IMPROVEMENTS IN CORNICES, LATHS, AND PANELS FOR 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 CORNICES, LATHS, AND PANELS
FOR BEDSTEADS AND OTHER ARTICLES OF FURNITURE."
Sealed the 26th December 1861, and dated the 5th July 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Hutson at the.
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 5th.
July 1861.
I, JOHN HUTSON, of Richmond, in the County of Surrey, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CORNICES, LATHS, AND
PANELS FOR BEDSTEADS AND OTHER ARTICLES OF FURNITURE," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to improvements in cornices, laths, and panels for
bedsteads and other articles of furniture. The said cornices are made from
thin sheet metal which so far as relates to the straight parts thereof is formed
by passing the said metal between suitable rollers to give it the configuration
required.
. In the construction of bedstead cornices the rounded corners when used are
formed of stamped metal which is soldered to the straight parts of the said
cornices in the ordinary manner. My claim is for rolling the said cornices
and for using them made up with or without stamped' corners for the purposes
before stated. The said laths, which are of the kind in use for iron bedsteads,
have one stud hole punched out in a line with the lath's length as heretofore,
but the other hole is punched out at right angles with it, and in addition

page_text: one of the end [laths and one of the side laths used in each bedstead have
tongues punched out and turned under at points where the said laths pass
over or cross each other, and when fixed in position the said tongues are
slid under each of the laths and retain them in their places. The said panels
are constructed of thin corrugated metal, the corrugations being arranged in
straight or curved lines and are fixed in suitable frames for connecting them
with the other parts of the bedstead.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Hutson in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
4th January 1862.
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 July, 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
CORNICES, LATHS, AND PANELS OR BEDSTEADS AND OTHER ARTICLES OF 'FURNITURE,'
upon the condition (amongst others) that
(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 ascertain
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
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:-
My Invention relates to improvements in cornices, laths, and panels for

page_text: bedsteads and other articles of furniture. The cornices I make of metal, for
which purpose I prefer to use thin sheet metal forming the large "sweeps,"
or curves, or angles, by passing the said metal between rollers of corresponding
size and form, and the smaller sweeps, or curves, or angles, by stamping or
pressing the same into form and afterwards soldering or suitably securing
together the parts of the said cornices by the method commonly adopted in
metallic constructions.
In the construction of the cornices the rounded corners when used are
formed of stamped or cast metal, which is soldered, rivetted or secured to
the other parts of the said cornices, the weight of the cornice being supported
by the invisible or reversed brackets before described, but I do or do not
adopt rounded corners as circumstances may dictate. And it is evident that
the forms and dimensions may be varied as circumstances may require. The
short laths for iron bedsteads have one stud hole punched out in a line with
the lath's length as heretofore, but the other stud hole is punched out at right
angles or nearly so with it, and in addition one or all of the long laths, and,
if thought necessary, (though I do not myself deem it necessary,) one of the
short laths used in each bedstead to be provided with tongues punched out
and turned under at the point where the said laths pass over or cross each
other, and when fixed in position the said tongues are slid under each of the
laths and retain the same in position. And in order to enable laths secured
together in this manner to be tightened or slackened as may be required, I'
attach to the long laths a ring, lever, or annular fasteuer or other adjusting
fastener, such for instance, as hereafter described and illustrated in and by the
accompanying Drawings. The panels aforesaid I construct of corrugated
metal. The corrugations to be arranged as required, and fixed in suitable
frames for connecting them with the other parts of the bedstead or article of

page_text: the longitudinal stud holes of the long laths; D, tightening up ring or lever
having teeth D*, into which the pall, D** fits, the particular teeth into which
this fits governing the space between the end of one length of the lath and
consequently the slackness or tightness of the laths by reason that the ring
can turn upon two points Z, Z, one attached to the end. of one section of
lath and the other to the end of another section of lath, the distance between
these two points governing the possible extent of tightening or slackening
which will thus be effected even if the form of the lever be other than that
of a ring; E, the cornice with reversed bracket fastener E¹, through an orifice
in which the pole or upright support passes, and the whole is thus well secured
together; F, the panel corrugated as described, which is shewn as secured in
its place between the proper bedposts or pillars which is done by pushing in
the pins or studs provided at the bottom of the panel frame into the proper
holes made to receive them in the frame of the bedstead, the upper part of
the panel frame being secured on the top of the pillars by means of the knob
or vase in the same manner as the foot or head parts of ordinary metallic
bedsteads; G, post or pillar of bedstead.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I would here
remark that I wish it to be understood that I do not confine myself to the
precise forms and mere details of construction herein mentioned or set forth,
what I claim, being,-
First, the construction of cornices of metal as aforesaid..
· Second, the before-described improvements in or applied to laths for
fastening, tightening, or slackening the same.
Third, the construction of panels of corrugated metal as aforesaid.
'In witness whereof, I, the said John Hudson, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Second day of January, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
JOHN HUTSON. (L.S.)
Signed and sealed in the presence of
B. WALKER,
Clerk to the General Patent Company, Limited,
71, Fleet St.