Improvements in Bedsteads and such like Articles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 5th June, 1897-Accepted, 24th July, 1897
Improvements in Bedsteads and such like Articles.
I JAMES ALFRED CRANE of 43 Villa Road Handsworth in the County of Stafford
Modeller 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 for its object Improvements in Bedsteads and such like articles
and relates to the connecting joint between the sustaining bars of the bedstead and
the corner bars of the pillars which by my invention are so locked together that any
possibility of the parts becoming detached one from the other is obviated while for
taking to pieces my lock is so simple that any person can readily actuate it.
I fix upon the top of the corner block or fixed part of joint a bolt or flap, punched
with an elongated slot at each end and secured loosely to the block by studs or screws,
it may have a single slot and a single stud or screw.
After fitting the movable part of joint into position I slide the bolt or flap partly
over it thus preventing the return of the joint. I may slide the bolt under the head
of a stud or into a staple or recess on the opposite part of the fixed or movable joint
or by having the bolt loose and using two staples. I can secure the part of joint
coming between them by passing the bolt over it and engaging with the two staples.
I may pass the bolt through the connected parts of the joint laterally. By making
the bolt or flap to work on hinge the slotted part may engage with a slot or staple
formed in or on the opposite part of joint and if fixed rigidly into one part of joint,
it may drop over a stud or screw and be further secured by a nut or other
contrivance.
For the purpose of illustrating my invention more clearly I have appended a sheet
of drawings upon which I have shewn several modifications.
Figures 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 7. 8. 9 and 10 are views of and Figure 6 is a cross section
between the pillar block A and the side B shewing various modifications of my
locking attachment.
In carrying my invention into effect and referring again to Figures 1 & 2 on the
drawings. I provide the plate D having either one slot d as shewn at Figure 2 or two
slots d and d² as shewn by Figure 1 the said plate being secured by the studs or
screws E to the block A in such a manner that it is free to slide backwards or
forwards and may be slid over the dovetail B when in position thus preventing the
dovetail end of the said side B from coming out of the socket formed in the block A.
The bolt D shewn in Figure 3 is arranged to act in a similar manner to that shewn
in Figure 2 only that in this case the staple F is provided on the part B into which
the bolt D slides being thus more securely kept in position. In Figure 4 the bolt D
is mounted on the part B, an aperture a¹ being formed in the pillar chill into which
the front part of the bolt enters. In Figure 5 the catch H is pivoted to A at h¹ and
is provided with a slot at the end which engages with the stud J. In Figure 6 the
neck b¹ is formed at the bottom of the dovetail D and a hook K Figure 64 is hinged to
the block A and engages with the neck b' of the dovetail. In Figure 7 the fastening I
is pivoted at to A and is so arranged as to be capable of being turned round until
in the position shewn where it retains the side from coming out. In Figure 8 the

page_text: fastening is provided at the side & is fixed to the block A the hinge being provided
to enable the end m¹ of the flap M to be folded until the hole m² engages with the
stud formed on the part B. In Figure 9, a flap 62 is fixed to or chilled on to the
part B an eccentric stud N being fixed to A which when turned to the position
shewn prevents the part B from being raised. In Figure 10 the same arrangement
of flap is shewn but in this case the stud is screwed and provided with the nut P for
locking. Of course I may vary the positions of my fastening without departing from
my invention.
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
1st. Locking the joints of bedsteads and such like articles substantially as herein
set forth and shewn upon the accompanying drawing.
2nd. In locking the joints of bedsteads the sliding bolt D substantially as herein
set forth and shewn by Figures 1. 2. 3 and 4.
3rd. In locking the joints of bedsteads the pivoted catch substantially as herein
set forth and shewn by Figures 5. 6 and 7.
4th. In locking the joints of bedsteads the hinged flap M and stud substantially as
herein set forth and shewn by Figure 8.
5th. In locking the joints of bedsteads the fixed projection in combination with a
stud or screw arrangement as herein set forth and shewn by Figures 9 and 10.
Dated this 20th day of February 1897.