Improvements in Ships' and other Berths, Cots, and Bedsteads..
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Oct., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 16th June, 1892-Accepted, 16th July, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ships' and other Berths, Cots, and Bedsteads..
We THOMAS KENDRICK of Summer Lane Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Manufacturer and WILLIAM WALDRON of No. 55 Tower Road Aston
near Birmingham aforesaid Fitter do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows :-
Our invention consists of the construction and combinations or arrangements of
parts hereinafter described for readily changing and fixing the position of the lee
rails or side rails of ships' and other berths so as to convert at pleasure the head
end of the berth into the foot end and the reverse or place the lee rail in an
intermediate position; and also for permitting of the lowering and folding of the
lee rail outwards and upon the berth and raising it and fixing it in a vertical
position for use.
Our improvements may also be applied to cots and bedsteads.
We will describe the said invention as applied to a ship's berth.
According to our invention we fix by riveting or casting to the side or angle bar
of the ship's berth three short brackets or arms one at each end and a third midway
between them. In these vertical brackets a parallel rod is fixed on which parallel
rod the lee rail can slide and when in a certain position can be turned upon it for
lowering or folding the rail upon the berth or for raising the rail into a vertical
position for use. The said lee rail rod is square (preferably) in cross section and
the end uprights of the lee rail have square collars at bottom for sliding upon the
said fixed lee rail rod. So long as the collars of the lee rail are situated upon the
square part of the lee rail rod the said lee rail is vertical and it can be moved by
a sliding motion either to the head end or foot end of the berth or into an
intermediate position. The fixing of the vertical lee rail in one of the positions
described is effected in the following manner. The end uprights of the lee rail are
tubular and slotted and in the said uprights vertical bolts work. The handle of
each of these bolts works in a longitudinal slot in the upright and the said bolt is
fixed in its lifted or unfastened position by its handle taking into a cross slot at the
top of the longitudinal slot and the bolt may be fixed in its depressed or bolting
position by its handle taking into a cross slot at the bottom of the longitudinal
alot. In the fixed lee rail rod cross vertical holes are made for the bolts described
in the uprights of the lee rail to take into when the lee rail has been moved on the
lee rail rod to the head or foot end of the berth or into an intermediate position.
That is to say a cross hole is made near each end of the fixed lee rail rod and
other holes are made in the said rod between the end holes and the intermediate
bracket supporting the said rod. When the lee rail is moved say to the head end
of the berth the bolt in the upright at one end of the lee rail is over the end hole
and the bolt at the other end of the lee rail is over one of the holes in the rod
most distant from the head end of the berth. By now shooting the said bolts the
lee rail is fixed at the head end of the berth. The other cross holes in the rod
are used when the lee rail is moved to the foot end of the berth or into an inter-
mediste position.

page_text: For the purpose of turning down the lee rail upon the berth or folding it
outwardly and raising it into a vertical position for use we form in the lee rail rod
two cylindrical necks at a distance apart equal to the distance between the end
uprights of the lee rail the said necks being of such a diameter that the square
collars of the said end uprights of the lee rail can turn upon them. One of these
cylindrical necks is made near one end of the fixed lee rail rod and the other neck
at about the middle of the distant half of the said rod or at any other convenient
positions on the lee rail rod. By sliding the lee rail so that the collars of its end
uprights are brought into the said necks the lee rail can be turned down upon the
said necks and in like manner raised into a vertical position prior to sliding it upon
the lee rail rod for fixing it at the head end or foot end of the berth or in an
intermediate position.
Although we prefer to make the necked lee rail rod of a square figure in cross
section yet it may be made of other figures in cross section with the same effect;
for example the said rod may have a triangular figure or an elliptical figure in
cross section; and instead of the fastening bolts described other analogous
fastenings may be employed for fixing the lee rail in its upright position.
We apply our improvements to berths other than ships berths and to cots and
bedsteads substantially in the manner herein before described with respect to a
ship's berth.
Dated the 3rd day of October 1801
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ships' and other Berths, Cots, and Bedsteads.
We, THOMAS KENDRICK of Summer Lane, Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Manufacturer and WILLIAM WALDRON of No. 55 Tower Road Aston
near Birmingham aforesaid Fitter do hereby declare the nature of our invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:—
Our invention consists of the construction and combinations or arrangements of
parts hereinafter described for readily changing and fixing the position of the lee
rails or side rails of ships' and other berths so as to convert at pleasure the head
end of the berth into the foot end and the reverse, or place the lee rail in an
intermediate position and also for permitting of the lowering and folding of the lee
rail outwards and upon the berth and raising it and fixing it in a vertical position
for use.
Our improvements may also be applied to cots and bedsteads.
We will describe the said invention as applied to a ship's berth.
According to our invention we fix by riveting or casting to the side or angle bar
of the ship's berth, three short brackets or arms, one at each end and a third
midway between them. In these vertical brackets, a parallel rod is fixed on which
parallel rod the lee rail can slide and when in a certain position can be turned
upon it for lowering or folding the rail upon the berth, or for raising the rail into a
vertical position for use. The said rail rod is square (preferably) in cross section
and the end uprights of the lee rail have square collars at bottom for sliding upon
the said fixed lee rail rod. So long as the collars of the lee rail are situated upon
the square part of the lee rail rod the said lee rail is vertical and it can be moved
by a sliding motion either to the head end or foot end of the berth, or into an
intermediate position. The fixing of the vertical lee rail in one of the positions
described is effected in the following manner. The end uprights of the lee rail are
tubular and slotted and in the said uprights vertical bolts work. The handle of
each of these bolts works in a longitudinal slot in the upright and the said bolt is
fixed in its lifted or unfastened position by its handle taking into a cross slot at the

page_text: top of the longitudinal slot and the bolt may be fixed in its depressed or bolting
position by its handle taking into a cross slot at the bottom of the longitudinal
slot. In the fixed lee rail rod, cross vertical holes are made for the bolts described
in the uprights of the lee rail to take into when the lee rail has been moved on the
lee rail rod to the head or foot end of the berth or into an intermediate position.
That is to say, a cross hole is made near each end of the fixed lee rail rod and
other holes are made in the said rod between the end holes and the intermediate
bracket supporting the said rod. When the lee rail is moved, say, to the head end
of the berth, the bolt in the upright at one end of the lee rail is over the end hole
aud the bolt at the other end of the lee rail is over one of the holes in the rod
most distant from the head end of the berth. By now shooting the said bolts the
lee rail is fixed at the head end of the berth. The other cross holes in the rod are
used when the lee rail is moved to the foot end of the berth or into an intermediate
position.
For the purpose of turning down the lee rail upon the berth or folding it out-
wardly and raising it into a vertical position for use we form in the lee rail rod
two cylindrical necks at a distance apart equal to the distance between the end
uprights of the lee rail, the said necks being of such a diameter that the square
collars of the said end uprights of the lee rail can turn upon them. One of these
cylindrical necks is made near one end of the fixed lee rail rod and the other neck
at about the middle of the distant half of the said rod or at any other convenient
positions on the lee rail rod. By sliding the lee rail so that the collars of its end
uprights are brought into the said necks the lee rail can be turned down upon the
said necks and in like manner raised into a vertical position prior to sliding it upon
the lee rail rod for fixing it at the head end or foot end of the berth or in an
intermediate position.
We will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying drawings
the manner in which our invention is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents in side elevation, partly in perspective, the side or angle bar
of a ship's berth to which a lee rail and its adjuncts, constructed and arranged
according to our invention are applied, the said lee rail being represented fixed in
an intermediate vertical position on the lee rail rod; Figure 2 represents the same
view as Figure 1 with the lee rail turned or folded down into a vertical position
and Figures 3, 4, 5 and 6 represent cross sections of the berth frame and lee rail
taken through the cylindrical necks in the lee rail rod; Figure 3 indicating the lee
rail in its upright position; Figure 4 indicating the lee rail in its folded down
vertical position; Figure 5 indicating the lee rail folded inwards in a horizontal
position and Figure 6 indicating the lee rail folded outwards in a horizontal
position.
Figure 7 represents in cross section, partly in end elevation, drawn to a large
scale, one of the hollow uprights and collars of the lee rail and the lee rail
rod, and Figure 8 represents a modified collar and lee rail rod of the same, drawn
to the same scale as Figure 7.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several figures of the
drawings.
a is the side or angle bar of the ship's berth, supporting, by means of the three
short brackets or arms b, b, b, the parallel rod c, square in cross section or elliptical
in cross section (see Figures 7 and 8); d is the lee rail which is capable of sliding
upon the lee rail rod c, and is also capable when the collars on the lee rail are
brought into the necks in the lee rail rod as hereinafter described of turning upon
it for lowering or folding down the lee rail or for raising it into a vertical
position; d, d are the end uprights of the lee rail, each upright being hollow or
tubular and having at bottom a square collar d³ (or an elliptical collar) for sliding
upon the fixed lee rail rod c (see Figure 1 and the enlarged sections Figures
and 8).
It will be seen that so long as the collars d³, dª are upon the square (or elliptical)

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part of the lee rail rod c, the lee rail d can be moved by a sliding motion either
to the head end or foot end of the berth or into an intermediate position, the said
lee rail being supported in its vertical position and prevented from rotating by the
square (or elliptical) collars d³, d³ embracing the square (or elliptical) rod c. The
vertical lee rail is fixed in one of the positions described by means of vertical
bolts e,e working in the hollow uprights, taking into cross vertical holes in
the lee rail rod c, three holes marked respectively, 9 and h being made in the left
hand half of the lee rail rod c and three holes marked respectively i, k and being
made in the right hand half of the lee rail rod c (see Figure 2). The handle
ends of the vertical bolts e, e in the end uprights d d of the lee rail d work in
longitudinal slots m in the uprights of the lee rail and the said bolts are fixed in
their lifted or unfastened position by their handles taking into cross slots n at the
tops of the longitudinal slots m (see Figures 7 and 8). Similar cross slots may
be made at the bottoms of the longitudinal slots (not shown) for fixing the bolts
in their depressed or bolting position.
In order to turn down the lee rail d inwards or upon the berth or for folding it
outwards and downwards, and for raising it into a vertical position for use, two
cylindrical necks p and p² are made in the lee rail rod c, the said necks p, p² being
at such a distance apart and having such a diameter that the square (or elliptical)
collars d, d³ of the end uprights of the lee rail d can turn upon them (see
Figures 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6). The cylindrical neck p² is made near one end of the
rode and the other cylindrical neck pat about the middle of the distant half of
the said rod c. By sliding the lee rail d so that the collars d³, d³ of its end
uprights are brought into the said necks p and p², the lee rail can be turned down
upon the said necks into the position represented in Figure 2 and indicated in
Figure 4; or into either of the positions indicated in Figures 5 and 6 ; or raised
into the vertical position represented in Figure 1 and indicated in Figure 3. When
in a vertical position the lee rail d can be moved by a sliding motion on the lee
rail rode for fixing it at the head end or foot end of the berth, or in an inter-
mediate position. When the lee rail d is to be fixed in the intermediate position
Figure 1, the left hand end upright is brought over the hole g in the lee rail
rod c and the right hand upright d' is brought over the hole in the said rail e
and the bolts e, e in the end uprights are shot into the said holes. In Figure 1 the
bolt e at the left hand upright is represented in its shot position and the bolt e at
the right hand upright is represented in its raised or withdrawn position. When
the lee rail is to be fixed in its upright position at the left hand end of the berth, the
lee rail is so moved on its rod c that the left hand upright is brought over the
hole and the right hand upright over the hole i in the said rod c and the lee rail
is fastened in that position by shooting the bolts e, e.
When the lee rail is to be
fixed in its upright position at the right hand end of the berth, the lee rail is so
moved on its rod c that the right hand upright d' is brought over the end hole /
and the left hand upright d' over the hole near the neck p in the rod c and the
lee rail is fixed in that position by shooting the bolts e, e.
Before the lee rail can be moved into a position proper for turning it down, by
the collars d², d, engaging with the cylindrical necks p, the fastening bolts e, e
must be lifted and fastened in their withdrawn position by engaging their handle
ends in the top cross slots n, n as before described.
Although we prefer to make the necked lee rail rod of a square figure or of an
elliptical figure in cross section, yet it may be made of other figures in cross
section with the same effect; for example the said rod may have a triangular or
other angular figure in cross section; and instead of the fastening bolts described
and represented, other analogous fastenings may be employed for fixing the lee rail
in its upright position.
We apply our improvements to berths, other than ships' berths and to cots and
bedsteads substantially in the manner herein before described and illustrated with
respect to a ship's berth.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our invention
and the manner in which the same is to be performed we declare that we are
aware of the Specification of Lawson and De Russet No. 2076 A.D. 1886 and we
claim nothing described and claimed therein, but, we claim as our invention of
"Improvements in ships' and other berths cots and bedsteads " :-
The arrangements or combinations of parts hereinbefore described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawings for readily changing and fixing the positions of the
lee rails or side rails of ships' and other berths, cots and bedsteads; that is to
say, fixing on the side or angle bar of the berth, cot or bedstead frame a parallel
rod, square, angular or elliptical in cross section on which rod the lee or side rail
can slide by means of collars on the bottoms of the end uprights of the said lee or
side rail, the said collars having internally a configuration corresponding to that of
the rod on which they slide the said lee or side rail rod being provided with
vertical cross holes and the end uprights of the lee or side rail with vertical bolts
(or other analogous fastenings) for fixing the vertical lee or side rail either at the
head end or foot end of the berth, cot or bedstead or at an intermediate position ;
and providing the lee or side rail rod with cylindrical necks for permitting of the
turning down or folding and the raising into a vertical position of the lee or side
rail substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated the Sixteenth day of June 1892.
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicants.