An Improved Method of Attaching the Sides of Woven Wire Spring Meshes to the Side Bars of Bedstead Frames.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Jan., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 19th Oct., 1894-Accepted, 19th Jan., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of Attaching the Sides of Woven Wire Spring
Meshes to the Side Bars of Bedstead Frames.
GEORGE LANE Mattress Manufacturer, 60 Digbeth Birmingham, CHARLES
PEYTON ROBINS Merchant 7 Grantham Road Birmingham, THOMAS MARK
HEWITSON Mattress Manufacturer Deritend Bridge Birmingham and HENRY
JOHN LANE, Clerk, 60 Digbeth Birmingham do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
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Our improvements consist of a method_and_arrangement of parts-facilitating
the attachment of the sides of woven wire spring meshes to the side bars of
bedstead frames. We attach, by screwing rivetting or otherwise, to the inner sides
of the side bars several hooks with their ends bent downwards and we thread
through, from end to end or nearly so, of the outer coils or strands at the sides of
the woven wire meshes, wires of sufficient strength for the purpose, which we call
side wires and pass these wires over the hooks in the side bars of bedstead
frames.
To enable us to do this we omit to thread the side wires through one or more of
the outer coils or strands of the mesh where the hooks will clasp them so that
when a mesh is made for tightening up with tension bolts the exposed parts of the
side wires slide inside the hooks without injuring the edges of the mesh. This
may be done either by leaving the side wires straight or by bending them slightly
outwards at the part where the hooks will clasp them. By this latter means the
outer strands of the mesh remain quite straight from end to end.
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Our improvements apply to meshes made "permanent as well as to those fitted
with tension bolts.
Dated this 18th day of January 1894
GEO. LANE.
CHAS. PEYTON ROBINS.
THOS. M. HEWITSON.
HENRY JOHN LANE.
An Improved Method of Attaching the Sides of Woven Wire Spring
Meshes to the Side Bars of Bedstead Frames.
We GEORGE LANE of the Firm of Lane Hewitson & Lane Mattress Makers
of Brueton Street Coleshill Street Birmingham in the County of Warwick and
late of 60 Digbeth Birmingham CHARLES PEYTON ROBINS of 7 Grantham
Road Birmingham Merchant and THOMAS MARK HEWITSON late of Deritend
Bridge Birmingham and HENRY JOHN LANE both of the Firm of Lane
Hewitson & Lane aforesaid 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 :-
Our invention has for its object an improved method of attaching the sides of
woven wire spring meshes to the side bars of bedstead frames by which the mesh
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page_text: is drawn down to the frame in a cheap easy and effective manner thus giving a
neat appearance as well as drawing the mesh into a graceful curve.
In order that our invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practice we have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings upon which we have
fully illustrated the nature of our said improvements and the mode of carrying the
Fame into effect.
Figure 1 is a general view of one of our mattresses.
Figure 2 is a cross section through Figure 1.
Figure 3 is an enlarged plan of part of one side of the mattress shewing the
connection.
Figure 4 is a cross sectional elevation through Figure 3.
Figure 5 is a similar section to Figure 4 but shewing a modification.
Figure 6 is an elevation of Figure 5.
Figure 7 is a cross section through an angle iron side shewing a further
modification.
In carrrying our invention into effect the hooks C are attached to the inner side
of the bars B either by screwing rivetting or otherwise in such a manner that the
heads of the said hooks are bent downwards as shewn. A length of wire E is
threaded through the outer coils or strands of the mesh A. but so as to miss and
pass outside one two or more of said coils which thus enables the wire E to readily
hook on and engage with the hooks C upon the bars B by which means the mesh is
drawn into the curved form shown by Figure 2, and as the ends of the wire E are
not attached to the end frame the mesh can be tightened by the tension bolts H
without the hooks injuring the mesh A by pulling it out of shape as by our
improvement the mesh when being tightened slides along the wire E without catching
the hooks and thereby retains its uniformity. In place of the wire being straight it
may be bent to each hook as shewn by dotted lines El in which case the side coils
of the mesh would be straight from end to end.
For lateral adjustment we may form the connection of a screw G upon which
the double loop or link D is placed so that the one loop or link embraces the neck
of the screw and the other the wire E, the width of the mesh being adjusted by
means of a spanner or screw driver, in case of a spanner the head or neck of the
screw being formed either square or flattened. In the case of angle iron sides such
as B¹ we may use rings F which enter holes formed in the angle iron and embrace
the wire as shewn in Figure 7 the joint being opened and closed for fixing by
pliers.
Our improvements apply to meshes made permanent to the frame as well as
those fitted with tension bolts.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
The improved mode of and means for attaching the sides of woven wire meshes
to the side bars of bedstead or mattress frames consisting of longitudinal wires E
in combination with attachments such as C, D or F, substantially as and for the
purpose herein set forth and shewn upon the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 18th day of October 1901.
GEO. LANE.
CHAS. PEYTON ROBINS.
THOS. M. HEWITSON.
H. J. LANE.
GEO. LANE.
CHAS. PEYTON ROBINS.
THOS. M. HEWITSON.
H. J. LANE.