring stuffing.
As applied to the seat of a chair, we attach a wire or rod to the fillet on the back
rail, or to the rail itself, or the side rails, as may be most convenient, by means of
bell staples or other fastners, or by nailing the ends of the wire to the ends of the
fillet; or by simply inserting the ends of the wire or rod into the ends of
the fillet.
This wire or rod is carried round the seat and forms a stuffing edge, which we
support with C, or half spiral springs attached to it, these springs are so made that
the lower end is inserted, screwed, or nailed to the rails of the seat; the springs in
the centre of the seat are fixed in the usual way.
The half spiral and C springs terminate at one end in a spike, or loop, or nail
hole or holes, so that the springs may be driven, nailed, or screw nailed to
any foundation of upholstery work, which may be seats, backs, sides, mattresses &c.
and such like.
Dated this 18th day of May 1895
DANIEL ROBERTSON GARDNER.
ARCHIBALD GARDNER.
Improvements relating to Spring Stuffing in Upholstery Work.
I, DANIEL ROBERTSON GARDNER, of the Firm of A. Gardner & Son, Cabinet
Makers and Upholsterers, 36 Jamaica Street, Glasgow, also Administrator of the
estate of the late Archibald Gardner 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 :-
It has reference to an improved construction of spring stuffing in upholstery work
and will be better understood if reference is made to the accompanying sheet of
drawings in which;
Figures 1. 2 and 3 are views in elevation and section I and
Figures 4. 5 and 6 are views in plan and section illustrating the application of
this invention to the seat framework of a chair.
Figures 7.7 7 and 8, 84 8B are perspective views shewing the improved stuffing
springs comprised in this invention.
Figure 9 is a fragmentary view in elevation relating to this invention as applied
to a chair seat.
Similar letters of reference and numerals throughout the drawings represent
corresponding parts.

page_text: As applied to the seat A, a¹ a³ of a chair such as shewn in Figs. 1 to 6 we attach
a wire or rod B to it, sometimes fastening it to the fillet C upon the back rail a
see Figs. 4 and 5 or to the said back rail itself see Fig. 1, or to the side rails A, A,
Fig. 3 (according as we find most convenient) by means of bell staples 6' or other
fasteners; or by nailing the ends of the wire B to the ends of the fillet C as shewo
in Fig. 9 or by simply inserting the ends c¹ of the wire or rod B into the ends of
the fillet C as shewn in Fig. 6.
This wire or rod B is carried round the seat, sec Figs. 4. 5 and 6 and forms a
stuffing edge which is supported with C shaped springs D Figs. 7. 7ª 7B or with
half spiral (cone shaped) springs E, Figs. 8. 8A 8B attached to it as shewn
in Figs. 1-4 and 9. These cone shaped springs (representing the half of an
ordinary spiral stuffing spring) are so made that the lower end thereof is capable of
being inserted in, screwed, or nailed to the rails A, a¹ a' of the seat; Fig. 1 shews
the spiked end et inserted in the side rail A and Fig. 9 shews them nailed or
screwed to it. The springs in the centre part F of the seat, Figs. 4. 5 and 6 are of
the ordinary spiral kind and fixed in the usual way: these being well understood
by upholstereis do not require to be shewn in the drawings.
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The half spiral or cone shaped spring E and the C shaped spring D terminate at
one end in a spike e d4 Figs. 7 and 8; those shewn in Figs. 7A 7B 8A 8B terminate
with one or more loops or uail holes e³, e³, d³, so that the springs D or E may be
either driven into the substance of the wood or fastened with nails screws or pins to
any foundation of upholstery work: such foundations comprising any seat, back,
side, arm, mattress and such like subjects.
The C shaped springs D are by preference made with a roll over end d¹
Figs. 7 7 for enclosing the wire or other rod B and sometimes with a hole d³ for
binding them to the rod B when required.
As a beneficial result of fixing the stuffing edge wire or rod B to the fillet C or
rails A or a¹ of a chair as herein described and drawn we are enabled to upholster
the said seat within the spaces a³ between the fillet C and legs G more neatly than
if the edge B was fixed to or closely against the legs G.
The springs D and E Figs. 7 7 7 and 8, 84, 8B being fixed into nailed or
screwed to the foundations of the seat as described and shewn herein are
much firmer and more immoveable than those which are fixed by the methods
hitherto in use.
The framing A, A a¹ a is designed to represent, not only the framework of a
chair seat but the frame of any spring stuffed and upholstered panel.
I am aware that prior to this invention spiral wire springs, also wire stuffing
edges B and fillet pieces C have been commonly used in the spring stuffing of
upholstered work it will therefore be understood that I do not claim these things
broadly as my invention.
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. In an upholstered seat the stuffing edge, rod or wire B fitted to or into the
ends of a fillet with a space a between the parts B and G all substantially as
herein described with reference to Figs. 6 and 9 of the drawings, or any mere
modification thereof for the purposes specified.
Second. In an upholstered seat the stuffing edge, rod or wire B fixed to or upon
the fillet C all substantially as herein described with reference to Figs. 4 and 5 of
the drawings or any mere modification thereof for the purposes specified.
Third. In an upholstered seat the stuffing edge, rod or wire B fixed to the
framing A, a all substantially as herein described with reference to Figs. 1 and 3
of the drawings or any mere modification thereof for the purposes specified.
Fourth. In upholstered work the combination with the stuffing edge B of one or
more C shaped springs D, d Figs. 3 and 7 all substantially as herein described and
drawn or any mere modification thereof for the purposes specified.

page_text: Fifth. In upholstered work the combination with the stuffing edge B of one or
more C shaped springs D all substantially as herein described with reference to the
drawings or any mere modification thereof for the purposes specified.
Sixth. In upholstered work the combination with the stuffing edge B of one or
more cone shaped spiral springs E, e Fig. 8, all substantially as herein described
with reference to the drawings or any mere modification thereof for the purposes
specified.
Seventh. In upholstered work the combination with the stuffing edge B of one
or more cone shaped spiral springs E all substantially as herein described with
reference to the drawings or any mere modification thereof for the purposes
specified.
Eighth. In upholstered work the improved spring stuffing all substantially as
herein described with reference to the drawings, or any of them, or any mere
modification thereof for the purposes specified.
Ninth. In a C shaped spring D the combination therewith of the spike d' and
loop d' all substantially as herein described with reference to the drawings or any
mere modification thereof for the purposes specified.
Tenth. In a spiral spring the combination therewith of the spike e all substan-
tially as herein described with reference to the drawings or any mere modification
thereof for the purposes specified.
Eleventh. In a spiral spring the combination therewith of the hole or loop e* all
substantially as herein described with reference to the drawings for the purposes
specified.
Twelfth. In a C shaped spring the combination therewith of the loop or hole d
all substantially as herein described with reference to the drawings for the purposes
specified.
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JOSEPH LOCKWOOD,
263 Argyle Street, Glasgow, Agent for the Applicants.