IMPROVEMENTS IN The ManufACTURE OF Metilzia Ronemuine
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Richard Cromwell Taunton, of the Firm of John
and Joseph Taunton, of Balsall Heath, near Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturers, and George Overton Aston, of Birmingham
aforesaid, Manager of Works, for an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN
The ManufACTURE OF Metilzia Ronemuine"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Richard Cromwell
Taunton and George Overton Aston at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents on the 3rd February 1882.
JOHN RICHARD CROMWELL TAUNTON of the Firm of John and Joseph Taunton
of Balsall Heath near Birmingham in the County of Warwick Manufacturers and
GEORGE OVERTON ASTON of Birminghain aforesaid Manager of Works. 1MPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METALLIC BEDSTEADS."
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Our invention consists first of the following improvements in the manufacture of
metallic bedsteads which have extended ends. In the ordinary method of manu-
facturing bedsteads of this kind the end angle iron is rigidly fixed to the corner
blocks the said corner blocks being cast upon the end of the angle iron the parts
being rigidly connected together. This method of manufacture renders the
bedstead much less portable then bedsteads without extended ends and the
packing of the said bedsteads is troublesome and attended with great sacrifice of
room.
In making bedsteads with extended ends according to our invention we cast the
female part of the dovetail joint on the end of the side rail in the usual way and
we make in the inner side of the said part of the dovetail joint an angular slot or
recess of a size and shape suitable for the reception of the end of the angle bar at
the bottom of the bed. The said angular slots or recesses are formed in the
dovetail piece by the casting process. In putting the bedstead together the ends
of the foot angle bar are inserted in the angular slots described and are secured by
the foot rail of the bedstead.

page_text: Our invention consists secondly of the following improvemonts in casing with
brass the corners of bedsteads of the kind commonly called French End bedsteads.
In bedsteads on the pillars of which no junction pieces are cast the casing of the
corners with brass is effected by passing mounts from each end of the pillar and
making the said mounts close upon and secure a middle piece between them. But
in French bedsteads this cannot be done in consequence of the junction pieces cast
upon the pillars.
In coating with brass the corners of French bedsteads according to our invention
we make the principal part of the coating in one piece. That is we form a shell of
thin sheet brass having the configuration of about two thirds of the mounts with a
middle piece of a size and shape suitable to cover the cylindrical part of the corner.
This shell is sufficiently elastic to permit it to be opened wide enough to pass onto
the pillar and corner without giving it a permanent set. After it has thus been
sprung upon the pillar and corner it is secured in its place by means of small
projecting pieces or cars on its upper and lower parts. Or small pegs may be
fixed in the upper and lower parts of the corner by the casting process, which pegs
enter holes in the mount and fix it in its place. Or the mount may be fixed by
soldering or by forcing portions of its edges into depressions in the corner of the
pillar or otherwise.
Filling pieces may be fixed between the upper and lower parts of the coating
so as to complete the mounts all round the pillar. These filling pieces may
however be dispensed with.
Instead of making the coating in one piece it may be made in three pieces
similar to the mounts and middle piece ordinarily employed excepting that the
upper and lower parts have portions cut away to allow them to spring upon the
pillar in the way described.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John Richard Cromwell Taunton and George Overton Aston in
the Great Seal Patent Office on the 19th July 1882.
JOHN RICHARD CROMWELL TAUNTON of the Firm of John and Joseph Taunton
of Balsall Heath near Birmingham in the County of Warwick Manufacturers and
GEORGE OVERTON ASTON of Birmingham aforesaid Manager of Works. "IMPROVE
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METALLIC BEDSTEADS."
Our invention consists first of the following improvements in the manufacture of
metallic bedsteads which have extended ends. In the ordinary method of
manufacturing bedsteads of this kind, the end angle iron is rigidly fixed to the
corner blocks, the said corner blocks being cast upon the end of the angle iron, the
parts being rigidly connected together. This method of manufacture renders tho
bedstead much less portable than bedsteads without extended ends and the packing
of the said bedsteads is troublesome and attended with great sacrifice of room.
In making bedsteads with extended ends according to our invention, we cast the
male part of the dovetail joint on the end of the side rail in the usual way and we
make in the inner side of the said male part of the dovetail joint, an angular slot or
recess of a size and shape suitable for the reception of the end of the angle bar at
the bottom of the bed. The said angular slots or recesses are formed in the
dovetail piece by the casting process. In putting the bedstead together the ends
of the foot angle bar are inserted in the angular slots described and are secured by
the foot rail of the bedstead.
Our invention consists secondly of the following improvements in casing with
brass the corners of bedsteads of the kind commonly called French End bedsteads.
In bedsteads on the pillars of which no junction pieces are cast, the casing of the
corners with brass is effected by passing mounts from each end of the pillar and
making the said mounts close upon and secure a middle piece between them. But
in French End bedsteads this cannot be done in consequence of the junction pieces
cast upon the pillars. In coating with brass the corners of French End bedstends
according to our invention we make the principal part of the coating in one piece.
That is, we form a shell of thin sheet brass having the configuration of about two
thirds of the mounts with a middle piece of a size and shape suitable to cover the
cylindrical part of the corner. This shell is sufficiently elastic to permit it to be
opened wide enough to pass onto the pillar and corner without giving it a
permanent set. After it has thus been sprung upon the pillar and corner, it is
secured in its place by means of small projecting pieces or ears on its upper and
lower parts. Or small pegs may be fixed in the upper and lower parts of the
corner by the casting process, which pegs enter holes in the mount and fix it in its
place. Or the mount may be fixed by soldering or by forcing portions of its edges
into depressions in the corner of the pillar or otherwise.
Filling pieces may be fixed at the upper and lower parts of the coating so as to
complete the mounts all round the pillar. These filling pieces may however be
dispensed with.
Instead of making the coating in one piece it may be made in three pieces
similar to the mounts and middle piece ordinarily employed excepting that the
upper and lower parts have portions cut away to allow them to spring upon
the
pillar in the way described.

page_text: We will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying Drawings
the manner in which our invention is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents a plan (portions being broken off) of a metallic bedstead
having extended ends provided with separable angle bars according to the first part
of our invention; Figure 2 represents a plan of a portion of the bedstead with tho
separable angle bar removed; Figure 3 represents an outside elevation of a portion
of the extended end of the bedstead and Figure 4 an inside elevation of part of
the same taken at right angles to the elevation Figure 3; Figures 5 and 6 represent
plans partly in horizontal section of one of the dovetail junctions of the bedstead
together with a portion of the side angle bar and the separable end angle bar, the
end angle bar being represented in its place in Figure 5 and removed in Figure 6;
Figure 7 represents a front clevation and Figure 8 a side elevation of the he dovetail
on the side rail of the bedstead with the separable end angle bar fitted to it and
Figures 9 and 10 represent the same views with the separable end angle bar
removed. a, a are the extended ends of the bedstead; b, b are the female parts of
the dovetail joints cast on the pillars c of the bedstead and d, d are the male parts
of the dovetail joints cast on the ends of the side rails e e in the ordinary way;
ff are the separable angle bars of the extended ends of the bedstead. In the
inner side of cach male dovetail part d on the side rail an angular recess or slot g
is cast of a size and shape suitable for the reception of the soparable end angle
bar f.
In putting the bedstead together the ends of the separable angle bars are
inserted in the angular recess or slots g, g in the male dovetails &, d on the side rails
e, e and the said male dovetails d, are then engaged with the female dovetails b, b
on the corner blocks of the pillars as represented in Figures 1 and 3. The separable
end angle bars f. f are thus secured in their places by the end rails a, a of the
bedstead.
In addition to portability and facility of packing which extended ends made
according to this part of our invention posess less room is also required in the
stoving of the said extended ends.
We will now describe our improvements in coating or casing with brass the
corners of French End Bedsteads having junction pieces cast upon the pillars.
Figure 11 represents in side elevation; Figuro 12 in plan and Figure 13 in
vertical section, the casing, or the principal part of the casing, made in one piece;
Figure 14 represents a vertical section and Figure 15 in cross section, the said
casing sprung upon and fixed to the corner block and pillar. The said casing is
made of a single pieco of thin sheet brass by stamping or spinning, the upper and
lower parts a, b having a configuration of about two thirds of the ordinary brass
mounts, with a middle piece c between them, the said middle piece being suitable to
cover the cylindrical part of the corner. The back of the collars d, & east on the
pillar with the corner block are recessed at c, d as best seen in Figure 15. After
the shell or casing a, b, c has been sprung upon the pillar and corner block it is
secured in its place by means of the projecting pieces or ears a², a²; b², b³, on the
upper and lower parts a, b of the casing being closed or turned back upon the edges
of the recesses d², das represented in Figure 15, but the said shell or casing may
be fixed in its place in any other convenient manner. Filling pieces marked e, e in
Figure 14 and represented in front elevation in Figure 22, may be used at the back
of the pillar so as to complete the coating or casing all round the pillar. These
filling pieces may be fixed in their places by holes in them taking upon studs f, f
on the pillar which studs are afterwards rivetted. Or the filling pieces may be
otherwise fixed.
Figure 16 represents a pillar of a French End Bedstead, in which the brass casing
or coating is made in three pieces marked respectively g, hi, the top and bottom
parts being sprung upon the pillar so as to fix between them the middle part h.
Figure 17 represents the top part g of the casing; Figure 18 the middle part hand
Figure 19 the bottom part i; Figures 20, 21 and 22 represent drawn to a smaller

page_text: scale a portion of the end of a French bedstead with junction pieces cast upon the
pillar Figure 20 representing a back elevation of the pillar without the coating;
Figure 21 the same with the coating and Figure 22 the same after the back filling
pieces e, e have been applied to the coated pillar.
The top and bottom parts g, i of the coating are fixed in their places by closing
the ears or projections on them upon the recessed parts at the back of the pillar as
before described and illustrated with respect to the coating made in one piece and
the back filling pieces e, e Figure 22 are fixed in their places in the manner before
described with respect to Figure 14.
Although we prefer to use the filling pieces e, e yet they may be dispensed with,
and although we have described the best method with which we are acquainted
and which we have found to answer well in practice, of fixing the single casing in
its place or the upper and lower parts of the casing, when three pieces are used, in
their places yet other equivalent means may be employed.
Figure 23 represents a pillar and corner block of a French end bedstead, drawn
of the full size, coated or cased with brass by the use of ordinary tubular mounts
and a middle piece Figure 24 represents the same, drawn to a smaller scale;
Figure 25 represents the mounts ready to be passed to their places; Figure 26
represents portions of the pillar; Figure 27 represents in side elevation and
Figure 28 in plan the middle part of the pillar and corner block, drawn of the full
size; Figure 29 represents one of the mounts and Figure 30 the middle piece of
the coating drawn of the full size.
In the drawing the middle piece of the coating is marked and the tubular
mounts are marked i, i For the purpose of permitting the tubular mounts i, i to be
fitted on the pillars having junction pieces cast upon them, wo make the pillar in
three pieces; namely of a middlo tubular piece on which the corner block land
collars m, m are cast, and of the top and bottom tubular pieces n, n of a size
suitable to fit upon the middle tubular part . Before the pieces n, n are fitted
upon the middle piece the mounts i, i are placed upon them as represented in
Figure 25. The said pieces k, n, n are then fixed together by rivetting at p. p.
The mounts i, i are now ready to be closed upon and secure between them the
middle piece h of the coating as represented in Figure 23. The tubular mounts i, i
are fixed in their places by screws or otherwisc.
Having now described the nature of our invention and the manner in which
the same is to be performed we wish it to be understood that we claim as our
Invention of "Improvements in the Manufacture of Metallic Bedsteads" :—
First Making the end angle bars of the foot rails of metallic bedsteads having
extended ends, separable instead of fixing them rigidly to the corner blocks, the
said separable angle bars being fitted in angular slots or recesses made for their
reception in the inner sides of the male parts of the dovetail joints cast on the side
rails of the bedstead substantially as and for the purpose herein before described
and illustrated in Figures 1 to 10 both inclusive of the accompanying Drawings.
Secondly-Coating or casing with brass the corners of French end bedsteads
having junction pieces cast upon the pillars in the manner herein before described
and illustrated in Figures 11 to 22, both inclusive of the accompanying Drawings;
that is to say making the brass coating or casing in one piece, the said coating or
casing being elastic and having such a figuration that it may be sprung upon the
corner block and pillar substantially as described and illustrated in Figures 11. 12.
13. 14 and 15; or making the brass coating or covering in three pieces, the upper
and lower parts being made capable of being sprung upon the pillar substantially.
as described and illustrated in Figures 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21 and 22 whether
the coating, made in one piece or in three pieces be used with back-filling pieces
for completing the coating all round the pillar or be used without the said filling
pieces.
Thirdly The modification hereinbefore described and illustrated in Figures 23
to 30 both inclusive of the accompanying Drawings in which the pillar of the

page_text: bedstead is made in three parts for permitting complete tubular mounts to be
placed upon the pillar above and below the corner block, before the three parts of
the pillar are connected together.
In witness whereof I the said John Richard Cromwell Taunton have hereunto
set my hand and seal this Seventeenth day of July in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and eighty two.