IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CORNICES, JOINTS, AND LATHS OF BEDSTEADS AND OTHER ARTICLES OF FURNITURE
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Frederick Ash at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 27th
January 1868.
I, CHARLES FREDERICK ASH, 20 & 21, Upper Thames Street, in the City
of London, Iron Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CORNICES, JOINTS, AND LATHS OF
BEDSTEADS AND OTHER ARTICLES OF FURNITURE," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of cornices,
joints, and laths of bedsteads and other articles of furniture. The said.
cornices are made of timber or wood of various shapes or designs, over which
thin sheet iron or other metal is securely fastened to the same.
Another method which I claim is by manufacturing the said cornices
entirely of sheet zinc or other metals, which are formed of various designs, and
which are obtained by stamping or drawing the said metal through a suitable
machine to give it the configurations required, and which is intended to give a
massive appearance combined with great strength, lightness, and durability to
articles so constructed.
The joints are formed of a wrought or cast hollow metal block with recesses
or notches or mortices formed therein of the same shape or section as the
ends of the rails intended to be attached, and to which block is attached a
bolt or pin with a nut or substance fitted to the same, the bolt or pin being
fastened in its place either by casting to a portion of the metal block or by
welding, screwing, soldering, or pining it in its position. The nut or other

page_text: substance when fixed in its place enables me to obtain an equal bearing of the
rails in conjunction with a more regular strain of the various parts. The side
and end rails are so formed at their ends as to fit one over the other, with a
hole punched or drilled in each end which allows them to drop vertically over
the upright pin or bolt and fit into the recesses or notches or mortices formed
in the metal block. The bottom or lower portion of the top pillar is provided
with a screwed base, and acts as a nut, which, upon being screwed to the pin
in the block and coming in contact with the side and end rails, connects the
various parts firmly together. Occasionally I may attach the pin in the
top member of the post or pillar, and screw the same downward into a suitable
screwed nut provided in the hollow metal block with the loose nut or substance,
as the case may be. The method I have of attaching the pillars or posts to
the block and screwed base or nut is by casting to or on to the same, or by
soldering, welding, pining, screwing, or wedging to the pillar or post, as the
case may be.
The laths are constructed in the ordinary manner with this addition, that
they have an extra number of holes at either end for the purpose of receiving
a corresponding number of rivetts or studs, which are fixed in a transverse
bar, to a portion of which one or more screwed bolts or pins are attached,
which pass through either of the end rails. A screwed nut or nuts are then
placed on such bolts or pins, which, on being screwed up, tightens the whole
of the bottom at any time without removing the bedding.
The Drawings, which will accompany my Final Specification, will give a more
detailed description of the Invention.