Improvements in Mattresses and mattress or Bed Frames.
Year: 1885

page_text: Improvements in Mattresses and mattress or Bed Frames.
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We ISAAC CHORLTON of Blackfriars Street Manchester in the County of
Lancaster Spring Mattress Manufacturer and GEORGE LAMB SCOTT of Manchester
aforesaid Engineer do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MATTRESSES AND MATTRESS OR BED FRAMES" to be as
follows:
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Our Invention relates to the class of mattresses in which an elastic material is
attached to and stretched upon a rectangular frame and has for its principal objects
to simplify the construction to facilitate the putting together and taking apart of
the frame and to reduce the number of separate parts requiring to be put together
after the mattress has been taken to pieces for transport. To constitute the frame
we employ two side rails and two end cross bars which when placed in position
across the ends of the side rails are secured only by interlocking parts without
requiring bolts or screws to secure the parts together. Upon the ends of the side
rails we secure brackets which project above the rails and carry the cross bars.
Each bracket is formed with a recess to receive a tongue which is formed upon or
attached to the cross bar. This tongue fits between cheeks in the said recess and
enters a mortice in the bottom of the recess or the parts are otherwise so shaped
as that when the tongue or part upon the cross bar is inserted into the recess the
parts will be locked or held together with sufficient security when the aforesaid
elastic material is strained and the rectangular form of the frame will be retained
without the use of separate bolts or fastenings. The frame when taken to pieces
for transport consists of only four pieces in addition to the elastic material. By
preference the two side rails are interchangeable and also the two end rails so that
the putting together of the parts is greatly facilitated. In some cases we may
make one of the end cross bars adjustable. The said elastic material may be the
ordinary woven, wire or be composed of wire links and springs or be of any
suitable nature or formation. In one formation we make the two side rails of
wood and attach thereto the metal end brackets and the end cross bars we
make of angle iron or angle steel or we make them in accordance with the
specification of a former invention for which Letters Patent No 14118 of the year
1884 have been granted to us. By the term mattress frame we do not exclude
ships berth frames or other frames covered with elastic or yielding material which
are used as beds without being placed upon an ordinary bedstead.
DUTTON & FULTON,
Agents.

page_text: Improvements in Mattresses and Mattress or Bed Frames.
We ISAAC CHORLTON of Blackfriars Street Manchester in the County of
Lancaster Spring Mattress Manufacturer and GEORGE LAMB SCOTT of Manchester
aforesaid Engineer do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MATTRESSES AND MATTRESS OR BED FRAMES and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement and accompanying drawings :—
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Our Invention relates to the class of mattresses in which an elastic material is
attached to and stretched upon a rectangular frame and has for its principal objects
to simplify the construction, to facilitate the putting together and taking apart of
the frame and to reduce the number of separate parts requiring to be put together
after the mattress has been taken to pieces for transport..To constitute the frame
we employ two side rails and two end cross bars which when placed in position
across the ends of the said rails are secured only by interlocking parts without
requiring bolts or screws to secure the parts together. Upon the ends of the said
rails we secure brackets which project above the rails and carry the cross bars.
Each bracket is formed with a recess to receive a tongue which is formed upon or
attached to the cross bar. This tongue fits between cheeks in the said recess and.
enters a mortice in the bottom of the recess or the parts are otherwise so shaped-
as that when the tongue or part upon the cross bar is inserted into the recess the
parts will be locked or held together with sufficient security when the aforesaid
elastic material is strained and the rectangular form of the frame, will be retained
without the use of separate bolts or fastenings. The frame when taken to pieces
for transport consist of only four pieces in addition to the elastic material. In
some cases we may make one of the end cross bars adjustable.
And in order that our said. Invention may be properly understood we will now
proceed more particularly to describe the same with reference to the annexed sheet
of drawings.
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Fig. 1 of the said drawings is a side view and Fig. 2 a plan with part of the
centre removed of a mattress frame the side members a of which are of wood and
the ends b of angle iron or steel. Supporting brackets c. are fixed at one end of
the frame and the angle iron b. is secured to the brackets c. by the means more
clearly shown in the enlarged views Figs. 3, 4 and 5. Each bracket c. is recessed
at d. so as to receive a tongue e. which is rivetted to the angle iron end b. The
tongues e. thus secured to the angle iron are dropped into the recesses in their
respective brackets c. which thus carry the angle iron end and sustain it against
the pull of the mattress surface. The other end of the frame is provided with
means for straining, the woven wire or other mattress surface x which is clamped
hooked or otherwise secured to the angle irons b. b¹. As shown more clearly at
Fig. 6 the brackets c¹ which carry the tongued angle iron end 61 slide upon
brackets which are secured to the wooden sides of the frame. The limb g. of
each bracket f. is of the section shown at Fig. 7. and the bracket c¹ is formed to fit
the said section. A screw / passes through a snug on the bracket f. and engages
with the bracket c¹ so that by turning the screw the bracket c¹ can be advanced so
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page_text: as to put the required strain upon the mattress x. A screw and sliding bracket is
provided at each side of the frame. The remaining figs. illustrate the application
of our invention to a frame the sides of which are composed of iron tubing instead
of wood. Fig. 8 is a side elevation and Fig. 9 a plan of such a frame while
Figs. 10, 11 and 12 are detail views of the method of connecting the respective
members. The ends of the tubular sides j. are inserted into paps i. cast on the
brackets c. and are held in position by means of a transverse pin k. which is
driven or screwed through both pap and tube. The tongues e. rivetted on the
angle iron ends b are inserted in the recesses d. in the brackets c. and the
mattress . which in the example is intended to be made of lengths of chain
connected by springs as shown in the plan view Fig. 9 is hooked or otherwise
secured to the angle iron ends b. The rows of springs a are or may be tied or
linked to the tubular sides of the frame. In the example no movable straining
end is shown applied but it will be obvious that the said means for straining the
mattress might be employed in conjunction with mattress frames having tubular
sides as shown. It will also be evident that we may dispense with the straining
screws and sliding brackets described with reference to Figs. 1, 2, 6 and 7 of the
drawings and suspend the mattress between fixed brackets c. as in Figs. 8 and 9.
We may apply feet or supports 7. to the tubular sided frame.
These supports may
be of wood formed with a plug or projection which enters the brackets c.
increasing the height of the feet l. at one end of the frame the inattress can be
caused to lie in an inclined plane.
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Fig. 13 illustrates the application of the locking tongue e. to the outside of the
angle iron end b. instead of to the inside as described with reference to the fore-
going figures. When so applied the bracket c. is slightly modified in form as is
apparent from the drawings.
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 :
1. In mattress frames having wooden sides or side members of metal of a
tubular or other section with or without means for straining the woven wire,
chain or other mattress surface securing the angle iron ends to the carrying
brackets without the aid of bolts or screws by means of tongues which enter
recesses in the end brackets and sustain the angle iron ends sgainst the pull of the
mattress substantially as described and shown.
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2. The construction of mattress frames having side members of metal of a
tubular or other section connected to corner brackets as set forth the said corner
brackets being recessed to receive tongues which are carried by the angle iron
ends to which the mattress surface is secured substantially as described and shown.
Dated this 15th day of May 1886.
DUTTON & FULTON,
Agents.