Improvements in or relating to the Head Pillars of Metal Bedsteads.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 31st July. 1896
Complete Specification Loft 31st Mar 1897 Accepted 1st May, 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to the Head Pillars of Metal
Bedsteads.
1, BERNARD RICHARD PEYTON, Managing Director of "Peyton and Peyton
Limited Bordesley Works, Birmingham, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the head pillars of bedsteads and primarily has for its
object to enable uprights or auxiliary pillars or extensions to be quickly attached
and firmly secured in or to the fixed head pillars of bedsteads of the character
known as French bedsteads in order to give the requisite height to convert such
bedsteads into so-called half-tester Italian or Parisian bedsteads or the like.
My present invention is as follows:-
The ordinary head pillar of a French bedstead or the like is provided with a
flanged open top advantageously by means of a casting in the form of a flanged
ring (with an ornamental exterior if desired) the top or seat of which casting
lies flush or thereabouts with the open top of the tubular head pillar.
This casting or flange may be secured to the head pillar in any suitable manner
for instance by casting on same and may have the horizontal head rail or other
desired parts secured thereto as desired.
Thus a clear vertical passage is left open down the said head pillar-the top end
of which may be countersunk or coned or otherwise suitably formed or arranged
to receive and hold therein an upright or auxiliary pillar or other extension such
as the following:-
This upright or extension may be of any suitable diameter shape or form (and
ornamental or ornamented ou the exterior thereof) and extending to as great a
height as desired but for the sake of example I will describe a tubular extension
or upright of the same diameter and shape (cylindrical) as the hereinbefore
described fixed head pillar.
This upright or extension has a flange or collar on the lower end thereof
(advantageously a casting corresponding in shape with the aforesaid casting on the
top end of the fixed head pillar-or of other desired shape) this flange or collar
being flat or of other suitable form on the lower face and advantageously as a
counterpart of the upper face of the aforesaid flange or collar on the fixed head
pillar.
Descending from this upright or auxiliary pillar is a shank or downwardly
extending part of slightly smaller diameter than the inside of the aforesaid hend
pillar within which same fits (like a more or less loosely fitting plunger in a
cylinder) the lowermost end of said shank being slotted to form tongues which
latter are swollen out or arranged to form spring arins which fit closely and press
firinly against the inside of the head pillar or any other suitable arrangement or
device or packing may be used-to thus keep the lowermost end of said shank
steady and hold same firmly within said head pillar; while a shoulder or swelling
or other suitable arrangement or device may be provided at the top end of said
shank (i.e. just at the said flange or collar) to enter and fit closely or securely in or
on the top end of said head pillar to this hold the auxiliary pillar or extension
firmly in and to the head pillar.

page_text: This removable upright or auxiliary pillar can thus be inserted and mounted in
position or withdrawn with ease and celerity.
If desired the aforesaid upright or auxiliary pillar may be connected to said
shank by having the lower end of said upright and the upper end of said shank
respectively embedded in a casting cast thereon while the lower central portion of
said casting may have a boss or swelling projecting therefrom to fit closely within
the upper end of the head pillar as aforesaid.
Dated this 31st day of July 1896.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in or relating to the Head Pillars of Metal
Bedsteads.
I, BERNARD RICHARD PEYTON, Managing Director of "Peyton and Peyton
Limited Bordesley Works, Birminghain, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manuer the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to the head end and more particularly to the head pillars
of bedsteads and primarily has for its object to enable uprights or auxiliary pillars
or extensions to be quickly attached and firmly secured in or to the fixed head
pillars of bedsteads of the character known as French bedsteads in order to
convert such bedsteads into so-called half-tester Italian or Parisian bedsteads or
the like.
My present invention is as follows:-
The ordinary head pillar of a French bedstead or the like is provided with
flanged open top advantageously by means of a casting in the form of a flanged
ring (with an ornamental exterior if desired) the top or seat of which casting lies
flush or thereabouts with the open top of the tubular head pillar.
This casting or flange may be secured to the head pillar in any suitable manner
for instance by casting on same and may have the horizontal head rail or other
desired parts secured thereto as desired.
Thus a clear vertical passage is left open down the said head pillar-the top end
of which may be countersunk or coned or otherwise suitably formed or arranged to
receive and hold therein an upright or auxiliary pillar or other extension such as
the following
This upright or extension may be of any suitable diameter shape or form (and
ornamental or ornamented on the exterior thereof) and extending to as great a
height as desired but for the sake of example I will describe a tubular extension or
upright of the same diameter and shape (cylindrical) as the hereinbefore described
fixed head pillar.
This upright or extension has a flange or collar on the lower end thereof
(advantageously a casting corresponding in shape with the aforesaid casting on
the top end of the fixed head pillar-or of other desired shape) this flange or collar
being flat or of other suitable form on the lower face and advantageously as a
counterpart of the upper face of the aforesaid flange or collar on the fixed head
pillar.
Descending from this upright or auxiliary pillar is a shank or downwardly
extending part of slightly smaller diameter than the inside of the aforesaid head
pillar within which same fits (like a more or less loosely fitting plunger in a

page_text: cylinder) the lowermost end of said shank being slotted to form tongues which
latter are swollen out or arranged to form spring arms which fit closely and press
firmly against the inside of the head pillar-or any other suitable arrangement or
device or packing may be used-to thus keep the lowermost end of said shank
steady and hold same firmly within said head pillar; while a shoulder or swelling
or other suitable arrangement or device may be provided at the top end of said
shank (i.e. just at the said flange or collar to enter and fit closely or securely in or
on the top end of said head pillar to thus hold the auxiliary pillar or extension
firmly in and to the head pillar.
This removable upright or auxiliary pillar can thus be inserted and mounted in
position or withdrawn with ease and celerity.
If desired the aforesaid upright or auxiliary pillar may be connected to said shank
by having the lower end of said upright and the upper end of said shank respectively
embedded in a casting cast thereon while the lower central portion of said casting may
have a boss or swelling projecting therefrom to fit closely within the upper end of
the head pillar as aforesaid.
And in order that my present invention may be easily understood and readily
carried into practice I will proceed to fully describe same with reference to the
drawings hereunto annexed, in which :-
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an ordinary French bedstead adapted to be
converted into an Italian or halt-tester or Parisian bedstead according to my present
invention.
Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the upper part of the head end of an Italian bedstead
unattached to a bedstead but ready to be attached to and mounted on a French
bedstead according to my said invention.
Fig. 3 shows the head end of a French bedstead converted into an Italian
bedstead-i.e. Figs. 1 and 2 combined-according to my said invention.
Fig. 4 is a local vertical sectional view on an enlarged scale of one of the head
pillars of the converted bedstead shown in Fig. 3.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout.
The ordinary head pillar a of a French bedstead or the like is provided with
a flanged open top advantageously by means of a casting such as in the form
of a flauged ring (with an ornamental exterior if desired) the top or seat 61 of
which casting blies flush or thereabouts with the open top a' of the tubular head
pillar a.
This casting or flange b may be secured to the head pillar a in any suitable manuer
for instance by casting on same and may have the horizontal head rail such as c or
other desired parts secured thereto as desired.
Thus a clear vertical passage is left open down the said head pillar a―the top
end a of which may be countersunk or coned or not or otherwise suitably formed or
arranged to receive and hold therein a knob such as d with a flange d' therein or any
other desired knob or finial may be employed or not when the bedstead is to be used
as a French bedstead only such knob d'or the like must be readily removable so that
in place thereof there may be inserted an upright or auxiliary pillar or other
extension such as the following :-
This upright or extension e may be of any suitable diameter shape or form (and
ornamental or ornamented on the exterior thereof in any suitable manner if desired)
and extending to as great a height as desired but for the sake of example I will
describe a tubular extension or upright e of the same diameter and shape (cylindrical)
as the hereinbefore described fixed head pillar a.
This upright or extension e has a flange or collar fon the lower end e¹ thereof
(advantageously a casting corresponding in shape with the aforesaid casting bon
the top end of the fixed head pillar a or of other desired shape) this flange or
collar being flat or of other suitable form on the lower face f' and advantageously
(but not necessarily) as a counterpart of the upper face b' of the aforesaid flange
or collar bon the fixed head pillar a.
Descending from this upright or auxiliary pillar e is a shank or downwardly

page_text: extending part 9 of slightly smaller diameter than the inside of the aforesaid head
pillar a within which same fits (like a more or less loosely fitting. plunger in a
cylinder) the lowermost end of said shank being slotted. at g to form tongues g³
which latter are swollen out or arranged to form spring arms which fit closely
and press firmly against the inside of the head pillar a or any other suitable
arrangement or device or packing may be used on said shank g or the lower end
thereof to thus keep said shank g steady and hold same firmly within said head
pillar a; while a shoulder or swelling such as the cone ex or other suitable arrange-
ment or device may be provided at the top end of said shauk (i.e. just at the said
flange or collar) to enter and fit closely or securely in or on the top end of said
head pillar to thus hold the auxiliary pillar or extension firmly in and to the head
pillar.
If desired the aforesaid upright or auxiliary pillar e may be connected to said
shank g by having the lower end e¹ of said upright e and the upper end gl of said
shank respectively embedded in a casting such as f (see Fig. 4) cast thereon
while the lower central portion of said casting f may have a downwardly projecting
cone such as e* thereon to fit closely within the upper end a' of the head pillar as
aforesaid.
The Italian bead-part (or the Parisian or half-tester part or the like) arranged
and constructed as shown in Fig. 2 with the two uprights or auxiliary pillars e can
thus be mounted in position on, or withdrawn with ease and celerity from, the fixed
head pillars 1.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inveu-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim, is:-
1. The arrangement and combination with a French bedstead having tubular fixed
head pillars of two auxiliary pillars or uprights having downwardly projecting
shanks or extensions thereon adapted to fit within said tubular head pillars and
carrying the Italian or half-tester or the like head part of a bedstead on the upper
part of said auxiliary pillars substantially in the manner and for the purposes
hereinbefore set forth.
2. The arrangement and combination with a French bedstead having tubular fixed
head pillars of two auxiliary pillars or uprights carrying the Italian, half-tester,
or the like head part of a bedstead on the upper part thereof a downwardly projecting
shank or extension on each said auxiliary pillar adapted to fit telescopically within
the said fixed head pillars and means on said auxiliary pillars to limit their descent
into said fixed pillar substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein before
set forth.
3. Means for converting a French bedstead into a half-tester Italian or Parisian
bedstead or the like arranged combined and acting substantially in the manner
and for the purposes herein before described and illustrated in the drawings hereunto
annexed.
D
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.