Improvements in Metallic Bedsteads and Cots.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Metallic Bedsteads and Cots.
We, HOYLAND AND SMITH LIMITED, Bedstead Manufacturers, of Soho Works,
Western Road, in the City of Birmingham, and WALTER THOMPSON, of 420,
Rotten Park Road, Birmingham, aforesaid, Brass Bedstead Fitter, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:--
This invention relates to metallic bedsteads and cois, and consists of au
improved method of attaching or connecting the posts or pillar-supports thereof
to the principal side and end frame bars, or to the corner blocks or angles, the
objects of the said invention being a rigid mechanical connection or attach-
ment and a plain or Chippendale design of post or pillar support.
The said improved method is as follows:-If one of the parts of the ordinary
dove-tail connection is desired to be carried upon the post or pillar with which
a part of the frame-bar carrying the other part of the dove tail connection
(generally the corner block) can engage, a loose fitting of about three inches
long, comprising a part of the dove-tail, an abutment plate or surface at the
back of the said dove-tail, and a T-sectioned projection standing out from the
said plate or abutment on the opposite side to that of the dove-tail part, is
taken, and an opening or a slot is formed within the post or pillar on the inner
part of it, where-through the T-sectioned projection of the said fitting cau
pass into the hollow interior of the said post or pillar, the engagement being
such that the plate or abutment surface lies over the said hole or slot, overlaps
it, and covers it in with the dove-tail part projecting outwardly from the said
plate and the T-sectioned projection extending into the post or pillar. The
hole or slot in the pillar or post is only of the length of the T-sectioned pro-
jection.
A bifurcated wedging piece or bolt is passed into the hollow interior of the
post or pillar from its lower end and is forced upwardly in between the head of
the T-sectioned projection and the face of the post or pillar adjacent to the
hole or slot, before described, the said wedging piece being sufficiently long to
overlie the said hole or slot and clamp the fitting rigidly upon a part of the
face of the post or pillar. The said piece may carry the castor or not as may
be desired, and its cross sectional figure conforms, as also does the cross sectional
figure of the plate or abutment surface on the fitting, to the sectional shape
of the post or pillar, the latter being either of a circular, elliptical, square, or
angular cross sectional figure, and in every case a tube, or hollow. The inner
side of the head of the T-sectioned projection would also preferably follow
the sectional figure of the post or pillar, but may be flat or other shape.
If the side or end frame bar is desired to be directly attached to the post or
pillar without an intermediate filling the T-sectioned projection can be formed
upon the end part of the frame-bar's corner block, but it passes through the hole
in the post and is clamped against the face of the post by the wedge-like piece
in the same manner previously described in connection with the separate fitting į

page_text: the end of the said corner block in this instance constituting the abutment
plate or surface.
Dated the 6th day of October 1899.
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
11, Burlington Chambers, New Street, Birmingham,
Patent Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements in Metallic Bedsteads and Cots.
We, HOYLAND AND SMITH LIMITED, Bedstead Manufacturers, of Soho Works,
Western Road, in the City of Birmingham, and WALTER THOMPSON, of 420,
Rotten Park Road, Birmingham, aforesaid, Brass Bedstead Fitter, 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 metallic bedsteads and cots, and consists of an
improved method of attaching, or connecting, the posts or pillar-supports thereof
to the principal side and end frame bars, or to the corner blocks or angles, the
objects of the said invention being a rigid mechanical connection or attach-
ment and a plain or Chippendale" design of post or pillar support.
..
The said improved method is as follows:-If one of the parts of the ordinary
dove-tail connection is desired to be carried upon the post or pillar with which
a part of the frame-bar carrying the other part of the dove tail connection
(generally the corner block) can engage, a loose fitting of about three inches
long, comprising a part of the dove-tail, an abutment plate or surface at the
back of the said dove-tail, and a T-sectioned projection standing out from the
said plate or abutment on the opposite side to that of the dove-tail part, is
taken, and an opening or a slot is formed within the post or pillar on the inner
part of it, where-through the T-sectioned projection of the said fitting can
pass into the hollow interior of the said post or pillar, the engagement being
such that the plate or abutment surface lies over the said hole or slot, overlaps
it, and covers it in with the dove-tail part projecting outwardly from the said
plate and the T-sectioned projection extending into the post or pillar. The
hole or slot in the pillar or post is only of the length of the T-sectioned pro-
jection.
A bifurcated wedging-piece or bolt is passed into the hollow interior of the
post or pillar from its lower end and is forced upwardly in between the head of
the T-sectioned projection and the inner face of the post or pillar adjacent to the
hole or slot before described, the said wedging-piece being sufficiently long to
overlie the said hole or slot and clamp the fitting rigidly upon a part of the
face of the post or pillar. The said piece may carry the castor or not as may
be desired, and its cross-sectional figure conforms, as also does the cross sectional
figure of the plate or abutment surface on the fitting, to the sectional shape
of the post or pillar, the latter being either of a circular, elliptical, square, or
angular cross sectional figure, and in every case a tube, or hollow. The inner
side of the head of the T-sectioned projection would also, preferably, follow
the sectioned figure of the post or pillar, but may be flat or other shape.
If the side or end frame bar is desired to be directly attached to the post or
pillar without an intermediate fitting the T-sectioned projection can be formed
upon the end part of the frame-bar's corner block, but it passes through the hole
in the post and is clamped against the face of the post by the wedge-like piece

page_text: in the same manner previously described in connection with the separate fitting;
the end of the said corner block 111 this instance constituting the abutment
plate or surface.
The invention before described is shown carried into practical effect in the
accompanying sheet of drawings, Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 representing one form
of the invention, and Figs. 6 and 7 two modifications. In Figs. 1 to 6 a loose
fitting is employed to effect the attachment or connection, whilst in Fig. 7 such
loose fitting is dispensed with by forming the equivalent thereof solid with the
main framing.
Fig. 1 is a top-side elevation, part section, of a bedstead post
and main frame connected or attached according to this invention, and Fig. 2
a vertical section. Fig. 3 is a like section as Fig. 2 with the framing and post
disconnected. Fig. 4 is an elevation of a portion of the post showing the opening
or slot, and Fig. 5 is an elevation of the wedging-piece or bolt by which the
clamping of the frame to the post is effected. Figs. 6 and 7 are like views as
Fig. 1 of modifications.
In Figs. 1 to 5, a is the tubular post or pillar, c and d the main frame bars
of the bedstead, and e the loose fitting. An opening or slot is formed in the
post, and the usual parts c and d of the dove-tail connections in the framing
and d. The loose fitting e comprises a dove-tail part e, a T-sectioned projec-
tion e³, and an abutment plate or surface e, the said projection standing out
from the plate or surface upon the opposite side of the fitting to that of the
dove-tail part e².
The abutment surface e conforms to the exterior shape of
the post or pillar, and when the parts a, c, d and e are connected as shown in
Figs. 1 and 2, lies over the opening or slot a² so as to cover it entirely from
view. g is the bifurcated wedging piece or bolt, shown separately in Figs. 3
and 5, which is passed into the hollow interior of the post a from its lower end
and forced upwardly wedge-like between the head et of the T-section projection
and the inner face a³ of the post to clamp the fitting e rigidly upon a part of
the face of the said post. To attach or connect the loose fitting e, which in the
form Figs. 1 to 6 would be the first thing done, to the post a the T-sectioned
projection of the fitting is passed through the opening or slot in the post,
and then the wedge-piece g introduced into the bore of the post from the
underside and driven in between the head of the fitting and the face
of the post until the said fitting becomes rigidly clamped onto the post. The
framing parts c and d are then dropped onto the fitting and connected thereto
by the dove tail connections in the ordinary way.
The castor for the post or pillar a may be carried upon the lower end of the
wedging piece or bolt g.
Fig. 6 differs only from Fig. 1 inasmuch as the post or pillar is square instead
of round and the abutment plate or surface e of the fitting is flat instead of
curved to suit the side of the post.
In the modification Fig. 7 the loose fitting e (Figs. 1 to 6) is dispensed with
but a T-sectioned projection is formed rigid upon the cast up main framing
and the wedge piece or bolt g is made to engage it with a smaller wedging action
as in the previous forms, to clamp the framing to the post.
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 :-
First. In metallic bedsteads and cots, attaching or connecting the main frame
bars or corner blocks to the posts or pillars by forming upon the said bars or
blocks T-section projections and abutment surfaces, cutting openings or slots
within the said parts or pillars through which the said projections can pass to
the interior, and using wedge-shaped pieces or bolts for engaging the said
T-sectioned projections in the interiors of the said pillars or post, substantially
as described and set forth.
Second. In metallic bedsteads or cots, attaching or connecting the frame barg

page_text: or corner blocks to the pillars or posts by the employment of loose fittings such
as e, wedge-like pieces or bolts such as g, and dove tail connections such as a,
e, ², ³, and 2, substantially as described and set forth in Figs. 1 to 6.
Third. In metallic bedsteads and cots, the method of attaching or connecting
the frame bars to the pillars or posts as described and set forth in Fig. 7.
Dated this 6th day of July 1900
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
11, Burlington Chambers, New Street, Birmingham,
Patent Agents for the Applicants.