Improvements in, or additions to, Woven Wire and other Metallic Fabrios for Mattresses and like purposes.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in, or additions to, Woven Wire and other Metallic
Fabrios for Mattresses and like purposes.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD NICHOLS, of the Firm of Joseph Nichols and Son, of
Cheapside Wire Works, in the City of Birmingham, Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to rigid attachments for the end edgings of woven wire
and other distensible fabrics employed in connection with mattresses, bed-bot-
toms and the like. Such fabrics have heretobefore been gripped or held at their
ends between bolted together pairs of heavy metal plates or bars, or between an
attached bar and the topside of the bedstead framing, but according to my im-
provements, I provide the ends of the fabric with sheet metal edgings within which
the raw edges or ends of the wires comprising the fabric are folded over and
enclosed. A wire or rod may be run up the inner side for strengthening the
edging and preventing the fabric dragging, and also for the purpose of forming a
bar for hooks or other connectors on the bedstead framing or mattress framing to
engage with.
In carrying out one form of my invention, each end of a length of woven wire,
constituting the sacking of a mattress, is provided with a folded or rolled lath or
strip of sheet metal, within which the said edge is enclosed. Thus, I take a plain
or corrugated sheet of metal, of suitable width, and place the same underneath the .
fabric with the back edge of the strip coming up to within a short distance of the
edge of the fabric. The said back edge of the metal strip is then turned or folded
down round or over the edge of the fabric, and then both fabric and attached strip
are folded over together upon themselves so that the edge first folded is presented
to the top side of the mesh and both back and front edges of the attachment or
enclosing strip are rounded off, whilst the unfolded or rough edges come undermost.
The outer edge of the attached strip or bar is gapped or all-through gapped at
intervals and a reinforcing rod or stout wire is passed up the inside of the strip
and crosses these gaps, and with which staples, cleats, hooks or other connections
fittings carried on the bed or mattress frame engage. Or instead of an inserting
bar, rod or equivalent being employed, I may form circular or other shaped all-
through or other piercings and with which hooks or like connections engage.
These holes may be cut out of the strip or skelp before being folded over and with
the fabric.
In order to reinforce the strip or folded edging, it may be provided with end
beadings, and tongues may be formed in one side which may be turned or inserted
through the mesh and into holes in the other part or side, so that the opposite or
top and bottom sides or webs are tied together. Portions of the reinforcing wire

page_text: may be passed outwards through the holes in the bar and be formed into hooks or
loops which engage with holes or studs made in or carried upon the bed framing.
Dated this 12th day of March 1898.
WILLIAM EDWARD NICHOLS,
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicant.
Improvements in, or additions to, Woven Wire and other Metallic
Fabries for Mattresses and like purposes.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD NICHOLS, of the Firm of Joseph Nichols and Son, of
Cheapside Wire Works, in the City of Birmingham, Manufacturer; do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly, described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
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This invention relates to rigid attachments for the end edgings of woven wire
and other distensible fabrics employed in connection with mattresses, bed-bot-
toms and the like. Such fabrics have heretofore been gripped. or held at their
ends between bolted together pairs of heavy metal plates or, bars, or between an
attached' bar and the topside of the bedstead framing, but according to my im-
provements, I provide the ends of the fabric with sheet metal, edgings applied by
fording the raw edges or ends of the wires comprising the fabric together with a
thin sheet metal' strip, so that the said fabric edgings are inclined within or
between the folds of the attachment and these collectively, folded parts. are tied
or coupled together either by the hooked ends of the cleats employed for connecting
the sacking to a frame, or by turning or 'inserting portions of the metal of, the
edging strips inwards and through the included parts of the mesh and closing the
inserted parts down in such a manner that the mesh is incapable of being withdrawn
from the applied edging by the pull created by the application of a weight to the
mesh. A wire or rod may be run up the inside of the folded edging for strength-
ening or reinforcing the same and also for the purpose of forming a bar for hooks
or other connectors on the bedstead framing or mattress framing to engage with.
Figure 1 of the annexed drawings represent a plan of a mattress in which the
end edges of the woven wire fabric or sacking are provided with folded sheet
metal strips and are connected thereby to the end bars, of the mattress frame
through the medium of hook-ended attachments which also serve for coupling.or
tying together the collectively folded parts in accordance with my invention..
Figure 2 is a plan of the sacking, with its attached end strips, separately, or
before being connected up with the frame.
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Figure 3 represents, upon an enlarged scale, a cross section of a portion of
Figure l'upon the dotted line a.
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Figure 4 is a plan of Figure 3.
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Figure 5 illustrates how the end edging of the mesh is laid upon the sheet
metal strip, prior to the folding of the two together in order to attach the one to
the other, the folds of the said strip being made upon the dotted lines.
Figure 6 represents a cross section of the said folded edging upon a further
enlarged scale.
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page_text: wire a, constituting the sacking of a mattress, is provided with a folded or rolled
edging strip b, of sheet metal, within which the said edge is enclosed; by taking
a long sheet or strip of metal 61, of suitable width and placing the same underneath
the fabric (as represented in Figure 5) with the 'back edge-², of the
strip coming
up to within a short distance of the edge a³, of the fabric. The said, back edge of
the metal strip is then turned or folded (upon the dotted line e, Figure 5) down
round or over the said edge of the fabric, and then both fabric and attached "strip
are folded over-together upon theniselves on the dotted line c¹, so that the edge
first. folded is presented to the top side of the mesh and both back and front edges
of the attachment or enclosing strip are rounded off.
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The outer edge of the folded and attached strip or bar, which may be corrugated
longitudinally either before or after the folding, in order to strengthen the same,
is pierced at preferably equi-distant intervals with a series of 'all-through holes d,
and the attachment of the sacking or mesh to the wooden mattress frame e, is
effected by means of a series of' ties, such as f, whose inner ends f¹, are hooked
and engage with the corresponding holes d; in the edging,' thus passing through
both the mesh and the applied strip and providing auxiliary means for tying or
coupling together the collectively folded parts and for preventing the withdrawal
of the mesh from the edging on the application of a heavy weight thereto, whilst
the outer ends f, are bent at a right angle and are driven into the wood of the end
bars e, of the frame, as clearly represented in Figure 3. Or the outer ends of
these. ties may also be hooked and engage with eyes,' staples or the like attached
to the framing bars.
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Figure 7 represents a cross section and Figure 8 a plan of a modified form of
edging strip, showing also the application of the invention to mattresses or bed
bottoms made from' angle iron. 1144
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In this arrangement, the two edges 62, 63, of the folded strip b, are provided with
er formed into beadings 64, which are either hollow or wired and both longitudinally
strengthen the stiffening strips and give finish to the edge of the fold b, coming
upon the topside of the mesh a. Further the tie connections f are double hooked,
with the inner hooks f¹, engaging in the holes d, of the strips b, and tying together
the folded parts of mesh and metal edging whilst the outer end hooks f, engage
into holes e, near the top of the vertical webs e³, of the framing angle irons or
bars.
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Figures 9 and 10 represent respectively a cross section and a plan of another
modification of my invention..
According to this arrangement the rear edge 65, of the folded or attached strip b,
is cut with a series of all-through gaps 66, whilst a reinforcing rod or stout wire g
is passed up the inside of the strip and crosses these gaps, and with which the
inner hooked ends f¹, of the connection fittings f, whose other ends take into holes
in the bed or mattress frame bar el, engage. Or the said wired edging strip may
overlap or come upon the top of the framing bar, and the connection of the one to
the other be effected by staples or cleats passing over the exposed parts of the
said wires and being driven into the material of; or passed through holes in the said
framing bars.
In these arrangements in which the attached strips are reinforced by wires, the
hooks or other connections do not pass through the included folds a²; a³, of the
mesh a, but only through the gaps and around the wires. The gaps or holes may
be cut out of the strip'or' skelp before' the same is folded over with the fabric.
Figure 11 represents a section and Figure 12 a plan of another modification of
my invention.
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In this arrangement, tongues 67, are cut or formed out of the metal of one
side 62, of the folded strip b, and these tongues are turned up inserted through the
included parts a², of the mesh a. and into holes 68, in the other part or side 73, so
that the opposite or top and bottom sides of the edging are tied together with the
included parts of the mesh between them, whilst the gaps formed serve for the
hooked or looped ends f¹, of the tie or connection fittings f, to pass through.

page_text: Figure 13 represents a cross section of another form of strip b, in which the outer
edge, is formed into a hollow beading, of a diameter corresponding to inside of the
hooked ends f¹, of the ties or connections f, which ends have thus an increased
bearing upon the strip.
Figure 14 represents a plan and Figure 15 a section of a modification of the
arrangement shown in Figures 11 and 12. In this form, instead of inserting a
tongue portion of the sheet metal of the one fold inwards through the collectively
folded parts for tying or coupling them together the metal surrounding the
holes 68, through which the hooks of the connections pass, is turned or inserted
inwards and then closed down in an eyelet form as marked b".
Or instead of tying together the folded parts by integral parts of the edging
metal, I may employ a separate tying attachment in eyelet or cleat form as
marked bo, in Figure 16 which is placed in the hole made through the collectively
folded parts and then its top and bottom edges 610 611, are closed down respectively
on the opposite sides of the sheet metal edging which are thus tied together.
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:-
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First In woven wire fabrics for mattresses and the like, providing the same
with sheet metal reinforcing cdgings applied by folding the edge parts of the
fabric together with sheet metal strips, with the collectively folded parts coupled
or tied together, and the sacking attached to a mattress or like framing, by the
hooked or equivalent inner ends of connection ties engaging through holes in, the
said reinforcing edgings, whilst the other ends are engaged with or. (when of
wood) driven into the said frame, substantially as described and set forth.
Secondly-In woven wire fabrics for mattresses and the like, providing the
same with sheet metal reinforcing edgings applied by folding, with parts of the
same gapped and the gaps crossed by an introduced wire, with which the hooked
inner ends of the mattress connection ties are engaged, substantially as described
and set forth in Figures 9 and 10.
Thirdly: In woven wire fabrics for mattresses and the like provided with
sheet metal edgings applied by folding, coupling or tying together the collectively
folded parts of fabric and edging by tongues cut out of the one fold being passed
from one side or inserted through the included parts of the fabric and through
holes in the other metal folds and closed down on the other side, substantially as
described and set forth in Figures 11 and 12.
Fourthly In woven wire fabrics for mattresses and the like having sheet
metal reinforcing edgings applied by folding the edge parts of the fabric together
with sheet metal strips, providing the said edging with holes wherethrough the
hooks or equivalent parts of the fabric-connection ties pass, with the metal sur-
rounding the said holes being turned inwards or inserted through the mesh and
edging metal, thereby tying or coupling the folded parts together, substantially as
described and set forth in Figures 14 and 15, or with the said coupling of the folds
being effected by a separate tying attachment, as represented in Figure 16.
Dated this 15th day of November 1898.
WILLIAM EDWARD NICHOLS,
By Henry Skerrett,
24, Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.