IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC BEDSTEADS, COTS, COUCHES, AND CHAIRS, AND IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF THE SAID ARTICLES, PARTS OF WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO THE MANTIFACTURE OF METALLIC RAILING FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Hulse, of Birmingham, in the County
of Warwick, Metallic Bedstead Manufacturer, for the Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC BEDSTEADS, COTS, COUCHES, AND CHAIRS,
AND IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
THE SAID ARTICLES, PARTS OF WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO
THE MANTIFACTURE OF METALLIC RAILING FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Hulse at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
20th January 1872.
I, WILLIAM HULSE, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Metallic Bedstead Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC BEDSTEADS, COTS, COUCHES,
AND CHAIRS, AND IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE MANU-
WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO
THE SAID ARTICLES, PARTS OF
APPLICABLE TO THE MANUFACTURE OF METALLIC RAILING FOR OTHER PURPOSES," to
be as follows:-
FACTURE
OF
metallia hadstrade of a series of metallic laths

page_text: extending longitudinally from head to foot. The ends of the laths are
connected to the head and foot angle bars of the framing by means of
coiled springs. Each of the said springs has at each end a pierced
metallic cap, a small bar fixed to the lath passing through holes in the
said caps, and having a cross head external to the outer cap. A second
similar rod passes through the holes in the caps, and has a cross head
external to the inner cap. The last-mentioned rod has a loop by which
it can be hooked to a hook on the under side of the horizontal web of the
angle bar. Pressure being put on the lath the spring is compressed
between the two caps described, and by its elasticity tends to restore the
lath to its normal figure. I make up the sacking by a series of the laths
with spring ends of the kind described combined with three or other
number of cross or transverse elliptical or bow-shaped springs, by which
combination a slightly convex figure is given to the sacking combined
with great elasticity.
The sacking described is applicable to cots, couchics, and chairs as well
as to bedsteads.
I connect the vertical tubes to the horizontal tubes of which the head
and foot rails of metallic bedsteads, cots, and couches are composed by
fixing in the tops of the vertical tubes screw nuts which are secured in
their places by the indentation of the tube above and below the said nut;
a cap or ferrule having a concave top and internal shoulder is dropped
on the top of the tube so as to cover the indented part, and the said tube
is fixed to the horizontal tube by a screw with an ornamental head being
passed through the hole in the horizontal tube, and being made to take
into the screw nut described.
The fixing of the screw nut and the formation of the concave top
of the cap or ferrule and its internal shoulder are effected by means
of dies and pressing or percussive tools of the following kind :-The tools
for fixing the screw nut in the end of the vertical tube consist essentially
of a die having a semi-tubular figure in which the end of the tube is
placed. Near the end of the die is a recess in which a steel indenting
tool is fixed; a gauge or stop is situated at the end of the die. The
end of the tube is brought against the stop, and the screw nut carried
by a screw is inserted therein, the shoulder of the carrying screw abutting
against the gauge. A semi-tubular die or plunger being brought down
presses the tube upon the indenting tool in the lower die, by which the
tube is indented on one side above and below the screw nut. The tube

page_text: being turned half round is operated upon a second time, when the
indentation of the opposite side of the tube is effected, and the screw
nut fixed in its place.
The dies for forming the concave top and internal shoulder or ferrule
described close like clamps or the jaws of a vice; a mandril having the
required figure at its top is stationed in the said dies; the cap or ferrule
to be shaped is dropped on the mandril and supported at the required
height by a shoulder in the dies or clamps. By means of a hammer or
pressing tool the metal of the top of the cap or ferrule is driven or pressed
inwards on the top of the mandril, and the required figure is thereby
given to it.
I drill the holes in the horizontal tubes through which the screws for
connecting the vertical tubes to the horizontal tubes are passed by means
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of a machine or apparatus constructed in the following manner :—
lathe head carring. the drill, which has a sliding as well as a rotating
motion, is provided with a spring support opposite the end of the drill.
The said spring support has a semi-tubular depression in it in which the
tube is placed and supported while being drilled and pressed against the
drill. The hole is drilled first on one side of the tube, it is then turned
A fixed rod
half-round and the hole drilled on the opposite side.
situated horizontally and at right angles to the drill carries a sliding
adjustable collar carrying a horizontal peg. This collar and peg arc
fixed at a distance from the drill equal to the distance between the
several holes to be drilled. in the tube. After the first hole has been
drilled in the tube the said hole is placed upon the peg of the collar
described, by which the tube is held firmly and truly in its place, while a
second hole is drilled, and so on until the whole of the holes have been
drilled.

page_text: filed by the said William Hulse in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 15th July 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
HULSE, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Metallic Bedstead
Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twentieth day of January, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-fifth
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said William Hulsc, Her special licence that
I, the said William Hulse, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said William Hulse, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC
BEDSTEADS, COTS, COUCHES, AND CHAIRS, AND IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS TO BE
EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF THE SAID ARTICLES, PARTS OF WHICH IMPROVE-
HENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO THE MANUFACTURE OF METALLIC RAILING FOR OTHER
PURPOSES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William
Hulse, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed
in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Hulse, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement thereof, that is to say :-
:-
My Invention consists, firstly, of the improvements herein-after
described in making the sackings of metallic bedsteads, cots, couches,
and chairs.

page_text: I make the sackings of metallic bedsteads of a series of metallic laths,
extending longitudinally from head to foot. The ends of the laths are
connected to the head and foot angle bars of the framing by means of
coiled springs. Each of the said springs has at each end a pierced
metallic cap, a small bar fixed to the lath passing through holes in the
said caps, and having a cross head external to the outer cap. A second
similar rod passes through the holes in the caps and has a cross head
external to the inner cap. The last-mentioned rod has a loop by which
it can be hooked to a hook on the under side of the horizontal web of
the angle bar. Pressure being put on the lath the spring is compressed
between the two caps described, and by its elasticity tends to restore
the lath to its normal figure. I make up the sacking by a series of
laths with fspring ends of the kind described, combined with three or
other number of cross or transverse clliptical or bow-shaped springs, by
which combination a slightly convex figure is given to the sacking
together with great clasticity.
The sacking described is applicable to cots, couches, and chairs, as
well as to bedsteads.
My Invention consists, secondly, of the improvements hercin-after
described in connecting together the tubes of which the head and foot
rails of metallic bedsteads, cots, and couches, and railing for other
purposes are composed, and also in the tools employed therein. I
connect the vertical tubes to the horizontal tubes, of which the said
rails are composed, by fixing in the tops of the vertical tubes screw nuts,
which arc secured in their places by the indentation of the tube above
and below the said nut. A cap or ferrule, having a concave top and
internal shoulder is dropped on the top of the tube so as to cover the
indented part, and the said tube is fixed to the horizontal tube by a
screw, with an ornamental head being passed through the hole in the
horizontal tube, and being made to take into the screw nut described. .
The fixing of the screw nut and the formation of the concave top of
the cap or ferrule and its internal shoulder are effected by means of
dies and pressing or percussive tools of the following kind. The tools
for fixing the screw nut in the end of the vertical tube consist essen-
tially of a die having a semi-tubular figure, in which the end of the tube
is placed. Near the end of the die is a recess in which a steel indenting
tool is fixed. A gauge or stop is situated at the end of the die. The
end of the tube is brought against the stop, and the screw nut carried

page_text: by a screw is inserted therein, the shoulder of the carrying screw
abutting against the gauge. A semi-tubular die or plunger being
brought down presses the tube upon the indenting tool in the lower die,
by which the tube is indented on one side above and below the screw
nut. The tube being turned half round is operated upon a second time,
when the indentation of the opposite side of the tube is effected, and
the screw nut fixed in its place.
The dies for forming the concave top and internal shoulder of the cap
or ferrule described, close like clamps or the jaws of a vice. A
mandril having the required figure at its top is stationed in the said
dies. The cap or ferrule to be shaped is dropped on the mandril and
supported at the required height by a shoulder in the dies or clamps.
By means of a hammer or pressing tool the metal of the top of the cap
or ferrule is driven or pressed inwards on the top of the mandril, and
the required figure is thereby given to it.
The method of connecting the tubing of the head and foot rails
described, may also be applied to the manufacture of metallic railing
for various purposes.
My Invention consists, thirdly, of a machine or apparatus for drilling
the holes in the horizontal tubes, through which the screws for con-
necting the vertical tubes to the horizontal tubes are passed, the said
machine or apparatus being constructed in the following manner :—A
lathe head carrying the drill, which has a sliding as well as a rotating
motion, is provided with a spring support opposite the end of the drill.
The said spring support has a semi-tubular depression in it, in which the
tube is placed and supported while being drilled and pressed against
the drill. The hole may be drilled first on one side of the tube, and
the tube being turned half round the hole may be drilled on the opposite
side. I prefer, however, to drill the hole through both sides of the tube
at one operation by means of the mechanical arrangements herein-after
described. A fixed rod situated horizontally and at right angles to
the drill, carries a sliding adjustable collar provided with a horizontal
peg. This collar and peg are fixed at a distance from the drill, equal
to the distance between the several holes to be drilled in the tube. After
the first hole has been drilled in the tube the said hole is placed upon
the peg of the collar described, by which the tube is held firmly and
truly in its place while a second hole is drilled, and so on until the
whole of the holes have been drilled.

page_text: By means of the machinery described the holes are drilled more truly,
both with respect to their distance apart and their direction, than by.
the ordinary method of drilling.
Having explained the nature of my Invention, I will now proceed to.
describe, with reference to the accompanying Drawings, the manner in
which the same is to be performed.
I
:
Figure 1 represents in plan, Figure 2 in end elevation, and Figure 3.
in side elevation, the sacking of a metallic bedstead constructed accord-.
ing to my Invention; Figure 4 represents in plan, and Figure 5 in side.
elevation, one of the spring ends of the longitudinal laths of the sacking.
drawn of the full size; and Figures 6, 7, 8, and 9 are portions of the
same drawn of the full size. The same letters of reference indicate the.
same parts in Figures 1 to 9.
a, a, are the longitudinal laths of the sacking extending from head to
foot of the bedstead framing, the said longitudinal laths being supported
by the cross or transverse elliptical or bow-shaped springs b, b, the said.
springs b, b, giving a slightly convex figure to the sacking, as illustrated.
in Figures 2 and 3, the end angle bars c, d, having a corresponding
convex figure. The elliptical or bow-shaped springs b, b, are connected
to the side angle bars e, f, of the framing by being hooked to the
junction pieces g, g, which are rivetted to the said bars e, f. The ends.
of the longitudinal laths a, a, of the sacking are connected to the head.
and foot angle bars c, d, by spring ends h, h, constructed in the manner.
best seen in Figures 4 and 5. Each spring end consists of a coiled.
spring h, to the ends of which pierced metallic caps h³, ³, are connected.
The cap is shown separately in Figure 6, and the cap h³ is shown
separately in Figure 7. i is a flat rod or bar having a cross head **.
This rod or bar i is first passed through the hole in the outer cap h³,
next through the spring h, and then through the hole in the inner
cap ³, and its end is rivetted at to the end of the lath a. The rod
or bar i is shown separately in Figure 8. k is a second bar (shown"
separately in Figure 9), which is similarly passed through the holes in
the caps 2, h, and spring h, the end k² of the said bar k, external to the
inner cap ³, being bent at right angles. The other end of the bark is.
provided with a loop k³, by which it can be hooked to a hook 7, on the.
under side of the horizontal web of the angle bar f.
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page_text: By the arrangement described one end of the spring / is connected by
the bar to the end of the lath a, while the other end of the said
spring his connected by the bar k to the angle bar f of the framing, as
seen in Figures 4 and 5. It will also be seen that the two bars i, k, are
capable of sliding upon one another. Each end of the longitudinal
lath a is furnished with a spring end of the kind represented in
Figures 4 and 5. When pressure is put on the lath it is shortened by
the change of figure, and the bar i is made to slide upon the bar k. By
the sliding of the bar i it presses inwards the outer cap ³, and thereby
compresses the spring between the said outer cap ³ and the inner
cap *, the elasticity of the said spring tending to restore the lath to
its normal figure. The action described with respect to one lath takes
place with respect to all the laths of the sacking and at each of the
spring ends.
Although I prefer to make up the sacking by combining a series of
longitudinal laths provided with my improved spring ends with a series
of cross or transverse elliptical or bow-shaped springs, yet laths having
my improved spring ends may be used alone or in combination with
transverse flat laths fastened to the angle bars in the ordinary way, or
by means of my improved spring ends. In the latter case the sacking
is flat instead of slightly convex, as represented in the Drawing.
Figure 10 represents in elevation, and Figure 11 in vertical section, a
portion of a head or foot rail of a metallic bedstead, or a portion of a
metallic railing, the tubes of which are connected together according to
my Invention. Figures 12, 13, 14 and 15 are parts of the same.
same letters indicate the same parts in Figures 10 to 15.
The
For the purpose of making this part of my Invention better under-
stood, I remark that the rails of metallic furniture and railing for
various purposes are composed of a series of parallel horizontal tubes,
to which are connected at short distances apart parallel vertical tubes.
To illustrate this part of my Invention I have only shown a single vertical.
tube joined to a horizontal tube, as the method of connection is the
same for all the vertical tubes of the series.
a is the horizontal tube having a hole 6 made through it at the part
where the vertical tube c is to be connected to it. In the top of the
vertical tube c (shown separately in Figure 12) a screw nut d (shown
separately in Figure 15) is fixed, the said nut d being secured in its

page_text: place in the end of the tube by indenting the tube on opposite sides
above and below the nut, as best seen in the section of Figure 12, the
indented parts of the tube being marked c³, c³. After the screw nut d
has in this way been firmly secured in the tube c, a cap or ferrule e is
placed on the top of the tube c so as to cover the indented parts and
form a seat for the horizontal tube a.
The cap or ferrule e is shown separately in elevation and plan in
Figure 13, the elevations being taken at right angles to one another.
The said cap e has a concave top e³ of a size and shape proper to receive
the horizontal tube a, and is also furnished with an internal shoulder or
seat e³, made by pressing inwards the top of the cap, upon which shoulder
or seat the horizontal tube a is supported in the manner represented in
Figure 11. The said shoulder e³ also bears upon the top of the tube c.
The horizontal tube a, vertical tube c, and cap or ferrule e, are secured
3 together by the ornamental screw f, that is to say, the horizontal
tube a is placed upon the concave top and seat e³, e³, of the vertical
tube c, the hole 6 being coincident with the axis of the vertical tube,
and the screw f is passed through the hole band made to take into the
screw nut d. By the driving home of the screw the horizontal tube a
is securely connected to the vertical tube c, and the cap or ferrule e at
the same time held in its place on the vertical tube.
The whole of the vertical tubes of the bedstead or other rail or railing
are connected to the horizontal tubes in the manner already described
and represented.
The tools which I use for fixing the screw nut d in the end of the
tube c are represented in end elevation in Figure 16, longitudinal section
in Figure 17, and plan in Figure 18; Figure 19 represents the screw and
its holder used for supporting the nut during the indenting operation;
h is the bed carrying the lower diei; k, is the steel indenting tool
O fixed in the die i, the acting parts of the said indenting tool being
marked k³. The bottom of the said tool i, k, has a semi-tubular figure.
On the end of the die i is a gauge or stop 1; m is the upper die or
plunger worked by the ram or screw of a stamp or press. The acting
part of the said die or plunger is semi-tubular. The nut d to be fixed
5 in the tube is placed upon the screw n carried by the holder p, a collar n³
being made at the end of the carrying screw n. The end of the plain
tube c, Figure 20, being placed on the lower die i with its end against

page_text: the stop 1, the nut & placed upon the carrying screw n is introduced into
the end of the tube c, the shoulder p² abutting against the stop as
represented in Figure 18, the screw nut d being situated immediately
above the space between the acting parts ³ of the indenting tool k.
The end of the tube c is supported by the collar n³ on the holder p.
By bringing down the semi-tubular plunger m it presses the tube c upon
the parts of the indenting tool, the said parts k pressing inwards or
indenting portions of one side of the tube above and below the screw
nut d. The tube c being turned half round is operated upon a second
time, and similar indentations are made on the opposite side of the tube :
and the screw nut & thereby fixed in its place. The tube c operated upon :
in the manner described is represented in Figure 12.
Figures 21 and 22 represent vertical sections of the dies which I use
for shaping the top of the cap or ferrule e, and Figure 23 is a plan of
the same.
a, b, are the dies which close like clamps, the said dies being
pressed open by coiled springs at c, c. In the middle of the vertical
face of each die is a semi-cylindrical opening. In the cylindrical
opening between the closed dies a mandril d is placed, an annular space
being left between the dies and the mandril to receive the piece of
tubing e to be shaped, the said tubing being supported upon the
shoulder of the dies a, b. The mandril d is supported at the required
height by the cross piece i, at the bottom of the dies a, b, the said cross
piece projecting from the dies. By means of this cross piece i the
mandril d can be lifted in the dics, and the finished cap or ferrule
removed; g is the hammer or pressing tool, the acting end of which is 1
semicircular.
The piece of tubing to be shaped has the figure shown in Figure 24,
and is placed in the dies in the position represented in Figure 21. By
the descent of the pressing tool g the parts e³, e³, at opposite sides of the
top of the tube e are pressed inwards on the top of the mandril d, and
the internal shoulders e³, e, (Figure 13), thereby formed as seen in the
dies Figures 22 and 23. During the pressing inwards of the parts e³, e³,
the parts e*, et, of the tube e are supported by the sides of the dies a, b,
and pressing tool g, and no change of figure takes place in the said
parts e*, e*.

page_text: the holes in the horizontal tubes used in the manufacture of rails and
railing. Figures 27 and 28 are portions of the same drawn to a larger
scale. The same letters indicate the same parts in Figures 25, 26, 27,
and 28.
a is the bed of the machine; b is the drill worked in the ordinary way.
Opposite the said drill 6 is a spring support c having a sliding motion.
This support receives the tube to be drilled, and presses it towards and
removes it from the drill. The end of the spring support c is forked or
has a semi-tubular depression at c² in it to receive the tube e to be
drilled. The rod c³ of the spring support c works through the collars or
bearings d, d, carried on the plate ƒ, and supported from the bed a in the
manner represented. The said rod c is jointed to the lever g. By the
motion of this lever the support c and tube e are advanced against the .
drill b. A coiled spring situated between one of the collars d and a
shoulder on the end of the rod c³ effects the withdrawl of the spring
support c from the drill when pressure is removed from the lever g. At
right angles to the drill b is a horizontal fixed rod or bar i carrying a
sliding or adjustable collar k in uprights, attached to which collar a
horizontal sliding peg works. This peg 7 has on its outer end a
handle, and is maintained in the position represented in the Drawing
by the coiled spring m. The adjustable collar k and peg 7 are repre-
sented in side elevation on a larger scale in Figure 27. The peg 7 of the
collar k is fixed at a distance from the drill b equal to the distance
between the several holes to be drilled in the tube. The collark is fixed
in its adjusted position on the bar i by the set screw k². The tube e as .
the drilling proceeds is supported at the proper height by the trough-
shaped table n, shown in section, drawn to a larger scale in Figure 28.
The tube is supported in this table by means of a cross pin p passed
through the first hole drilled in the tube, the said pin p sliding between
túbular guide rods n³, n², fixed on either side the table.
I
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In drilling the holes in the tube by the use of this machine I proceed
as follows:-The tube being placed in the hollow end c³ of the spring
support c the first hole is drilled in the usual way. The tube being .
removed from the operation of the drill the said hole is brought opposite
the peg 1, the inner end of the said peg having been withdrawn by
pulling the handle 1. By releasing the handle the peg 1 passes.
through the hole in the tube, and fixes it truly in that position. By .
raising the lever g the spring support c carries the tube against the ..

page_text: rotating drill b, and drills a hole through both sides of the tube at one
operation. A second hole is thereby drilled in the tube. The spring
support c being withdrawn from the drill the tube is released from the
peg 7.
A cross pin p is now passed through the hole first drilled in the
tube, and the tube is introduced into the table n, the cross pin p passing
between the guide rods n² in the sides of the table. The drilled end of
the tube is thus supported at the same vertical height as the drill. The
peg
Z is now passed through the second hole in the tube, and another
hole is drilled in the manner described, and so on until the whole of the
holes have been drilled.
By the use of this machine the ordinary setting out of the holes is
dispensed with, and the holes are drilled very truly, both with respect to
their distance apart and their direction.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I do
not limit myself to the precise details hercin described and illustrated,
as the same may be varied without departing from the nature of my
Invention; but I claim as my Invention,-
Firstly. The improvements in the sackings of metallic bedsteads, cots,
couches, and chairs herein-before described and illustrated in Figures 1
to 9, both inclusive, of the accompanying Drawings, that is to say, con-
necting the metallic laths of the said sackings to the angle bars of the
framings by means of spring ends composed of the springs, h, washers ², h³,
and bars i, i³, ♬³, k, k³, k³, the said parts being constructed and combined
substantially as described and illustrated.
Secondly. The improvements in connecting together the horizontal
and vertical tubes, of which the head and foot rails of metallic bedsteads,
cots, and couches, and railing for various purposes are composed, herein-
before described and illustrated in Figures 10 to 24, both inclusive, of
the accompanying Drawings, that is to say, fixing in the end of the
vertical tube to be joined to the horizontal tube a screw nut by indenting
the tube above and below the said nut, covering the indented parts of
the vertical tube by a cap or ferrule having a concave top and internal
shoulder, and connecting the vertical and horizontal tubes and cap or
ferrule together by means of a screw passed through the hole in the
horizontal tube, and taking into the screw nut in the vertical tube, sub-
stantially as described' and illustrated; also the dies and tools described

page_text: and illustrated for fixing the screw nut in the vertical tube, and forming
the concave top and internal shoulder of the cap or ferrule.
Thirdly. The improved machine or apparatus herein-before described
and illustrated in Figures 25, 26, 27, and 28 of the accompanying
Drawings, for drilling the holes in the horizontal tubes used in the con-
struction of rails for metallic furniture and railing for various purposes,
that is to say, the combination with a rotating drill of a spring sliding
support for supporting the tube, and pressing it against the drill and
an adjustable horizontal pog for determining the distances apart and
direction of the holes to be drilled in the tube, the said spring sliding
support and adjustable peg being constructed, combined, and worked
substantially as described and illustrated; also the combination with the
said parts of the guide table described and illustrated.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Hulse, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twelfth day of July, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.
Witness,
RICHARD SKERRETT,
Clerk to George Shaw,
Birmingham.
WILLIAM HULSE. (L.S.)