Year: 1886

page_text: We WILLIAM HENRY SPROSTON, SAMUEL SPROSTON, & CHARLES SPROSTON all
of Wellington Road, Dudley, in the County Worcester Manufacturers do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
This invention relates to the ornamental mounts used in the manufacture of
metallic bedsteads, and consists in the method of making and the application of
such mounts.
Upon the pillars of metallic bedsteads and at the part where the provision is
made for the attachment thereto of the rails or angle irons which carry the
Inattress, there is generally an ornamental figure formed, and upon this figure
a thin ornamental metallic covering or mount is placed. Hitherto this mount has
been formed in a continuous circular piece, but in this our invention we form such
mount, which we call a corner mount of a semicircular form or thereabouts, so
that it can be readily passed on into its place after the pillar is made, and attached
either by screws or other convenient methods. Although we have mentioned
these mounts as being semi-circular we do not mean that they shall always be of
a circular form, as they may be semi-square, semi-octagon, semi-hexagon or figured,
or other similar shapes, so that they may present as much ornamental surface and
appearance as possible, and be passed on to their place from the outside, and not
threaded on as is usual..

page_text: and similar Articles.
We, WILLIAM HENRY SPROSTON, SAMUEL SPROSTON, and CHARLES SPROSTON
all of Wellington Road, Dudley, in the County of Worcester Manufacturers do
hereby declare the nature of our invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANU-
FACTURE OF METALLIC BEDSTEADS, COTS, AND SIMILAR ARTICLES 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 the metallic ornamental mounts used in the manufacture
of metallic bedsteads, cots, and similar articles, and has for its object the forming
and attaching of such ornaments, and the preparation of such parts of the bedsteads
or other structures for their application or reception.
"
Hitherto these "corner mounts (as they are called in the trade) have been
formed in various ways, by being built up of more than one piece, and slid on to
that part of the pillar of the bedstead &c from above, and below, which is
troublesome, and necessarily limits the designs of such mounts, but in this our
'invention, we form such mount say of a semi-circular (half) form or thereabouts,
or, it may be the one third or other part of the circle, so that they can be readily
passed on into their places after the pillar is made, and secured either by screws,
or other convenient method. There may in some instances be more than one of
such mounts attached to such pillar, when smaller parts than one half of the circle
is used.
Further, we form the parts of the bedsteads &c, where it is desired to attach
such mounts, in such a manner as that the thin edges of these mounts shall be
protected from injury, and also covering such edge from observation, and which
further adds ornamentation to such arrangements. Although we have mentioned,
and also shewn upon the accompanying sheet of drawings, these mounts as being
'semi-circular, we do not mean that they shall always be of a semi-circular form, as
it will be clear to any one that the invention admits of their being of many other
shapes, such as semi-square, semi-octagon, hexagon, figured, or other similar shapes,
so that they may present as much ornamental surface appearance as possible, and
be passed on to their place from the outside.
In order to explain this our invention more clearly, we have, as before intimated
appended hereunto an illustrative sheet of drawings, whereon are figures and
letters of reference, like letters referring throughout to the same thing.
Fig. 1 shows a front view of one corner of the end of a bedstead with a mount a,
attached according to this our invention.
.
Fig. 2-shews a side elevation of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 shews a sectional plan of Fig. 1 upon line A-B.
Figs. 4 & 5 shew a front elevation and sectional elevation of one form of mount
as applied in Figs. 1, 2, & 3.
These mounts a, are stamped or otherwise formed according to the required
design, the design_shewn being merely for the sake of illustration. At b, we may

page_text: pierce a hole, whereby by the aid of a nut and screw the said mount may be
secured in its position.
Instead of securing it by this one central hole, screw, and nut, we may secure it
by more than one, and at different points upon the mounts if we wish, which in
some cases would assist the effect of the design. The casting c would be made
more or less to conform to the interior shape of the mount a, so as to form a bed
whereon the mount would rest. At d, d 1, we form a bead or set off, of the metal of
the casting, and in this bead or set off we further form a recess or groove at e, e 1,
into which the edges of the mount a pass, thereby protecting them from damage,
and at the same time by varying the colours of ornamentation of the said bead to
that of the mount, produces a pleasing effect in design, as for instance,, the bead
may be japanned black, while the mount may be brass.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
1st. The attaching of ornamental mounts similar to those herein described and
shewn upon the drawings in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5, to bedsteads and other similar
constructions.
2nd. The preparing and forming a bead or set-off, and a groove upon those parts
of bedsteads and other similar constructions, for the purpose of protecting the
edges of ornamental mounts, as hereindescribed and shewn upon the accompanying
drawings.