IMPROVEMENTS IN SPRING MATTRESSES
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Barnouin Rowcliffe of the Dinting Wire Works
Glossop in the County of Derby Wire Manufacturer for an Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN SPRING MATTRESSES
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Barnouin Rowcliffe
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 28th December 1883.
JOHN BARNOUIN ROWCLIFFE of the Dinting Wire Works, Glossop, in the County
of Derby, Wire Manufacturer, "IMPROVEMENTS IN SPRING MATTRESSES
"
My Invention relates to the articles termed spring mattresses employed to
furnish yielding foundations for beds or couches as is well understood and
particularly to the mattresses having chains or wires or combinations of such parts
linked together and to springs and extending from one end or side of the frame to
the other. The object of my invention is to obtain more regular and independant
yielding of different parts of the mattress. In nearly all cases I arrange the
springs in inclined or zig zag lines across the surface and connect the lines of wires
or chains and springs by means of wires or links which are diagonally arranged
each alternate link being inclined in the same direction or two or more contiguous
links inclining in the same direction. In some cases the lines of springs and
connected wires or chains will be interrupted by the zig-zag lines of cross tics or
will be separated into sections which will be diagonally connected together. In
some cases these sections may be alternately with and without springs. In place
of the diagonal wires or links I may employ springs or links extending in lines at
right angles to the said lines of wires or chains and springs.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John Barnouin Rowcliffe in the Patent Office on the 25th June
1884.
JOHN BARNOUIN ROWCLIFFE of the Dinting Wire Works, Glossop in the County
of Derby, Wire Manufacturer IMPROVEMENTS IN SPRING MATTRESSES
"
"
My Invention relates to the articles termed spring mattresses employed to
furnish yielding foundations for beds or couches as is well understood and
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page_text: particularly to the mattresses having chains or wires or combinations of such parts
linked together and to springs and extending from one end or side of the frame to
the other. The object of my invention is to obtain more regular and independent
yielding of different parts of the mattress. In nearly all cases I arrange the
springs in inclined or zig-zag lines across the surface and connect the lines of wires
or chains by means of wires or links which are diagonally arranged each alternate
link being inclined in the same direction or two or more contiguous links inclining
in the same directions. In some cases the lines of springs and connected wires or
chains will be interrupted by the zig-zag lines of cross ties or will be separated
into sections which will be diagonally connected together. In some cases these
sections may be alternately with and without springs. In place of the diagonal
wires or links I may employ springs or links extending in lines at right angles to
the said lines of wires or chains and springs.
In Order that my Invention may be fully understood I have attached hereto a
sheet of drawings illustrative of the two leading examples of mattresses constructed
in accordance with my invention. In the said drawings Figs 1 and 2 represent
portions of the strained surface of two mattresses. In Fig: 1 a, a, are longitudinal
links or chains which are connected together by means of springs b, b, and of
diagonal links or chains c, c. The links or chains a may extend either in the
direction of the length of the mattress or in the direction of its breadth. It will
be seen that the springs are not all in line but are arranged in a zig-zag direction
across the mattress. I do not confine myself to this exact arrangement as it may
be greatly varied so long as the lines of springs are broken up. It will also be
seen that the links or chains a do not extend in uninterupted lines but are broken
by the diagonal connections c, c so that they extend in a zig-zag direction from
end to end or from side to side of the mattress.
In Fig 2 springs d, d take the places of the diagonal links or chains. In such
a case the longitudinal links or chains a may be without springs as in the drawing
or be provided with springs as in Fig: 1.
Having Now fully set forth and indicated the nature of my said Invention and
the manner in which I carry the same into practical effect I would have it to be
understood that I claim :-
First. The method of formation of spring mattresses substantially as set forth
and indicated herein before and in and by the accompanying drawings.
And Secondly. The formation of spring mattresses connecting together the
springs and links and chains substantially in the manner set forth and indicated.
In witness whereof I the said John Barnouin Rowcliffe have hereunto set my
hand and seal this twenty-third day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-four
Signed, sealed and delivered
in the presence of
EDWARD K. DUTTON
41 John Dalton St Manchester
(Agent for the Patentee)
JOHN. B. ROWCLIFFE (L.S.)