Improvements in and connected with the Swing Brackets of Bedsteads.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with the Swing Brackets of
Bedsteads.
I, GEORGE CRUMP, Foreman, of The Standard Bedstead Works,, School Brow,
Warrington, in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:
This invention relates to the swing brackets employed for carrying the curtains
and the like of bedsteads, and its object is to so construct and arrange them that
they may be swung completely round the posts to which they are attached, and so
that, they may be locked in any desired position or be bodily removed when
desired.
A bracket constructed according to this invention is formed at the top and
bottom with suitable jaws or equivalents which are adapted to engage with rings,
flanges, or the like formed upon and surrounding the post with which the bracket
is to be used. The bracket may thus be completely rotated around the post as
the rings or the like form circular paths for the jaws.
Each ring is preferably formed with a returned or beaded edge or thickened
part so that when the bracket is in place it can not be withdrawn from the rings
until part of the jaw is removed or loosened. This part may consist of a set screw
which may also be employed for locking the bracket in any required position.
The jaws may be provided with friction balls or bowls at the points where they
come into contact with the rings, and one or both of the jaws is or are preferably
provided with yokes or arms the ends of which extend almost up to the edges of
the rings, and thus prevent the bracket being bent or rotated around its points
of contact with the rings instead of running bodily round them as required.
Dated this 27th day of October A.D. 1898.
W. E. HEYS & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: rington, aforesaid, 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 relates to the swing brackets employed for carrying the curtains
and the like of bedsteads, and its object is to so construct and arrange them that
they may be swung completely round the posts to which they are attached, and so
that they may be locked in any desired position or be bodily removed when desired.
A bracket constructed according to this invention is formed or provided at the top
and bottom with suitable jaws or equivalents which are adapted to engage with rings,
flanges, or the like formed upon or attached to and surrounding the post with
which the bracket is to be used. The bracket may thus be completely rotated
around the post as the rings or the like form circular paths for the jaws.
Each ring or the like. or the jaws of the bracket are so formed that the bracket
can not be accidently removed nor can it fail from the post. This may be accom-
plished by forming each ring with a beaded, thickened, flanged or returned edge,
which necessitates part of the jaw being removed; or opened before the bracket
can be put in place or removed. Or, alternatively, part of the flanged edge of
the ring may be removable to permit the removal or replacement of the bracket.
A convenient form of device for this purpose is a set screw which passes through
part of the jaw, and can be screwed up and down so as to engage with or disengage
from the flanged ring. This screw may also be employed to lock the bracket in
any desired position.
The accompanying drawings to which I will hereinafter refer, illustrate in
what manner my invention may be carried into effect.
Figure 1 is an illustration of the upper part of a bed post with one of the
improved brackets in position.
Figure 2 is a view in elevation on a larger scale of part of a bed post showing
one of the rings and one of the jaws of the bracket.
Figure 3 is a representation of the same parts partly in section; and
Figure 4 shows the same parts in plan.
A is the bed post and B is the swing bracket. This bracket is formed at or
near its top and bottom with two jaws or equivalents C, C, which are adapted
to engage with rings or the like D attached to and surrounding the bed post.
Means are provided for holding the jaws and the rings in engagement with each
other, and if desired, for locking them together.
In the type illustrated in the drawings each jaw C consists of two members c
and c and the ring D is grooved or recessed on its face as at d or is flanged
or beaded at its edge. Through one of the members of the jaw passes a set
screw E, which may be withdrawn when it is desired to place the bracket upon
the ring or to remove it. When the bracket is in use the screw may be screwed
down to the position shown in Figure 3 and thus prevent withdrawal of the
bracket, while at the same time it permits rotation of the bracket around the post
unless it is screwed hard down, in which latter case it serves to lock the bracket
in any desired position.
Other equivalent devices may of course be employed to obtain the same result.
If desired the post top may be formed with a circular race for one of the
jaws, and thus one of the rings upon the post may be dispensed with.
The jaws of the brackets or the brackets themselves may be formed with
extensions or yokes G, G, which extend with their ends almost or lightly touch-
ing the edges of the rings D. The brackets are thus prevented from turning
or bending around their points of contact with the rings, and any lateral pressure
communicated to them must result in them running bodily and properly around
the races provided for them.
Friction balls, bowls, or similar devices may be applied at the points where
the brackets or the arms or extensions therefrom come into contact with the
rings.

page_text: 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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1. A swing bracket for bedsteads, formed or provided with jaws or their equiva-
lents to engage with rings or the like upon the bedstead post, constructed and
arranged substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and as illus-
trated by the accompanying drawings.
2. A swing bracket for bedsteads, formed or provided with jaws or their equiva-
lents to engage with rings upon the bedstead post, the jaws being provided with
a device by means of which the bracket may be placed upon or removed from the
ring and be locked in place if desired, constructed and arranged substantially
as herein before described and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
3. The combination with a swing bracket for a bedstead of a ring or rings
surrounding the bedstead post and adapted for engagement with the jaws of the
bracket, constructed and arranged substantially as hereinbefore described and
as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
W. E. HEYS & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.