Year: 1847

page_text: PEYTON, HARLOW, AND HORNE'S SPECIFICATION.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we,"
RICHARD PEYTON, of Bordesley Works, in the Borough of Birminghami,
in the County of Warwick, Metallic Bedstead Manufacturer, JONATHAN
HARLOW, of Bordesley aforesaid, Metallic Bedstead Manufacturer, and
THOMAS HORNE, of the Borough of Birmingham aforesaid, Brass
Founder, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by
Her Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United King-
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the
Eighteenth day of May, One thousand eight hundred and forty-seven,
in the tenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto us, the said Richard Peyton, Jonathan
Harlow, and Thomas Horne, our exors, admors, and assigns, Her
especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that we, the
said Richard Peyton, Jonathan Harlow," and Thomas Horne, our
exors, adñiors, and assigns, or such others as we, the said Richard
Peyton, Jonathan Harlow, and Thomas Horne, our exors, adñiors, or
assigns, should at any time agree with; and no others, from time to

page_text: time and at all times during the term of years therein expressed, should
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England,
Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, our Invention of "In-
PROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BEDSTEADS;" in which said Letters
Patent is contained a proviso, that we, the said Richard Peyton, Jona-
than Harlow, and Thomas Horne, should cause a particular description
of the nature of our-said.-Invention, and.in. what manner the same is
to be performed, by an instrument in writing under our hands and
seals, or under the hand and seal' of ohe of us, to be inrolled in Her
said Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six-calendar months
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.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso we, the
said Richard Peyton, Jonathan Harlow, and Thomas Horne, do hereby
declare that the nature of our 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:
Our Invention consists of various improvements, hereafter described,
in the manufacture of bedsteads which are made of metal, and the first
part of our Invention has for its object the making and employing of
metal tubes employed in making metal bedsteads of an ornamental
character, by causing the sheet metal of which such tubes are made to
be first embossed or stamped with an ornamental. pattern before sub-
jecting the sheet metal to the action of suitable dies for the
purpose of
being drawn into a tubular form. We would state that we do not
claim the separate process of embossing or stamping sheet metal so as
to produce ornamental embossed surfaces thereon, as the same is sepa-
rately well known and used for various purposes. The sheet. metal
used by us in carrying out our Invention; is to be embossed with any
desired ornamental design in the ordinary manner, and then to be an-
nealed, after which it is to be drawn through dies or holes in the ordi-
nary manner, and it will be found that the stamped or embossed pattern

page_text: will not be injured by the drawing process, because the portions where
the projection of the embossment takes place will be found to be stif-
fened thereby, and the sheet metal will be found to bend into the form
of tube much more readily than the pattern can be destroyed, and there-
fore, although all parts of the surface do not touch the dies in being
drawn through, but only the projecting surfaces of the raised pattern
thereon, still the pressure in the dies will cause the metal to assume
the tubular form as if the surfaces of the sheet metal were plain.
The tubes thus produced are then to be employed as if the tubes
wère plain in the making of the parts of metal bedsteads, as heretofore:
This part of our Invention not otherwise altering the construction
of metal bedsteads than simply giving an ornamental surface to the
tubular portions of bedsteads by making the tubes therefor of embossed
metal.
.
The second part of our Invention consists of improvements in the
modes of connecting the laths of metal bedsteads with the side rails
and end rails thereof.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 shows a plan of a metal bedstead having part of our im-
provements applied thereto, which consists in forming slotted openings
in the laths at each of their ends, and fixing buttons to the side and
end rails of the bedstead. a, a, are the laths, each of which has an
opening at each of its ends so formed that it may pass over the head.
of a stud or button 6, as shewn. In putting a bedstead together, made
according to this part of our Invention, the ends of all the laths are to
be first put on to the studs on one rail, and the opposite rail is to have.
one end put into its place, and the ends of the laths successively placed.
on to the buttons or studs thereof till the whole are thus attached,,
when the other end of the rail may be put into its place or fastening.
Figures 2, 3, and 4, show various views of the parts of the side and.
end rails, and also of the laths, full size, by which, the nature of the
slotted openings and of the studs or buttons fixed to the rails will be
better understood than simply by referring to Figure 1.
.
In place of having the slotted openings in the laths, and at both ends.

page_text: of each thereof as above described, the slotted openings may be made
in the side and end rails, and the button or studs with heads fixed to
the laths as is shewn. Figure 5 shows a plan of a side or end rail,
and part of a lath, full size, and Figure 6 an edge view in section,
where the slotted openings are made in the rail at each side of the
bedstead and in the rails at the two ends thereof, the buttons or studs
being fixed to the laths.
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In each of the above cases the slotted openings are formed large at
one end to allow of the passage of the head or enlargements of the
buttons or studs, the other portions of the slotted openings being suit-
able for receiving the stems of the buttons or studs. We would state
that we are informed that bedsteads have before been made by fastening
the laths at one of their ends to one of the rails by screws or permanent
fastenings, the other ends of the laths being attached by means of
openings; we do not therefore claim such an arrangement. It is not
necessary that the slotted openings should be larger at one end than at
the other, whether the same be in the rails or in the laths at each end;
and Figure 7 shows a plan of part of a rail, and of part of a lath;
Figure 8, a transverse section of Figure 7; and Figure 9 shows a plan
and edge view of part of a lath made according to this arrangement.
In place of having the openings in the rails lengthened as previously
described, and the head of the studs or buttons fixed, the head may be
made to act as buttons; this arrangement will be understood by reference
to Figures 10, 11, and 12, which respectively show a plan of part of a
rail and part of a lath, and a transverse section thereof, and a plan and
edge view of a rail, the button being able to turn. Or the button or
stud may, as before, be fixed and simply pass through a simple opening
as shown in plan and edge view of Figures 13 and 14, and have
a fastening or slotted plate, Figure 15, placed on the stud as shown
in the under side view of the parts Figure 16. Figure 17 shows a
plan and edge view of a lath for this arrangement. Or, in place of
having the fastening just described, a spring catch, such as shown by.
the under side view and section, Figures 18 and 19, may be employed,
the stud or button in such case being made as shown at Figure 20. In
place of having the studs fixed in the side and end rails as above
.

page_text: described, the studs or buttons may be fixed in a plate attached to one
or both side or end rails. This will be understood by reference to
Figures 21 and 22, a plan of a bedstead being shown at Figure 21,
and a transverse section at Figure 22, one of the side rails having a
plate & attached thereto by slotted openings and studs y, as shown. In
this arrangement the frame of the bedṣtead could be put together in
the ordinary manner; then the laths would be attached to the plate x,
and the stretchers w will push back the plate x, and the whole of the parts
would be rendered secure. Or one of the side or end rails may be made
in parts, and the parts connected together by means of slotted openings.
as shown in plan and section at Figures 23 and 24, according to which
arrangement the side rail is made of three parts; two of the parts
are made similar to a¹ to fit to the posts or uprights, the other part
z being attached to the parts ¹ by slotted openings and screws, and
the stretchers not shewn will keep the rails separated to their proper
distances apart.
1. .
Another part of our Invention is shown in plan at Figure 25, and in
transverse section at Figure 26; this arrangement consists of forming
eyes at the ends of each lath, so that they may be slided on rods a, a,
and such rods may be supported by bearings 6, placed on or affixed at
intervals on the rails, as shown.
Another part of our Invention consists of so constructing and
arranging the posts or uprights of metal bedsteads that they may be
covered with woven or other fabric or leather, and such covers may be
printed or otherwise ornamented, by which means not only will the
objection often made to metal bedsteads, that they are cold to the touch,
be obviated, but at the same time a very ornamental character may be
given to such bedsteads. Figure 27 shews a section of a post or
upright of a metal bedstead; Figure 28 shows a section of a cover;
and Figure 29 shows a plan and section of one of the couplings which
we prefer to use in fixing the covering; and Figure 30 is one of the
rings, such as are used to affix at the ends of the cover.
The covers
being made suitable for the parts of the posts, each part is to be drawn
on to the parts of the posts, and the parts fixed in the manner shown in
the Drawings.

page_text: Having thus described the nature of our Invention, we would
remark that we do not confine ourselves to the details so long as the
peculiar character of either part of our Invention be retained; but
what we claim is,-
First, the manufacture of tubes from embossed sheet metal applicable
in the manufacture of bedsteads.
Secondly, we claim the various modes of connecting or attaching
laths and side and end rails of bedsteads herein described.
And, thirdly, we claim the so constructing and arranging parts of
bedsteads that the posts or uprights may be covered.
In witness whereof, we, the said Richard Peyton and Jonathan
Harlow, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Eighteenth
day of November, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and forty-seven.
RICHARD (L.S.) PEYTON.
JONATHAN (L.B.) HARLOW.
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AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Eighteenth, day of
November; in the year of our Lord 1847, the aforesaid Richard
Peyton and Jonathan Harlow came before our said Lady the Queen 2
in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification aforesaid, and
all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form above
written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according
to the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Enrolled the Eighteenth day of November, in the year of our 2
Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-seven.

page_text: In the Matter of a Patent granted to Richard Peyton, of
Bordesley Works, in the Borough of Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, Metallic Bedstead Manufacturer,
Jonathan Harlow, of Bordesley Works aforesaid, Metallic
Bedstead Manufacturer, and Thomas Horne, of the Borough
of Birmingham aforesaid, Brass Founder, for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BEDSTEADS," bearing date at West-
minster, the Eighteenth day of May, One thousand eight
hundred and forty-seven; to which Letters Patent a Speci-
fication was duly inrolled, and the said Letters Patent are
now vested in the said Richard Peyton and Jonathan
Harlow as Patentees and Assignees.
AIMER proposed to be entered by the said Richard Peyton and
nathan Harlow, as such Patentees and Assignees as aforesaid,
th the Clerk of the Patents of England, pursuant to an Act
ssed in the Session of Parliament held in the fifth and sixth

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years of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth,
intituled "An Act to amend the law touching Letters Patent for
"Inventions;" and of another Act passed in the Session of Par-
liament held in the seventh and eighth years of the reign of Her
present Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled "An Act for amending
an Act passed in the fourth year of the reign of His late
Majesty, intituled An Act for the better administration of
"Justice in His Majesty's Privy Council, and to extend its
jurisdiction and powers."
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We, the said RICHARD PEYTON and JONATHAN HARLOW, as Patentees
and Assignees of the said Letters Patent, do declare that we have not
found that part of the Invention which is described with reference to
Figures 10, 11, 12, 25, and 26 useful, for which reason we wish
to disclaim and we do hereby disclaim that part of the Specification
which is comprised in the following words :-"In place of having the
openings in the rails lengthened as previously described, and, the
head of the studs or buttons fixed, the head may be made to act
"as buttons; this arrangement will be understood by reference to
Figures 10, 11, and 12, which respectively shew a plan of part of
a rail and part of a lath, and a transverse section thereof, and a
plan and edge view of a rail, the button being able to turn." And
also the words:"Another part of our Invention is shewn in plan
"at Figure 25, and in transverse section at Figure 26; this arrange-
"ment consists of forming eyes at the end of cach lath, so that they
may be slided on rods a, a, and such rods may be supported by
bearings b, placed on or fixed at intervals on the rails as shewn;"
together with the Figures 10, 11, 12, 25, and 26, of the Drawing
referred to by the said words.
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In witness whereof, we, the said Richard Peyton and Jonathan
Harlow, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Twenty-
fourth day of May, in the year of our Lord One thousand
cight hundred and fifty.
JONATHAN HARLOW. (i.s.)
RICHARD PEYTON.
(L.S.)

page_text: To the Clerk of the Patents of England..
This is to certify, that the above-mentioned Richard Peyton, of
Bordesley Works, in the Borough of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Metallic Bedstead Manufacturer, and Jonathan Harlow,
of Bordesley aforesaid, Metallic Bedstead Manufacturer, have applied
to me for leave to enter with you the above-written Disclaimer of part
of the Specification of a certain Invention, for which Letters Patent
were granted to them, together with Thomas Horne, of the Borough of
Birmingham, Brass Founder, under the Great Seal of Great Britain,
dated at Westminster, the 18th day of May 1847, and to which a
Specification was duly enrolled; and having considered of the said
application, and no objection having been made to the same, I hereby
grant leave to the said Richard Peyton and Jonathan Harlow, as
Patentees and Assignees, to file their said Disclaimer, pursuant to tho
Statute passed in the fifth & sixth years of the reign of His late
Majesty King William the Fourth, entituled "An Act to amend tho
"Law touching Letters Patent for Inventions;" and also of the
Statute passed in the 7th & 8th years of the reign of Her present
Majesty Queen Victoria, entituled "An Act for amending an Act
"passed in the fourth year of the reign of His late Majesty, entituled
"An Act for the better administration of Justice in His Majesty's
Privy Council, & to extend its jurisdiction & powers."
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page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twenty-fifth day of May,
in the year of our Lord 1850, the aforesaid Richard Peyton came before
our said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the
Disclaimer aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and
specified, in form above written. And also the Disclaimer aforesaid
was stamped according to the tenor of the Statute made for that
purpose.
Enrolled the Twenty-ninth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty.