Improvements in Seats or Benches.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Aug., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 15th May. 1891-Accepted, 20th June, 1891
Improvements in Seats or Benches.
] WILLIAM TAYLOR of Great Driffield, Machinist do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is the construction of seats or benches for Sunday
schools, lecture halls, and other purposes, combining lightness strength and
economy in cost.
I form the legs or supports for seat and backrail of narrow pieces of wood, which
may either be plain or turned or otherwise ornamented. These legs or supports
may either be crossed, forming the letter X and connected together by centre pins
or bolts, or they may be framed or otherwise fixed together in any convenient way;
but instead of mortising and tenoning or nailing to the seat direct (which seat may
be in one or more pieces) I construct metal girders, so shaped as to clasp the pieces
forming the legs and back supports, to which they are fixed by screws or bolts.
They are also furnished with ears or projections for securing to the seat beards. I
usually form in the girders, recesses or pockets for carrying the ends of rails placed
under the seat-board or boards, for supporting or stiffening the same. The back
rails may either have their supports fixed, or pin-jointed to the legs, so as to make
the backs reversible.
Dated this 12th day of Avoust 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Seats or Benches.
1, WILLIAM TAYLOR of Great Driffield in the County of York Machinist do
hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN SEATS OR
BENCHES and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The object of this invention is the construction of seats or benches for Sunday
schools lecture halls and other purposes, combining lightness, strength and economy
in cost. I form the legs or supports for seat and backrail of narrow pieces of wood
which may either be plain or turned or otherwise ornamented. These legs or
supports may either be crossed, forming the letter X and connected together by
centre pins or bolts or they may be framed or otherwise fixed together in any con-
venient way, but instead of mortising and tenoning or nailing to the sent direct
(which scat may be in one or more pieces) I construct metal girders, so shaped as
to clasp the pieces forming the legs and back supports, to which they are fixed by
screws or bolts. They are also furnished with ears or projections for securing to
the seat-boards. I usually form in the girders, recesses or pockets for carrying the
ends of rails placed under the scat-board or boards for supporting or stiffening the
same.
The backrails may either have their supports fixed or pin-jointed to the legs, so
as to make the backs reversible. The legs may be made curved instead of straight,
if desired, and the shape of the girders modified to suit. The seats may also be
made without backrails.
In order that my said invention may be more clearly understood, and readily

page_text: Figure 2 a side elevation of a seat with fixed back made according to my
invention.
Figure 3 is a section through one of the legs of the seat, at the line c. a.
Figure 4 is an enlarged elevation,
Figure 5 a plan, and
Figure 6 a section (at the line y. y.) of one of the girders for this seat.
Figures 234, 4ª, 54, & 6ª show the same parts respectively of a seat with
reversible hack.
a. a shew the legs or supports for the seat b. which may be either in two parts as
shewn or in one piece, and eitlier flat or hollowed. c. shows the supporting or
stiffening rail under the seat, and d. the supports for the back-rail. e. shews the
girder for connecting the different parts together.
The legs are connected by a pin, screw or bolt a', and in the case of the
reversible seat shown in Fig. 24, this pin or bolt is made long enough to pass
through the back support d, and so formed with a shoulder, or by passing it through
a short ferrule and a washer, that whilst it holds the two legs a. a tightly together,
the back support is free to oscillate upon it as a centre.
For securing the legs firmly together, and connecting the same with the seat-
boards, girders e are employed. These girders are bolted or screwed to the sides
of the legs as shewn, and have also projections e¹ which are turned partly round
their edges. In the seat with fixed back, a bolt e passes through the back-
support d, as well as through the girder and one of the legs, and the whole is
connected to the seat by the ears or projections e³.
In the reversible-backed seat shewn in Figs. 24 and 34 the girder is so formed
that it fits at the front of one leg, and at the back of the other, and it is furnished
with two long cars or projections (Fig. 54) against which the reversible back
support (d, Fig. 24) can rest. If the legs are fixed at some distance from the ends
of the seat, as shewn in Fig. 1, long holes or slots will have to be cut to allow the
back-supports to oscillate.
Instead of this, I prefer to fix the legs near the ends of
the seat, and allow the supports to work outside as shewn in Fig. 24.
In both kinds of seat I make the girders with recesses or pockets to carry the
supporting or stiffening rail c.
Having now described my invention I declare that what 1 claim is,
1: Wooden seats or benches the legs of which are held together and connected
to the seat-boards, and backrails, when such are used, by metal girders, substantially
as herein shewn and described.
2 Metal girders for connecting the parts of wooden seats or benches, substan-
tially as herein shewn and described.
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