IMPROVE- MENTS IN JOINTS FOR BEDSTEADS, CHAIRS, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF METALLIC FURNITURE
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Bollmann Upfill, of Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN JOINTS FOR BEDSTEADS, CHAIRS, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF METALLIC
FURNITURE."
Sealed the 7th November 1871, and dated the 2nd August 1871.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Bollmann
Upfill at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 2nd August 1871.
I, THOMAS BOLLMANN UPFILL, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN JOINTS FOR BEDSTEADS, CHAIRS, AND OTHER ARTICLES
OF METALLIC FURNITURE," to be as follows, that is to say :-
This Invention consists in forming the joints for articles of the above
description by casting in the corner joint a screw pin and peg, and upon
the end of the angle irons I punch two holes to receive the said screw
pin and peg, the angle iron being placed upon the corner, and the screw
pin and peg passing through the holes in the angle iron; a nut is screwed

page_text: on to the screw pin, and thus the parts are securely held together, the
peg serving to keep the parts steady, or I may dispense with the peg by
casting upon the corner a snug or projection, which shall engage in a
slot or hollow upon the end of the angle iron. One or more screw pins
may be employed as preferred, and the corners may be chill cast, with
the screw pins and pegs cast solid with them; or instead of using the
screw pins I can cast in the corner a pin or stud with a slot cut through;
this pin or stud is received through a slot in the angle iron, and the
parts may then be secured by a tightly fitting cotter pin.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Thomas Bollmann Upfill in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 1st February 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
BOLLMANN UPFILL, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Second day of August, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, in the thirty-
fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Thomas Bollmann Upfill, Her special license
that I, the said Thomas Bollmann Upfill, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Thomas Bollmann Upfill, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with,
and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN JOINTS FOR BEDSTEADS, CHAIRS, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF METALLIC FURNITURE,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Thomas Bollmann
Upfill, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under
my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Thomas Bollmann Upfill, do hereby.
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement, that is to say:-
This Invention consists in forming the joints for articles of the above
description by casting in the corner joint a screw pin and peg, and upon
the end of the angle irons I punch two holes to receive the said screw.
pin and peg, the angle iron being placed upon the corner and the screw
pin and peg passing through the holes in the angle iron; a nut is screwed
on to the screw pin, and thus the parts are securely held together, the
peg serving to keep the parts steady, or I may dispense with the peg by.
casting upon the corner a snug or projection, which shall engage in a
slot or hollow upon the end of the angle iron. One or more screw pins
may be employed, as preferred, and the corners may be chill cast, with
the screw pins and pegs cast solid with them; or instead of using the
screw pins I can cast in the corner a pin or stud with a slot cut through
it; this pin or stud is received through a slot in the angle iron and the
parts may then be secured by a tightly fitting cotter pin.
I will now proceed to describe my Invention more fully in, detail,
reference being had to the annexed Drawings and the letters and figures
marked thereupon.
:
Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation, and Figure 2 a sectional plan
of a corner joint of a metallic bedstead, shewing my improvements as
applied thereto, it being understood that such improvements may also be
applied for chairs and other articles of metallic furniture. (a) is a screw
pin, and (6) a peg cast upon or in the corner joint or projecting arm (c)
of the standard or post (d); (e) is an angle iron or side support, in the
ends of which are punched two holes to receive the said screw pin (a)
and peg (6) which pass through the holes, a nut (f) being screwed upon
the pin (a) securing the angle iron (e) to the standard or post (d), the
peg (6) serving to keep the parts steady and rigid; or I may dispense
with the peg (b) and cast a snug or projection (9), Figure 3, upon the
corner joint or arm (c), which may engage in a slot or hollow
upon the
end of the angle iron (e). One or more of the screw pins (a) may be
employed, as preferred, Figures 4 and 5 of the Drawings showing in
sectional elevation and plan the application of a pair of such screw
pins (a) to each end of the angle irons or side supports (e) and secured
by the nuts (f); the corners or arms (c) may be chill cast with the

page_text: screw pins (a) and pegs (b) cast solid with them, or instead of using
screw pins I sometimes purpose casting upon the corners or arms (c) a
peg or stud, such as (h), Figure 6, having a slot cut through it; this pin
or stud passes through a hole in the end of the angle iron (e), and the
parts may then be secured by a tightly fitting cotter pin (i).
Having thus described the nature and object of my said Invention,
and the manner in which the same may be carried into effect, I claim,
without confining myself to these precise details, the several improve-
ments in joints for bedsteads, chairs, and other articles of metallic
furniture, substantially in manner as herein more fully set forth and
specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Bollman Upfill, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of
January, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
seventy-two.
THOMAS BOLLMAN UPFILL. (L.S.)
Witness to the signing of the said
Thomas Bollmann Upfill,
JOHN SEYMOUR WATERFALL,
38, Springfield Place,
Leeds.