IMPROVE- MENTS IN RECLINING CHAIRS, IN CASTORS FOR CHAIRS, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF FURNITURE, AND IMPROVEMENTS IN PRESSES
Year: 1850

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, FRANCIS
KANE, of Berners Mews, in the County of Middlesex, Chair Maker, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Royal Letters Patent, under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Fifth day of August,
(One thousand eight hundred and fifty,) in the fourteenth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Francis Kane, Lay exors, adñiors, and assigns, Her especial especial licensc,
full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said Francis Kane, my
exors, adñiors, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Francis Kane, my
exors, adiñors, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from
time to time, and at all times during the term of years therein expressed,
should and lawfully might take, use, excrcise, and vend, within England,
Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN RECLINING CHAIRS, IN CASTORS FOR CHAIRS, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF
FURNITURE, AND IMPROVEMENTS IN PRESSES;" in which said Letters Patent is
contained a proviso that I, the said Francis Kane, shall cause a particular
description of the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, to be
inrolled in Her said Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar
mouths next and immediately after the date of the said in part recited Letters
Patent, as in and by the same, reference, being thereunto had, will more fully
and at large appear.

page_text: Francis Kane, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and
the manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described and
ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being had to
the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked
thereon, that is to say :-
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 and Figure 2 show two side elevations of a chair constructed
according to part of my Invention, and Figure 3 shows a section of parts on
an enlarged scale. a, a, is the lower part of the frame; b, b, is the middle
portion of the frame; and c is the moveable back or upper part of the frame,
and these parts are all so connected, that the parts b, b, and c move on the
lower part a, a, and the part c moves on the part b, and the parts are kept in
a state of balance by the leg rest d, which is connected with the parts a and b
in the following manner-e, e, are axes or necks, on which the leg rest moves
as a lever, and the upper parts of the side rails e¹ of the leg rest are connected
by means of pin joints to the connecting rods f. f. The parts b, b, are con-
nected to the parts a by plates 61, 61, which are fixed to the parts b, and by
axes or necks a² are fixed to the framing a; hence the parts b, b, are connected
to and they move on the curved surfaces, as shewn. g is a rack, and ha
spring catch, so that the back may be retained in the desired position. i is a
cord for releasing the spring catch. The seat of this chair is, as in some other
previously constructed chairs, fixed at the top of the back, and to the front
rails of the parts 6 of the chair, as is indicated by the dotted lines j, j; this
may be of leather or of strong fabric, and, if desired, it may be stuffed.
I will now describe another part of my Invention, which is very similar to
the preceding, and differs only from it so far as the mechanical movements in
respect to the means of connecting the parts a and b, and in the present
arrangement the parts b, b, and c, c, constitute one framing, and the same is
of metal in place of wood, but this may be varied. Figures 4 and 5 show two
side elevations of a chair in two different positions, and the parts are marked
with the same letters of reference as those used to indicate the like parts in
the previous Figures. In this arrangement there is no rack or spring catch,
and the same may be used or omitted in the previous chair, according to the
wish of the purchaser or the judgment of the maker.
I will now describe another arrangement or combination of parts according
to my Invention. Figures 6 and 7 show two side elevations of a chair con-
structed according to this part of my Invention, and Figure 8 shows a side

page_text: view of the leg rest separately on a larger scale. In this arrangement the leg
rest is connected and combined with the parts a and b, as in the previous
cases, and the part b is in this instance at once the arms and the back of the
chair.
This chair is arranged so that the leg rest may be removed, and then, in
order to get the desired balance of the parts, the axes or necks on which the
parts b, b, move are placed further back, in order to compensate for the
removal of the leg or rest.
I will now describe another arrangement and combination of parts according
to my Invention, the object of which is to get a similar effect in respect of the
leg rest, together with a more convenient arrangement of frame, it admitting
of being folded into a small space when out of use. Figures 9 and 10 show
two side elevations of a chair, and Figure 11 a side view of the parts when
folded. On either side there are two bars, k, l, connected together at mɩ, and
ihoving on the same as pin joints. The parts k, k, and I, 1, are further con-
nected together by rods or bars at n, o, p; k, k, are the parts which form the
back, and they are connected by pin joints to the parts k, and to each other
by 7. The leg rest is connected, and works in like manner to that formerly
described, varying only in the form of the parts, which variations will readily
be traced on examining the Figures of the Drawings now under description.
The stuffed seat and back is fixed to the leg rest, and to the top rail of the
back at q, and also to the front rail at p, as shown; r, r, are notched levers,
which are connected to the parts k, k, by pin joints, and they take and hold
projecting studs or axes, on which the connecting rods of the leg rest moves,
and so as to retain the chair in the desired position; r¹, r¹, are crutches, which
retain the back. In order to fold this chair the screw pins or axes, 7³, are
removed, and the crutches carried off their supporting pins, when the whole
frame may be folded together, as shewn at Figure 11.
I will now describe my improvement in castors for chairs and other articles
of furniture. Figure 12 shews an elevation in section; Figure 13 is a section
of the socket, and Figure 14 a section of the horn and roller of a castor con-
structed according to this part of my Invention. The peculiarity of this
arrangement or construction of the parts consists of a means of readily
separating the horn and roller from the socket; s is the socket, t is the horn,
and v is the roller; w is a spring catch in the horn, which holds the parts
together, and yet allows of the horn and roller being readily removed from the
socket.
I will now describe my improvements in presses, which have for their object.
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page_text: one direction, in order to depress and to raise the punch or moving die.
Figures 15 and 16 shew two side elevations in section. Figures 17, 18,
and 19 shew some of the parts separately. a is the fly wheel on the axis y,
on which axis are fixed the inclined bosses y, which work the socket z of tho
rising and falling punch or die, which slides up and down in the parts >', as
shewn, and the inclined bosses y³, y, work on the inclines 2, 3, to press down
and to raise up the part 2, as shown. By this combination the part z will rise
and fall by the continued rotation of the fly wheel.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, I would have it understood that I do not
confine myself to the details as herein described, as the same may be varied,
so long as the peculiar character of any part of my Invention be retained;
-but what I claim is,―
First, the mode of combining the parts described in respect to Figures 1,
2, and 3; I also claim the mode of combining the parts described in respect
to Figures 4 and 5; I also claim the mode of combining the parts described
in respect to Figures 6, 7, and 8; and I also claim the mode of combining
the parts described in respect to Figures 9, 10, and 11.
Secondly, I claim the improvements in castors described, in respect to
Figures 12, 13, and 14.
And, thirdly, I claim the mode of combining the parts of presses, described
in respect to Figures 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19.
In witness whereof, I, the said Francis Kane, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fifth day of February, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-one.