Improvements in or in the Manufacture of Parts of Bedsteads.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Jan., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 15th Oct., 1894-Accepted, 17th Nov., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or in the Manufacture of Parts of Bedsteads.
I, FREDERICK HOSKINS, of the Firm of Hoskins and Sewell of Bordesley, in
the City of Birmingham, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows
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My invention relates to improvements in, or in the manufacture of, parts of
metallic bedsteads, viz., the head and foot ends, and has for its object primarily the
reduction of the cost of manufacture, by the saving of workmanship and of metal
employed in the formation of the chills.
Thus, according to my invention, the metallic filling-in rods or bars of the outer
boundary frame of a head or foot end are interlaced, plaited, entwined or made to
cross each other in manner that the said filling-in and ornamental rod parts become
infibulated or entwined so as to require but few chills for their support.
In some cases, I unite the said interlaced or intertwined rods to the outer
boundary framings of the head and foot end structures sometimes by three and
sometimes by four or a less number of chills, hence a considerable saving in the
cost of manufacture.
In carrying out one form of my invention in connection with a foot end, I proceed
as follows:-
I take an ordinary boundary frame, which may be tubular or solid, and I fill in
the interior of the same with rods bent loop-wise and united to the side, top and
bottom bars of the said frame by chills, and with the said bars crossing each other
at intervening points, that is I direct from side to side of the framing, and at a
position raised above the end angle framing, a step rod chilled at its extreme end to
the said framing. I also take two rods or lengths of metal, and bend each of the
same loop-wise, with the terminal ends of each connected respectively at the middles
of the step and the top rail of the frame by chills.
The middles of the loops extend to the inner boundary edge of the opposite sides
of the said outer frame, and are there connected by chills cast in cominon around
the said ends and middles of the loops, hence the filling in of the outer frame by an
interlaced ornamental filling-in, united to the outer frame by three chills and to the
step rail by a single chill.
In carrying out a further form of my invention I take semi-circular shaped outer
frame, tubular or otherwise, and I then direct a semi-circular shaped rod bar to
within a short distance of the inner boundary edge of the first named frame. Then
I take a single rod length of metal, and bend the same loop-wise about its middle,
and connect the terminal ends of this said last-named rod to the terminal ends
respectively of the semi-circular shaped rod, and to the opposite sides of the outer
frame by chills, which unite in common the said ends to the framing, hence an
ornamental filling-in framework connected to the primary frame by three chills.
In carrying out another form, I take a semi-elliptical or other shaped frame and
take a length of rod metal and bend the same about its middle into two or more
loops; then I curve or direct the outer parts outwardly, with the terminal ends
united to the two opposite sides of the outer frame at a short distance from the foot
angle frame by chills.
The middle of the upper loop, which comes adjacent to the middle of the top
boundary frame, is united to the said top by a chill casting, hence an ornamental
filling-in frame connected to the primary frame by three chill castings.
In carrying out a further form of my invention, I take a rectangular shaped
outer boundary frame, and fill the interior space of the same up with a series of

page_text: elliptical hoop shaped rod members intersected by vertical bars, with the ends of the
rod members, or the middle parts of the same which come adjacent to the top and
bottom bars of the outer frame, and also the ends of the vertical rod members,
united to the top and bottom of the outer frame by single chills.
The sides of the hoops or loops cross or intersect each other and become thereby
interlaced or intertwined and support each other without the use of chills.
I wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself to the particular
forms herein described, as. the same may be varied without departing from the
nature of my invention, and varying forms and shapes of filling-in members so
arranged and interlaced one with another that the overlapping and entwined parts
support each other and form a relatively rigid inside frame. The said inside
structure, instead of being interlaced, may be entangled, plaited or entwined in
manner, so that the members or parts support each other and form as it were an
open-work ornamental inside framing.
Dated this 23rd day of January 1894.
FREDERICK HOSKINS,
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or in the Manufacture of Parts of Bedsteads.
I, FREDERICK HOSKINS, of the Firm of Hoskins and Sewell of Bordesley, in
the City of Birmingham, Manufacturer, 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 improvements in, or in the manufacture of, parts of
metallic bedsteads, viz., the head and foot ends, and has for its object primarily, the
reduction of the cost of manufacture, by the saving of workmanship and of metal
employed in the formation of the chills.
Thus, according to my invention, the metallic filling-in rods, bars, strips or
equivalents, of the outer boundary frame of a head or foot end are interlaced,
plaited, entwined or made to cross one another in manner that the said filling-in
and ornamental rod parts become nearly self-supporting, or infibulated or entwined
so as to require but few chills for their connection.
In some cases, I unite the said interlaced or intertwined rods (or their equivalents)
to the outer boundary framings of the head and foot end structures by three, and
sometimes by four or a less number of chills, hence a considerable saving in the cost
of manufacture.
In carrying out one form of my invention in connection with a foot end, I proceed
as follows:-
I take an ordinary bedstead end boundary frame, which may be either tubular or
solid, and I fill up the interior of the same with a series of crossing and interlaced
rods, united to the top, side and bottom bars or members of the said frame by
chills.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing represents such a bedstead end as above
referred to.
a is an enclosed framing, made up of side pillars a¹, a top rail a², and a bottom
angle rail as, thus forming an enclosed space, which is filled in with lattice-work
rods b, crossing and interlacing with each other, and connected to the step rail C,
and
set down rail d, by chills e, and to the side pillars by chills e¹.
In carrying out a further form of my invention, I take a rectangular shaped
outer boundary frame, and fill the interior space of the same up with a series of
elliptical hoop-shaped rod or strip members, intersected by vertical bars, with the

page_text: ends of the rod members, or the middle of the same which come adjacent to the top
and bottom bars of the outer frame, and also the ends of the vertical rod members,.
united to the top and bottom bars of the outer frame by single chills.
The sides of the hoops or loops cross or intersect each other and become thereby
interlaced or intertwined and mutually support each other without employing
middle chills.
Figure 2 represents such a framing, in which a is the end frame, composed of side
pillars a' and top rail a², and bottom angle rail a³, with the space between the same
filled in with horizontal rods c and d, vertical rods f, and hoop or elliptical loop
shaped rods b, interlacing and overlapping, or being infibulated one with another to
form an inner frame, the members of which are connected together and to the outer
framing by chills e, e'.
Figure 3 represents another form of end rail, with the rod or other members made
to infibulate and thereby mutually support each other without the aid of middle or
intermediate chills.
In constructing a further form of end rail, I take an ordinary boundary frame,
which may be tubular or solid, and I fill in the interior of the same with rods, bent
loop-wise and united to the side, top and bottom bars of the said frame by chills,
and with the said bars crossing each other at intervening points, that is, I direct
from side to side of the framing, and at a position raised above the end angle
framing, a step rod, chilled at its extreme end to the said framing. I also take two
rods or lengths of metal, and bend each of the same loop-wise, with the terminal
ends of each connected respectively at the middles of the step and top rails of the
frame by chills.
The middles of the loops extend to the inner boundary edge of the opposite sides
of the said outer frame, and are there connected by chills, cast in common around
the said sides of the frame and the middles of the loops, hence the filling in of the
outer frame by an interlaced ornamental filling-in, united to the outer frame by
three chills and to the step rail by a single chill, as represented in Figure 4.
In carrying out another form, I take a semi-elliptical or other shaped frame and
take a length of rod metal and bend the same about its middle into two or more
loops, then I curve or direct the outer parts outwardly, with the terminal ends
united to the two opposite sides of the outer frame at a short distance from the foot
angle frame by chills. •
The middle of the upper loop, which comes adjacent to the middle of the top
boundary frame, is united to the said top by a chill casting, hence an ornamentally
filled-in frame connected to the primary frame by three chill castings, as represented
in Figure 5.
In carrying out a further form of my invention I take a semi-circular shaped
outer frame, tubular or otherwise, and I then direct a semi-circular shaped rod or
bar to within a short distance of the inner boundary edge of the first-named frame.
Then I take a single rod length of metal, and bend the same loop-wise about its
middle, and connect the terminal ends of this said last-named rod to the terminal.
ends respectively of the semi-circular shaped rod, and to the opposite sides of the
outer frame by chills, which unite in common the said ends to the primary and
supplementary semi-circular framings, and also to other supplementary filling-in
rods, hence an ornamental filling-in framework, connected to the primary frame by
three chills.
I wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself to the particular forms of
end rails herein described and represented, as the same may be varied without
departing from the nature of my invention, and varying forms and shapes of
filling-in members may be so arranged and interlaced one with another that the
overlapping and entwined parts support each other, and form a relatively rigid
inside frame. The said inside structure, instead of being interlaced, may be
entangled, plaited or entwined in any manner, so that the rods, bars, strips or
equivalent members or parts support each other, and form as it were an open-work
ornamental inside framing.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
In the framings or end framings of bedsteads, forming the inside filling-in frames.
from rods, strips or their equivalents, interlaced, plaited, entangled, infibulated or
entwined one with another so as to mutually support each other without the
employment of intermediate chills.
Dated this 13th doy of October 1901
FREDERICK HOSKINS,
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.