Improvements in the Manufacture or Production of Sheet Metal Rosettes, Junction-bosses, or Centres for Metallic Bedsteads, Fenders, and other like Articles.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Mar., 1894
(omplete Specification Left, 10th Dec., 1894-Accepted, 19th Jan., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture or Production of Sheet Metal
Rosettes, Junction-bosses, or Centres for Metallic Bedsteads,
Fenders, and other like Articles.
I, ALFRED WILLIAM HEATH, of Leopold Street, in the City of Birmingham,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the manufacture or production of sheet metal rosettes,
junction-bosses or centres for metallic bedsteads, fenders and other articles of a like
manufacture. These rosettes or bosses are usually junction centres in a system of
rail members forming the head and foot ends of metallic bedsteads.
The object of my invention is to simplify and economise the cost of the production
of the said junction bosses or centres by reducing the number of the component
parts of the same.
Thus in carrying out the manufacture of a sheet metal rosette for a metallic
bedstead, I take a blank of sheet metal or thin sheet metal and I fashion the same
into the shape of a shallow dish or tray and by a subsequent process, the said dish
or tray is then further fashioned and the sides are brought erect or squared up
relative to the closed bottom, which, when in use, forms a panel to the front of the
rosette. The ring or body part of the rosette and the front panel or centre are
made in one piece. The ring part of the stamping or partly drawn through or
partly stamped article has screw-hole piercings made transversely through the
walls of it for the fixing of the radiating or converging rail members of the rail
framing of a bedstead.
The ring part of the article is then outside annularly impressed near its outer
edge to form an inside rest or shelf shoulder near the said outer edge upon which
the boundary edge of a loosely fitted and attached panel comes and is there affixed
in position by any means, but preferably by a knobbed screw pin whose shank
passes through the loose closure panel and screws into the centre of the other and
fixed panel or vice-versa.
The boundary edge of the closure panel is preferably turned inwards into a
flange of an outside diameter equal to the inside diameter of the ring body of the
other part.
In fixing the rosette in position, set the inuer ends of the rods opposite the holes
in the ring and then insert from the inside of the shell rosette, the affixing screws,
which, when screwed home into the said rods, completes the connection. The open
back of the shell rosette is then closed by the insertion of the closure panel which
is held in position by the centre screw pin.
Instead of affixing the closure panel by a screw, the same may be sprung into
the open mouth of the other part either by making the edges of the said panel
spring into an inside annular groove in the ring part or by slitting the flanged edge
of the panel at intermediate points and then spring the same into an annular
channel of the other part.
As a further form of my invention, the rings, at the points where the ends of the
rods come, may be sunken so as to form seatings for the said ends.
The junction bosses or centres may be of any desired figure such as square,
hexagonal, octagonal or the like.

page_text: The application of my invention to rosettes for fenders and other articles of a
like manufacture differs in no essential respect from its application to rosettes,
junction bosses or centres for the head and foot end rails of metallic bedsteads as
herein before described.
Dated this 8th day of March 1894.
ALFRED WILLIAM HEATH,
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicant.
Improvements in the Manufacture or Production of Sheet Metal
Rosettes, Junction-bosses, or Centres for Metallic Bedsteads,
Fenders, and other like Articles.
I, ALFRED WILLIAM HEATH, of Leopold Street, 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 :-
This invention relates to the manufacture or production of sheet metal rosettes,
junction-bosses or sheet metal centres for metallic bedsteads, fenders and other
articles of a like manufacture. These rosettes or bosses are usually junction
centres in a system of rail members forming the head and foot ends of metallic
bedsteads.
Thus, in carrying out a metallic bedstead rosette according to one form of my
invention, I take a blank of thin sheet metal and I fashion the same into the shape
of a shallow dish or tray and by a subsequent process, the said dish or tray is then
further fashioned and the sides are brought erect or squared up relative to the
closed bottom, which, when in use, forms a panel to the front of the rosette. The
ring or body part of the rosette and the front panel or centre are or may be made
in one piece. The ring part of the stamping or partly-drawn-through or partly-
stamped article has plain piercings made transversely through the walls of it for
fixing the radiating or converging rail members of the rail framing of a bedstead.
The ring part of the article is then outside annularly impressed near its outer
edge to form an inside rest or shelf-shoulder near the said outer edge, upon which
the boundary edge of a loosely-fitted and attached panel comes and is there affixed
in position by any means.
The boundary edge of the closure panel is preferably turned inwards into a
flange of an outside diameter equal to the inside diameter of the ring body of the
other part.
In fixing the rosette in position, set the inner ends of the rods opposite the holes
in the ring and then insert from the inside of the shell rosette, the affixing screws,
which, when screwed home into the said rods, complete the connection.
The open
back of the shell rosette is then closed by the insertion of the closure panel which
may be held in position by the centre screw pin.
Instead of affixing the closure panel by a screw, the same may be sprung into the
open mouth of the other part, either by making the edges of the said panel spring
into an inside annular groove in the ring part or by slitting the flanged edge of the
panel at intermediate points and then springing the same into an annular channel
of the other part.
As a further form of my invention, the rings, at the points where the ends of the
rods come, may be sunken so as to form seatings for the said ends.
The junction bosses or centres may be of any desired figure such as square,
hexagonal, octagonal or the like.

page_text: The application of my invention to rosettes for fenders and other articles of a
like manufacture differs in no essential respect from its application to rosettes,
junction bosses or centres for the head and foot end rails of metallic bedsteads as
hereinbefore described.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a front elevation of a junction
rosette or boss for a metallic bedstead end, made according to one form of my
invention.
Figure 2 represents a transverse vertical section of the same upon the dotted
lines - Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a vertical section of Figure 2 upon the dotted line A.
Figure 4 represents the shell parts of the junction rosette separated.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in Figures 1 to 4.
a is a sheet metal body shell, with the panel a', and the sides a², made from a
single blank of sheet metal, preferably by press tools, which sides have outside and
rolled annular sinkings a³, forming inside annular shoulders or stops a*, against that
of which adjacent to the mouth a³, the edge, or the turned-in edge b', of a fitted
panel b, comes. The said edge 61, is of the inside diameter of the side walls a³, of
the body shell a.
The said fitted panel b, may be secured within the mouth a, by forcing or
springing the one within the other or by a transverse pin c, with knobs c², taking
upon the screwed terminal ends c', thereof.
d are radiating rods, secured to the junction rosette or shell panel by small
screws d', passed from the inside of the shell, before the insertion of the loose
panel, through holes a, in the side a², and then screwing into the ends of the tubes,
or into screwed plugs therein.
Figure 5 represents a modified form of my invention, with the component parts
shown in section and separated.
Figure 6 represents a front elevation of the loose shell end part, which is affixed
to the other part by springing its edge into the mouth of the shell body part, or
over or upon the edge of the same.
a is the shell body part, the same as represented in Figures 1 to 4, and 6 is a
loose panel, with the edge b', slitted at 2, and formed with an inside rib, shoulder
or beading 63, so as to make an outside channel 6, which when forced into the
mouth a, is sprung over the contiguous rib at, of it, thereby dispensing with the
use of the middle screw pin.
Figure 7 represents a modified form of fixing the rode within the side or edge of
the body shell.
a is the body shell, a² the side or edge, a sinkings therein for the reception of
the ends d, of the rods d, which are there affixed by inside small screws d', as
before.
Figure 8 represents a still further form of my invention. In this arrangement,
the end panel of the body shell is made separate from the side or edge, that is,
the end panel of the shell body part is made somewhat alike unto the fitted end
panel.
Figure 9 represents the component parts of this rosette separately.
a is the shell body part, and a' the end panel of the same, secured to the said
body part by the edges, or the turned-in or cupped edges a³, taking into the
mouth a, upon the right-hand side of the body part, which is in the form of an
annular ring a², having annular inside shoulders a', and with the extreme edge of
the body part turned over at a, upon the adjacent edge of the said fitted panel a¹.
The other panel b, upon the left hand side of the rosette is fitted alike unto the one
upon the right hand side, but without the turning over of the metal of the edge as
may observe that there is no difference between this and the former
arrangement other than that the panels at both ends are loose and fitted, instead of
at one end, and that the same may be provided with a screw pin c, with knobs c³,
upon the screwed ends thereof.
at a
Instead of the end panels being secured in position within the open ends of the

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shell ring body part by the means represented in Figures 8 and 9, the said panel or
shell ends may be secured by the means employed for securing the single loose
panel in position represented in Figure 5.
The ring or annular body part may, if necessary, be made from a tray-shaped
blank, whose bottom is cut out, or it may be made from a rolled strip Figure 10,
of which Figure 11 is a transverse section. This strip is turned up into a ring
form (as in Figure 12) with the ends either soldered or rivetted, or connected
together by a folding joint as in Figure 13, in which a² is the ring, and a¹0 an
inside joint, made by turning the terminal ends of the strip inwards and folding
them upon each other.
Figure 14 represents a metal length or strip (alike unto Figure 10) with a
sinking a', therein for the reception of the ends of the rod.
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 :-
First. In sheet metal rosettes, junction-bosses or centres for metallic bedsteads,
fenders and other like articles, forming the same of two thin sheet metal and fitted-
together component shells or parts, substantially as described and set forth in
Figures 1 to 4.
Secondly. In sheet metal rosettes, junction-bosses or centres for bedsteads,
fenders and the like, forming the same of two thin sheet metal and fitted-together
component shells or parts, with one being provided, at the mouth, with an inside
stop-shoulder or shoulders, up to which the other and inserted part comes, sub-
stantially as described and set forth in Figures 1 to 4.
Thirdly.. In sheet metal rosettes, junction-bosses or centres for various purposes,
sinking the sides of the body shell with recesses a", for the reception of the ends of
the rod members employed in conjunction with them, substantially as described and
set forth in Figures 7 and 14.
Fourthly. In sheet metal rosettes, junction-bosses or centres for various purposes,
making the same up of a sheet metal body part, with fitted end panels, substantially
as described and set forth in Figures 8 and 9.
Fifthly. In sheet metal rosettes, junction-bosses or centres for various purposes
made as described, fitting the panel or panels in position, or to the body, by
springing the edge part or parts of the said panel or panels within or over the
edge or edges of the said body, substantially as described and set forth in
Figures 5 and 6.
Sixthly. The improvements in, and in the manufacture or production of, sheet
metal rosettes, junction-bosses or centres for metallic bedsteads, fenders, and other
like articles, substantially as herein described and set forth.
Dated this 8th day of December 1894.
ALFRED WILLIAM HEATH,
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.