Improvements in Metallic Mounts or Terminal Ornaments for Metallic Bedsteads and other Articles and in Tools to be Used in their Manufacture.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd July, 1887
Complete Left, 29th Mar., 1888
Complete Accepted, 4th May, 1888
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Metallic
Mounts or Terminal Ornaments for
Metallic Bedsteads and other Articles and in Tools to be Used
in their Manufacture.
I, ALFRED HEATH of the firm of Samuel Heath and Sons of Leopold Street,
Birmingham in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention has reference to fluted, ribbed, reeded or other like corrugatod
mounts, employed as terminal and other ornaments, for metallic bedsteads, and other
articles; and my said invention consists in producing the said mounts or terminal
ornaments from a single blank, and by processes and tools, as horeinafter described.
Fluted or ribbed mounts, are ordinarily made, in two parts, or from two half sheets,
connected together at their middles, by closing the edges of the open mouth of the
one, over a beading, or the like, at the open mouth of the other, by closing or
spinning processes.
In making a fluted mount according to my invention, I take a suitable sized blank,
and by means of raising tools, I shape it into a shallow cup, which is afterwards
reduced in diameter, and increased in length by subsequent shaping and drawing
through tools and processes, commonly known; thereby producing an elongated cup
or short cylinder, closed hemispherically at one end.
The hemispherically closed end or bottom of this elongated cup, is now fluted, by a
fluting tool and die, the former of which is worked in a press or stamp.
The flutings of this bottom, extend radially from the hemispherical centre, to about
half way up the sides of the elongated cup; that is, the flutings extend from a
common centre, and follow the curvature of the said hemispherical part, up to the
junction of the curved bottom, with the parallel sides, which form the upper end of
the cup.
I now by a further process, pass the said partially fluted cup through a fluted
drawing-through die, with corresponding flutes to those upon the bottom. This
drawing-through process continues or prolongs upwards to the open mouth of the cup,
the flutings as aforesaid.

page_text: Thus, by the processes herein-described, an elongated cup, with continued longitudinal
flutings, is thereby produced.
1 then by a closing process, gather in hemispherically, the open mouth and flutings,
by a corresponding fluted hemispherical die or dies, so as to impart to the said mount,
a hemispherical figure, with flutings disposed as it were, from the two poles of an
object.
The gathered in end may or may not be completely closed; and when not closed, the
hole left is screwed, for the taking upon a corresponding screw peg at the summit of
a pillar or the like, of which the mount is the terminal ornament.
Instead of the flutings being continued from top to bottom of the mount, they may
be extended only to near the middle, thus leaving an equatorial like band, which may
be ornamented or patterned in any desired manner.
Although I have described flutings, yet the said mounts may be ornamented by
reedings, ribbings or corrugations, which admit of being produced by a part stamping,
and part drawing-through process.
Whero twisted or skew ribbings are required to be produced, the stamping die is
made accordingly, while the drawing-through die for continuing the flutings on the
cup, is made to slightly rotate.
Dated this Twenty-first day of July 1887

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Metallic Mounts or Terminal Ornaments for
Metallic Bedsteads and other Articles and in Tools to be Used
in their Manufacture.
I, ALFRED HEATH of the firm of Samuel Heath and Sons of Leopold Street
Birmingham in the County of Warwick, 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 has reference to fluted, ribbed, reeded or other like corrugated
mounts, employed as terminal and other ornaments, for metallic bedsteads, and other
articles; and my said invention, consists in producing the said mounts or terminal
ornaments, from a single blank, and by processes and tools, as herein-after
described.
Reeded, fluted or ribbed mounts, are ordinarily made in two parts, or from two half
shells, connected together at their middles, by closing the edges of the open mouth of
the one, over a beading, or the like, at the open mouth of the other, by closing or
spinning processes.
In making a reeded or fluted mount, according to my invention, I tako a suitable
sized blank, and by means of raising tools, I shape it into a shallow cup, which is
afterwards reduced in diameter, and increased in length by subsequent shaping and
drawing through tools and processes, commonly known, thereby producing an elongated
cup, or short cylinder, closed hemispherically at one end.
The hemispherically closed end or bottom of this elongated cup, is now reuded or
fluted, by a reeding or fluting tool, and die, the former of which is worked in a press,
or stamp.
The reedings or flutings of this bottom, extend radially from the hemispherical
centre, to about half-way up the sides of the elongated cup; that is, the reedings or
flutings, extend from a common centre, and follow the curvature of the said hemi-
spherical part, up to the junction of the curved bottom, with the parallel sides, which
form the upper end of the cup.
I now by a further process, pass the said partially reeded or fluted cup, through a
reeding or fluting drawing-through die, with corresponding flutes to those upon the
bottom. This drawing through process, continues or prolongs upwards to the open
mouth of tho cup, the reedings or flutings as aforesaid.
Thus, by the processes herein-described, an elongated cup, with continued
longitudinal reedings or flutings, is thereby produced.
I then by a closing process, gather in hemispherically, the open mouth and reedings
or flutings, by plain hemispherical dies, so as to impart to the said mount, a hemi-
spherical figure, with reedings or flutings disposed as it were, from the two poles of
the object.
The gathered in end, may or may not be completely closed; and when not
closed, the hole left is screwed, for the taking upon a corresponding screw peg,
.

page_text: at the summit of a pillar or the like, of which the mount is the terminal
ornament.
Instead of the reedings or flutings being continued from top to bottom of the
mount, they may be extended only to near the middle, thus leaving an equatorial like
band, which may be ornamented or patterned in any desired manner.
t
Although I have described reedings or flutings, yet the said mounts may be orna-
mented by ribbings, convexed or concaved, or corrugations, which admit of being
produced by a part stamping, and part drawing-through process.
Where twisted or skew ribbings are required to be produced, the stamping die is
made accordingly, while the drawing-through die for continuing the ribbings or flutings
on the cup, is made to slightly rotate.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying drawings, the
manner in which the same is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents an underside view of a reeded mount or terminal, as according
to my invention. It will be seen that the middle of the underside is not fully closed,
thus leaving a middle hole or opening, which may be interiorly screwed, for the taking
upon the screwed end of a spindle, when the same is to be employed as an ordinary
mount, or through which hole, when left plain, a spindle, or other means of connection,
upwardly passes.
Figure 2 represents a side elevation, of the said reeded mount or terminal.
Figure 3 represents a plan and edge view of the blank, from which the said reeded
mount or terminal, is made, and which said blank is subsequently cupped as in figure 4,
and then afterwards elongated as in figure 5.
Figure 6 represents the elongated cup figure 5, reeded on its underside or semi-
circular end, by a pair of tools, as represented in figure 7, which is shown partly in
elevation, and partly in section, with the operated upon blank disposed between
them.
Figure 8 represents a reeded elongated cupped blank, produced by tools figure 9,
shown in section and elevation respectively, and with the fully reeded blank between
them.
Figure 10 represents an underside view of the said reeded blank, and figure 11 a
horizontal section on the dotted lines A B figure 9.
Figure 12 represents the. fully reeded blank, being operated upon by a pair of
gathering in or closing tools.
Figure 13 represents a pair of closing tools, with a completed reeded mount or
terminal, between them.
Figure 14 represents a top side plan of the lower die.
In producing the reeded mount or terminal figures 1 and 2, I take a blank figure 3,
and by means of raising tools, I shape it into a shallow cup figure 4, and then by
subsequent and intermediate drawings-through, I elongate it with a reduced diameter,
as in figure 5.
This hemispherical ended blank is now operated upon by a pair of reeding tools and
lies a, b, figure 7, so as to radially flute the hemispherical end up to the junction of
the barrel part, as represented in figure 6.
The bottom of the tool a, is of the shape which the lower inside part of the blank
is to have imparted to it, whilst the inside of the die b, is reeded to the outside, which
the blank figure 6 acquires.
1 now by a further process, pass the said partially reeded elongated cup through a
reeding die C, which is interiorly shaped to the outside cross section of the completely
reeded blank, figure 8.
d is the inside tool, for internally supporting the said blank, whilst being
drawn or passed through the die, as in figure 9. This drawing through process,
continues or prolongs upwards to the open mouth of the elongated cup, the recdings
as aforesaid.
I now by a progressively closing process, gather in hemispherically the reeded open
mouth, and reedings, to the junction of the lower hemispherical part, by means of a
plain hemispherical hollow die..

page_text: Thus, the reeded blank figure 8, is placed within the lower die e, figure 12, and
the upper die f, made to descend, which partially gathers in its open mouth,
while by two or more subsequent gathering in processes, of which figure 13 forms
the last, a reeded spherical mount or terminal, figures 1 and 2, is thereby
produced.
In figure 13, is the lower die, and h is the upper die, the hollow h³, of which latter
is plain, so likewise is the hollow 2, of the die f, figure 12.
I wish it to be observed, that although I have shown a mount with nearly a closed
botton or end, yet the said bottom or end, may be more fully closed, if desired; and
further, that I do not confine myself to the spherical shape of the said spherical mount
or terminal, as the same may be made elliptical, or of any other similar figure, which
may be desired.
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.-
First. A reeded or fluted mount, terminal or the like, made in one piece, from a
single blank, as described and set forth in figures 1 and 2.
Secondly. A reeded or fluted blank, figure 8, the reeds or flutes of which, are
produced by part stamping, and part drawing through, as set forth.
Thirdly. The production of a reeded or fluted blank, by part stamping, part drawing
through, and part closing processes, as herein described and set forth.
Lastly Making reeded, fluted or other like ornamental articles, by the process or
combination of processes and tools and dies, as herein-described and set forth in the
several figures; and which said making, is conducted in the ways, and in the manner
as set forth.
Dated this Twenty-sixth day of March 1888