AN IMPROVED JOINT, APPLICABLE TO COTS, BEDSTEADS, AND OTHER FRAMES IN METAL
Year: 1856

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Tylor, of the firm of Tylor and Pace, of New
Bond Street, in the County of Middlesex, Manufacturers, for the Inven
tion of "AN IMPROVED JOINT, APPLICABLE TO COTS, BEDSTEADS, AND OTHER
FRAMES IN METAL."
Sealed the 4th July 1856, and dated the 31st January 1856.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Tylor at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 31st
January 1856.
I, HENRY TYLOR, of the firm of Tylor and Pace, of New Bond Street,'in'
the County of Middlesex, Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "AN IMPROVED JOINT, APPLICABLE TO COTS, BEDSTEADS, AND
OTHER FRAMES IN METAL," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in fixing two corresponding plates or cheeks to the
ends of a flat rod or bar, to form the side or framework in the case of cots.
and bedsteads. A large portion of these cheeks projects beyond the end of
the bar, leaving an open space between them. In this opening I insert the
ends of two flat bars, cut diagonally to a corresponding level, and place them?
therein, the ends abutting closely on each other. These inserted bars (one of
which in a cot or bedstead would form the leg and the other the upright rail
or post) are fastened in their places by pinis passing through them and the

page_text: enclosing cheeks at suitable distances, making a pivot, on which they can be
folded down upon the framework or supporting bar and parallel to it. The
act of folding down these bars opens the diagonal line of separation at the
joint, and the act of unfolding restores this line when the ends abut upon and
stop against each other. In this position they may be secured, by connecting
the bars to the framework, or any other suitable part, by some rigid attach-
ment, so that by this arrangement firmness and solidity are imparted to the
article when in use; and when desired, by unlocking the joint and folding the
parts together, greater compactness and portability are obtained.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Henry Tylor in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 31st
July 1856.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY.
TYLOR, of the firm of Tylor and Pace, of New Bond Streeet, in the County of
Middlesex, Manufacturers, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirty-first day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand. eight hundred and fifty-six, in the nineteenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Henry Tylor, Her special licence that I, the said Henry Tylor,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Henry Tylor, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVED JOINT,
APPLICABLE TO COTS, BEDSTEADS, AND OTHER FRAMES IN METAL," upon the condition.
| (amongst others) that I, the said Henry Tylor, my executors or administrators,.
by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and
seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said In-
vention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the
same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months
next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry Tylor, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following.

page_text: statement thereof, reference being bad to the Drawings hereunto annexed,
that is to say-
My Invention consists in fixing two corresponding plates or cheeks to the
ends of a flat or flattened rod or bar to form the side or framework in the case
of cots and bedsteads. A large portion of these cheeks projects beyond the
end of the bar, leaving an open space between them. In this opening I insert
the ends of two flat bars cut diagonally to a corresponding bevil, and place
them therein, the ends abutting closely on each other. These inserted bars
(one of which in a cot or bedstead would form the leg and the other the
upright rail or post) are fastened in their places by pins passing through them
and the enclosing cheeks at suitable distances, making a pivot, on which they
can be folded down upon the framework and parallel to it. The act of folding
down these bars opens the diagonal line of separation at the joint, and the act
of unfolding restores this line, when the ends abut upon and stop against
cach other. In this position they may be secured, by connecting the bars to
the framework or any other suitable part by some suitable stay or attachment.
By this arrangement firmness and solidity are imparted to the joints when in
use, and when desired, by unlocking the joint or removing the stay and folding
the parts together, great compactness and portability are obtained.
Figure 1 of the annexed Drawings is a front view of this joint; Figure 2, a
similar view, with one of the checks removed; Figure 3 shews the joint folded;
and Figure 4 is an elevation of a cot with my joint applied thereto. The same
letters refer to similar parts in all the Figures. A is a flat rod or bar forming
the side frame of a cot. To the ends of this flat rod, and on each side of each
end, are fixed two plates or cheeks B, B, A large portion of these plates
projects beyond the end of the rod A. In the opening between the two plates
I insert the ends of two flat bars D, D', the inner end of each of which is cut
diagonally to a corresponding bevil, as will be clearly seen at a, a, Figure 2.
These bars are held between the plates by pins or rivets 6, 6, passing through
the plates. The bars are free to move on the rivets b, b, so that when desired
they can be either folded parallel with the side frame A, or opened at right
angles thereto, as shewn in Figures 1 and 2. The bars D, D, form the posts, and
D', D', the legs of the cot. As long as that bevilled end which locks the end
of the opposite bevil is kept pressed inwards, both bars will be fixed at right
angles to the rod to which they are attached. Thus, if the upper end of the
rod D be pressed outwards, or prevented from falling inwards, the bevilled end
of the rod D' will be locked by the pressure exerted upon it by the bevil'
end of the rod D. Now, in cots, the outward pressure on the rods D, D, is
secured by the upper side frame rods E, E, but in such articles as do not admit

page_text: of similar rods, it is necessary to provide a folding or other suitable support;
to prevent the upright D from falling inwards, except when. required; such
a folding support applied to a bedstead is shewn in Figure-5.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed,, I declare that I claim the improved joint,
applicable to cots, bedsteads, chairs, and other frames in metal, herein-before
described, and represented in the Drawings annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Tylor, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Thirtieth day of July, One thousand eight hundred
and fifty-six:
HENRY TYLOR. (L.S.)