Improvements relating to Furniture Springs, which are also useful in connection with Flooring and for other Purposes.
Year: 1890

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by CARL HERMANN FREDRIK WILHELM OVE RAMEL,
FREIHERR VON LÖVENSKJOLD-LOVENBORG, of Lovenborg, Veile, in the Kingdom
of Denmark.]
Improvements relating to Furniture Springs, which are also useful
in connection with Flooring and for other Purposes.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings in the County of Middlesex, 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 springs for use in connection with chairs and other
furniture, with flooring of stables and for other purposes.
In the accompanying drawing,
Figure 1 is a vertical section, and
Figure 2 an end view of the improved device constructed according to the said
invention.
Figure 3 shows a light metal band for suspending the device.
Figure 4 represents the device as used in connection with flooring of stables.
As shown in Figures 1 and 2 the device comprises a top and bottom plate A and B,
the former of which carries three rows of downwardly extending projections a and b,
those marked b being twice as long as those marked a. The bottom plate B has
three rows of upwardly extending projections c which are all of the same length, and
are arranged opposite the short projections a on the aforesaid top plate. Each of
the projections a is connected with a projection c by a spiral spring C. and each of
the projections b is in connection with the bottom plate B through the medium of a
spring. The said springs are powerful enough to bear the weight which they may
have to support, without being overstrained. "One or more of the devices constructed
as above described can be employed as a seat, back or side in furniture. In order
to render the outside of the furniture more resilient the seat may be suspended by a
light metal band D, shown separately in Figure 3, whereby a flexible and elastic
connection is obtained between the several parts of the furniture. The top plate A
of the device can of course be rounded off or made of any suitable external shape
for ensuring great comfort. The improved device can be employed in connection
with flooring of stables for horses, cows and other animals, for the purpose of
providing a comfortable bed which is of special importance in the case of cows
which are to be fattened.
In case the devices above described are used for floors of stables the light metal
bands are dispensed with, and a space is left between them laterally so that they are
arranged in separate rows. The intermediate spaces serve for the reception of
channels for the discharge of the urine, and the blocks are surrounded by tight fitting
frames for protecting the metallic springs. Upon the resilient bed thus formed the
litter is strewn.
For use in connection with furniture the aforesaid plates of the device are made of
wood, steel or the like, whilst with flooring of stables, wood, leather or the like is
employed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by my
foreign Correspondents I declare that what I claim is:-
For use in connection with furniture, flooring of stables, and for other purposes
the employment of devices comprising two plates connected by spiral springs and

page_text: provided with rows of projections these devices being either suspended by means
of light metal bands, or placed side by side without using such bands, substantially
as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 21st day of February 1890.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.