Improvements in Iron Bedsteads.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Sept., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 18th June, 1895-Accepted, 20th July, 1995
Improvements in Iron Bedsteads.
I, THOMAS HILTON, of Moss Side Works, Great Western Street, Manchester,
in the County of Lancaster, Wire Mattress Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:--
This invention is designed to provide for the construction of the bedstead
framing so that it will be adapted to support either the ordinary laths and studs or
woven wire mattresses.
Hitherto it has been the practice to make the bedsteads to suit only one form of
bottom, if for studs and laths the angle iron sides and ends have been made with
the top web of the angle iron level all round, and if for woven wire bottoms the
head and foot angle irons have been raised some inches above the level of the side
angle irons.
This invention consists essentially in constructing the framing to support either
form of bottom by inverting the angle iron at the head and foot so that the vertical
web will be placed above the horizontal web and the inner side of the horizontal
web will be level with the upper surface of the side angle irons, the inverted
horizontal web being fitted with studs and the vertical web provided with holes.
The invention may be carried out in several ways according to the present
construction of framing to which it is to be applied.
In applying it where a double chill has been employed to raise the end angle
irons above the side angle irons, I invert the end angle iron so that the horizontal
web will be below the vertical web and so alter the chill or casting that the angle
iron will be held in this position with the inner surface of the horizontal web in the
same horizontal plane as the outer surface of the horizontal web of the side angle
irons. On this horizontal web I place the requisite number of studs to receive the
laths and in the vertical web I punch or otherwise provide holes or slots to receive
the tightening screws for woven wire bottom.
In applying the invention where a bent or curved angle iron is employed to raise
the end angle iron to the desired height for woven wire bottom I bend the angle in
the reverse direction and invert it so that the vertical web is uppermost and I
construct a single chill or casting of proper form to carry it. As before the inner
side of the horizontal web of the end angle is in the same plane as the outer surface
of the horizontal web of side angle iron and studs are placed on the uppermost side
thereof and holes or slots punched or otherwise formed in the vertical webs.
In either case the bedstead when thus constructed can have applied to it a bottom
formed of iron laths or of woven wire without any structural change in framing of
the bedstead or one form of bottom can be removed and the other substituted
without requiring any alteration in the bedstead and without the addition of any
loose clips. This will be found of great advantage in public institutions where it
is found desirable from time to time to change from one form of bed bottom to
the other.
Dated this 19th day of September 1904.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.

page_text: I, THOMAS HILTON, of Moss Side Works, Great Western Street, Manchester,
in the County of Lancaster, Wire Mattress Manufacturer, 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 is designed to provide for the construction of the bedstead
framing so that it will be adapted to support either the ordinary laths and studs or
woven wire mattresses or if desired woven wire or spring mattresses over or above
the ordinary laths.
Hitherto it has been the practice to make the bedsteads with the horizontal web
of the angle iron always above the vertical web and so capable of sustaining only
one form of bottom; if for studs and laths the angle iron sides and ends have been
made with the top web of the angle iron level all round and if for woven wire
bottoms the head and foot angle irons have been raised some inches above the level
of the side angle irons.
This invention consists essentially in constructing the framing capable of
supporting either form of bed bottom without alteration by fixing the frame or
angle iron at the head and foot with the vertical web placed above the horizontal
web and the inner side of the horizontal web level with the upper surface of the
side angle irons the inverted horizontal web being fitted with studs and the vertical
web provided with holes.
It will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1. Longitudinal sectional elevation of bedstead.
Fig. 2. Transverse sectional elevation.
Fig. 3. Enlarged sectional elevation through end frame.
Fig. 4. Enlarged sectional elevation through side frame showing a modified
arrangement of the end frame.
Fig. 5. Sectional elevation through end frame of another modification.
Fig. 6. Sectional elevation through end frame of another modification.
The side frame or angle irons A are arranged in the usual way secured in the
chills B to the head and foot framing C and C¹and provided with studs E to carry
the transverse laths G.
The end angle irons or frames D I invert so as to bring the horizontal web d
below the vertical web d' and to bring the inner side of the horizontal web d level
with or in the same horizontal plane as the outer surface of the horizontal web a of
the side irons A. The horizontal web d is provided on its inner surface with the
requisite number of studs F to receive the longitudinal laths H and in the vertical
web I punch or otherwise form holes or slots k¹ to receive the tightening screws k
of the woven wire bottom or spring mattress K.
Referring to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the invention is shown applied where a double
chill B is employed to raise the end angle irons above the side angle irons the end
angle irons D being inverted when set in the chills to place the vertical web d'
above the horizontal web d.
Referring to Fig. 4 the invention is shown applied where single chill B is
employed and the end angle iron D is bent or curved to raise it to the desired
height above the side angle irons A for a woven wire bottom or spring mattress.
The angle iron is bent in the reverse direction to what has hitherto been the
practice so that it may be inverted in the chills and the vertical web d¹ be placed
uppermost. As before the inner side of the horizontal web d is in the same plane
as the outer surface of the horizontal web a of side angle iron A and studs F are
placed on the uppermost side thereof and holes or slots k¹ punched or otherwise
formed in the vertical webs.

page_text: In Fig. 5 the end frame or iron D is shown with an additional vertical web d¹¹
below the horizontal web d forming an end iron of T section.
In Fig. 6 the end frame or iron D is made with an additional horizontal web d¹¹
placed above the vertical web d¹ and horizontal web d forming an end iron of
channel or U section.
In either case the bedstead when thus constructed can have applied to it a bottom
formed of iron laths G and H of woven wire in the form of a spring mattress K
without any structural change in the framing of the bedstead or the spring
mattress K may be placed over the laths G and H or one form of bottom can be
removed and the other substituted without requiring any alteration in the bedstead
and without the addition of any loose clips. This will be found of great advantage
in public institutions where it is found desirable from time to time to change from
one form of bed bottom to the other.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A. metallic bedstead constructed with the end irons or frames so placed that
the vertical web of the iron is uppermost and the inner surface of the horizontal
web is on a level with the upper surface of the side angle irons the horizontal webs
being fitted with studs on their inner surface for laths and the vertical webs
provided with holes to support a spring mattress substantially as described.
2. A metallic bedstead with the end frames or angle irons constructed and
arranged substantially as described and shown with reference to either of the figs.
of the drawings.
Dated this 12th day of June 1895.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool, and London, Patent Agents.