Year: 1899

page_text: JAMES GILLARD, of 48, Ellington Street, Liverpool Road, N., Coach Builder,
and WILLIAM HENRY DUDDRIDGE, of 119, Station Road, Highbury, N., Coach
Builder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The folding bedstead has a moveable head and foot, framed with rails or
panels, which are portable. The bed and linen can be secured with head and
foot being pivoted, and held in position by means of straps and webs, for rear-
ing purposes also the legs acting for two purposes, that is the canopy for
curtains, and likewise the centre pivot from which it is reared. The saving
of room, cleanliness, forming an hangup as in a wardrobe if curtains be applied
when reared, also an open bedstead free from attachments.
Fig. 1. Shows bedsfead with head and foot "B" closed, secured with
straps "L" and webs "N" and reared, the leg "D" thrown over end of bed-
stead forming a canopy.
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Fig. 2. Shows bedstead lowered, and unfolded fixed ready for use "A" is a
frame or mattress, with springs, on which "B" head and foot is pivoted to
the frame A and with the assistance of webs "N" and straps "L" secures
bed and linen for rearing purposes. The legs "G" is supported by a frame
or skirting "F" on floor and is hinged to frame A at a distance from
the head sufficient to clear floor when rearing, likewise both legs "G" and "D"
being hinged a distance in from the ends of bedstead, adds strength to frame "A."
The leg is framed and paneled, and is hinged to frame "A" with an
extended pivot, or square hinge "P" which when in use is secured by spring
catch preventing leg D" from shifting. E" is an extra piece of.
frame, hinged to leg when bedstead is reared leg "D" can be unlocked and
thrown over the end of bedstead with the guide rod "R" pivoted to leg "D,"
and "E" falls in position to form canopy, both supplied with rings for curtains
if required. Two springs "H" and "I are attached inside skirting frame "F"
and to frame Afor taking weight when lowering. The cord "J" is attached
to spring "I" passing over pulley wheel K and secured to frame "A with
a pivot, takes the reaction of weight when rearing. A balancing catch "M".
acted upon by the frame "A" secures bedstead when reared. "C" are stops
or rests for head and foot.
24th August 1800
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W. H. DUDDRIDGE.
JAMES GILLARD.

page_text: Builder, 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 a folding bedstead, and has for object to provide
a bedstead of this class which shall be automatic in its action, self-supporting
and capable of being folded up into a small compass, whilst, furthermore, the
various parts of such bedstead shall be readily detachable one from another.
In order that this our said invention may be the more readily understood and
carried into practical effect, reference is hereby made to the accompanying
sheet of illustrative drawings, wherein :-
Fig. 1 shews in elevation view the bedstead reared or elevated and in its
folded position.
Fig. 2 being a similar view of the bedstead shewn in its lowered and unfolded
position, ready for use while
Figs. 3 and 4, are elevational and plan views, respectively, of details of the
invention.
In the drawings, wherein like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts
throughout the several figures, A, represents a frame to which the head and
foot B are pivoted. A spring mattress or its equivalent is employed for sup-
porting the bed and linen in the usual manner.
Straps L and webs N are provided for securing in position the bed and linen,
when it is desired to rear or elevate the bedstead.
The legs G, which are hinged to the frame A at a sufficient distance from
the head to enable such head to clear the floor when the bedstead is being reared
on end, are supported and strengthened at their lower ends by a frame or
skirting F.
Both the forward legs G, and rear leg D are hinged to the frame A at a
certain distance from the extreme ends of the bedstead, in order to add strength
to such frame.
The leg D is composed of suitable framing filled in with pannelling, and
such leg is hinged to the frame A by angle pivots P.
To maintain the said leg D in its open or extended position spring catches or
their equivalent may be provided on the frame A.
An extra frame E is hinged to the leg 1 at E¹ which extra frame is adapted
to be opened out into the position shewn by Fig. 2, when the bedstead is
reared, to form a canopy for curtains to be attached to by means of hooks and
rings.
A rod R is pivoted to the legs D, the province of which rod is to assist in the
turning over on its hinges of the said leg D, into the position shewn by Fig. 2.
When the bedstead is in its extended or employed position, the rod R is held
to the foot frame B by means of a strap Y encircling the end of such rod and the
foot frame.
Two springs H and I (see particularly Figs. 3 and 4) are provided inside the
frame or skirting F, the free ends of which spring H is connected to the frame A,
while the free end of the spring I is connected to one end of a cord, which passes
over a pulley K on the frame or skirting F, the other end of such cord being
secured to the frame A. The object of these springs and cord is to act as
a counter balancing device when the bedstead is being lowered, and also to assist
in the rearing of the bedstead.
A balance catch M (Figs. 1 and 2) adapted to be acted upon by the frame A,
secures and holds in position the bedstead when the latter is reared.
A pair of brackets S are hinged to the front of the skirting F. Each bracket S
is provided at its hinged end with a cranked lever T which cranked lever is
pivoted to an oscillating rod U having its other end in connection with a piston
block V, working through a mortise in the bottom of the front skirting F, such
piston block being acted upon by the frame A and also by a tension spring W.
When the frame A moves from the vertical position the brackets S are caused

page_text: to fly open by the shortening of the springs W, and remain in position until the
frame is reared, when the end of the frame A comes in contact with the piston
block V and forces the brackets S in position against the front of the skirting F.
The said brackets S are extended from the skirting F to counterbalance the
action of the springs I without having to fix the said skirting to the floor.
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) In folding bedsteads the means for closing the foot and head and end legs
or supports and mounting them in such closed position; and the means for
maintaining the bedstead in its reared or elevated position substantially as
described and illustrated.
(2) The folding bedstead, comprising a frame to which the foot and head are
pivoted, and straps and webs for maintaining such foot and head in their
folded position; and end legs pivotally connected to said frame and a frame
or skirting supporting the legs at one end of the bedstead, said frame or skirting
having hinged brackets adapted to be opened and closed by means of cranked
levers connected with piston blocks controlled by springs; and springs and cords
to assist in the rearing and lowering of the bedstead, all substantially as
described and as illustrated.
(3) In folding bedsteads, the combination of the frame A, hinged head and
foot B, legs D and G, rods R, and straps L and webs N; with the frame or
skirting springs H and I, cord J, catch M and brackets S, operated in
one direction by piston blocks V connected to cranked levers T and to tension
springs, all substantially as and for the purpose herein before set forth and as
illustrated by the drawings.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents.