In- PROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SPRING BOTTOMS FOR BEDSTEADS, COUCHES, AND SEATS
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Tylor, of Queen Street, Cheapside, in
the City of London, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "In-
PROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SPRING BOTTOMS FOR BEDSTEADS,
COUCHES, AND SEATS."
Sealed the 7th September 1869, and dated the 8th Narch 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Tylor at the
V Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
Stli March 1869.
1, HENRY TYLOR, of Queen Street, Cheapside, in the City of London,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SPRING BOTTOMS FOR BEDSTEADS,
COUCHES, AND SEATS," to be as follows:-
The object of my Invention is to construct the spring bottoms of
bedsteads, couches, and other seats in a more portable form, and so that
a portion of the bottoms can be removed for repairs, renewal, or other
cause without disturbing any other portion.
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page_text: This I accomplish, firstly, by fitting the springs composing the bottom
between a bar at the under side and a lath at the upper side of the
springs. The ends of the bars are secured by pins on their ends, being
dropped into holes (or in any other convenient manner) in a bar or bars
parallel to and fitted under the ordinary angles or side rails, while the
laths are secured by studs or other connection to the angles or side
rails in the ordinary way and with which they are almost level. The
springs being secured in the manner above described, can be removed
with the bar and lath to which they are attached without interfering
with the other springs, bars, and laths.
Another improvement consists in fitting the springs between a bar
formed with cranked ends and a lath. The bar is cranked in order to
form a pocket or well in which the springs rest, and which when in place
lies below the level of the angles or side rails. The extreme ends of the
bars are again cranked at right angles to the first-named cranks; to
the second cranked portions the laths are firmly attached by rivets, pins,
or otherwise. The extreme ends rest upon the angles or side rails, and
are held in place in any suitable manner. There are as many sections
or portions employed to form a spring bottom to bedsteads, couches, and
seats as are necessary.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Henry Tylor in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 8th September 1879.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
TYLOR, of Queen Street, in the City of London, Manufacturer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of March, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty-
second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Henry Tylor, Her special licence that
I, tlie said Henry Tylor, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said Henry Tylor, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to
time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should

page_text: and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle
of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SPRING
BOTTOMS FOR BEDSTEADS, COUCHES, AND SEATS," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Henry Tylor, my executors or administrators,
by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands
and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry Tylor, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto
annexed, that is to say:-
The object of my Invention is to construct the spring bottoms of
bedsteads, couches, and other seats in a more portable form and so that
a portion of the bottoms can be removed for repairs, renewal, or other
cause without disturbing any other portion. This I accomplish, firstly,
by fitting the springs composing the bottom between a bar at the under
side and a lath at the upper side of the springs. The ends of the bars
are secured by pins on their ends being dropped into holes in any
convenient manner in a bar or bars fitted parallel to and under the
ordinary angles or side rails, while the laths are secured by studs or
other connections to the angles or side rails in the ordinary way and
with which they are almost level. The springs being secured in the
manner above described can be removed with the bar and lath to which
they are attached without interfering with the other springs, bars, and
laths.
The manner in which I carry my Invention into effect is repre-
sented in the accompanying Drawing which is a perspective view of a
bedstead.
a, a, are the head and foot boards connected by the side angles b, b,
in the usual manner; c, c, are bars fitted parallel to and under the side
angles by rivets. These bars c, c, are pierced with a series of holes for
under sides of cross bars e, e, to drop into and hold
The bars have the lower coils of the springs f, fi
pins d, d, on the
them in place.

page_text: fastened to them by eyes or loops, and the upper coils are attached to
the laths g, g, in a similar manner; these laths stretch across from one
side angle to the other and are. held in place by studs. It will be
observed that by rivetting the hars c, c, to the under side of the. side.
angles a greater rigidity of the structure is obtained, and important
advantages gained by the springs being below the level of the ordinary
side angles, instead of above them as in bedsteads upon which a spring
mattress has to be placed, in addition to the facilities offered for
collecting the bars e, e, springs f, f, and laths g, g, and binding them
together into a small compass for transport.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I
claim,―
Firstly Constructing bedsteads with a bar or bars fitted parallel to and
below the ordinary side angles in the manner and for the purpose
herein-before described and represented in the Drawing annexed.
Secondly. I claim securing the springs to cross bars having pins
depending from their ends for dropping into the bars under the side
angles as herein-before described and represented in the accompanying
Drawings.
In witness whereof, 1, the said Henry Tylor, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Eighth day of September, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.
HENRY TYLOR. (L.S.)