IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BEDSTEADS AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES FOR SITTING OR RECLINING ON
Year: 1850

page_text: TO ALL TO
M THESE PRESE
SHALL COME, 1, ONATHAN
HARLOW, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Thirtieth day of
May (One thousand eight hundred and fifty), in the thirteenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Jonathan Harlow, my exors, adñiors, and assigns, Her especial
licence, full license, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said
Jonathan Harlow, my exors, adiñors, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Jonathan Harlow, my exors, adiñors, or assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times during the term of
years therein expressed, should and lawfully might, make, use, exercise, and
vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BEDSTEADS AND OTHER
LIKE ARTICLES FOR SITTING OR RECLINING ON;" in which said Letters Patent
is contained a proviso that I, the said Jonathan Harlow, shall cause a
particular description of the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, by an instrument in writing under my
hand and seal, to be inrolled in Her said Majesty's High Court of Chancery
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said

page_text: had to the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked
thereon (that is to say) :-
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 shows a plan of parts of a bedstead or other like article for sitting
and reclining on. Figure 2 shows an elevation of such parts. Figure 3
shows an under side view and section of part of one of the rails. a is part of
a tubular pillar, having two parts of the joints affixed thereto, by which the
rails are fixed to the pillar. b, b, are the parts of two rails connected to the
pillar a. The pillar a may, if desired, be solid in place of tubular, as shown.
c, c, are two studs of the form shewn, or they may be of other forms, this part
of the Invention not depending on the form of the parts c, c, but in the
manner of fixing suitable parts of wrought-iron joints to tubular or solid iron
posts or pillars a, and these improvements consist of causing wrought-iron
parts c, c, suitable for joints, to be fixed by cast iron to the pillars or posts.
For this purpose a pillar or post a is introduced, with suitable parts c, c, into
a mould properly prepared for receiving cast iron thereon, by which a boss d
of the form shown or of other suitable form is produced, and the parts
a and c are securely fixed together. Figure 3 shows the manner of
forming the ends of the angle-iron rails to fit on to parts c, d. By
these means strong and convenient joints are produced for iron bedsteads.
Figures 4, 5, and 6 show a plan and elevation of parts of a pillar and rails
connected therewith, and also an under side view and an interior view of part
of a side rail made according to this part of my Invention. In these Figures
the joints for connecting the rails with the pillar or post a are different in
form, but the parts of wrought iron c are fixed by casting the part d on the
pillar or post a. In these views the parts care formed hollow, suitable for
receiving the conical form of the part e, fixed to the angle-iron rail f.
Figures 7, 8, and 9 show another mode of carrying out this part of my
Invention. In this arrangement the wrought-iron parts c are formed with
screws, to receive nuts g, and the ends of the rails simply have each a hole
through, for the passage of the screw c. The parts care fixed to the parts a
by casting the part d on the part a.

page_text: Figures 10, 11, and 12 show another mode of carrying out this part of my
Invention, and consists of having wrought-iron projections c, which I prefer
to be hollow, affixed to the wrought-iron post or pillar a, by casting thereon
the part d. In this arrangement the rails are tubular, and they may
be secured by means of slot and neb connections h, i, as shown, or
otherwise.
I will now describe the second part of my Invention, which consists of a
mode of fixing the part of a wrought-iron joint to a side or head or foot rail of
a bedstead, or other like article for sitting or reclining on.
Figures 13, 14, and 15 show three views of a rail, which may be tubular
or solid. is a part of a wrought-iron joint by which the rail is to be fixed
to the pillar or post. If the rail is solid at the end, then it is opened as
shown in the Drawing, and the part introduced; and the two parts are to
be welded together. If the end of the rail is hollow, then the part k¹ is to be
forged or formed to enter the same, and then the two parts are to be welded
together. The form of the part k may be varied, this part of the Invention
consisting of the mode above described of fixing part of a wrought-iron joint
to the end of a solid or hollow rail for a bedstead, or other article for sitting
or relining on.
.
I will now describe the third part of my Invention, which consists of a
mode of fixing part of a dovetailed joint for a head or foot rail of a bedstead.
Figure 16 shows an end view of part of a bedstead connected according to
this part of my Invention.
Figure 17 shows part of one of the posts or pillars. is part of dovetail
joint, fixed by soldering or brazing; and m is the head or foot rail, having at
its ends the other parts of the dovetail joints. This part of my Invention
consists of the mode of. fixing parts of dovetail joints to wrought-iron tubular
pillars or posts of bedsteads by soldering or brazing.
I will now describe the fourth part of my Invention, which consists of fixing
parts of wrought-iron fastenings for the rails to the pillars of metal bedsteads
and similar articles, by forming the parts of fastenings on to hoops or rings of
wrought iron, and then heating the same and allowing them to cool in the
metal pillars or posts. In carrying out this part of my Invention the form of
the fastenings by which the rails and the pillars are to be connected may be
varied in each case. Parts of the fastenings are to be formed on or fixed to a
hoop or ring of wrought iron, which is to be heated, and then placed in
position on to a metal pillar of a bedstead, and allowed to cool and shrink
thereon, and thus will the same be securely combined therewith.
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I will now describe the fifth part of my Invention, which has for its object

page_text: a mode of forming parts of the ornamental ends or heads and feet of metal
bedsteads. Heretofore it has been usual to cast parts of the ornaments on to
the wrought-iron portions of bedsteads, but by this arrangement I apply cast-
iron ornaments of a bolder character, which are first cast and then combined
with the wrought-iron parts, and the whole are then fixed and secured
together by casting thereon other parts. Figure 18 shows a head or foot
end of a metal bedstead. m is a cast ornament, the form and character of
which may be varied. This casting it to be first produced on cores at the
parts n, n, where it is to receive wrought-iron portions, such as o, o. The
parts m, o, are then to be connected (the iron o, o, is to be shaped to the
desired forms), and then the parts m, o, fixed to the frame q, q, by casting
thereon parts 1, 1. This part of my Invention consists of the mode of using
castings m in combination with the employment of casting r, r, to fix and
combine all parts securely together.
I will now describe the sixth part of my Invention, which consists of em-
ploying eye rivets, with the use of casting, to fix the wrought-iron parts of
the heads and foot ends of bedsteads. Figure 19 shows this part of my
Invention. The ornamental device of wrought iron and cast iron may be
varied. The one shewn will enable me to describe this
part of
my Invention.
s, s, are eye rivits, which are first put on to the wrought-iron parts of the
ornamental device; then the fixing castings t, t, are to be produced on the
parts, as shown, by which they will be securely combined and fixed together.
The stems of the eye bolts or rivets are then to be riveted where they have
been passed through the outer frame, and it is the combining of the use
of eye bolts or rivets and castings t, t, for fixing the parts together, which
constitutes the peculiar character of this part of my Invention. Figure 20
shews the manner of using the eye bolts or rivits on a larger scale.
I will now describe the seventh part of my Invention, which consists of
modes of constructing and using stretchers of metal bedsteads and other like
articles. Figure 21 shows a plan, and Figure 22 a longitudinal section of
parts of a metal bedstead, which will enable me to describe this part of my
Invention; but the same is equally applicable to other like articles for sitting
or reclining on. To each of the rails is affixed a stretcher v, which con-
sists simply of bars of iron fixed at their ends to the rails, as shown,
and each has a screw w, through it. When the laths have been placed in
position the whole frame of the bedstead is put into a state of tension by
means of the screws w, as shown.
Another improvement in stretchers for metal bedsteads is shown at
Figure 23, and which consists in the use of levers and stretcher y, the

page_text: rails of the bedstead being pressed outwards by drawing the lower ends of the
two levers nearer together, or otherwise forcing out the other ends of the
levers x.
Figure 24 shows a like description of stretcher, but in this case
the parts of the apparatus are used at the angles of the frame of the
bedstead in place of from side to side; but in other respects the apparatus
is like that shown and described in respect to the previous Figures.
I will now describe the eighth part of my Invention, which consists of a
mode of constructing bedsteads by combining posts or pillars of wood and rails
of metal. Figures 25 and 26 show a plan and side view of apparatus to be
fixed to the wood posts or pillars of a bedstead where rails of metal are to be
employed. This part of my Invention consists in forming plates suitable for
being fixed to wood posts or pillars, such plates having affixed thereto or
formed thereon parts of the fastenings for fixing the rails. The fastening c, c,
shown, are such as are represented in Figures 1, 2, and 3, but they may be
varied in form, so long as parts of the fastenings for the metal rails are fixed
or formed on plates to be fixed to wood posts.
In witness whereof, I, the said Jonathan Harlow, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-ninth day of November, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twenty-ninth day of November,
in the year of our Lord 1850, the aforesaid Jonathan Harlow came before our
said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification
aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form
above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according
to the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.