IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION PAILLASSES
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Bessell, of Bristol, in the County of
Gloucester, Chair and Sofa Manufacturer, and John Allright
Wheeler, of Westwood, in the County of Wilts, Flock Manufac-
turer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Bessell and
John Allright Wheeler at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents, with their Petition, on the 2nd December 1873.
We, HENRY BESSELL, of Bristol, in the County of Gloucester, Chair
and Sofa Manufacturer, and JOHN ALLRIGHT WHEELER, of Westwood,
in the County of Wilts, Flock Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
PAILLASSES," to be as follows:-
1
Our Invention has for its objects the construction of paillasses in such
a manner as to increase their strength and durability and obviate their
ordinary tendency to sink in the middle when in use.
For this purpose

page_text: our Invention consists in substituting for the ordinary tick or canvas
border a frame or border of wood or other suitable rigid material to
which the canvas forming the top and bottom of the case can be nailed
or otherwise fastened. The said rigid frame or border forming three
sides of the case is put together and the canvas nailed or fastened
thereto, thereby forming an open-mouthed case to receive the straw or
other filling material, which can be more easily and effectually rammed
than when the sides (or border) of the case are made of the flexible
materials hitherto employed for the purpose.
The mouth of the case after being filled can be sewn together as
usual, but we prefer to close the mouth by inserting a flat piece of wood
or other rigid material, and nailing or otherwise fastening the canvas
thereto, as this method will stiffen the paillasse in the centre, and
thereby prevent the liability to sink when in use. Paillasses constructed
in this manner may have their two halves connected by means of hinges
or other fastenings if required. Also the use of a frame or border of
wood or other rigid material affords increased facility for fastening the
vallance of bed furniture, which may be done by means of studs or
other suitable appliances.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent 20
filed by the said Henry Bessell and John Allright Wheeler in the
Great Seal Patent Office on the 30th May 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, HENRY
BESSELL, of Bristol, in the County of Gloucester, Chair and Sofa
Manufacturer, and JOHN ALLRIGHT WHEELER, of Westwood, in the 28
County of Wilts, Flock Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Second day of December, in the year
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the thirty-
seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, 30
give and grant unto us, the said Henry Bessell and John Allright Wheeler;
Her spécial licence that we, the said Henry Bessell and John Allright
Wheeler, our executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as we, the said Henry Bessell and John Allright Wheeler, our executors,

page_text: administrators, 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 THE MANUFACTURE OF PALLIASSES," upon the condition (amongst others)
that we, the said Henry Bessell and John Allright Wheeler, our
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under our, 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 we, the said Henry Bessell and John Allright
Wheeler, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement (that is to say):-.
"
Our Invention of "Improvements in the Manufacture of Palliasses
has for its object the construction of palliasses in such a manner as to
increase their strength and durability and obviate their ordinary tendency
to sink in the middle when in use. For this purpose our Invention.
consists in substituting for the ordinary tick or canvas border a frame or
border of wood or other suitable rigid material to which the canvas
forming the top and bottom of the case can be nailed or otherwise
fastened. The said rigid frame or border forming three sides of the case
is put together and the canvas nailed or fastened thereto, thereby
forming an open-mouthed case to receive the straw or other filling
material, which can be more easily and effectually rammed than when
the sides (or border) of the case are made of the flexible materials
hitherto employed for the purpose.
The mouth of the case after being filled can be sewn together as
usual, but we prefer to close the mouth by inserting a flat piece of wood
or other rigid material, and nailing or otherwise fastening the canvas
thereto, as this method will stiffen the palliasse in the centre, and
thereby prevent the liability to sink when in use. Palliasses constructed
in this manner may have their two halves connected by means of hinges
or other fastenings if required. Also the use of a frame or border of

page_text: wood or other rigid material affords increased facility for fastening the
vallance of bed furniture, which may be done by means of studs or
other suitable appliances.
After the palliasse has been constructed in the manner above described
it may if required be made into a combined mattress and palliasse by
nailing or otherwise fastening canvas or other suitable material over the
top of the palliasse, and filling the space between with wool or other
stuffing material.
Having thus described the nature of the said Invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, we hereby declare that we do not
claim as of our Invention the use of any of the materials herein-before
referred to in the construction of palliasses except when combined with
a rigid border or frame, but what we do claim as of our Invention is the
construction of palliasses with a frame or border of wood or other
suitable rigid material in substitution for the ordinary tick or canvas
border, as and for the
purpose herein-before described.
In witness whereof, we, the said Henry Bessell and John Allright
Wheeler, have hereunto set our hands and seals, the Twenty-
eighth day of May, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and seventy-four.
HENRY BESSELL.
(L.S.)'
JOHN ALLRIGHT WHEELER. (L.S.) '
Witness,
JAMES DELL,
Perry Road,
Bristol,
Clerk.