IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF THE POSTS. AND JOINTS OR CONNECTIONS OF BEDSTEADS, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF: FURNITURE
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Hutson, of Richmond, in the County of Surrey,
for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF THE POSTS.
AND JOINTS OR CONNECTIONS OF BEDSTEADS, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF:
FURNITURE."
Sealed the 3rd October 1861, and dated the 5th April 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Hutson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 5th.
April 1861.
I, JOHN HUTSON, of Richmond, in the County of Surrey, do hereby, declare.
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
THE POSTS AND JOINTS OR CONNECTIONS OF BEDSTEADS, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF
FURNITURE," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of the posts and
joints of bedsteads, and other articles of furniture. With these objects the
posts of bedsteads are constructed of thin sheet iron formed into taper. tubes...
The sheet iron after being cut to the necessary size is lapped over at the edges,
which are hammered together on a mandrel, so as to form a tube of the
required dimensions. The largest end of the said tube is furnished with a
collar or flange, the under edge of which is slightly bevelled, to allow of. its
being rivetted into the connecting boss or joint, as will be hereafter described.

page_text: The said connecting boss consists of a short wrought-iron hollow cylinder, the
interior of which is divided by a plate (less in depth than the said cylinder)
placed vertically across it on the top, and on the bottom of the said plate is
brazed a flat ring standing as a flange within the ends of the said cylinder, in
the side of which two apertures are cut to admit the ends of the bedstead rails.
The flanges on the larger ends of the tubes forming the legs and standards of
the bedstead are fitted within the ends of the said connecting boss, and rest
upon its interior rings or flanges, and the ends of cylinder forming the said
boss are rivetted over the flanges on the ends of the said tubes, thus forming
an entire post or pillar. The angle-iron side and end rails of the bedstead are
simply cut to the required taper, and are fitted into the said boss through the
apertures in its side, and abut against the vertical plate intersecting the same,
in which position they are securely retained by the bedstead laths. The said
posts can be mounted or ornamented, as thought desirable.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Hutson in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 5th
October 1861.
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
HUTSON, of Richmond, in the County of Surrey, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fifth day of April, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fifth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said John Hutson, Her special licence that I, the said John Hutson, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said John
Hutson, my 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 expressed, 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 THE MANUFACTURE
OF THE POSTS AND JOINTS OR CONNECTIONS OF BEDSTEADS, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF
FURNITURE," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said John Hutson,
my.executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or
their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascer-
tain 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

page_text: within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the. said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Hutson, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings, and
to the figures and letters marked thereon (that is to say) :-
My said Invention relates to certain improvements in the manufacture of
the posts and joints of metal bedsteads and other articles of furniture, and aro
intended to give a massive appearance and great strength and durability to
articles so constructed. With these objects in view I construct the posts or
pillars of bedsteads of tubes made from thin sheet iron, first cut to the required
size and then lapped over at the edges, which are hammered together on a
mandrel, so as to form a perfect seam throughout the length of the tube.
Each length of tube has a flange brazed on to one of its ends, by which it is
fixed to the connecting boss, as herein-after described. The said connecting
boss consists of a short wrought-iron cylinder, the interior of which is inter-
sected by a plato (less in depth than the said cylinder) placed vertically across
it and brazed in that position. On the top, and also on the bottom of the
said plate, is brazed a flat ring, which forms an internal flange within the ends
of the said cylinder. The flanged ends of the tubes forming the legs and
standards of the posts or pillars are fitted within the ends of the said connecting
boss, and are fixed therein by rivetting over the ends of the said boss on to
the edge of the flanges. Apertures are cut in the side of the connecting boss
to admit the ends of the side and end rails of the bedstead. The said rails
are cut taper at their ends, and are inserted into the said boss through these
apertures and abut against the plate intersecting it. The posts can be orna-
mented and mounted in the ordinary manner.
In order to explain my said Invention more fully I will now proceed to
describe the Sheet of Drawings hereunto annexed.
Figure 1 is a part vertical section of a tubular post constructed according
to my said Invention; and Figure 2 is a sectional plan on the line A, B.
Letter (a) is the tube; (b) is the lapped joint or seam; and (c) is the
flange. Figure 3 is a side elevation of the said connecting boss and pillar,
showing the ends of a side and end rail in position; Figure 4 is a plan view of
the said connecting boss and rails, the pillar being removed; and Figure 5
is a section through Figure 4 taken on the line C, D. Letter (d) is the
wrought-iron cylinder; (e) is the intersecting plate placed vertically across
the said cylinder; (f) are rings brazed in the ends of the said cylinder; (g) is

page_text: the post; (h) are the rails; (3) are projections on their under sides (formed
by punching down a small portion of the metal), which, in conjunction with
the wedges (k), retain the said rails in position.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner
in which the same is carried into effect, I wish it to be understood that under
the above in part recited Letters Patent I claim,-
First, the construction of posts from thin sheet iron or other metal, in the
manner and for the purpose or purposes as herein-before described.
Second, the construction of connecting joints or bosses, and the manner of
fitting the rails therein, for the purpose or purposes as herein-before set forth
and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Hutson, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this First day of October, in the year of our Lord One
'thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
Witness,
W. H. BATEMAN,
7.1, Fleet Street, London.
JOHN HUTSON. (L.S.)