Improvements in the Method of and Means for Securing the Metallic Ends of Mattresses, Mattress and Bed Frames, Berths, Couches, and similar Articles of Furniture.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Dec., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 31st Aug., 1889-Accepted, 5th Oct., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of and Means for Securing the Metallic
Ends of Mattresses, Mattress and Bed Frames, Berths, Couches,
and similar Articles of Furniture.
We ISAAC CHORLTON of 19 Blackfriars Street, Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Spring Mattress Manufacturer, and GEORGE LAMB SCOTT, of Manchester
aforesaid, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows:-
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Our said Invention relates to an improved method of and means for securing the
metallic ends of mattresses, mattress and bed frames, berths and the like and is
intended primarily to effect the attachment of the angle iron or steel ends of such
goods to the corners or corner brackets as is now well understood. The improved
mode of attachment is however applicable to the securing of metallic ends other than
those of angle iron or steel for example when such ends are made of flat iron or steel
or of trough shaped, tubular or other sections. When attaching an end of angle iron
or steel in accordance with our invention we provide a bolt or stud which is passed
through the corner bracket and is preferably formed with a squared or tapered or
other shaped head which occupies a recess in the corner bracket and prevents the
bolt or stud from turning; or the said bolt or stud might be secured to the bracket
in casting the same. The said bolt or stud projects through the outer side of the
corner bracket and is screwed at the end to receive a nut and is preferably squared
or flattened where it projects from the bracket. The angle iron or steel end is
slotted in the downwardly projecting web at the part intended to engage with the
said bolt or stud, the slot being of such a width as to fit the squared or flattened
portion of the bolt or stud. The four corner brackets or it might be only the two
brackets at one end of the frame are provided with the said bolts or studs, the
ends of which carry nuts. The slotted angle iron or steel ends are then dropped
upon the end brackets the squared necks of the bolts or studs occupying the said
slots in the ends so as to increase the rigidity and prevent distortion of the frame
or mattress. The nuts are tightened against the ends and the frame is so bound
together by these means that it forms an extremely rigid and strong construction.
Instead of one bolt or stud to each corner bracket there may be two or more and
in such a case the carrying surface of the bracket might be extended and instead
of slotting the web of the angle iron or steel in the direction of its depth as
aforesaid we may slot it in the direction of its length. The slots might be made
oblique in either direction. Instead of the bolt or stud or bolts or studs we might
use one or more screws formed with a square or other suitably shaped head and
tap the bracket to receive it or them; but we do not consider that these would
be so suitable because the square or flattened neck which give such increased
security and stiffness to the connexions must necessarily be absent.
We might
however in using a bolt place the head to the outside and the nut inside. The
details of our invention might be modified to suit the section or shape of the
metallic end which it is desired to attach. For example in the case of a tubular
end we might carry the tube in brackets the tails or extensions of which would
be slotted to drop over the bolts, studs or screws as aforesaid. The sides of the
mattress or of the frame or article to which our invention is applied might be of
tubing or of angle iron or steel or of any suitable metallic section or the said
sides might be of wood. The mattress surface suspended or strained between the
two ends may be of any suitable material such as woven wire, laths, sacking,
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page_text: chain and springs or combinations of any of these arrangements. Means may also
be provided for adjusting and straining the said mattress surface.
Dated this 30th day of November 1888.
DUTTON & FULTON,
1, St. James Square, Manchester, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of and Means for Securing the Metallic
Ends of Mattresses, Mattress and Bed Frames, Berths, Couches,
and similar Articles of Furniture.
We ISAAC CHORLTON of 19 Blackfriars Street, Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster Spring Mattress Manufacturer, and GEORGE LAMB SCOTT, of Manchester
aforesaid, Engineer, 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 and accompanying drawings :-
Our said Invention relates to an improved method of and means for securing the
metallic ends of mattresses, mattress and bed frames, berths and the like and is
intended primarily to effect the attachment of the angle iron or steel ends of such
goods to the corners or corner brackets as is now well understood. The improved
mode of attachment is however applicable to the securing of metallic ends other than
those of angle iron or steel as for example when such ends are made of flat iron or
steel or of trough shaped, tubular or other sections. When attaching an end of angle
iron or steel in accordance with our invention we provide a bolt or stud which is
passed through the corner bracket and is preferably formed with a squared or tapered
or other shaped head which occupies a recess in the corner bracket and prevents the
bolt or stud from turning or the said bolt or stud might be secured to the bracket in
casting the same. The said bolt or stud projects through the outer side of the corner
bracket and is screwed at the end to receive a nut and is preferably squared or
flattened where it projects from the bracket. The angle iron or steel end is slotted in
the downwardly projecting web at the part intended to engage with the said bolt or
stud, the slot being of such a width as to fit the squared or flattened portion of the
bolt or stud. The four corner brackets or it might be only the two brackets at one
end of the frame are provided with the said bolts or studs, the ends of which carry
nuts. The slotted angle iron or steel ends are then dropped upon the end brackets
the squared necks of the bolts or studs occupying the said slots in the ends so as to
increase the rigidity and prevent distortion of the frame or mattress. The nuts are
tightened against the ends and the frame is so bound together by these means that it
forms an extremely rigid and strong construction. Instead of one bolt or stud to
each corner bracket there may be two or more and in such a case the carrying surface
of the bracket might be extended and instead of slotting the web of the angle iron
or steel in the direction of its depth as aforesaid we may slot it in the direction of its
length. The slots might be made oblique in either direction. Instead of the bolt or
stud or bolts or studs we might use one or more screws formed with a square or other
suitably shaped head and tap the bracket to receive it or them, but we do not consider
that these would be so suitable, because the square or flattened necks which give
such increased security and stiffness to the connexions must necessarily be absent.
We might however in using a bolt place the head to the outside and the nut inside.
The details of our invention might be modified to suit the section or
shape of the
metallic end which it is desired to attach. For example in the case of a tubular end
we might carry the tube in brackets the tails or extensions of which would be slotted
to drop over the bolts, studs or screws as aforesaid. The sides of the mattress or of
the frame or article to which our invention is applied might be of tubing or of angle
iron or steel or of any suitable metallic section or the said sides might be of wood.
The mattress surface suspended or strained between the two ends may be of any

page_text: suitable material such as woven wire, laths, sacking, chain and springs or combinations
of any of these arrangements. Means may also be provided for adjusting and straining
the said mattress surface.
To render our invention clear we will now proceed to describe the same with the
assistance of the annexed sheet of drawings.
Figs. 1 and 2 show the application of an angle iron or steel end a to a cast corner
bracket b secured to a wooden side c, the means for attaching the angle iron end a
to the bracket b being in accordance with our invention. A suitable hole, preferably
square, is cored or otherwise formed in the corner bracket b. Through this hole we
place a bolt d having a tapered or it might be a squared head fitting the recess formed
for it in the bracket b. The neck of the bolt d is also square fitting the square hole
in the bracket and projecting beyond the bracket to a slight extent, just less than the
thickness of the angle iron or steel end a. This end a is slotted vertically as clearly
seen in Fig. 2 the slot being of such a width as to fit accurately the square neck of
the bolt. Upon the screwed end of the bolt is a nut e. It will be understood that a
bracket and bolt similar to those described exists at each corner of the mattress frame
or at two corners thereof when means for straining the mattress are provided. When
the frame is being put together the slotted ends are dropped over the squared portions
of the bolts projecting from the brackets and the nuts are then tightened up binding
the ends firmly in position and composing a very strong and stiff frame. To prevent
the nuts e from being lost, the outer ends of the bolts d might be slightly headed up
as shown at Fig. 1ª allowing the nuts to be slackened back but not to become entirely
disengaged from the bolt. The elastic mattress surface extending between the two
ends and which may consist of woven wire, laths, sacking, chain and springs or
combinations of any of these arrangements is indicated by the dotted line marked f.
Figs. 3 and 4 show two modifications of our invention one with relation to the bolt,
the other with relation to the slots in the ends. In this case the bolt d instead of
being separable from the bracket b as in Figs. 1 and 2 is attached to the bracket b in
the process of casting. The requisite square portion of the bolt d projects from the
bracket and the bolt end is screwed to receive the nut e as before. It will also be
seen that the slot in the angle iron or steel end a instead of being vertical as in the
foregoing case is horizontal. The corner brackets 6 instead of being mounted upon
wooden sides as in the foregoing Figs. are connected to tubular metallic sides c.
Figs. 5 and 6 illustrate the employment of a headed pin g in conjunction with the
slotted end a instead of the bolt d and nut e, the said pin g, being screwed into the
bracket b and occupying the slot as clearly shown in the drawings. Figs. 7 and 8
illustrate an example wherein the end is composed of metallic tubing instead of
angle iron or steel. In such a case we provide the ends with terminations which
are secured to or carry the ends of the tubes and which can be applied to the
brackets b and secured by the bolts & passing through the slots in the parts i as shown.
In Fig. 9 the part i carries a shank which enters the tubular end and is secured
thereto.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
As means for securing the metallic ends of mattresses, mattress and bed frames,
berths, couches and the like, the employment of a bolt or of bolts formed with a
square neck and seated in a square hole in the corner bracket or secured to the bracket
by casting, the said square neck of the bolt projecting to a certain extent beyond
the bracket so as to engage with and occupy a vertical or longitudinal slot formed
in the vertical web of the angle iron end or in an attachment to an end not in itself
suitable for receiving a slot, substantially as hereinbefore described and shown.
Dated this 30th day of August 1889
DUTTON & FULTON,
1, St. James Square, Manchester, Agents.