Improvements in Bedsteads.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Mar., 1896-Accepted, 27th June, 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bedsteads.
JOSEPH ERNEST FISCHER 20 Cranbourne Street Leicester Square W.C.
Engineer 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 consist of a chest of two drawers fixed under any size bedstead.
The drawers are made of sheet iron & strengthened round the inside with bar
iron. The drawers are fitted with two handles to each & run on six roller wheels
of cast iron let into the bottom of the drawers. The underneath support to same
consists of a cast iron clamp screwed on each leg of bedstead with the bars running
from each the same as any ordinairy bedstead angle shape T. The partition
betwen drawers is a T shape up side down thus making a grove for the drawers
to slide in on each side. In lieu of the lathes on bedstead two sheets of sheet iron
are fixed over the nuts and tightened the same way as the lathes thus making the
drawers perfectly dust proof.
This invention consists of a chest of one or more drawers Fig. 1. to be fixed under
any ordinairy iron bedstead.
The drawers Fig. 2. may be made of wood, sheet iron, zinc or other similar
material strenghtened round the inside angles with bar iron.
Each drawer to be fitted with handles and roller wheels or castors let into the
bottom of the drawer.
The support for these drawers to consist of two longitudinal bars of angle iron
Fig. 3 & 4. with dovetail ends similar to the ordinairy bars of a bedstead, to fit at
each end into an iron, brass, or steel clamp see Fig. 3 & 4.
This clamp to be made in two pieces to fit together round the leg of the bedstead
and secured together with screws or bolts.
Between these said longitudinal bars may be bolted two or more transverse bars
of T iron to act as runners for the castors of the drawers see Fig. 3.
In lieu of the laths ordinarily used to support the mattress two plates of sheet
iron are provided with slots in same to fit over the nuts wich latter may then be
tightened or secured in the usual way Fig. 5.
In the drawing attached Fig. 1 shews the lower portion of bedstead with this
invention attached and one drawer in position. A. A. are the ordinary bars of the
bedstead. B is the longitudinal bar referred to. C. C. are the transverse bars
of T iron to act as runners for the drawers. D. D. are the clamps referred to.
EE are the sheet iron covers to the drawers.
Fig. 2 is a sketch of one drawers F. F. F. are the castors for same to run on.
Fig. 3. is a plan showing the arrangement of the bars G. G are the longitudinal
bars of iron DD are the clamps to support ends of same. C. C. are the
transverse bars or runners of T iron.
Fig. 4 is an elevation of the longitudinal bar DD are the clamps.
Fig. 5 shows a plan of the sheet iron cover for the drawers H. H. H. are the
slots to fit over the ordinary nuts of the bedstead.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
A chest of drawers with a special frame which may casily be fitted under any
ordinary iron bedstead.
TI
1000