Improvements in Hospital and other Beds.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Apr., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 29th Jan., 1891-Accepted, 7th Mar., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.-
Improvements in Hospital and other Beds.
We, GEORGE WOODS, of Bewsey Terrace, Bewsey Road, and EDWIN WOODS):
of 175, Bewsey Road, Warrington, in the County of Lancaster, Wire Manufacturers,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows --
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Hitherto when wire wove spring mattresses or bed bottoms have been used either
such mattresses or bottoms have been stretched and secured permanently on frames
prior to leaving the manufactory, or they have been stretched by means of screws or
equivalent mechanism on the bedsteads.
In the first case the combined frame and mattress or bottom is heavy and not
readily moved from place to place; in the second case there has been much trouble
in straining the mattress and in effectually fixing it to the bedstead. In both
instances the whole apparatus has been costly and not suitable for use in hospitals
or institutions where it has been desirable to have the parts readily removable for
disinfecting or other purposes.
Our invention has for its object to avoid the above objections and for that
purpose we construct a bed of a frame or bedstead consisting of end pieces secured
to the floor in combination with a woven wire mattress or bottom of reduced
resilience both the frame or bedstead and mattress or bottom being provided with
clips or equivalent devices in such manner that one may be readily and rapidly
attached to the other without the use of extension screws or equivalent devices, or
instead of attaching the end piece to the floor, and having securing clips I combine
the end pieces with stretchers and with curved or diagonal slides or other equiva-
lents along which the ends of the woven mattress is made to travel in order to give
the required tension.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hospital and other Beds.
We, GEORGE WooDs, of Bewsey Terrace, Bewsey Road, and EDWIN WOODS,
of 175, Bewsey Road, Warrington, in the County of Lancaster, Wire Manufacturers,
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 when wire wove spring mattresses or bed bottoms have been used, either
such mattresses or bottoms have been stretched and secured permanently on frames
prior to leaving the manufactory, or they have been stretched by means of screws
or equivalent mechanism on the bedsteads.
In the first case the combined frame and mattress or bottom is heavy and not
readily moved from place to place; in the second case there has been much trouble
in straining the mattress and in effectually fixing it to the bedstead. In both
instances the whole apparatus has been costly and not suitable for use in hospitals or
institutions where it has been desirable to have the parts readily removable for
disinfecting or other purposes..
Our invention has for its object to avoid the above objections and for that purpose
we construct a bed of a frame or bedstead consisting of end pieces or standards
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secured to the floor in combination with a woven wire mattress or bottom, of reduced
resilience; both the frame or bedstead and mattress or bottom being provided with
clips or equivalent devices in such inanner that one may be readily and rapidly
attached to the other, without the use of extension screws or equivalent devices, or
instead of attaching the end pieces to the floor and having securing clips I combine
the end pieces with stretchers and with curved or diagonal slides or other equivalents
along which the ends of the woven mattress are made to travel in order to give it
the required tension.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
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Figs. 1 and 2 are perspective views of a bed constructed in accordance with, our
invention. a are standards secured to the floor and provided at the top with jaws b.
is the woven wire mattress having at each end clips, d, adapted to fit into the
jaws b. After the standards have been secured to the floor, the clips at one end of
the mattress are fitted into jaws in two end standards and the woven web is stretched
until the clips at the other end fit into the jaws of the remaining, pair of standards as
shown in Fig. 1. e are eyes for holding division pieces as shown in Fig. 2...
Fig. 3. is a perspective view of a modification of bed in which the standards a, are
connected by stretchers, and have at one end slots, and at the other end guides,h,
along which the cross bar i of the woven mattress c, is caused to slide so as to
obtain the required tension.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is
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First. The combination of end pieces or standards, woven wire mattress,
substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth..
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and clips
Second. The combination of end, pieces, stretchers and woven wire mattress
substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.
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Dated the Twenty-eighth day of January 1891.
Per,pro. J. T. KING.
W. B. Johnson,
Agent.