IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC BEDSTEADS
Year: 1885

page_text: I, SAMUEL ILSLEY WHITFIELD of 72 Stratford Place, Camp Hill Birmingham in
the County of Warwick Manager of Works, do hereby declare the nature of my
invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC BEDSTEADS to be as follows:-
My invention refers firstly to those castings or chills of the Bedstead which are
technically termed collars & which are cast onto the pillars or bow of the Bedstead
end; in some cases connecting the rail to the pillars or bow and in some cases being
simple castings cast round the pillar for ornamental purposes or for the purpose of
holding a screw or peg; to improve the appearance and ornamental effect of these
castings I fix upon them, by screws or other means, sometimes upon the front only
& sometimes upon the front and back or the front and side, shells of brass or such
like metal, sometimes making the shells so as to open at the back, front or side to
enable them to be placed in position upon the collar, then closing them & covering
the joint by means of another shell.
I form suitable slots or apertures in the shells to fit onto the tubes rods or pillars
of the Bedstead or parts of the collar.
In some cases I utilize the shells to fix the rails of the Bedstead to the pillars
when the pillars and rails are made apart from each other.
In some cases I dispense with the collar & fix the shell directly onto the pillar
of the Bedstead.
When I wish to cast the collars onto the pillars & thus attach the rails to them
after japanning; as for instance when I wish to previously slide mounts onto the
pillars I cast the collars of an easily fusible metal or composition & cover them by
means of shells or japan.
My invention refers also to an arrangement to prevent the Bedding, when placed
upon the Bedstead, from moving from its proper position; to effect this purpose
I attach to some part of the Bedstead frame one or more stops or uprights of
sufficient strength; these stops may be either permanently attached to some part
of the Bedstead frame or may be removable & may be attached by any means in
ordinary use or by making them of a shape so as to hold onto the angle iron or
other part of the Bedstead frame of themselves, by springing them on.
My invention further refers to an arrangement of the corner castings of metallic
Bedsteads so that they may be easily detached from and attached to the pillars,
thus enabling the Bedstead ends to be packed, when the corner castings are
detached, in smaller compass than they could be were the corners permanently
attached to the pillars, as is usual.
Dated this 28th day of September 1885

page_text: Improvements in Metallic Bedsteads.
I, SAMUEL ILSLEY WHITFIELD (now of Sampson Road, Birmingham) and formerly
of 72 Stratford Place Camp Hill Birmingham in the County of Warwick Manager
of Works do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
METALLIC BEDSTEADS and, in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention refers firstly to those castings or chills of the Bedstead which are
technically termed collars and which are cast onto the pillars or bow of the
Bedstead end; in some cases connecting the rail to the pillars or bow and in some
cases being simple castings cast round the pillars for ornamental purposes or for
the purpose of holding a screw or peg; to improve the appearance and ornamental
effect of these castings I fix upon them, by screws or other means, sometimes upon
the front only & sometimes upon the front and back or the front and side, shells of
brass or such like metal, sometimes making the shells so as to open at the back,
front or side to enable them to be placed in position upon the collar, then closing
them and sometimes covering the joint by means of another shell.
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I form suitable slots or apertures in the shells to fit onto the tubes, rods or
pillars of the Bedstead, or parts of the collars.
In some cases I utilize the shells to fix the rails of the Bedstead to the pillars,
when the pillars and rails are made apart from each other.
In some cases I dispense with the collar & fix the shell directly onto the pillar of
the Bedstead.
When I wish to cast the collars onto the pillars and thus attach the rails to them
after japanning or otherwise finishing: as, for instance when I wish to previously
slide mounts onto the pillars, I cast the collars onto the pillars of an easily fusible
metal or composition & cover them by means of shells japan, or other finish.
My invention refers also to an arrangement to prevent the Bedding, when placed
upon the Bedstead, from moving from its proper position; to effect this purpose
I attach to some part of the Bedstead frame, one or more stops or uprights of
sufficient strength; these stops may be fixed to the Bedstead frame or may be
removable & sometimes I make them of such shape & construction that they may
hold firmly onto the angle iron or other part of the Bedstead frame, having been
sprung or placed thereon.
My invention further refers to an arrangement of the corner castings of Metallic
Bedsteads, by making them in one or more parts so that they may easily be
detached from and attached to the pillars of the Bedstead & fixed by screws or
other means; the pillars being prepared for the reception of the corner casting by
one or more holes through it, collars formed upon it or other convenient means,
thus enabling the Bedstead ends to be stored or packed in much smaller compass
with the corner castings detached than they could be were the corner castings
permanently attached to the pillars.
I will now describe my invention with reference to the drawings.
Fig. 1. is a drawing of one pillar of an ordinary Bedstead, having cast upon it
the collars A A, B. B. are the shells which I fix upon the fronts of them.

page_text: Fig. 2. is part of the transverse end angle iron of a Bedstead having the stops
or uprights C. C. attached to it to prevent the bedding moving from its proper
position.
Fig. 3. is a plan of a corner block of a Bedstead cast in two parts D. D. with
suitable apertures E E to close onto the Bedstead pillar when the parts are brought
close together and fixed by the screw F passing through a hole in the Bedstead
pillar & the outside part of the corner block & the nut G, being screwed onto it, or
fixed together by other suitable means.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1. The manufacture of metallic Bedsteads with the castings or chills termed
collars mounted with brass or similar metal as above described.
2. The casting of collars upon the pillars of metallic Bedsteads in an easily
fusible metal or composition.
3. The manufacture as above described, of stops to prevent the Bedding, when
placed upon the Bedstead, from moving.
4. The manufacture of corner castings of Bedsteads so that they may be easily
detached from or attached to the Bedstead pillars.
Dated this 25th day of June 1886