Improved Means for Displaying Bedsteads.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Sept., 1894
Complete Specification Left. 1st June. 1895-Accepted, 10th Aug., 1895
PROVISIONAL STECIFICATION,
Improved Means for Displaying Bedsteads.
I, WINIFRED ALICE BEAL, of Russell Street, Halifax, in the County of
York, Shop Assistant do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to apparatus used for the purpose of maintaining bedsteads
upright in showrooms, and consists; 1st in means for clamping the angle irons, and
dovetail chills, of the head, and of the foot of a bedstead together; 2nd in an
adjustable step or steps for supporting the bedstead, to be clamped on a convenient
part thereof, and to reach the ground; 3rd in links for coupling different beds
together for mutual support, and for facilitating display.
According to this invention I place the head and foot of a bed close together,
with the dovetail chills of one end on the top of the others, and fasten them
together with bolts passing through the dovetail holes; and with a pair of clips
made to fit the angle irons. The clips fasten with set screws to the angle irons, and
are provided with screws and nuts set at angles on one of the clips; which screws
pass through slots on the other clip, so that by tightening the nuts the angle
irons of any size bed can be securely fastened, and the foot of the bed adjusted
either upright or slanting.
One of the clips is made open so as to pass over the angle iron, from back to
front, with the set screw behind, and the two lips,-one over and one under the
angle irons, projecting over the front far enough to insert a step through holes
in the upper and lower lips, the step thus being capable of adjustment to any
height, and when the set screw is tightened up behind, the step is firmly clamped
to the front of the angle iron in any desired position.
Bolts may be used, the bottom of which are larger in diameter than the top part
which passes through the dovetail holes; and are formed at the bottom end to
receive an upright set screw, (with or without castors,) which is adjustable to
various heights so as to touch the floor.
Links, with a hole or holes in each end, may be attached to the bolts passing
through the dovetail holes, one end of a link to one bed, and the other end to the
bed next in front of it; so as to admit of each being turned round, with the link
for an axis, to allow of displaying the bed which is behind, and act as a support
one bed to the other.
Dated this 1st day of September 1894.
Improved Means for Displaying Bedsteads.
I, WINIFRED ALICE BEAL of Whitehall Buildings Russell Street Halifax, in
the County of York, 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 apparatus used for the purpose of maintaining bedsteads
upright in showrooms, and consists, -

page_text: 1st. In means for clamping the angle irons, and clamping the dovetail chills of
the head and the foot of a bedstead together.
2nd. In an adjustable step or steps for supporting the bedstead, to be clamped on
to a convenient part thereof, and to reach to the ground.
3rd. In links for coupling different beds together for mutual support, and for
facilitating display.
According to this invention I place the head and foot of a bed close together
with the dovetail chills of one end on the top of the others and fasten them
together with bolts which pass through the dovetail holes, and are provided with a
double countersink, which may either be a washer, or form a part of the bolt, and
which is placed between the chills. Simple bolts may be used, or bolts the head of
which are either larger than the top part which goes through the dovetail holes, or
are formed into a long set screw with one nut at top, and another at bottom of the
chills so as to adjust the bottom part of the bolt to various heights, so as to touch
the floor, or to receive adjustable foot steps which touch the floor, one at each side
of, and gripping, the castors of the bed; or these foot steps may be clamped on to
the bed castors separately when a simple short bolt is used, and thus the bed foot
can be adjusted higher or lower according to the height at which the foot steps
grip the castors.
À centre step is sometimes provided with an adjustable clip, or carrier, to set
higher or lower, and grip the angle irons with a screw, or automatically to adapt
itself to any height to suit various beds.
Links may be provided with a hole or holes at each end, and, in that case, a piu
is east on to each end of the footsteps aforesaid to receive the links, one end of a
link being placed on one end of a footstep, and the other end on to the footstep of
the bed next to it, so as to admit of each bed being turned round with the link for
an axis.
Such being the nature and object of my invention the following is a complete
description of the same, having reference to the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 is front view of part of a bed with adjustable steps at foot and centre.
Fig. 2 is section of clip for centre step.
Fig. 3 is end view of part of a bed with bolts, and foot steps, and link in
position.
A is part of the head, and B the foot of bed.
C is the foot step, and D the castor attached thereto, and E blocks of wood, or
other soft material fixed on C to protect the bed castors.
F is the bolt which passes through the dovetail holes, and G the double
countersink.
H is a link, M the bed castors.
N is the hole in the foot steps to receive a bolt for clamping them on to the bed
castors.
K is the adjustable centre step, and L the clip or carrier for it.
Having placed the chill of foot B on top of the chill of head A with counter-
sink G (here shown as a washer) in the dovetail holes between the chills, the bolt F
is passed through all and the chills are screwed firmly together; the foot steps C
being in two parts are then placed one part on each side of the bed castors M and
bolted firmly together on the bed castors, through the hole N gripping them at the
height desired for the bed, with castor D touching the ground. In some cases
the bolt F is formed into a cross passing through the holes N and answers for the
bolt to clamp C on to the bed castors. K is then brought into position, with the
canner L supporting the angle iron automatically by means of pins clutching K,
or clipped on to it by means of set screw.
Having thus described my invention and the manner of using the same 1 declare
that what I claim is,

page_text: The adjustable steps.
3rd. The combination of steps, bolt, & countersink.
4th. The links.