Improvements in Spring Mattresses.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 14th May, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 14th Feb., 1896-Accepted, 28th Mar., 1898
Improvements in Spring Mattresses.
I, THOMAS HILTON, of the Firm of Rowcliffes and Hilton, Limited,
Levenshulme, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Mattress Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to improvements in constructing and uniting together
woven wire meshes for spring mattresses bedstead bottoms and such like articles
and of constructing and uniting thereto cables or strengthening bands.
It consists essentially of jointing or keying together two or more parts by placing
together two or more of the woven spirals forming the mesh and passing a wire
wire rope or solid woven wire coil longitudinally through or up the axes or middles
of the spirals so placed together thus keying or uniting the parts in a strong and
handsome manner and in making a cable of thickening piece by similarly keying
1ogether spirals so as to form a cable or roll or strengthening band.
In carrying out the invention in the case of a mattress a double treble or
greater thickness of woven wire mesh may be applied at the edge or other point
by forming a strip or band of the desired width and keying or uniting this strip
or band to the main body coils of the mattress through one or more spirals
depending therefrom into the interstices of one or more spirals of the strip or band
and keyed thereto by passing a solid wire on coil therethrough to engage with all
such spirals.
Left and right hand coils may be connected together in this manner to equalise
the strain diagonally across the mattress. A mattress may be made in this way
joined together down the centre or may be made with a number of strips of right
hand and left hand weaving placed alternately.
A roll or cable may be formed by weaving strips and uniting these by keying
them together by passing a solid woven wire coil we on wire rope through the
edge coils of the strips Such rolls or cables can then be attached to the mattress
or bed bottom at the sides or any point above or below in a similar manner or they
may be keyed in position by one and the same key used to complete the forming
of the cables themselves.
Dated this 13th day of May 1895.
Improvements in Spring Mattresses.
I, THOMAS HILTON, of the Fum of Rowcliffes and Hilton, Limited,
Levenshulme, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Mattress Manufacturer, do
bereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same 18 to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in the constructing or forming of spring

page_text: mattresses applicable for bedstead' bottoms, camp bedsteads, folding and other
chairs, couches and sents
The invention consists essentially applying loose strengthening pieces to
woven wie mattresses in the form of rolls strips on the like by keying or jointing
them thereto by passing a solid woven we core through the axes or middles of the
spals which form the edges of the several parts or of spitals attached or woven
only at one side to an adjacent spiral and also in joining together two or more
strips of woven wire, formed respectively of right and left hand coils to strengthen
the mattress or equalize the strain or pull diagonally across the mattress.
It will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 Section showing edge of woven wire mattress and loose roll to be
attached thereto by a core or key of solid woven wire.
Fig. 2. Section showing edge of woven wie mattress with loose thickening or
strengthening roll attached thereto by two solid cores or keys.
Fig 3. Section showing edge of woven wire mattiess with loose strengthening
roll attached thereto by a solid colo or key.
Fig. 4. Plan of Fig. 3.
Fig. 5. Section showing centre of woven wie mattress with loose strengthening
strip attached thereto by a solid core or hoy at each edge
Fig. 6. Plan of same.
Fig. 7 Section showing law or cut edge of woven wire mattress with loose
strengthening voll attached thereto by two solid cores or keys.
Fig 8 Modified arrangement of same.
Fig. 9. Section showing centre of woven wire mattress the spiral of which uns
transversely with loose strengthening strip attached by a solid core or key at each
edge.
Fig 10. Section of mattress composed of loose strips alternately of night and
left hand weaving secured together by a solid core or key passing through the edge
spal of each strip.
Fig. 11. Plan of Fig. 10.
In carrying out the invention the mattress A may be woven of single, double or
other thickness of woven wire mesh in the ordinary way and the edges, contro oL
any other part may be strengthened by heying on attaching thereto a loose strip
or roll B by means of a solid core C passed though the centres of the adjacent
spals. The loose roll o
strip B
may be of double treble or any greater
number of wes in each spiral to give the desired amount of strength or rigidity.
In Fig. 1 is shown the edge of the woven wire fabric A and the loose strip B
turned into the form of a roll. The edge spirals a of the mattress A will be con-
nected to the edge coils or spirals of the stup or roll B by a solid woven
core such as C. The spials abb will be brought together and pressed sidewise
one into the other and the core passed down through the centre.
In Fig. 2 the edge of the woven wire fabrio A is finished off with two spirals a a'
both of which are woven into the spal a" but are unconnected with each other
and are free at one edge. The loose strip oi roll B 18 sumilar to that shown in
Fig. 1 and is attached to the fabic A by the edge spirals bb being pressed into
the spirals a a¹ and each pau separately secured by a core C passed through the
middle.
In Fige. 3 and 4 the loose strip or roll 13 is attached to the spiral a at the edge
of the woven fabric A by the two edge spiral & of the roll which no pressed
auto the spiral a, and secured by the single coro C. The loose roll or strip B 18
similar to that shown in Fig. 1 but it is turned over with the other face of the
spirals to the outside.
In Figs. 5 and 6 the loose strip B 18 shown applied to the centre or other part
of the woven fabric not the edge. As it is not possible to press the end spirals bb
of the loose strip B into the intermediate spirals a" when tho strip B is placed
longitudinally with the fabric A 1 inter weave at the place where the loose strip B
16 to be attached two spirals a' each engaging with one of the spirals a" and free

page_text: at one edge. To these I secure the loose strip by the edge spirals 6 6' and
cores C.
Referring to Figs. 78 and 9 I find that it is possible to attach a loose strip B
either flat or in the form of a roll to the fabrio A with the spirals of the loose
strip B placed transversely to the spirals a" of the fabric A by means of a core C
and without the addition of the additional spal a' though that may be employed
if desired. By this means.I am enabled to cover or protect the rough or cut edges
of the spirals a" by a loose strip or roll B separately woven and attached thereto
ab in Figs. 7 and 8. The edge spirals 6b of the strip B are pressed in between
the convolutions formed across the fabric by the spirals a¹¹ and are secured by the
cores C the two cores either passing through the same convolutions one above
the other as in Fig. 7 or through different convolutions as in Fig 8. Loone
strips B may also be placed to run transversely across the fabric A in the centre
or any other place being attached in a similar manner by the cores C passing
through the edge spiral 6 which are pressed down into the transverse convolu-
tions formed by the spirals all as in Fig. 9. These loose strips B may be carried
beyond the edge of the fabric and be employed for securing and stretching the
woven fabric iu position. I am thus enabled to form spring mattresses, bed
bottoms, seats couches or the like with the fabric A running transversely to the
direction in which the mattress 18 stretched
Referring to Figs 10 and 11 the mattress or bod bottom may be made of two
or more loose or separate stups B B with the spirals 6" coiled right and left hand
alternately the edgo spal of oue strip is secured to the edge spiral of the next
strip by the cores C passing through both The mattress bed bottom or the
like may be formed of two separate pieces one woven with left hand and the other
with right hand spirals joined together at the centre or other convenient place or
may be made with a loose strip or edge piece at each edge of different weaving to
the centre part of the fabric or of a number of separate strips of auy desired
width of two six twelve or more inches wide each alternate strip being of different
weaving. In every case the strips are loose and each is attached to the adjacent
one by a core C passing through the centro of the spirals.
A roll or cable may be formed by weaving strips and uniting the two or more
edges of these by keying them together by passing a solid woven core through the
edge coils of the strips. Such rolls or cables can then be attached to the mattress
o bed bottom at the sides or any point above or below in a manner similar to that
herein before described, or such rolls may be woven onto the body or main inesh
of the mattress in the usual way without keying.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said iuven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is.―
1. The construction of sping or woven wire mattresses for bedstead bottoms
seats or the like with loose strengthening pieces along the edges centres or other
parts secured to the woven fabric by cores passing through the centre of the coils
substantially as described with reference to Figs. 1 to 6.
2. The construction of spring or woven wire mattresses for bedstead bottoms
seats or the like with a loose roll or edge piece running transversely of the fabric
and covering raw or cut ends of the spirals and secured thereto by cores passing
under the wires substantially as described.
3. The construction of spring or woven mattresses-for beds bedstead bottoms
seats or the like-with loose strengthening pieces along the edges centres or other
parts running transversely to the spirals of the woven fabric and secured thereto
by cores passing through the spirals forming the edges of the loose pieces and
under the wires from the transverse convolutions of the woven fabric substantially
as described with reference to Figs. 7 8 and 9.
4. A spring or woven wire mattress for beds bedstead bottoms seats or the
like constructed of two or more separate pieces of right and left hand weaving

page_text: attached or secured together by cores passing through the adjacent or edge spirals
for the purpose of equalizing the diagonal strain substantially as described with
reference to Figs. 10 and 11
Dated this 8th day of February 1896.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool, and London, Patent Agents.