IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC BEDSTEADS
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Kenduck, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC
BEDSTEADS
"
Scaled the 26th June 1877, and dated the 27th January 1877
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Kendrick at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th January 1877
THOMAS KENDRICK, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer
"IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC BEDSTEADS"
My Invention consists in introducing any number of separate tubes, bars, or rods
alanged 1ound a centre or foundation pillar to form the corner pillars of bedsteads
I connect the tubes, bars, or 10ds and centre pillar together at the top and bottom,
oi by additional bands or connections at the coine blocks, or in any other position
upon the pillars that may be preferred The appearance of the pillar thus arranged
is that of a clustered column banded at intervals or plain, as may be preferred, or if
preferied I dispense with the centre or foundation pillar The cluster may extend
the entire height of the pillar, or it may be divided into sections forming two or
more clusters in height
I also propose to ornament the pillars of bedsteads by enlarging the size of the
base or foot and increasing the number of castors, I also propose employing two or
more tubes or rods at any distance apart, and inserting between such tubes, mounts,
panels, or other suitable decorative features, the tubes or rods may be the whole
height of the pillais, or they may finish on the corner block, below which they
may be reduced in number or varied in shape I also introduce into the corner
pillars of bedsteads sectional mounts or bands to receive the clustered tubes or rods,
and these may be applied to any part of the pillars, and I also employ the said
clusters of tubes or 1ods, sectional mounts and ornamentation into the head and foot
rails or screens of bedsteads, and to give greater importance and more scope for
ornament in such head and foot rails or screens, I sometimes shorten the head and
foot pillars and carry the upper part of the head and foot rail or screen above and
beyond the pillars, and in some cases I make the head and foot rail or screen an
independant article of itself without attachment to the bedstead fiame, mounting it
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page_text: upon broad based pillars so that it can stand firmly alone, and being mounted upon
sufhcient number of castors is capable of being removed from and towards the
bedstead, thus giving great facility for making the bed and allowing the bed
covering to hang fieely, or may prefer to attach the head and foot rails to the
floor of the 100m, leaving the bedstead free to be withdrawn froin between them
I also in some cases make the fiame double by placing another set of angle bais
either by the side of the ordinary ones or beneath them nearer to the floor, attaching
them in either case to an extra set of corner blocks
My next improvement refers to the canying of the head or canopy in half
tester bedsteads so as to avoid unsteadiness in the uprights, it consists in advancing
the usual head pillars forward from the head to a position nearer to the centre of
the side of the canopy, and in some instances using a thud set of legs or an extra
set of pillars so that the canopy instead of being carried by pillars at its real and
thus being liable to bear the weight of the drapery in its weakest form may be sup-
ported centrally O by another mode I form a loop bracket on the head pillar
from a point above the fiame to another near the foot of the pillar, and attach the
angle frame to this bracket
My next improvement refers to a mode of tightening up all the laths and sacking
ofa bedstead it consists in employing a bai iunning the under side of the side of
the frame, and another along the under side of the head of the frame, which bars
cany the studs for the laths or sacking to engage in, these bars are fitted with
brackets tapped with female screws in which engage male screws passing through
the angle fiamme at or near the angle or corner, thus by the employment of these
adjusting screws which diaw the stud along the slot on the top of the angle bar the
laths or backing may be tightened up
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Thomas Kendick in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 27th July
1877
THOMAS KENDRICK, of Bumingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer
"IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC BLDSTEADS'
"
My Invention consists of certain improvements in the construction and con-
structive decoration of the head and foot pillas and rails on ends of metallic
bedsteads, and also in appliances for attachment to bedsteads, by which appliances
laths or sacking may be tightened up simultaneously along the entire length and
width of the bedstend
I will now proceed to describe my Invention more fully in detail by aid of the
accompanying Diawings, reference being had to the letters and Figuies maiked
ther con
Fig 1 shews in elevation a corner pillar of a bedstead, in which may be arranged
round a centre or foundation pillai (a) any number of separate tubes, bars, or 10ds (b),
forming one or more clusters divided into sections, thus the appearance of the
pilla (a) so ananged is that of a clustered column banded at intervals To connect
the tubes, bais, or 1ods (b) together I arrange bands or connections (c) at each end'
of the clusters, I also attach the corner block (c) to the centre or foundation
pillar (a), as shewn in sectional plan, or in any other suitable way Or if preferred
the tubes, bars, or rods may be, as seen at (e), Figure 2, extending the whole
height of the pillar (f), and they may be banded together by means of sectional
mounts or bands (g), shewn in sectional plan, Fig 3, which may be applied to any
part of the pillars I can also form the corner block so that it shall receive tho
clustered tubes, bais, or rods (e), as shewn in sectional plans Figs 4 and 5,
and in some cases I dispense with the whole or part of the centre or foundation
pillar (a), Fig 1, and ƒ, Fig. 2, and substituto the outer tubes or clusters as a

page_text: pillar by attaching to them a corner block or any other convenient method I may
prefer
I also propose to ornament the pillars of bedsteads by enlarging the size of the
base or foot and increasing the number of castors, in some cases making the head
and foot end or scicen an independent article of itself without attachments to the
bedstead faining, mounting it upon broad based pillars, as seen at (h), Fig 6,
so that it can stand firmly alone, and being furnished with sufficient number of
.castors (2) it is capable of being removed from and towards the bedstead, thus
giving great facility for making the bed and allowing the bed covering to hang
fieely all round the bedstead, or I can attach the head and foot ends to the floor
of the 100m, leaving the bedstead fice to be withdrawn from between them, or I
can connect this form of foot end to the bedstead by means of the corner block (h)
Fig 7, or by any other convenient mode
In some cases I propose employing two or more tubes or 1ods (l), Figs (8) and (9),
at any suitable distance apart, and inserting between such tubes, bais, or rods (1),
mounts, panels, or other decorative features (m)
I sometimes employ thice tubes, bais, o 1ods, as seen at Figs 10 and 10ª,
dispensing if necessary with the decorative features (m), or I can form the top of
the pillar of a semi-annulai shape, and the bottom squale, or in some instances
both top and bottom of a semi-uinula shape, as seen in Fig 11, or any other shape
that may be preferred
Figs (12), (12), and (12b) show various modifications of an elongated corner
block, Fig 12 is a sectional plan of the tubes, bars, or rods arranged in one plane,
so that the cential tube, bai, oi 10d is central with the side angle bar Fig 12a
shews the tubes, bars, or rods as Fig 12, but the side angle is placed central with
the inner tube, bais, or 1od, Fig 12b shews tubes, as before described, but the
side angle bar placed central with the outside tube, bai, or 10d, or in some cases I
dispense with the elongated corner block, using an ordinary one, as seen at Fig 7,
attaching it to either of the tubes
The tubes, bars, or 10ds may be the whole height of the pillar, or they may finish
on the corner block, below which they may be reduced in number or vaned in
shape, as shewn in Fig 13
Figs 14 and 14a, Sheet 2, illustrate in elevation and sectional plan a corner
pillai of bedstead aanged in a similar manner to Figs 1 and 2 with a series
of tubes, bars, or iods forming a cluster 1ound a centre or foundation pillai
I also for soine purposes introduce the said cluster of tubes, bais, or iods (r)
arranged in a similar manner to the pillar Fig 14 into the head and foot rails,
thereby forming an important decorative feature, and affording greater facility for
the ornamentation of the said rails or sercens
And in some instances to give greater importance and more scope for ornament
in such head and foot rails or screens, I sometimes shorten the head and foot pillais,
as seen at Fig. 15, and carry the upper part of the head and foot rail or screen
above and beyond the pillars, or if preferred I make the pillars the full height and
add the extended decorative feature to the pillars instead of the rail, and attach the
ail to the pillars, thereby obtaining the same effect as in Fig 15
And in some cases I make the frame double, as shewn by Figs 16, 17, and 18,
placing another set of angle bars (s) by the side of the ordinary ones, as shewn by
Fig 16, or beneath them nearer to the floor, as shewn at (8), Figs 17 and 18,
and attaching them if desired to an extra set of corner blocks (t)
Another of my improvements consist of a loop bracket (u), as shewn in Fig 19,
on the head piller from a point above the fraine to another near the foot of the
pillar, and I attach the angle frame (v) to this bracket by the joint shewn in
sectional plan (w), the said bracket giving greater support and steadiness to the
weight of head pillars and curtains
My next improvement refers to a mode of tightening up all the laths or sacking
of a bedstead simultaneously, it consists in employing a bar (a), Fig 20a, running
along the under side of the side of the frame, and another along the under side of

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the head of the frame, which bar (a) carries the studs (b) for the laths or sacking to
engage in These bars (a) are fitted with brackets tapped with female screws (c),
in which engage male screws (d) passing through the angle frame at or near the
angle or corner, thus by the employinent of these adjusting screws (d) which diaw
the studs (b) along the slot (e), Fig 20, on the top of the angle bar all the laths or
sacking may be tightened up at one time
Having thus described the object and nature of my said Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be carried into effect, I claim without limiting
myself to these precise details,-
Firstly The combination and arrangement of a series of tubes, rods, or bars
round a centre or foundation pillar forming a clustered column in one or more
clusters together with the junctions for connecting the parts, or any mere modifi-
cations thereof, as herein described, represented severally in Figs 1, 2, and 14
Secondly. I claim the combination and arrangement of parts forming the head or
foot ends of bedsteads, together with the junctions for the same, or any mere
modification thereof, as herein described and represented generally in Figs. 6, 9,
and 13
Thirdly. I claim the arrangement of the parts forming the pillar and rail, shewn
at Fig. 15.
Fourthly. I claim forming the frames of bedsteads with a double angle iron
at the sides or ends either horizontally or vertically, as seen in Figs 16, 17,
and 18.
Fifthly. I claim the attachment of the pillar and frame of a bedstead by a loop
bracket, as seen at Fig. 19
Sixthly I claim the appliance shewn at Fig 20 and Fig 20a, by which the laths s
or sacking of a bodstead may be tightened along its entire length and width
simultaneously.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Kendrick, have hereunto set my hand
and scal, this Twenty-fifth day of July, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and seventy-seven.
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THOMAS KENDRICK (LS)