Year: 1887

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I, WILLIAM AMBROSE JONES, of 204 High Street, Bangor, North Wales, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its principal object a new or improved method of manu-
facturing or building up the ornamental framework of bedsteads, rail-screens and
the like.
Bedsteads are now made largely of an iron frame with ornamental brass tube
headings and foot rails; now I propose instead of brass tube to use polished wood
with internal iron strengthening rods.
Now the difficulty of using this style is, that as the cross rails and main rails have
centres intersecting each other, the central rods would have also to intersect each other.
To overcome this, in those cases where an intersection takes place, one or both holes
for the rods are bored eccentrically; or, (but it is not so good a plan) the holes are
bored sufficiently large for the two rods to place themselves eccentrically in the
holes, and thus pass each other. The rods can thus be firmly fixed by heads or
nuts, or riveting at each end, and ornamental knobs can be screwed on over the nuts
to hide them. The rods being the chief strength, the woodwork can be light and
thin, and thus agree with the modern style of furniture.
To illustrate my invention better, I will describe it as applied to a bedstead, foot-
rail or front.
The frame, on which the laths and mattress are placed, can be of iron or wood
dovetailed in the usual manner. At the corner joint it is rounded, and a covering
of wood, like a thick veneer, is placed round it. The circular contour of this outer
covering is continued upward and downward by the wooden leg and pillar. These are
bored with a hole for a rod, and this hole is also continued through the iron or wooden
horizontal frame. A rod with nuts at each end or fixed into the castor at one end,
and with nut at the other, holds all tight together, and an ornamental knob screwed

page_text: on top finishes all off. The horizontal rails connecting these are preferably bored
with an eccentric hole, and a rod through these passes to one side of the vertical
rods in the pillars, and is secured by nuts, and the ends hid by knobs, or it has a
right hand wood screw at one end, and a left hand wood screw at the other end,
and is then firmly fixed into its surrounding rail, and screwed into the two posts till
all is tight. The intermediate uprights are then bored centrally, and are tightened by
a nut or head at each end, and covered by an ornamental knob. Where an iron
frame is used, cover strips of wood are screwed to it all round.
In place of wood, metal, papier maché or other composition can be used throughout,
and the various exterior rails or bars can be round, octagon, square, or other shape
as well as round.
Dated this h
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page_text: Formed in Large Part of Rail Frames.
I, WILLIAM AMBROSE JONES, of 204 High Street, Bangor, North Wales, 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 has for its principal object a new or improved method of manu-
facturing or building up the ornamental framework of bedsteads, rail-screens and
the like.
Bedsteads are now made largely of an iron frame with ornamental brass tube
headings and foot-rails. Now I propose, instead of brass tube, to use polished wood
or other material or composition substances with internal strengthening rods, bars,
or tubes.
Now the difficulty of using this style is, that as the cross rails and mains rails have
centres intersecting each other, the central rods, bars, or tubes, would have also to
intersect each other.
In those cases where an intersection would take place, I may avoid such inter-
section by boring one or both holes for the rods, bars or tubes, eccentrically so that
the latter may pass each other.
I prefer, however, to let the rods, bars, or tubes, intersect each other in the
manner hereinafter described.
The rods, bars, or tubes can thus be firmly fixed by heads or nuts, or riveting at
each end, and ornamental knobs can be screwed on over the nuts to hide them.
The rods, bars, or tubes being the chief strength, the wood work can be light and
thin, and thus agree with the modern style of furniture.
To illustrate iny invention better, I will describe it as applied to a bedstead, foot-
rail or front.
The invention is best described by aid of the accompanying drawings, which
illustrate it as applied to a bedstead. In these,
Figure 1 is a vertical section through leg, pillar, corner of horizontal frame, and
end of cross rails, showing vertical and horizontal binding rods for holding all tight
together.
Figure 2 a horizontal section through the dove-tailed joint of the frame, on which
the laths and mattress are placed, the corner being covered with wood like a thick
veneer.
Figure 3 shows a modified form of construction, and is also a horizontal section
through a dove-tailed joint, a metal bar or frame being employed instead of a vertical
rod for supporting or holding the pillars in position.
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Figures 3 and 3 show other slight modifications of the parts shown in

page_text: Figure 4 a vertical section through a horizontal rail and intermediate pillar, showing
the rod fastened by a nut surmounted by an ornamental knob.
Figures 5 and 6, modifications of Figure 4.
Figure 7, vertical section on line 2, 2, Figure 5.
Figure 8, horizontal section on line y, y, Figure 5.
The frame A (Figures 1, 2, and 3) on which the laths and mattress are placed,
can be of metal, wood, or composition and can be fastened together by means of the
dove-tailed joint B, (Figures 2 and 3 34 and 3B) in the usual manner. In Figure 2
the corner of the frame A is shown rounded, and a covering of wood C, like a thick
veneer, is placed round it. The circular contour of this outer covering C, is con-
tinued upward and downward by the wooden leg D, and pillar D, Figure 1.
These are bored with a hole for a rod or bar E, or if desired, for a tube. This
hole is continued through the iron, wooden or composition horizontal frame A. The
rod, bar, or tube E is inserted in the hole, and through the castor F, and secured
at the top end by a nut e, screwed or otherwise fastened to an ornamental knob G so,
as to hold all tight together. Of course the rod could be provided with a nut e¹ at
the bottom end, if desired, so as to allow the castor to freely rotate on the neck e.
If no castor be employed, the rod can be simply provided with a head or nut at the
lower end. In Figure 34 the part C is shown a solid block which is provided with a
longitudinal groove into which a tongue a on the frame A fits. A bolt a', serving
as an additional means of security, passes through the horns a² of the frame, and
through the tongue a. The horizontal rails H connecting the pillars or legs Dare
each preferably formed with an oblong hole H (Figure 8) running throughout their
length, and in this hole is inserted a rod I, or, if preferred, a bar or tube. The rods,
bars, or tubes I are formed with loops or eyes I through which pass the vertical rods,
bars, or tubes E of the legs D, and the vertical rods, bars, or tubes K of the inter-
mediate pillars K¹. Or the eyes may be formed on the rods E or K, and the rods I
passed through them. In either case the holes H¹ are made of an oblong shape to
admit of the eyes being passed along them. Each end of the rods, bars, or tubes I is
secured by a nut i, which is hidden by a plug i¹, or by a knob. The ends of the
rods, bars, or tubes E and K are reduced in diameter where they pass through the
eyes so as to form a shoulder against which the latter may bear. The rods E could,
if preferred, have a right hand wood screw at one end, and a left hand wood screw at
the other end, and could then be fixed in the surrounding rail and be screwed into the
two posts till all was tight. The intermediate uprights Kare bored centrally; bars,
tubes or rods K (Figures 4, 5, and 6) are passed through the holes: the whole is then
tightened up by a nut or nuts K (Figure 4) at one or both ends of the rods, and
the latter are afterwards covered by ornamental knobs L (see Figures 5 and 6). Or
the ends of the rods could have wood screw threads, and could be tightened by the
knobs L.
I may, if desired, (especially in large posts or pillars), do away with the internal
upright rods. In this case I preferably connect the said posts or pillars with the
horizontal bars H in the manner shown in Figure 8. K2 is a metal cap screwed on
to the end of the pillar K¹. The top of this cap is reduced in diameter so as to
form a stud K³ which passes through the eye I, and on to which the nut k is screwed
as before.
When a metal frame such as M (Figure 3) is used, cover strips N of wood.or
composition are fastened to it all round by screws n, or in other convenient manner.
-The-legs-D-may-be-fastened to the frame M-in a similar manner, and may be formed
either with or without a central rod.
In place of wood, metal, papier-maché, or other composition can be used throughout,
and the various exterior and interior rails, bars, or tubes can be round, octagonal,
square, or other shape, and of any metal or composition of any kind, or any other
material. And further, the metallic framings including posts, backs, fronts, etcetera
throughout may be screwed from the inside to the wood, papier-maché, or composition
portions.

page_text: 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
1st. The improvement in bedsteads, railing screens, or other furniture, which
consists in forming the posts, rails, and horizontal framing of wood or other light
material with internal metallic binding rods, bars, or tubes, binding all together, the
end of one rod, bar, or tube passing through a loop or eye in another rod, bar, or
tube, or at its point of intersection therewith, and being secured beyond the said
intersecting point by a nut or its equivalent, substantially as described...
2nd. The combination with bedsteads, railing screens and other furniture, of wood
or composition strips or veneer, to cover the exposed parts of the framing or corners,
and produce a light or ornamental appearance, substantially as described.
3rd. The improvement in bedsteads, railing screens, or other furniture, which con-
sists in forming the posts, rails, and horizontal framing of wood or other light
material, with internal metallic binding rods, bars, or tubes, binding all together, one
or both of the internal rods, bars, or tubes, (whose centres would intersect, if placed
concentrically) being placed eccentrically within the said rails or posts, whereby they
may clear one another, substantially as described.