Improvements in Wire Pillows.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Dec., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 12th Sept., 1892-Accepted, 15th Oct., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wire Pillows.
I, HENRY WESTON, of 64 Church Street, Shoreditch, in the County of
Middlesex, Doctor of Dentistry do hereby declare the nature of this invention to.
be as follows:-
My invention relates to wire pillows, and has for its object the production of such
pillows which shall be very soft and elastic at the edges thereof while being very
strong at the centre.
My improved pillow is constructed in sections of different strengths and elas-
ticity, the said sections being fastened together in any suitable manner.
Each
section is made of wire woven or braided in any well known or suitable manner
and is preferably of a prismatic form having re-entrant angles at the sides, the
ends of the wires being secured together in any convenient manner.
may combine
any desired number of such sections to form a pillow by lacing or otherwise
fastening the same together at their edges. In all cases I make the inner_sections
of thicker wire and wider mesh than the outer sections, by which means I secure
that the pillow shall be soft at the edges, while being strong in the middle where
the greatest weight has to be borne.
The pillow may be encased with any suitable material which may be wadded or
not as desired.
Dated this 11th day of December 1801
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wire Pillows.
I, HENRY WESTON of 64 Church Street, Shoreditch, in the County of
Middlesex, England Dr. of Dentistry, 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 :-
My invention relates to wire pillows and has for its object the production of such
pillows which shall be very soft and elastic at the edges thereof while being very
strong at the centre. My improved pillow is constructed in sections of different
strengths and elasticity and fastened together in any suitable manner.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 is a plan of one of my improved wire pillows with the cover
removed.
Figure 2 is a diagrammatic sectional view of the same.
Figure 3 is a plan of one of the sections.
Figure 4 is an enlarged end view of the same.
The same letters denote similar parts in all the drawings.
The pillow shown in Figures 1 and 2 consists of six sections each of which is
similar in shape to the section shewn in Figures 3 and 4. The outer sections are,
however, made taper so that the pillow will be thinner at the edges than in the
middle. The said four outer sections A of the pillow are in this particular instance
made of thinner wire and with smaller meshes than the two inner sections B.
Each section is made of wire diagonally woven, in a well-known manner, to form
a prism with re-entrant angles in two of its sides as at C, the ends of the wires
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page_text: being squeezed together at the end of the prism and turned over in any convenient
manner. The edges D of the adjacent sections of the pillow are fastened or laced
to each other by means of string or gut or other suitable material. The sections
may be of any convenient dimensions, and the two inner sections B may be con-
veniently made wider and thicker than the others.
It is obvious that I can if desired make a pillow which has a greater or less
number of sections in it than six, but in all cases I make the inner sections stiffer
or stronger than the outer sections. The object of this construction is to secure
ample strength and rigidity at the centre of the pillow where the greatest weight
has to be borne, while ensuring greater softness at the edges of the pillow.
It is obvious that this construction can be arrived at by making the inner sections
of stronger or heavier wire than the outer sections, or by using the same strength
of wire and making the said inner sections of smaller mesh, that is to say using
more wires.
The pillow constructed as above described may be encased with any suitable
material, which case may be wadded or stuffed if desired.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
1. A wire pillow built up in sections, which sections are joined together at their
sides or edges, the inner sections being made stiffer or heavier than the outer
sections, for the purpose specified.
2. A wire pillow constructed substantially as above described with reference to
the accompanying drawings.
Dated this Twelfth day of September 1892.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.