Improvements in Spindles and other Pillar like Parts and Connec- tions of Metallic Bedsteads, Fenders, Fire-dogs, and other Articles of like Manufacture.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Aug., 1887
Complete Left, 14th May, 1888
Complete Accepted, 15th June, 1888
Improvements in Spindles and other Pillar like Parts and Connec-
tions of Metallic Bedsteads, Fenders, Fire-dogs, and other Articles
of like Manufacture.
I, MARK LAWTON trading as John Lawton and Sons of Harford Street Birmingham
in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
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This invention consists of the improvement, or improvements hereinafter described,
in spindles, and other pillar like parts and connections of metallic bedsteads, fenders,
fire-dogs and other articles of like manufacture.
The spindle or pillar like parts as aforesaid, in the case of a metallic bedstead,
usually constitute, ornamental connections, between two or other number of parallel
rails, bars or the like, arranged frame wise, and make the middle ornamental parts,
of the foot or head ends, of the said bedsteads.
In the case of a fender, these spindle, or pillar parts, form pillar connections,
between the base and top boundary rail; while in the case of a fire-dog, they make
the connection between the fire-iron rest, or rest rail, and the base.
These spindles, or pillar like parts, are made from thin sheet metal, and when in
use, a screwed or riveted ended rod, passess axially through the said articles.
In securing the spindle or pillar parts in position, the ends of the rods, pass
through, or are screwed into connections or rails, which on being fixedly secured
together, often times exert considerable and undue pressure upon the said spindle
or pillar parts, so as to cause then to collapse, or to become distorted in shape.
My invention has for its object, the remedying of this defect, by providing the said
articles with an inwardly disposed stay support, in the form of an axially disposed
steel tube, which takes the pressure directly, from off the sides of the article, as the
abutments of the drawn to parts respectively come upon the ends of the tube, instead
of upon the articles themselves.

page_text: Thus the spindle, or pillar, consists essentially of a thin metal shell, of any desired
configuration, and having passing through its axis, a tube or hollow internal support
or stay, which surrounds the affixing or securing rod as aforesaid.
By my invention, spindles, pillars or the like, admit of being made or fashioned
from thinner sheet metal than heretofore, as they themselves have to sustain no
actual pressure as is the case where no internal support is provided.
The ends of the stay supports may be turned or flanged slightly over the boundaries
of the open ends, in the tops and bottoms of the articles.
The internal pressure may be transferred from the article, to the rod. In this case,
I reduce the ends of the rods, so as to make shoulders which lie flush with, the tops
and bottoms of the spindles or pillars; and between the shouldered part, and the
extreme ends, I worm or screw so that the pressure in screwing up, or affixing, comes
upon the shoulders of the rod or pin, which may render the axial stay tube
unnecessary.
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page_text: I, MARK LAWTON, trading as John Lawton and Sons of Harford Street Birming-
ham in the county of Warwick, 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 :-
This invention consists of the improvement, or improvements, hereinafter described,
in spindles, and other pillar like parts and connections, of metallic bedsteads, fenders,
fire-dogs, and other articles of like manufacture.
The spindle, or pillar like parts, as aforesaid, in the case of a metallic bedstead,
usually constitute ornamental connections, between two, or other, number of parallel
rails, bars or the like, arranged frame-wise, and make the middle ornamental parts, of
the foot or head ends, of the said bedsteads.
In the case of a fender, these spindle or pillar parts, form pillar connections,
between the base and top boundary rail; while in the case of a fire-dog, they make
the connection between the fire-iron rest, or rest rail, and the base.
These spindles, or pillar like parts, are made from thin sheet metal, and when in
use, a screwed or riveted ended rod, passes axially through the said articles.
In securing the spindle or pillar parts in position, the ends of the rods, pass
through, or are screwed into, connections or rails, which on being fixedly secured
together, often times exert considerable, and undue pressure, upon the said spindles
or pillar parts, so as to cause them to collapse, or to become distorted in shape.
My invention has for its object, the remedying of this defect, by providing the
said articles, with an inwardly disposed stay support, in the form of an axially dis-
posed steel tube, which takes the pressure directly from off the sides of the article,
as the abutments of the drawn to parts, respectively come upon the ends of the tube,
instead of upon the articles themselves.
Thus, the spindle or pillar, consists essentially of a thin metal shell, of any desired
configuration, and having passing through its axis, a tube or hollow internal support
or stay, which surrounds the affixing or securing rod, as aforesaid.
By my invention, spindles, pillars or the like, admit of being made or fashioned,
from thinner sheet metal, than heretofore, as they themselves have to sustain no actual
pressure, as is the case, where no internal support is provided.
The ends of the stay supports, may be turned or flanged slightly over the boundaries
of the open ends, in the tops and bottoms of the articles.
The internal pressure, may be transferred from the article, to the rod. In this
case, I reduce the ends of the rods, so as to make shoulders, which lie flush with, the
tops and bottoms of the spindles or pillars; and between the shouldered part, and

page_text: the extreme ends, I worm or screw; so that the pressure in screwing up, or affixing,
comes upon the shoulders of the rod or pin, which may render the axial stay tube,
unnecessary.
I will now proceed to describe with reference, the accompanying drawing, the
manner in which the same is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents in front elevation, figure 2 in vertical section, and figure 3
partly in section, and partly in elevation, a spindle, provided with an inwardly dis-
posed steel or iron axial stay. It will be seen that the said spindles, are disposed
between the upper and lower rails, of a metallic bedstead, or the like, and secured in
position, by a screw ended rod, upon which ends, screw knobs take.
Figure 4 represents a transverse vertical section, on the dotted lines A B
figure 2.
Figure 5 shows a spindle, in which the top and bottom ends of the metal of the
spindle, are turned over the ends of the stay."
Figure 6 represents another form of my invention, in which the screwed ended rod
itself, is made to act as a stay.
The same letters of reference, indicate corresponding parts, in the several figures.
a is a spindle, consisting essentially of a sheet metal shell, and is an iron or steel
tubular stay, directed axially from the said spindle, and extending to, or terminating
at its two ends.
c is a securing rod, with screwed ends c³, which pass through upper and lower hollow
rods or framing bars d, d³, and are secured by screw knobs e, taking upon the screwed
ends as aforesaid.
In figure 5, the tubular and axial stay b, has its outer ends a² covered by the turning
over of the extreme ends of the thin metal of the spindle a.
In figure 6, a is a thin sheet metal spindle, or shell, c is a screwed and reduced
ended rod, of which the reduced ends are marked c³, with shoulders c³, which lie
flush with the tops and bottoms of the spindle a; so that the pressure exerted on
screwing up the terminal knobs e, in the fixedly securing of the said spindles,
between two rails or bars d, the whole of the pressure comes upon the shoulders e³,
of the said axial rod.
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
First. Providing sheet metal spindles, and other pillar like parts, and connections
of metallic bedsteads, fenders, fire-dogs, and other articles of like manufacture, with
an internal stay or support, substantially as, and for the purpose, as described and set
forth in figures 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Secondly. Shouldering the ends of the securing rod c, of sheet metal spindles, and
other articles of like manufacture, up to the tops, and bottoms, of the said articles,
whereby pressure in securing, or screwing up, is transferred from the spindle or
article, to the rod, substantially as set forth in figure 6.
Dated this Tenth day of May 1888.