AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN ATTACHING KNOBS OR TERMINAL ORNAMENTS TO THE PILLARS OF METALLIC BEDSTEADS AND COTS be as follows
Year: 1885

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or
An Improvement or Improvements in Attaching Knobs
Terminal Ornaments to the Pillars of Metallic Bedsteads
and Cots.
I HENRY SEPTIMUS WHITEHOUSE of the firm of John Whitehouse and Sons of
Green Street Birmingham in the County of Warwick Manufacturers do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS
IN ATTACHING KNOBS OR TERMINAL ORNAMENTS TO THE PILLARS OF METALLIC
BEDSTEADS AND COTS to be as follows:-
"
In the ordinary method of attaching knobs or terminal ornaments to the pillars
of metallic bedsteads and cots a screw is fixed at the top of the pillar by casting
a block on the said top and the top mount having been slipped upon the top of the
pillar the screwing home of the knob or terminal ornament fixes the said mount in
its place.
According to my invention I dispense with the cast block described in which the
fixing screw is secured and I construct and arrange the parts of the appliances for
attaching the knob or terminal ornament to the pillar in the following manner.
At a short distance below the top end of the tubular pillar where the fixing screw
is to be attached I make two short longitudinal slots opposite one another and
I fasten by riveting the end of the fixing screw to the middle of a sheet iron disc
of a size suitable to fit closely in the top of the pillar. On opposite sides of this
disc two wings or projections are made the said wings being of a size and shape
proper to fit tightly in the longitudinal slots in the bedstead pillar. By depressing
the disc in the top of the pillar in an inclined position and then bringing the
said disc into a horizontal position the wings on the disc are engaged with the
longitudinal slots in the pillar. The wings of the disc are next raised to the tops
of the longitudinal slots. The disc carrying the fixing screw is thus connected to
the pillar the wings on the disc preventing rotation in the disc but permitting it to
slide in the pillar. In attaching the knob or terminal ornament to the pillar the
top mount is first placed upon the top of the pillar the hole in the nearly closed
end of the mount passing onto the projecting part of the fixing screw. The knob
or terminal ornament is next screwed upon the screw above the mount. On the
base of the knob reaching the closed top of the mount the further rotation of the
knob causes the screw to be drawn into the knob. The disc carrying the screw is
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page_text: thereby tightened in the pillar by the wings on the said disc being made to grip or
take a close bearing against the tops of the slots in which they work. The act of
screwing home the knob or terminal ornament is in this way made to firmly bind
the disc of the fixing screw to the pillar. The slots in the pillar in which the
wings of the disc work are covered and concealed by the top mount which is fixed 5
in its place by the screwing home of the knob or terminal ornament as described.
Dated this twenty second day of October 1885.
or
An Improvement or Improvements in Attaching Knobs
Terminal Ornaments to the Pillars of Metallic Bedsteads
and Cots.
I HENRY SEPTIMUS WHITEHOUSE of the firm of John Whitehouse and Sons
of Green Street, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturers, do 1
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention and in what manner the same
is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:―
In the ordinary method of attaching knobs or terminal ornaments to the pillars
of metallic bedsteads and cots, a screw is fixed at the top of the pillar by casting 2
a block on the said top and the top mount having been slipped upon the top of the
pillar the screwing home of the knob or terminal ornament fixes the said mount
in its place.
According to my invention I dispense with the cast block described in which
the fixing screw is secured and I construct and arrange the parts of the appliances
for attaching the knob or terminal ornament to the pillar in the following manner.
At a short distance below the top end of the tubular pillar where the fixing screw
is to be attached I make two short longitudinal slots opposite one another and
I fasten by riveting 'the end of the fixing screw to the middle of a sheet iron disc
of a size suitable to fit closely in the top of the pillar. On opposite sides of this
disc two wings or projections are made, the said wings being of a size and shape
proper to fit tightly in the longitudinal slots in the bedstead pillar. By depressing
the disc in the top of the pillar in an inclined position and then bringing the said
dise into a horizontal position, the wings on the disc are engaged with the longi-
tudinal slots in the pillar. The wings of the disc are next raised to the tops of

page_text: the longitudinal slots. The disc carrying the fixing screw is thus connected to the
pillar the wings on the disc preventing rotation in the disc but permitting it to
slide in the pillar. In attaching the knob or terminal ornament to the pillar the
top mount is first placed upon the top of the pillar, the hole in the nearly closed
end of the mount passing onto the projecting part of the fixing screw. The knob
or terminal ornament is next screwed upon the screw above the mount. On the
base of the knob reaching the nearly closed top of the mount the further rotation
of the knob causes the screw to be drawn into the knob. The disc carrying. the
screw is thereby tightened in the pillar by the wings on the said disc being made
to grip or take a close bearing against the tops of the slots in which they work.
The act of screwing home the knob or terminal ornament is in this way made to
firmly bind the disc of the fixing screw to the pillar. The slots in the pillar in
which the wings of the disc work are covered and concealed by the top mount
which is fixed in its place by the screwing home of the knob or terminal ornament
as described.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawing represents in elevation and Figure 2 in
section the knob or terminal ornament of the outside or corner pillar of a metallic
bedstead or cot attached according to my invention; Figure 3 represents the top
of the pillar without the mount and terminal ornament; Figure 4 represents the
top of the pillar in elevation and plan and Figure 5 represents the fixing screw
and its disc detached from the pillar and Figure 6 represents a screwed plate
for covering the top of the pillar and for securing the fixing screw in its place in
the pillar.
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The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several Figures of
the Drawing.
.
a is the tubular pillar; b is the top mount and c the knob or terminal ornament.
of the pillar; d is the fixing screw riveted to the middle of the disc e the said disc
being provided at opposite sides with the wings or projections e, e'. Near the
top of the tubular pillar a and opposite to each other are two short longitudinal
slots f, into which the side wings, on the discs may be engaged; is the
closing circular plate fitting on the top of the tubular pillar a the central hole in
the said plate g being screwed with a screw thread of a size proper to take upon
the fixing screw d. The fixing screw d is attached to the tubular pillar a in the
following manner. The disc e of the fixing screw is depressed in the top of the
pillar a in an inclined position as indicated in dotted lines in Figure 3 so as to
cause one of the wings e' to pass into one of the slots f in the pillar. By then
bringing the disc e into a horizontal position, the two wings e³, e' are engaged with
the slots f, f in the tubular pillar as illustrated in the said Figure 3. The
wings e, es being thus engaged in the slots f, f prevent rotation in the diso e but
permit the said disc to slide in the tubular pillar a The closing plate g is next
screwed upon the projecting end of the fixing screw d until the said plate bears
against the top of the pillar when the further rotation of the said plate raises the
screw d and causes the disc e to rise in the pillar. As soon as the wings e, e on
the disc e reach the tops of the slots f,f they grip or take a close bearing against
the said tops of the slots. The disc e is thereby fixed in its place and the fixing
screw d secured to the top of the pillar.
The wings e³, e³ of the disce may be raised to the tops of the slots f, f before the
covering plate g is screwed onto the screw d the act of screwing home the said
plate tightening the wings in the slots. The top mount b (Figures 1 and 2) is
next placed over the top of the screw d the end of the cross rod of the bedstead
rail being inserted in a side hole in the mount b as usual. The top mount 6 covers
and conceals the slots f, f in which the wings of the disc e work. The knob or
terminal ornament c is finally screwed upon the projecting end of the fixing screw d
the screwing home of the said knob or ornament c fixing the top mount 6 in its
place as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2.
The covering plate g may be dispensed with and the screwing home of the knob
or ornament o be made to bind the disc e in the slots f, f.

page_text: In this case as soon as the base of the knob c reaches the nearly closed top of the
mount b the further rotation of the knob c causes the screw d to be drawn into
the knob thereby tightening the wings of the disc e in the slots in the pillar.
C.
In applying my invention to the inside pillars or tubular uprights of the rail of
á metallic bedstead or cot I modify the parts in the manner represented in elevation
in Figure 7 and vertical sections taken at right angles to one another in Figures 8
and 9; Figure 10 represents the fixing screw and its disc detached.
In this arrangement the covering plate is omitted and the top of the covering
mount b is made concave the said concave top of the mount forming a seat on
which the cross tube, h of the rail seats itself. After the cross tube h has been
seated on the tops of the pillars or uprights a of the rail the said cross tube being
passed over the fixing screws.d, the knobs or terminal ornaments c are screwed
upon the projecting parts of the said screws d and the discs e of the said screws
bound against the tops of the slots f, f in the pillars or uprights a as hereinbefore
particularly described and the cross tube h fixed in its place on the tops of the said
pillars a.
The parts of the arrangement Figures 7, 8, 9 and 10 are marked with the same
letters of reference as corresponding parts of the arrangement represented in
Figures 1. 2. 3. 4. 5 and 6.
.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
⚫tion and the manner in which the same is to be performed I declare that I claim
as my invention of "An improvement or.improvements in attaching knobs or
terminal ornaments to the pillars of metallic bedsteads and cots
"
Providing the separate fixing screw on which the knob or terminal ornament is
screwed with a disc and wing pieces and making in opposite sides of the top of the
tubular pillar or tubular support short longitudinal slots for the wing pieces of the
disc to engage with, the said fixing screw being fixed to the tubular pillar or upright
by binding the wing pieces of the disc against the tops of the longitudinal slots
either by screwing a covering plate on the said screw or by the screwing home of the
knob or terminal ornament upon the screw, the several parts being constructed
and combined substantially as herein before described and illustrated in the
accompanying Drawing.
Dated this Ninth day of July 1886.