Bedsteads, also Applicable to other Purposes.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Aug., 1886. .
Complete Left, 9th May, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 6th Aug., 1887.
Bedsteads, also Applicable to other Purposes.
I, EDWARD PEYTON of Bordesley Works, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Metal Bedstead Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in the method of securing the rods or tubes
(solid or hollow) employed in the construction of the head and foot rails or other
parts of metal bedsteads within a box or connecting piece forming a joint to connect
and secure several (two or more) of such rods or tubes together.
It is well known that rods and tubes have been connected and secured together for
the above purposes by means of a cast or other metal box or connecting piece; but
they have been secured thereto or therein by running molten metal into the box or
connecting piece after the parts have been placed therein, and they have also been
connected by other means.
It has also been proposed to secure the rods or tubes within the metal box by
applying pressure to flatten the parts of the rods or tubes within the box or connector
so as to prevent them from being drawn out or separated therefrom. Flaps or
projecting parts may be cast on the box or connector to be pressed down when the
rods or tubes have been flattened to secure the parts within the box or connector.
In order to enable the flaps or projections to be pressed and bent into position for
securing the rods or tubes, it was necessary to cast or make the box or connector with
flaps or projections of gun or other suitable metal, too costly for bedsteads or
structures of a cheap description and the chief object of my improvements is to admit
of the box or connecting piece to be made of ordinary cast iron.
For this purpose in place of making the flaps or projections on the box of cast
metal, I place a piece or pieces of wrought iron (advantageously wire) in the moulds
to form the flaps or projections to the box or connector when cast so that they can be
readily pressed or bent down into cuts or recesses formed in the rods or tubes to
connect then securely to the box or connecting piece.

page_text: In combination with the flaps or fixed projections or separately therefrom, keys or
wedges may be employed and pressed into and between the parts to secure the rods or
tubes to the box or connector.
For some purposes in connecting any two or more rods or tubes together I form the
end or some part of one rod or tube so that it will pass through or partly through or
into a suitable hole or opening in another rod or tube. When thus combined the
parts are subjected to pressure so as to expand the metal of one or both rods or tubes
and thereby secure the two rigidly together.
In place of passing the end or some part of one rod or tube through or partly
through the other rod or tube as previously described they may be so formed and
combined as to dovetail together or interlock one with the other in such manner
than when subjected to pressure they will be rigidly secured together.
Metal ornaments may be applied to cover the parts when they are connected
together as previously described.
Other similar structures such as frames for fences and other purposes may be made
by connecting rods or tubes together in accordance with my invention as previously
described.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in the construction of Certain Parts of metal
Bedsteads, also Applicable to other Purposes.
I, EDWARD PEYTON of Bordesley Works Birmingham in the County of Warwick,
Metal Bedstead Manufacturer 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:―
My Invention relates first to improvements in the method of securing the rods or
tubes (solid or hollow) employed in the construction of the head and foot rails or other
parts of metal bedsteads within a box or connecting piece forming a joint to connect
and secure several (two or more) of such rods or tubes together.
It is well known that rods and tubes have been connected and secured together for
the above purposes by means of a cast or other metal box or connecting piece; but
they have been secured thereto or therein by running molten metal into the box or
connecting piece after the parts have been placed therein, and they have also been
connected by other means.
It has also been proposed to secure the rods or tubes within the metal box by
applying pressure to Hatten the parts of the rods or tubes within the box or connector
so as to prevent them from being drawn out or separated therefrom. Flaps or

page_text: when cast so that they can be readily pressed or bent down into cuts or recesses
formed in the rods or tubes to connect them securely to the box or connecting
piece.
And in order that this part of my invention may be clearly understood and readily
carried into practice I will proceed to describe the drawings hereto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 shows a separate view of the box or connector A made of cast iron
ready for receiving the several parts of the head and foot rails (or other parts) of a
metal bedstead to be connected together in accordance with my improvements.
a. a, are holes through which pressure can be applied to press the pieces of soft metal
or wire b. b (cast with the box A) into the cuts or recesses in the rods or tubes to
secure them to the box or connector A.
•
Figures 2 and 3 show parts of the rods or tubes c, c, prepared for fitting into the
box or connector A Figure 1 and c¹ c¹ are nicks cuts or recesses cut or formed in the
rods or tubes c. c. in suitable places to receive the pieces of soft metal or wire b. b.
when the rods or tubes c. c are placed in position in the box or connector A and when
the parts b. b. are pressed down into the nicks or recesses the whole of the parts are
held fast together as shown in Figure 4.
Figure 5 shows the tubes (or rods) c. c, inserted in the box or connector A and
retained by the pieces of metal b. b. pressed into nicks or recesses cut in the tubes to
secure them firmly in the connector A which differs in form from that previously
described.
The box or connector A as in Figure 5 is cast in brass or other suitable metal, the
projections or parts b. b. being in this case formed of the same metal sufficiently
malleable to be pressed into the cuts or recesses c¹. If desired the box or connector
may be made of cast iron of the form shown in Figure 5 or of any other suitable or
convenient form the soft metal projections or parts 6 being either cast with or laid in
as before described with reference to figure 1.
In combination with the flaps or fixed projections or separately therefrom, keys or
wedges may be employed and pressed into and between the parts to secure the rods
or tubes to the box or connector and also for some purposes in connecting any two or
more rods or tubes together I form the end or some part of one rod or tube so that it
will pass through or partly through or into a suitable hole or opening in another rod
or tube.
When thus combined the parts are subjected to pressure or otherwise so as
to expand the metal of one or both rods or tubes and thereby secure the two rigidly
together.
Figures 6 and 7 show this latter method while Figures 8, 9 and 10 show two tubes
joined together by passing the end of one into the other and wedging them firmly
together by means of a screw as hereinafter described.
Referring to Figures 6 and 7 Figure 6 shows an exterior view of tube c having the
end of tube c¹ passed into it and then subjected to pressure at dd within the box or
connector A while Figure 7 is a section of Figure 6 on line m n showing the shape
(approximately) of the two tubes after subjection to pressure to make the join and
rigidly secure them together without the use of flaps or projections as in the arrange-
ments previously described.

page_text: Figure 8 shows an exterior plan view of tubes and box or connector with cap or
ornament A' fixed thereon by means of knob or piece A² as hereinafter described.
Figure 9 shows similar view with parts A¹ and A³ removed and Figure 10 shows a
section on lines p q Figure 8.
In this arrangement the rod or tube c¹ is past into a corresponding opening or
recess in tube c and each has a hole e tapped therein (see Figure 9) through this a
screw fis forced right down through the two tubes or rods against the inside of tube
or rod c¹ so as to wedge or force the two in such a way that they cannot come apart
see Figure 10.
The metal or other ornament or cap A¹ having a suitable hole in the centre is then
put on and the opposite end of the screw wedge f protrudes through said hole and
serves as a medium for securing the ornament A by means of the knob or nut A³
which is screwed thereon and so secures the ornament on the box A thus forming a
rosette or other shaped ornament as desired.
Metal ornaments may be applied in any desired manner to cover the parts when
they are connected together as previously described.
Other similar structures such as frames for fences, hurdles, gates, and for other
purposes may be made by connecting rods or tubes together in accordance with my
¡nvention as previously described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :—
1. The improved method of securing the rods or tubes employed in the construction
of the head and foot rails or other parts of metal bedsteads by inserting a piece or
pieces of wrought iron or other suitable malleable metal or wire into the mould when
casting the metal box or connector such pieces of metal or wire being afterwards
pressed into cuts or recesses in the rods or tubes to connect them securely within the
box or connector to fix and combine the parts firmly together substantially in the
manner and for the purpose herein before described and represented in Figures 1. 2. 3
and 4 of the drawings hereto annexed.
I also claim forming or casting the projections or parts 6 of same metal as the box
or connector of brass or other malleable metal such projections or parts being pressed
into cuts or recesses cut or formed on the rods or tubes to secure the parts firmly
together substantially in the manner herein before described and represented in
Figure 5 of the drawings hereto annexed.
2. I claim the improved method of securing the rods or tubes to the box or
connector substantially in the manner and for the purpose hereinbefore described with
reference to Figures 8, 9 and 10 of the drawings hereto annexed.
3. I claim the improved method of connecting two or more rods or tubes together
by forming the end or other part of one rod or tube so that it will pass through or
partly through or into a suitable hole or opening in another rod or tube and then by
subjecting the rods or tubes thus combined to pressure to expand or compress the
parts and thus secure them rigidly together substantially in the manner and for the
purpose herein before described with reference to Figures 6 and 7 of the drawings
hereto annexed.
4. I claim the improved methods hereinbefore described of securing rods or tubes
together for the construction of frames for fences, hurdles, gates, and for other like
purposes substantially as shown & described.
1000
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Patentee.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Patentee.