Improvements in Metallic Bedsteads and in Parts Connected therewith.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Nov., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 7th Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 7th Sept., 1888
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Metallic Bedsteads and in Parts Connected
therewith.
1, FREDERICK HOSKINS of the firm of Hoskins and Sewell of Bordesley Birmingham
in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:-
This invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described, in the construc-
tion, or in the arrangement of some of the parts of bedsteads, provided with woven
wire or distensible sackings or mattresses, and by which said improvements, the
connection, and disconnection of the sackings of bedsteads, is greatly simplified, and
the general construction of the said bedsteads, much improved.
I will describe my invention in connection with a bedstead, in which the distensible
sacking, is tensioned or stretched, by screws, preferably worked from the head end of
the bedstead framing.
The general framing of the bedstead, is of the ordinary construction, consisting of
angle framings, chilled corner blocks, and pillars or uprights, while the sacking which
has end stretcher bars, (which embrace the end extremities of the woven mesh) is
secured at the foot end, to the bedstead framing, by hook connections, which take into
holes, made through the depending web of the angle bar of the framing as
aforesaid.
The hook connections, which are preferably two in number, consist of short lengths
of rod iron, bent angle wise, and connected at their upright ends, to the front of the
stretcher har at that end; so that the direction of the hook parts, is in the longer
direction of the sacking, and when in position, the ends of the hooks protrude
inwardly.
The foot angle framing is inwardly disposed, with respect to the corner blocks and
pillars; so that the stretcher bar of the sacking, which carry the hook connections, is
supported, and takes a solid bearing upon the top of the foot angle bar of the said
framing.

page_text: The stretcher bar at the head end of the sacking, is provided with guide gaps at or
near its ends, which ride upon (on the mattress being drawn up) semi-circular convex
webs, disposed at the junctions of the corner blocks, with the side rails; that is, the
side framings, which are lowered or cranked downwards from the corner blocks, have
at their inside faces, at the junctions of the framings, with the blocks, semi-circular
convex guide parts, upon which, gapped cut out parts, at the ends of the head ends,
stretcher bars work.
The tightening or tension screws pass through holes in the vertical sides of the end
angle framing, and with their screwed fore parts, taking into screwed holes in the
stretcher bars; so that the rotation of the screws in one direction, stretches the
distensible mattress, and makes the stretcher bar, to which they are connected, travel
up the curved inclines, until the stretcher bar takes a firm bearing upon the opposite
inner extensions of the corner blocks.
The head end framing or angle bar, is disposed in about the same plane as the
supporting pillars.
The connection of the foot end of the side rails, with the corner blocks, is made
by dipping or lowering the former with respect to the latter, by a curved junction
casting.
The winch or handle for rotating the screw tightening expedients, is made up of a
combination of chilled and wrought iron; that is, the handle part is made by
bending a piece of rod iron, into the required shape, while the bush or socket of the
head part, is made of chilled iron, to the inner end of which, the handle part is
connected, during the process of casting.
Dated this Twenty-sixth day of October 1887.

page_text: Improvements in Metallic Bedsteads and in Parts. Connected
therewith.
I, FREDERICK HOSKINS of the firm of Hoskins and Sewell of Bordesley, Birmingham
in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer, 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:-
This invention consists of the improvements herein-after described, in the construc-
tion, or in the arrangement of some of the parts of bedsteads, provided with woven
wire, or distensible sackings, or mattresses; and by which said improvements, the
connection and disconnection of the sackings of bedsteads, is greatly simplified, and
the general construction of the said bedsteads, much improved.
I will describe my invention in connection with a bedstead, in which the distensible
sacking is tensioned or stretched, by screws, preferably worked from the head end of
the bedstead framing.
The general framing of the bedstead, is of the ordinary construction, consisting of
angle framings, chilled corner blocks, and pillars or uprights, while the sacking which
has end stretcher bars, (which embrace the end extremities of the woven mesh) is
secured at the foot end, to the bedstead framing, by hook connections, which tak
into holes, made through the depending web of the angle bar of the framing a
aforesaid.
The hook connections, which are preferably two in number, consist of short
lengths of rod iron, bent angle wise, and connected at their upright ends, to the
front of the stretcher bar, at that end; so that the direction of the hook parts, is in
the longer direction of the sacking, and when in position, the ends of the hooks,
protrude inwardly.
The foot angle framing, is inwardly disposed, with respect to the corner blocks
and pillars; so that, the stretcher bar of the sacking, which carries the hook
connections, is supported, and takes a solid bearing upon the top of the foot anglo
bar of the said framing.
The stretcher bar at the head end of the sacking, is provided with guide gaps at
or near its ends, which ride upon (on the mattress being drawn up) semi-circular
convex webs, disposed at the junctions of the corner blocks, with the side rails; that
is, the side framings, which are lowered or cranked downwards from the corner
blocks, have at their inside faces, at the junctions of the framings, with the blocks,
semi-circular convex guide parts, upon which, gapped cut out parts, at the ends of
the head end stretcher bars, work.
The tightening or tensioning screws, pass through holes in the vertical sides of
the end angle framing, and with their screwed fore parts, taking into screwed holes
in the stretcher bars; so that the rotation of the screws in one direction, stretches
the distensible maitress, and makes the stretcher bar, to which they are connected,

page_text: travel up the curved inclines, until the stretcher bar, takes a firm boaring upon the
opposite inner extensions of the corner blocks.
The head end framing or angle bar is disposed in about the same plane as the
supporting pillars.
The connection of the foot end of the side rails, with the corner blocks, is made
by dipping or lowering the former with respect to the latter, by a curved junction
casting.
The winch or handle, for rotating the screw tightening expedients, is made up of a
combination of chilled and wrought iron; that is, the handle part is made, by bending
a piece of rod iron, into the required shape, while the bush or socket of the head
part, is made of chilled iron, to the inner end of which, the handle part is connected,
during the process of casting.
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Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents in longitudinal vertical section,
and figure 2 in plan of upper side, (with portions broken off, and in section,)
bedstead, containing or provided with improvements, made according to my invention.
It will be seon that in figure 1, the section is taken through a part of the tensioning
device of the mattress, at the head end of the bedstead, and through the end stretcher
bar, and hook connection at the foot end.
In figure 2, the broken off part at the foot end exhibits how the hooks carried by
the stretcher bar engage within holes made through the foot end angle framing.
Figure 3 represents upon an enlarged scale, a transverse vertical section of the
head and foot ends of the said bedstead. Figure 4 is a plan of a corner, or a
portion of the head end of the same, showing the stretcher bar through which the
tensioning devices pass, and the incline or curved plane, over which the opposite
undersides of the head end stretcher bar is drawn on tensioning.
Figure 5 is an end elevation of a portion of the foot end of the bedstead, this
exhibiting the hook connections carried by the hanging web of the foot end stretcher
bar.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.
a, a are side angle framings, and bare end angle framings, respectively connected
to the pillars or uprights c, by corner block connections common to this class of
bedsteads.
The junctions of the side angle framings with the end angle framings, are curved
or inclined upwards, forming planes or curved surfaces, upon or over which, the
opposite undersides of the stretcher bars are drawn on the sacking being tensioned;
the said curved or inclined planes are marked d. It will be seen that the opposite
angle framings a are disposed at a lower plane than the opposite end angle framings or
bars b.
e is a distensible sacking or mattress, and f, g are the end stretcher bars of the
same.
The foot end stretcher bar between which the end of the mesh is clamped,
consists of two parts; a top bar f2, and a lower bar, which latter has a web, to
which, the hook connections are secured by riveting or otherwise. These hook
connections pass transversely through holes in the hanging web of the end
connection. The parts fare secured together by riveting or otherwise, and it
will be seen that the underside of the part 3, (whose upper side is corrugated with
the top bar) takes a continuous bearing upon the top side of the end angle framing
or bar b.
The head end stretcher bar y consists of two parts g², g³, between the corrugations
of which, the distensible woven wire, or other mattress e is clamped, by rivetings or
otherwise.
The lower part g³ of the stretcher bar, carries two internally screwed eyes or
lugs g, g, wherethrough the screws of headed pins h, pass. The shanks ³, of the
said screws, also pass through holes 63, made through the head end angle framing b, of
the hedstead. The heads (which have extensions *) take their abutments against
the outside of the said foot end angle framing, and upon which extension of each
head, the winch or handle i, takes, for turning the screws for adjusting or tensioning.

page_text: The winch or handle i, is made up of a combination of chilled and wrought iron.
The socket, is made of chilled or cast metal, while the handle part, is made from
a piece of rod iron. It will be seen that on rotating in one or other direction, the
tensioning device or devices, the stretcher bar underside is made to ride upon the
semi-circular inclined webs or planes d, whereby the said bars are supported, guided
and properly directed.
The tensioning may be effected by one or more screws, or by other suitable
tensioning devices.
The tensioning device or devices may be arranged at the foot end, instead of at
the head end, whilst the foot end connection of the mattress may be made to come at
the head end.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invon-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
First. Securing sacking or mattress stretcher bars, or their equivalents, to fixed
or movable end framings or angle bars of a bedstead, by hook connections, taking or
engaging within eyes or holes made in the said framings or end bars, substantially as
described and set forth.
Secondly. The combination with the stretcher bar f, and framing b, b², of a hook
connection, whereby the said stretcher bar's underside, takes a continuous bearing
upon the top face of the end angle framing as set forth.
Thirdly. Making, or providing at the junctions of the side framings with the
end corner blocks, semi-circular or inclined webs or planes d, for the purpose
substantially as described and set forth.
and
Fourthly. The combination with the tension end stretcher bar g, with eye g',
the scrow tension device or doviços h, of a curved web or inclined plane d, as set
forth.
Fifthly. The combination with the stretcher bar g, inclined plane d, and angle
framing b, b, of a tensioning device h, 2, 3, as set forth.
Sixthly. The improvements in bedstead frames, sacking connections and tensioning
dovice or devices, as set forth.
Lastly. Making the winches or handles i, of a combination of chilled and wrought
metal, as set forth.
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