A New or Improved Method of Constructing and Attaching Twin Metallic Bedsteads.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Mar., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 7th Dec.. 1896-Accepted, 6th Feb., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Method of Constructing and Attaching Twin
Metallic Bedsteads.
I, BERNARD RICHARD PEYTON of Bordesley Works, Birmingham, Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Hitherto single bedsteads to stand side by side known in the trade as "twin
bedsteads" have been used made with four pillars each i.e. one at each corner.
Now the object of my present invention is to hinge or otherwise flexibly connect or
combine the two bedsteads together at the head end only in such manner that the
foot ends can be moved apart from one another and furthermore according to my
present invention I can dispense with one of the pillars that is to say I can use
only seven instead of eight pillars on the two bedsteads by taking away both the
inside pillars at the head end of the bedsteads and substitute a single pillar therefor
which is attached to both bedsteads in any manner suitable for carrying my
invention into practice.
According to one way of carrying out my invention the aforesaid single pillar
between the two bedsteads at the head (which pillar I will term the seventh pillar)
has a joint with a hinge on it to which both bedsteads are attached or same may be
attached in the ordinary or any suitable manner to lugs or projections for this
purpose on a loose ring or rings or sleeve or sleeves mounted so as to be free to
turn on said seventh pillar and held in position vertically by collars fixed to the
eaid pillar or other suitable means thus allowing the bead ends to swivel or turn
with or on said seventh pillar while holding them together and thus permitting the
foot ends to be moved away from or towards one another as desired.
1000
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
A New or Improved Method of Constructing and Attaching Twin
Metallic Bedsteads.
I, BERNARD RICHARD PEYTON of Bordesley Works, Birmingham, Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
Hitherto single bedsteads to stand side by side known in the trade as "twin
bedsteads "bave been used made with four pillars each i.e. one at each corner.
Now the object of my present invention is to hinge or otherwise flexibly connect

page_text: or combine the two bedsteads together at the head end only in such manner that
the foot ends can be moved apart from one another and furthermore according to
my present invention I can dispense with one of the pillars that is to say I can use
only seven instead of eight pillars on the two bedsteads by taking away both the
inside pillars at the head end of the bedsteads and substitute a single pillar therefor
which is attached to both bedsteads in any manner suitable for carrying my
invention into practice.
According to one way of carrying out my invention the aforesaid single pillar
between the two bedsteads at the head (which pillar I will term the seventh pillar)
has a joint with a hinge on it to which both bedsteads are attached or same may
be attached in the ordinary or any suitable manner to lugs or projections for this
purpose on a loose ring or rings or sleeve or sleeves mounted so as to be free to
turn on said seventh pillar and held in position vertically by collars fixed to the
said pillar or other suitable means thus allowing the head ends to swivel or turn
with or on said seventh pillar while holding them together and thus permitting the
foot ends to be moved away from or towards one another as desired.
The accompanying drawings illustrate two ways of carrying my present invention
into practice.
Fig. 1 shows corner made for bed bottom in one piece.
a is the seventh pillar.
bis casting fixed immovably to the said pillar a.
e is lug.
d is ring fixed to or formed on said lug c and embracing said pillar a on which it
is free to turn or swivel its motion in one direction being limited by the shoulder or
abutment el coming against the corresponding shoulder & on the part b cast
to pillar a and in the other direction limited by the corresponding shoulders c'
and b³.
y and are the ordinary dovetail recesses in which the dovetail ends of the
proximate sides of the twin bedstead frame are inserted and held.
Thus it will readily be seen that the twin bedsteads thus arranged and connected
together on such seventh pillar at the bedstead head can readily be moved apart at
the foot end while remaining thus connected at the bead.
Fig. 2 shows corner for loose end angles and sides-Figs. 3 and 4 showing details
of construction thereof.
The collar a" shown in Fig. 4 has fixed to or formed thereon the lug e with
concavities and z' therein at right angles to each other and the opening through
said collar a is coned to fit loosely on and correspond with the cone a' see
Fig. 3.
The seventh pillar a (Figs. 2 and 3) carries thereon the cone a' the latter either
fixed to the former or free to revolve thereon or said cone may be fixed to or
formed on the collar a** which latter may be either fixed to or free to revolve on
the seventh pillar a in which latter event same is supported on said pillar a in any
suitable manner.
This collar axx has fixed to or formed thereon the lug 6 having the two
concavities y and y' thereon and the upper part of said lug & is held at a clear
distance from the cone a¹ so as to allow room for the said collar a* to enter and
turn between said lug and said cone.
Thus it will be seen how the twin bedsteads are connected together according to
my present invention and if desired same may be similarly connected at two or
more points one above the other on the seventh pillar a for instance as shown in
Fig. 5 where the twin bedsteads are shown flexibly connected at three points while
they would or might be connected at four or more points to the said seventh or
centre pillar a in the case of twin bedsteads of the character known as Italian or
so-called half-tester or Parisian bedsteads or the like.
Fig. 6 is a (plan) diagram of twin bedsteads connected together at the head ends
according to my present invention and showing the foot ends moved apart.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. Combining and attaching twin bedsteads together by joining the head end of
each to a pillar common to both in suchwise that the foot ends thereof can be
moved towards or away from one another.
2. Constructing twin bedsteads with a pillar common to both and means to
attach both said bedsteads thereto substantially in the manner and for the purposes
hereinbefore described.
3. Twin bedsteads supported on 7 pillars substantially in the manner and for the
purposes hereinbefore described.
4. Constructing and attaching twin metallic bedsteads substantially in the
manner and for the purposes hereinbefore described.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
thampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.