Improvements in Ornamenting Bedsteads and Fenders.
Year: 1887

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ornamenting Bedsteads and Fenders.
I, WILLIAM ALLMAN of the firm of Cope Allman & Co. Tube Manufacturers,
Unity Tube Works Icknield Square Birmingham in the County of Warwick 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:
The object of my invention is the production or manufacture of Tubular Rings
with a Shoulder Rabbet or flange, to facilitate the insertion of Plaques, Rosettes, or
any other form of ornamentation.
The rings may be made either Round, Square, Oval, Oblong, or any ornamental
Shape, in each case the Shoulder, Rabbet or Flange is made to suit the position and
style of the Plaques or ornaments that it is desirous to use.
The present form of Tubular Rings and Ornaments used for Bedstead and Fender
purposes consists in making them of ordinary Round, Square, or oblong tube, that
presents the same surface on either the inside or outside, and therefore does not
afford any facilities for affixing plaques or ornaments.
My improvement consists in forming a Shoulder Rabbet or flange on the various
sections of Tube, on one side or both as required, to act as a support to rest any
exterior or interior ornament against when it is made up into rings or ornaments,
or I produce the Shoulder, Rabbet, or flange by affixing it after the ring is made
thus enabling me to use the ordinary sections of tube for that purpose.
Having explained the nature of my invention I will now proceed to describe the
accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 is a partly sectional representation of a ring formed to receive a rosette on
either side which are shewn also part sectional. A is the tubular ring B B the
rosettes. the screw pin D is a tube fitted up against the ring A, and E is the
Rabbet Shoulder or flange the whole constructed according to my invention.
Fig. 2 Perspective elevation of the same when complete.
Fig. 3 Front elevation of the same when fixed between two tubes.
Fig. 4. is a representation of the parts A. C. and D without reference to the rosettes B
but with the flange E more clearly defined.
Fig. 5. 6 describe the flange in different positions.
Fig. 7. 8 are modifications of Fig. 4 as applied to other shapes than square ones.
Fig. 9 represents the flange in a diminished form in cases where no screw pins are
required.
Fig. 10 is a representation of the tube for ring when grooved or slotted forming the
shoulder inside the tube instead of outside.
Fig. 11 shews the half or part of an attachment to take the place of the flange as
constructed in the previous figures.
Fig. 12 represents such attachments in the form of a complete ring.
Fig. 13. represents the outside flange on one side & the groove or inside flange
on the other.
Fig. 14. shews a double flanged tube.

page_text: I do not bind myself to the few designs here set forth either in the size shape or
configuration of the tube for rings with groove or flange, but shew these as
illustrations of my invention. The shoulder rabbet or groove will be so arranged in
order to give greater facilities for enrichment by the simplicity with which Plaques
or ornaments may be fixed when these Tubular Rings or ornaments are used.
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,
First. A Tubular Ring constructed to form an outside or inside Rabbet Shoulder
or flange, for Plaques Rosettes or other ornaments to rest against as before described
and drawn.
Second. The attachment of such Rabbet Shoulder or flange to a similar ring of
ordinary construction for the purposes described and set forth.
Third. The advantage in strength and economy obtained by screwing up the ring
from the interior with ordinary screws the same being hidden when the plaques or
ornaments are fixed.
Fourth. The addition of one or more Rabbets or projections to a tubular ring or
ornament for any interior or exterior plaques or other ornaments to rest against
or be fixed to.
Fifth. The indentation of one or more grooves or slots in place of the outside
shoulder to be used for the same purpose where circumstances may require it.
Dated this 25th day of August 1888.
WILLIAM ALLMAN.