Improvements in Brass Bedsteads and CoOTS.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Dec., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 28th Aug., 1899-Accepted, 7th Oct., 1899
Improvements in Brass Bedsteads and CoOTS.
We, HOYLAND & SMITH, LTD., and JOIN WILLIAM HOYLAND, of Soho Works,
Western Road, Spring Hill, in the City of Birmingham, Bedstead Manufacturers,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to brass bedsteads and cots, and has particular reference
to the construction of their pillar parts or staunchions, and to their corner blocks,
which form parts thereof for connecting up the principal framing bars.
Usually the said pillars or staunchions are formed of a central iron rod or post,
upon which is cast the angle or corner block containing the parts of the dove-
tailed connection of the principal framing bars, and two or more brass tubular
lengths which slip over the said rod or post so as to encase or cover it, and which
are connected at top and bottom to the rod or post by a top mounting and a bottom
casting, and fitted at the parts where they join with ornamental mounts, which
surround the brass tubular parts so as to cover up and hide their joint. Such a
formation of pillar or staunchion has the disadvantage of limiting the ornamental
design of the said pillar or staunchion, especially having regard to an extremely
plain design (which is largely required in such a class of bedstead to which this
invention relates), and further on account of the extra care and work required in
fitting together the various parts.
According to this invention the tubular casing or covering forming the exterior
surface of the pillar or staunchion is made from a single length of brass tubing,
of a sufficient length to extend from the top mount of the pillar to the bottom
casting, and the angle or corner block is fitted to the said casing or covering so
that it does not in any way surround or embrace any part of the exterior surface,
but leaves four-fifths of that part of the casing or covering to which it is con-
nected intact, so that the symetry of the said casing or covering is not broken.
In carrying the invention into effect the iron rod or post which passes through
the brass casing or covering is made in two or more parts, preferably two, the
inner end of one being formed with a screwed shank, and the inner end of the
other with a screwed box. The brass casing or covering is a one-length piece
of round, square, or any other desired section, and a portion of its walls is cut
away at one point to admit of a projecting part of the bedstead angle or corner
block taking and fitting into the inside or bore of the said casing or covering;
the said fitting being a good one. A vertical hole is formed in the said project-
ing part of the corner block, which comes central with the axis of the brass
casing or covering when the said projecting part is in position within the said
casing's bore; the hole being of a similar size to the reduced screwed end on
the one part of the iron rod or post before described, and admitting of the said
screwed end passing through. In connecting the corner block to the pillar the
extension on the former is fitted within the bore of the latter fully home, and
the one part of the iron rod or bar is passed down the brass casing or covering
until its screwed end passes clean through the vertical hole in the extension.

page_text: The other part of the iron rod or post is then passed, from the bottom end, into
the brass covering or casing, and its screwed box made to engage the screwed
shank on the other part of the rod or post, and the extension of the corner block
is jammed between shoulders of the two post parts so as to become rigidly con-
nected to them, and so that practically the iron rod or post and the corner block
is one rigid piece.
As a modification, a part of the brass casing or covering may be cut away
longitudinally from its bottom to the required height for the affixment of the
corner block, so that the said corner block can then be made a rigid cast-on
piece to the rod or post, or connected by the screw connection herein before
described, and introduced, for its extension to fit the casing, from the bottom,
and the cut-away part afterwards closed by a sliding-in plate, which completes
the symetry of the casing and closes it on all sides.
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
11, Burlington Chambers, New Street, Birmingham,
Patent Agents for Applicants.
We, HOYLAND & SMITH, LTD., and JOHN WILLIAM HOYLAND, of Soho Works,
Western Road, Spring Hill, in the City of Birmingham, Bedstead Manufacturers,
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 relates to brass bedsteads and cots, and has reference to the
construction of their pillars or staunchions and to the attachment and fitting
thereto of the corner blocks or dovetailed castings forming the parts for con-
necting up the principal framing bars.
Usually such pillars or staunchions are formed of a central iron rod or post
and two or more brass tubular lengths, the latter fitting over the 'said rod or
post so as to encase or cover it. The corner block or dovetailed casting is chilled
or otherwise rigidly connected to the said centre rod or post, and the ends of
the brass tubular lengths as aforesaid fit over it and come together with an
open joint adjacent thereto, which said joint is subsequently covered in by orna-
mental mounts or similar ornamental casings which surround the brass tubular
parts adjacent to the corner block and are suitably fixed in position. Such a
formation of pillar or staunchion and method of attaching and fitting the corner
block or dovetailed casting has many disadvantages, some of which are, firstly,
the liability of the parts of the tubular casing becoming loose and out of position,
secondly, the limiting of the ornamental design of the said pillar or staunchion,
especially having regard to an extremely plain design of bedstead (now known
Chippendale") and, thirdly, on account of the extra care and work necessary
in fitting together various parts.
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According to this invention the tubular casing or covering forming the exterior
surface of the pillar or staunchion is made from a single length of brass tubing
of a size to extend the full length of the pillar from the top mount to the bottom
casting, and the angle or corner block is fitted to the said casing or covering
so that it does not surround the exterior surface but leaves four-fifths of that
part of the casing or covering to which it is connected intact, so that the outline

page_text: or symmetry of the said casing or covering is not broken, and the covering in
ornamental mounts are not needed.
The invention is shown carried into practical effect in the accompanying sheet
of drawings, in which Fig. I is a side elevation and Fig. 2 a vertical section of a
square-sectioned brass pillar or staunchion constructed and fitted with our
improvements. Figs. 3 and 4 are horizontal sections of Fig. 2, on the dotted
lines 2-2, 3-3, and Fig. 5 shows the parts of the pillar, Fig. 2, separated. In
Figs. 6 and 7 a modification is illustrated. In the said drawings an iron rod or
post a (in this instance a tube) is made in two parts a³, a³, the inner end of the
first part being formed with a screwed shank c, and the inner end of the last
part with a screwed box to fit the said shank. This rod or post runs the full
length of the pillar or staunchion and carries the castor on its lower end. dis
a one-length piece of brass tubular casing or covering of any desired cross section
(shown square) extending the full length of the pillar or staunchion from the
top mount to the bottom casting d³, This casing or covering has a portion d
cut out of one of its faces to admit of a projecting part 2 of the corner block or
dovetailed casting e taking and fitting into the interior or bore of the said casing
or covering as shown in Figs. 2, and 3, the said fitting being a good one.
vertical hole e³, which comes central with the axis of the casing or covering d
when the projecting part is in position within the said casing's bore, is formed
in the said projecting part e2 of the corner block; the said hole being of a size
to admit of the free passage through it of the screwed shank c.
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In connecting the corner block e to the pillar or staunchion (which looks like
the casing d but is practically the iron rod or bar a) the extension on the said
block is first placed in position fully home within the bore of the casing d, and
the one part a of the rod a is passed down the brass casing or covering until
its screwed shank c passes clean through the vertical hole in the extension e².
Then the other part a³ is passed upwardly from the bottom end into the said
casing, and its screwed box c² is made to engage the screwed shank as aforesaid
until the extension of the corner block is rigidly jammed between the
shoulders g, g², of the two post parts; the result being that practically the corner
block, the post a, and the casing d, become a rigid part when the top and bottom
mounts and castings d², 3, are suitably fixed in position. In the modification,
Figs. 6 and 7, the brass casing d is still a single length, but a part of it (preferably
a side), from its lower end to a point where the extension of the corner block
fits in, is removable, being in the form of a sliding-in shutter o shown in Fig. 7.
In this arrangement the central rod or post a and the corner block e arc in one
piece, (not detachable as in the former arrangement) the said corner block being
either chilled onto the said rod or post, or attached by screws or pegs. In puting
together this pillar or staunchion and corner block the rod or post is introduced
into the casing from the bottom end, and the extension of the corner block is
passed into position up the gap filled in by the shutter o, after which the said
shutter is slid into position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
First. In pillars or staunchions of brass bedsteads and cots, making the tubular
casing or covering d in one length or piece, forming the central rod or post which
is located within said casing in two or more parts, and attaching and fitting the
corner block or dovetailed casting rigidly to these parts, in the manner sub-
stantially as described and set forth.
Second. In pillars or staunchions of brass bedsteads and cots, the combination
of a one-piece tubular casing or covering d having a cut-away part d within it,
a corner block e fitting the interior of the said casing through the said cut-away
part and having a vertical hole 3 within it and a rod or post a built of two parts
screwed together so as to clamp the corner block between them rigid, and which

page_text: are rigidly connected at top and bottom of the tubular casing d by parts such
as and, substantially as described and set forth in Figs. 1 to 5.
Third. In pillars or staunchions of brass bedsteads and cots, connecting the
corner block e to the 'tubular casing d formed of a single length, in the manner
and 7.
substantialy as described and set forth in Figs.
Fourth. In brass bedsteads and cots, constructing the pillars or staunchions
and attaching to them the corner blocks or dovetailed castings in the manner
particularly described and set forth in Figs.
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W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
11, Burlington Chambers, New Street, Birmingham,
Also of Liverpool, London and Manchester,
Patent Agents for the Applicant.