Improvements in the Manufacture of Furniture.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd June, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 21st Mar., 1893-Accepted, 29th Apr., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Furniture.
I, LEON CAMBIER, of Ath, in the Kingdom of Belgium Manufacturer of
Furniture, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
My invention relates to improvements in furniture manufactured from artificially
bent wood; and the object of the same is to increase the rigidity and strength of
such furniture by means of a peculiar connection of the legs of the same.
I attain this object by connecting the legs of a piece of furniture diagonally
through the medium of two crosswise arranged staves of wood, which are at the
crossing point rebated, the said staves being cut in the direction of the fibre, and
in order to produce a fair rigid connection, I make use of the tendency of the fibres
of the artificially bent wood to return to its natural form.
For this reason the staves to be employed for the desired purpose are sawn or
cut into at their ends in the direction of the grain of the wood, and after being
properly treated by steam or otherwise, the separated parts at the ends of the
staves are bent in opposite directions in such a manner that the stave will obtain
the form of a double T. The four arms of the staves thus produced are then
provided with holes for the passage of screws by means of which they are connected
to two diagonally arranged legs of the article of furniture, but previous to being
fastened the staves are joined by halving at about half of their length so as to lap
upon and to be let into each other at their crossing point.
Owing to this crosswise connection of the legs of the furniture made of artificial
bent wood the rigidity and durability of the said piece of furniture is considerably
increased; the oppositely bent extremities of the crossing staves effectually
resisting any strain whatever to which the article of furniture is exposed and
particularly the strains to which chairs are subjected.
Dated this 22nd day of June 1805
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Furniture.
I, LEON CAMBIER, of Ath, in the Kingdom of Belgium, Manufacturer of
Furniture 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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in furniture manufactured from artificially
bent wood, and the object of the same is to increase the rigidity and strength
of such furniture by means of a peculiar connection between the legs of the same.
In order to make my invention more clearly understood I have shown in the
accompanying drawing how my said invention may be conveniently and advan-
tageously carried into practice.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a chair shewing by way of example, how my
invention is carried out.
Figures 2-4 represent parts of the connection at different stages of their
manufacture and Figure 5 is a perspective view of the said connection.
According to my invention the connection of the legs of a piece of furniture,
particularly a chair, is made through the medium of two staves of wood a arranged
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page_text: crosswise, which are at the point of intersection a* rebated, the said staves a being
cut in the direction of the fibre, and in order to produce a fair rigid connection I
make use of the tendency of the fibres of the artificially bent wood to return to
their natural position. For this reason the staves a to be employed for the desired
purpose are sawn or cut into at their ends a², Figure 2, in the direction of the grain
of the wood and after being properly heated by steam or otherwise the separated
parts a' at the ends of the staves are bent in opposite directions in such a manner
that the stave will obtain the form of a double T, Figures 3 and 4. The four
arms a¹ of the staves thus produced are then provided with holes a³ for the passage
of screws by means of which they are connected to two diagonally arranged legs
of the chair or other piece of furniture but previous to being fastened the staves
are joined by halving at about the middle of their length so as to lap upon and to
be let into each other at their crossing point a*. (Figure 5.)
Owing to this crosswise connection of the legs c of the chair or other article of
furniture made of artificially bent wood the rigidity and durability of the piece of
furniture is considerably increased; the oppositely bent extremities a¹ of the
crossing staves a effectually resisting any strain whatever to which the article of
furniture is exposed and particularly the strains to which chairs are subjected.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is: :-
The herein described connection for the legs of articles of furniture by staves
arranged crosswise and provided at their ends with arms bent in opposite directions
which are produced by cutting or slitting the ends of the staves in the direction of
the grain of the wood previous to bending and designed to be fastened to the
diagonally arranged legs of the article of furniture, substantially as and for the
purpose set forth.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.