Improvements in Means for Attaching Mattresses to Bedsteads.
Year: 1885

page_text: Improvements in Means for Attaching Mattresses to Bedsteads.
I JOHN BARNOUIN ROWCLIFFE of the Wire Works, Glossop in the County of
Derby, Wire Mattress Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS FOR ATTACHING MATTRESSES TO BED-
STEADS" to be as follows:-
My Invention relates principally to the attachment of woven wire or of other-
wise formned metallic mattresses to metal bedsteads and has for its object to render
possible the effective tightening of the mattress without imposing torsional or
distortive strains upon the framing of the bedstead. Previously to my present
invention I have used metal brackets which have been shaped to clip upon the
angle iron members of the bed frame and to receive the bolts or screws which
have been used to strain or tighten the mattress but when the mattress has been
strained to a suitable degree of tension the said clips have imposed a torsional
strain upon the said angle iron members. To obviate this defect I extend these
clips downward below the members of the bedstead frame and I connect the clips
at the opposite ends of the bedstead by means of rods which take a portion of the
strain and by acting as ties change the torsional strain into a direct horizontal
pressure upon the bedstead frame. I do not confine myself to any special form of
clip nor to the application to metallic mattress.

page_text: Improvements in Means for Attaching Mattresses to Bedsteads.
I JOHN BARNOUIN ROWCLIFFE of the Wire Works, Glossop in the County of
Derby, Wire Mattress Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS FOR ATTACHING MATTRESSES TO BED-
STEADS" and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement and accompanying
drawings:-
My Invention relates principally to the attachment of woven wire or of other-
wise formed metallic mattresses to metal bedsteads and has for its object to render
possible the effective tightening of the mattress without imposing tortional or
distortive strains upon the framing of the bedstead. Previously to my present
invention I have used metal brackets which have been shaped to clip upon the
angle iron members of the bed frame and to receive the bolts or screws which have
been used to strain or tighten the mattress but when the mattress has been strained
to a suitable degree of tension the said clips have imposed a tortional strain upon
the said angle iron members. To obviate this defect I extend these clips or other
auxilliary clips downward below the members of the bedstead frame and I connect
the clips at the opposite ends of the bedstead by means of rods which take a
portion of the strain and by acting as ties change the tortional strain into a direct
horizontal pressure upon the bedstead frame.
My Invention can be best described with reference to the accompanying drawings
wherein Fig. 1 represents a Longitudinal Section of a mattress applied to a bed-
stead in accordance with my Invention. In the said Fig. a. b. are two cross rails
to which are secured the woven or reticulated wire or other material which
constitutes the surface of the mattress indicated by c. the rail b. being adjustable.
The head and foot angle iron cross rails of an ordinary iron bedstead are repre-
sented in section by d. d. and my improved clips by e. e. A front view of one of
these clips appears in Fig. 2. An ordinary clip such as I have previously used as
herein before mentioned is indicated by f. in Figs. 3 and 4. It will be seen that
the clips e. are extended below the rails d. sufficiently to receive the rod g. which
passes through eyes in the lower ends of the clips. The said rod is screwed at one
end or at each end to receive a nut whereby the rod can be strained to an equal
extent with the mattress surface or to a suitable extent so as to prevent the tension
of the mattress from twisting the rails d. It is obvious that a tube may take the
place of the said rod. As many of the coupled pairs of clips are used as may be
considered to be necessary. In place of each clip e. being in one piece as repre-
sented in Figs. 1 and 2 it might be in two parts as in Fig. 3 wherein one part f. is
of ordinary construction the other part h. being formed to clip upon the upper
member of the angle iron as represented in Fig. 5 and being connected by means
of the rod g. with the corresponding clip at the other end of the bedstead. I prefer
however to use the clips e. as being more efficient and less expensive than the
clips f. and h. In cases wherein clips such as the clips f. are already in use the
additional clips h. coupled together from end to end of the bedstead in the indicated
manner may be applied for the purposes of my Invention. I do not confine myself

page_text: to the exact forms of the clips so long as the clips on the head and foot cross rails
or bars are coupled together substantially in the indicated manner nor do I confine
myself to the use of a screwed rod or tube for connecting together the clips so
long as they are coupled together by means of a suitable connector passing below
the frame of the bedstead from end to end thereof.
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
1. The clips e. e. to clip or seat on the head and foot rails of metal bedsteads and
coupled together by means of a connection passing below the frame of the bedstead
in combination with an adjustable mattress substantially as and for the purpose
set forth and indicated.
2. The appliances substantially as and for the purposes set forth and illustrated
in the accompanying drawings.