Spindles for Use in Metallic Bedsteads and like Articles.
Year: 1884

page_text: Spindles for Use in Metallic Bedsteads and like Articles.
I, SAMUEL ILSLEY WHITFIELD of The Chestnuts, Stratford Place Birming-
ham, in the County of Warwick, Manager of Works do hereby declare the nature
of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ORNAMENTAL
METALLIC SPINDLES FOR USE IN METALLIC BEDSTEADS & LIKE ARTICLES, to be
as follows:
:
I make the spindle of a suitable design, by means of stamping, in two halves,
divided lengthways & attach the two halves together by soldering or other means.;
in some cases attaching cast or spun end pieces.
In some cases I use only one half of the stamped spindle, fixing it in the
Bedstead rail with its ornamental side to the front & in some cases upon a suitablo
spindle shaped iron casting to support it.
By the above described means I am able to produce many designs of a character
which have hitherto been impracticable to produce by the ordinary methods of
manufacturing spindles, such as casting & turning, drawing & spinning.
Dated this Twentieth day of October Eighteen hundred and Eighty four

page_text: Improvements in the Manufacture of Ornamental Metallic
Spindles for Use in Metallic Bedsteads and like Articles.
I, SAMUEL ILSLEY WHITFIELD of The Chestnuts, Stratford Place Birmingham
in the County of Warwick Manager of Works do hereby declare the nature of my
invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ORNAMENTAL METALLIC
SPINDLES FOR USE IN METALLIC BEDSTEADS AND LIKE ARTICLES and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :—
I make the spindle of a suitable design that is to say of a design which it would
be impracticable to produce by means of drawing and spinning & which could not be
finished by means of turning in the ordinary manner were it of cast metal, by means
of stamping, in two halves divided lengthways; & in some cases attach the two
halves together by means of soldering; when necessary I attach by soldering or any
other means cast or spun end-pieces either mitred to fit against the rods or tubes of
the Bedstead rail or taking the form of boxes with suitable apertures in thein for the
reception of the above mentioned rods or tubes; in some cases I tap these end-pieces
with a suitable screw thread or fix screws into tliem by casting in or other means,
so as to facilitate their application to the purpose for which they are intended:
In some cases I do not attach the two parts of the spindle together but use either
one or both parts of a stamped spindle of any shape or design; not confining iniyself
in this instance to a design which it would be impracticable to produce by means of
drawing & spinning or casting; fixing one or both of these parts by ineans of
screws & nuts onto the front or both the front & back of a suitable spindle-shaped
iron casting cast on to the rods or tubes of the Bedstead rail in the ordinary
manner, in the former case making the casting with its front half of a smaller
diameter than its back half, the difference in diameter being filled up by the
thickness of the metal of which the half spindle is made.
I cut when necessary slots in the stamped half-spindle of a suitable shape to fit
onto the rods or tubes of the Bedstead rail which are cast into the spindle shaped
casting.
I sometimes dispense with 'the whole or part of the spindle shaped iron casting
using one or both halves of a stamped or cast spindle of suflicient thickness of
metal to stand of themselves without the internal support of the iron casting;
fixing by means of screws or pegs.
Having explained the nature of my invention I will proceed to describe it by
reference to the drawings.
Fig. 1 is a side-view of one half of a stamped spindle of such a design as it
would be impracticable to produce by means of drawing and spinning. and which
could not be finished by means of turning in the ordinary manner were it of cast
metal, owing to its spiral or screw-like shape. A. A. are halves of the end pieces
having apertures B. B. in them for the reception of the rods or tubes of the
Bedstead rail, in this case the halves. of the end-pieces are stamped in one piece
with the halves of the spindle.

page_text: Fig. 2. is a front view of an end piece of box-like shape which may be either
stamped, spun or cast, made separately from the body of the spindle and which may
be attached to it by soldering or any other means. B. B. are the apertures for the
reception of the rods or tubes of the Bedstead rail.
Fig. 3. is a side view of an end piece mitred to fit against the rods or tubes of
the Bedstead rail shewing the mitre C.
Fig. 4. is a section view of a similar end piece tapped for the reception of a
screw.
Fig. 5. is a side view, partly in section, of a spindle shaped iron casting D. D. D.
and a stamped half spindle E. E. E. F. F. are screws cast into the front of the
casting and G. G. nuts which; the stamped half spindle E. E. E having been placed
in position on the face of the casting D. D. D; being screwed onto the screws F. F.
hold it firmly in position. H. H. Hare parts of the rods or tubes of the Bedstead
rail and J. J. J. apertures. in the stamped half spindle to fit onto them.
Fig. 6. is a front view of the same, the stamped half spindle being placed in
position and the nuts G. G. screwed onto the screws. HHHHH are parts of
the rods or tubes of the Bedstead rail.
I now wish it to be understood that I do not confine myself to the exact details
of shape and arrangements of parts herein illustrated and described as the same
may be varied without departing from the nature of my invention.
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 by means of stamping in two parts of ornamental metallic
spindles for use in Bedsteads and such-like articles, of such shape or design as it
would be impracticable to produce by means of drawing & spinning and which
could not be finished by means of turning were they of cast metal.
.
2. The application of cast, stamped or spun end-pieces to stamped spindles,
which end-pieces may be either mitred or tapped or have screws attached to them
or may be of box-like shape having aportures in them for the reception of the rods
or tubes of the Bedstead rail.
3. The manufacture by stamping or casting of spindles of any design in two
halves divided lengthways & using either one or both halves to cover the front or
part of the front or both the back & front of a suitable spindle shaped iron casting
cast in the ordinary manner onto the rods .or tubes of the Bedstead rail & fixing
the same in position by screws or other means; the half spindles having slots cut
in them to fit onto the rods or tubes which may be cast into the casting, & in some
cases dispensing with all or part of the casting & fixing the half-spindles to the
rods or tubes of the Bedstead rail, to castings cast thereon, or to one-another.
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