Improvements in Bedsteads.
Year: 1889

page_text: COMPLETE STEIFICATION.
Improvements in Bedsteads.
I FREDERICK HAINSWORTH of 1079 West Taylor Street. Chicago County of Cook
in the State of Illinois United States of America Blacksmith do hereby declare the
nature of my invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to he
particularly described and assertained in and by the following statement :-
Fig. 1. is a perspective view of my improved bedstead.
Figs. 2, and 3 are details.
Fig. 4 is a side elevation showing trus formed side.
Fig. 5, is a perspective of mattress support, and brace.
Fig. 6, is detail of end of pieces forming mattress support.
Figs. 7, and 8 details showing loups used in fastening together the scrolls.
The object of this invention is to form a durable and servicable metal bed stead.
A, A, are the posts formed of metal pipe, B, are the rollers at lower ends of posts.
The head and foot pieces of the bedstead are made of scroll work as shown in fig. 1.
In the head and foot pieces are intersperced at proper intervals cross bars, to which
"the scroll work is attached by means of loups. The loup is formed as shown in
figs. 7 and 8. One end is open, then heated, placed in position on the scrolls, when
the free end is closed down over the scrolls, thus the two pieces of scrolls are fixedly
bound together.
The head and foot pieces thus made, are strong beautiful and ornate. Other forms
of material than scrolls can be used for this purpose, such as rods, bars and spindles.
D. and C, are the upper and lower bars of the side pieces, between these two bars are
filled in bars and braces, forming trus work. From or near one end of the upper bar
starts a rod or any suitable form of iron, and in a diagonal direction extends to the
other bar, there returns in a diaginal direction to the first bar, and so on until the other
end of the bar is reached.
From opposite end of the lower bar starts a similar rod, or bar as required,
diagonally extending to the first bar, opposite or nearly so the point where the first
diagonal rods strikes the lower bar, then diagonally passing to the lower bar and
so on until the end is reached. At each point where these diagnal bars strike the
upper and lower bars C, and D they are fixedly united to them by the loups before
described, or by other suitable means. These diagonal bars are shown and indicated
by letter E, fig. 4.
This construction of the side pieces shows and maniferst the principle of the trus
in the construction of a bedstead.
The ends of the truss formed side pieces are fastened to a scaloped piece of
iron K fig. 3. To this scaloped piece of iron, near each end is attached a headed
bolt e. e fig. 4, with the head standing out a short distance. In each bed post is a
slot f, fig. 2, with the upper portion thereof larger than the lower portion. The bolt
heads enter these slots at their enlarged part, and slip down into thin narrow part
thus joining together the ends of the side pieces and bed posts. Fig. 5, shows
the mattress supports, and the means used for bracing the bedstead.
It consists of the end bars I and II, and the longitudinal bars J, J, J. Each end
of each bar is made in claw form, capaple of clasping and holding rigedly onto the
side pieces, as shown in fig. 1. In the same manner the longitudinal pieces J, J, J,
clasp hold of the end pieces 1, and H. When this mattress support, thus formed is
in position in the hedstead, it not only supports the mattress, but also rigedly bolds
the bedstead from being twisted out of true. I treat my improved bedstead so as
to render its surface impervious to air and moisture. This is done by heavily
copperizing them in the Electro bath, and then antiqueing them by the Japanese
process, thus making them look like ancient bronz work. I form a surface of the

page_text: same impervious character by bower barffing them, which covers them with a coating
of magnetic oxide formed by the combined action of steam and carbonic aced gas at
a temperature of about 1300 degrees of heat for ten hours, which forms a very fine
ehony finish. I can also cover them with any kind of suitable paint.
Having now particularly. described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner" the saine is to be performed, I declare that
what I claim is,
1. A metal bed stead with the side pieces made in truss form.
2. In combination with the side head and foot pieces of a bedstead the mattress
support and brace, made of two cross pieces, one at or near each end of the bed
stead, having ends made claw or clasping form, capable of fixedly clasping onto the
side pieces, and longitudinal pieces extending from one cross piece to the other, each
end being made in similar form and capable of fixedly clasping onto the end
pieces.
3. As an article of manufacture a metal bedstead having its surface copperized by
submitting the bedstead to the Electro bath.
Dail 1 al
1000
FREDERICK HAINSWORTH.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.