An Improvement in Stamped Sheet Metal Rosettes or Ornaments for Metallic Bedsteads, Cots, Fenders and Fender Curbs.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Oct., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 30th July, 1898-Accepted, 17th Sept., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Stamped Sheet Metal Rosettes or Ornaments for
Metallic Bedsteads, Cots, Fenders and Fender Curbs.
We, FREDERICK JAMES MIDDLETON, of Victoria Iron Foundry, Rolfe Street,
Smethwick, in the County of Stafford, Managing Director, and FREDERICK
HARKER, of Victoria Iron Foundry aforesaid, Secretary and Manager, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of the herein described improvement in stamped sheet
metal rosettes or ornaments to facilitate fixing them to metallic bedsteads and
cots and to metallic fenders and fender curbs.
In carrying out this invention the sheet metal rosette or ornament is stamped
in a piece with a perforated eyelet like projection or the said projection may be
unperforated. This perforated or unperforated projection projects at the back of
the rosette or ornament and passes through a hole cast in the chill of the metallic
bedstead or cot or in the metallic fender or fender curb the end of the said pro-
jection being afterwards spread outwardly by a suitable tool so as to engage with
the back of the casting and thus the rosette or ornament is secured thereto.
The said sheet metal rosette or ornament may be stamped with only one of
the said perforated eyelet like or unperforated projections which will then be by
preference in the centre of the same or the said rosette or ornament may be
stamped with two or more of the said projections according to the size and shape
of the rosette or ornament and there will then be corresponding holes in the cast-
ing as will readily be understood.
When the rosettes or ornaments are made with the said projection or projec-
tions as and for the purpose above described, they can be very quickly fixed in
place and as no screw or knob or other separate part for the attachment of the
rosefte or ornament is required the cost of fixing the said rosettes or ornaments
to the metallic bedsteads or cots fenders or fender curbs is considerably reduced.
Dated this 29th day of October 1897.
An Improvement in Stamped Sheet Metal Rosettes or Ornaments for
Metallic Bedsteads, Cots, Fenders and Fender Curbs.
We, FREDERICK JAMES MIDDLETON, of Victoria Iron Foundry, Rolfe Street,
Smethwick, in the County of Stafford, Managing Director, and FREDERICK

page_text: HARKER, of Victoria Iron Foundry aforesaid, Secretary and Manager, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
This invention consists of the herein described improvement in stamped sheet
metal rosettes or ornaments to facilitate fixing them to metallic bedsteads and
cots and to metallic fenders and fender curbs.
When the said rosettes or ornaments are made in accordance with this invention
they can be very quickly fixed in place and as no screw or knob or other separate
part for the attachment of the rosette or ornament is required the cost of fixing
them to the metal bedsteads or cots or fenders or fender curbs is considerably
reduced.
We will describe this invention by referring to the accompanying drawings on
which Fig. 1 is a front clevation and Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of a
stamped sheet metal rosette or ornament made in accordance with this invention;
Fig. 3 is a front elevation and Fig. 4 is a' sectional side elevation of the same
rosette or ornament fixed to one of the chilled cast iron parts of a metallic bed-
stead Fig. 5 is a front elevation and Fig. 6 is a sectional side elevation of a
slightly modified form of the rosette or ornament illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 3
and 4; Fig. 7 shews in sectional elevation the rosette represented by Figs. 5 and 6
attached to the chill casting of a metallic bedstead; Fig. 8 is a front elevation
and Fig. 9 is a sectional plan of another form of stamped sheet metal ornament
made in accordance with this invention suitable for fenders or fender curbs and
Fig. 10 shews a suitable tool for use when fixing our improved stamped sheet
metal rosettes or ornaments to the metallic bedsteads cots fenders or fender curbs
with which they are used.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the
figures.
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In carrying out this invention the sheet metal rosette or ornament A, which may
be of any suitable shape or design, is stamped in a picce with an eyelet like
projection a¹ which projects at the back of the rosette or ornament A and at its
end a² is perforated (as in Figs. 1 and 2) or the end a³ may be left solid so that
the eyelet like part a¹ is unperforated as in the arrangement shewn by Figs. 5
and 6. This perforated or unperforated projection a¹ which projects at the back
of the rosette or ornament A passes through a hole such as 61 which is cast in the
chill B of the metallic bedstead or cot or metallic fender or fender curb and the
end a of the eyelet part projection a¹ is afterwards spread outwardly as shewn
in Figs. 4 and 7 by a suitable tool such as used for instance for fixing eyelets
thus forming a flange a³ as in Figs. 4 and 7 to engage with the back of the cast-
ing B and secure the rosette or ornament A thereto.
The tool shewn by Fig. 10 is of the well known kind used for fixing eyelets and is
suitable for fixing our invention to the said castings, but it will be understood
that to this tool we make no claim. The said tool consists of a pair of pliers
having the coned bed C¹ fixed to one of the jaws D¹ to bear against the opening
at the front of the ornament A and having the taper punch E¹ fixed to the other
jaw D and made with a rounded shoulder e¹ to bear against the open end of the
eyelet part a¹ and spread the metal of the same outwardly and form the flange a³
in the way well known when fixing eyelets.
The said sheet metal rosette or ornament may be stamped with only one of the
perforated or unperforated eyelet like projections a¹ which will then be by pre-
ference in the centre of the rosette or ornament as shewn in Figs. 1 to 7. Or
the said rosette or ornament may be stamped with two or more of the said eyelet
like projections a¹ according to the size and shape of the rosette or ornament and
there will then be corresponding holes in the casting for the eyelet like projec-
tions as will readily be understood. Figs. 8 and 9 shew an example of this
invention made as a stamped sheet metal ornament suitable for fenders and.

page_text: fender curbs and provided with two of the said eyelet like projections a' for
fixing the same to the casting in the manner above described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
A stamped sheet metal rosette or ornament for metallic bedsteads cots fenders
and fender curbs stamped in a piece with one or more eyelet like parts a project-
ing at the back and adapted to pass through a hole or holes in the cast part of
the bedstead cat fender or fender curb and be spread over at the back of the same
so as to secure the rosette or ornament thereto substantially as set forth and illus-
trated.
Dated this 26th day of July 1898.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants.