IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC RENSTRADO Come Coron
Year: 1856

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Manoah Bower, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, and Richard Peyton, of Birmingham aforesaid,
Manufacturer, and Joses Weaver Downing, of Birmingham aforesaid,
Metallic Bedstead Maker, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC
RENSTRADO Come Coron
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Manoah Bower, Richard
Peyton, and Joses Weaver Downing, at the Office of the Commissioners
of Patents, with their Petition, on the 30th August 1856.
We, MANOAH BOWER, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manu-
facturer, and RICHARD PEYTON, of Birmingham aforesaid, Manufacturer, and
JOSES WEAVER DOWNING, of Birmingham aforesaid, Metallic Bedstead
Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVELIENTS IN
METALLIC BEDSTEADS, COTS, COUCHES, AND OTHER SUCH LIKE ARTICLES," to be as
follows:-
Our Invention consists of the method, herein-after described, of attaching the
iron laths constituting the sacking or bottom of metallic bedsteads, couches,
and other such like articles by forming a cylindrical fastening on the end of the
lath, and causing the said fastening to engage in the angle iron constituting
the side rail in the following manner :-We make two longitudinal slits in the
end of the lath, the said slits dividing the said end into three tongues of equal
or nearly equal size. The middle tongue is then rolled or coiled up, so as to

page_text: form the said cylindrical fastening on one side of the lath. We form in the
horizontal part of the angle iron a slot of a length equal to twice the breadth
of the before-mentioned fastening; the said slot being sufficiently wide in one
half its length to permit of the said fastening passing through it, and so narrow
in the other half of its length as only to permit of the neck of the said fastening
entering it; the said fastening is introduced into the wide end of the slot, and
the lath is moved laterally until the neck of the fastening enters the narrow
part of the slot, when the lath is securely attached to the side rail.
Our Invention consists further in the following method of attaching or con-
necting zinc or iron plates, rods, or ornamental castings to the framing holding
the same, which plates, rods, or castings and framing may be used at the heads
and feet or other parts of metallic bedsteads, and other such like articles. We
form the rod constituting the framing of two nearly semi-cylindrical pieces, and
insert the edge of the said plate or casting between the said pieces. We secure
the whole together by rivetting at suitable intervals, or otherwise fastening
them. The said semi-cylindrical pieces may also be rivetted together with a
space left between them, and used in forming various parts of metallic bed-
steads, and such like articles. We do not confine ourselves to the semi-
cylindrical figure of the said rods, as the same may be made square, prismatic,
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Manoah Bower, Richard Peyton, and Joses Weaver
Downing in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 26th February 1857.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, MANOAH
BOWER, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer, and
RICHARD PEYTON, of Birmingham aforesaid, Manufacturer, and JoSES WEAVER
DOWNING, of Birmingham aforesaid, Metallic Bedstead Maker, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirtieth day of August, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, in the twentieth year of Her reign, did,
for IIerself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us, the said Manoah
Bower, Richard Peyton, and Joses Weaver Downing, Her special licence, that
we, the said Manoah Bower, Richard Peyton, and Joses Weaver Downing,
our executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said
Manoah Bower, Richard Peyton, and Joses Weaver Downing, our executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein ex+

page_text: pressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle
of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC BEDSTEADS, COTS,
COUCHES, AND OTHER SUCH LIKE ARTICLES," upon the condition (amongst
others) that we, the said Manoah Bower, Richard Peyton, and Joses Weaver
Downing, our executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under
our or their hands and seals, or under the hand and seal of one of us or them,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be
filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Manoah Bower and Joses Weaver
Downing, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer
tained in and by the following statement thereof, that is to say :-
Our Invention consists, firstly, of the method herein-after particularly de-
scribed, and illustrated in the accompanying Drawing, of attaching the iron
laths, constituting the sacking or bottom of metallic bedsteads, couches, cots,
and other such like articles, to the angle iron or framing of the said articles.
Figure 1 represents in plan and longitudinal section one method of carrying
this part of our Invention into effect. We make two longitudinal slits at each
end of the lath a, which said slits divide the end of the lath into three tongues
of equal or nearly equal size; we then roll or coil up the middle tongue until it
assumes the cylindrical form represented at b. The coil b engages in the angle
iron constituting the framing of the bedstead or other article in the manner
herein-after described. Instead of forming the fastening on the end of the lath,
in the manner illustrated in Figure 1, we sometimes effect the same object by
cutting the end of the lath in the manner illustrated in plan and longitudinal
section in Figure 2, that is to say, we cut from the lath by means of a
press or otherwise two tongues c, d, which we bend in the manner shown in the
section, Figure 2. The cutting and bending of the tongues c, d, may be
effected at a press by one operation.
Figure 3 illustrates, in plan, the manner of attaching the laths, Figures 1
and 2, to the angle iron or framing. The angle iron is marked e in Figure 3.
Holes of the form represented at f are made in the angle iron, the said holes
being wider at one end than at the other, as represented. The lath is placed
upon the angle iron e, e, in the position indicated by dotted lines in Figure 3
that is to say, the coil b, Figure 1, or the fastening c, d, Figure 2, is placed
over the wide end of the holes f, Figure 3, and allowed to drop into the said

page_text: holes; the lath is then moved laterally, and the said coil 6, or fastening c, d,
made to engage in the narrow part of the holes f. The relative positions
of the angle irons e, e, and fastening c, d, when the laths are attached to the
angle irons, will be best understood by reference to the vertical section
Figure 4. We sometimes form the fastening c, d, Figure 2, on one end only
of the lath, as represented in the plan and section Figure 5; the other end
of the lath is provided with a tongue of the form represented at g, Figure 5.
We sometimes also make tongues of the form g on both ends of the lath, as
represented in plan at Figure 6. The manner in which the tongues 9 engage
with the angle iron will be understood by reference to the vertical section,
Figure 7. We sometimes flatten the ends of the fastening c, d, in the manner
represented in plan in Figure 8, and in vertical section in Figure 9, the
flattened ends being marked c', d¹, respectively. The flattened ends c¹, d',
cause the fastening to engage more firmly in the angle iron, as will be
understood by reference to the section, Figure 9. This first part of our Inven-
tion may be applied to bedsteads, cots, couches, and such like articles which
are made partly of wood.
Our Invention consists, secondly, of the following method of attaching zinc
or iron plates, rods, or ornamental castings to the framing holding the same,
which said plates, rods, or castings and framing may be used at the heads and
feet or other part of metallic bedsteads and other such like articles. We form
the rod constituting the framing of two nearly semi-cylindrical pieces h, i,
Figure 10, the said pieces being welded together at the points marked k, k.
Figure 11 represents in elevation and section, a pair of the nearly-cylindrical
rods of iron from which the rod, Figure 10, is forged. The plate of metal to
be fixed to the framing, Figure 10, is inserted in the slit l, and may be secured
therein by rivets passed through the parts h, i, and at suitable intervals.
Figure 12 shows the plate of metal m inserted in the groove l. That part
of the framing h, i, marked k in Figure 10 is shown in section in Figure 11.
The uprights which engage at n, n, Figure 10, and which said uprights
are marked o, o, in Figure 12, are also slit, and the plate m is inserted
in the slit in the upright o as well as in the horizontal bar. The inner edges
of the horizontal and vertical framing are indicated in dotted lines in
Figures 12. The bottom horizontal rods, Figures 13 and 14, are also con-
structed in the manner described with reference to Figure 10. Figure 13
represents, in elevation and on a small scale, the complete foot rail, of
which a portion is shown in Figure 12. When we join portions of head
or foot rails by means of ornamental castings we pursue the method illus-
trated in Figure 14, that is to say, the rods p, q, r, s, t, u and v are slit

page_text: in the manner herein-before described, and plates or panels w, w, w, are
inserted therein. The several rods are joined together, and the plates or
panels fixed in their places by ornamental castings x, x, cast upon the ends
of the said rods where the said rods meet, the said rods being joined by the
said castings. Figure 15 represents, in elevation, one of the uprights s, t, u, v,
Figure 14. The semicylindrical pieces, Figure 11, may be rivetted together, a
space being preserved between them as represented in the said Figure 11,
and the said joined semicylindrical pieces may be used in forming various parts
of metallic bedsteads, cots, and such like articles. We do not confine our-
selves to the semicylindrical figure of the rods, Figure 11, as the same may be
used square, prismatic, or of any other ornamental figure.
Having now described the nature of our said Invention, and the manner of
carrying the same into effect, we wish it to be understood that we do not limit
ourselves to the precise details herein described and represented, as the same
may be varied without departing from the nature of our said Invention; but
we claim as our Invention,-
Firstly, the methods herein-before described, and illustrated in Figures
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of the accompanying Drawing, of connecting the
laths of metallic bedsteads, cots, couches, and other such like articles with the
angle iron or framing of the said articles.
Secondly, the method herein-before described, and illustrated in Figures
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 of the accompanying Drawing, of attaching or con-
necting plates or panels to the framing of the head and foot rails and other
parts of metallic bedsteads, cots, and other such like articles.
In witness whereof, we, the said Manoah Bower and Joses Weaver
Downing, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Twenty-fifth
day of February, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
and fifty-seven.
30 Witness,
RICHARD SKERRETT.
MANOAH BOWER.
(L.B.)
JOSES WEAVER DOWNING. (L.S.)