Improvements in Rosette Mounts for Metallic Bedsteads, and in their Attachment to the Chills of the same.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Oct., 1890-Accepted, 22nd - Nov., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Rosette Mounts for Metallic Bedsteads, and in
their Attachment to the Chills of the same.
We JAMES MIDDLETON, of Rolfe Street, Smethwick, in the County of Stafford,
Bedstead Manufacturer, and PHILIP HENRY MIDDLETON, of Regent Street, Smethwick,
in the County of Stafford, Foreman 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
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This invention relates to improvements in rosette mounts for metallic bedsteads, and
in their attachment to the chills of the same.
Such mounts have generally been secured in their place by means of a parallel
screw pin being cast in the chill to be ornamented, and the mount passed thereon and
then secured by what is known as a small screw knob. Further in some cases instead
of the separate screw knob, the central portion of the mount has been raised knobwise
of a straight taper form; and in connection with such mount, a pin has been cast in
the chill having a circular knob formed upon its end, having a neck upon the rear of
such knob. The mount has then. been passed on to the said knob, and by means
of tools the metal of the mount is then closed in and around the said neck upon
the pin.
Now the object of this our invention is to provide upon the said mount a circular
groove or neck before it is passed into its place which shall, (when it is so passed into
its place,) fit into the groove or neck upon the pin, or otherwise readily pass on to
similar suitably shaped pins, and retain it firmly in its position; also to provide in
combination with such mount an improved form or forms of pins to receive the
said mounts.
In order to more fully explain this our invention we have appended hereunto an
illustrative sheet of drawings upon which are figures and letters of reference, similar
letters referring throughout the several views to the same thing or part, and in
which :-
:-
Fig. 1 is a side sectional elevation of this our invention as applied to a junctional
chill.
Fig. 2 is a front view of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a detail detached sectional elevation of the mount.
Fig. 4 is a front view of the mount.
Fig. 5 is a detail detached view of one form of pin suitable for the aforesaid
mount.
Fig. 6 is a front view of Fig. 5.
Fig. 7 is a sectional elevation shewing application of a modified form of pin.
Fig. 8 is a detail detached side view of the modified form of pin.
Fig. 9 is a front view of Fig. 8.
a is a chill securing together the rods b and c, and in which is cast or embedded
the pin d. At the front part of this pin d is formed a collar or enlarged part e (see
Figs. 5 and 6) each side of which is flattened at f, f; or in some cases, the said front
part may be made oval in shape.
The mount g, is partly stamped or pressed into shape, and then during the burnishing
or similar operation, the groove or neck his spun therein.
By reason now of the flats f, f, (or oval shape) of the head e of the pin, the rosette
may be readily pressed on to the head e, passing over the said head with a click, the
aid flat sides permitting an elasticity or yielding in the metal. Thus the mount is
held firmly in nosition

page_text: groove h formed in the mount, being of a softer metal and somewhat elastic or
yielding, it may be readily and firmly screwed on to the taper screw upon the pin,
forcing itself into the thread of the said screw. This we find to answer in every way
satisfactory.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The combination with a rosette mount 9 for metallic bedsteads, of the neck or
groove h ready for passing on to the securing pin in the chill substantially as
described and shown.
2. The combination of the oval or flattened headed pin d cast in the chill a, with
the mount g having the neck or groove h, substantially as described and shown, and
for the purposes specified.
3. The modified combination with the mount g having the neck or groove h formed
thereon of the taper screw pin i substantially as described and shown and for the
purposes specified.
Dated this 21st day of October 1800.
CHARLES T. POWELL,
Applicants' Agent.