Occasional Bedsteads or Mattresses.
Year: 1888

page_text: Occasional Bedsteads or Mattresses.
1 THOMAS EDMUND WALE of the firm of T. E. Wale & Son of Atlas Works Oozell
Street Birmingham in the County of Warwick, Wholesale Manufacturers of Wire
Mattresses, Bedding etc.. do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has for its object improvements in the construction of bedstead
bottoms, which are specially suitable for camp or occasional bedsteads, Ships berths
or as a mattress.
My new bottom whether used for a mattress or bedstead bottom etc. consists of a
series of turned rings and hooks in combination with springs. The special form of
my hooks is their straight backs with the hooked ends which gives
a very level
surface. These are threaded together to produce a diamond pattern and a row of long
springs are connected to the point of every row of diamonds at one or both ends or at
the middle only without any end springs. The end springs may be hooked direct into
the angle iron of the bed bottom or to the end of the mattress by suitable hooks. I
also use short hooks which enter holes in the bedstead or inattress sides and also into
the side rings to hold the sacking sides firmly and to give a graceful curvature thereto.
I thus produce a sacking with a smooth, bright and very regular appearance and
surface with two rows of long end springs or a set of long springs only instead of
three or four rows of short springs. In the case of the long end springs they take the
strain more equally as well as reducing the cost. The straight back wires running
from ring to ring make a very level and strong surface or mattress with great
lightness and any weight in the middle is sustained by a large number of end springs.
The bedstead frame is constructed with four cast metal and other blocks having a
notch at their ends into which one flange of the end angle irons fit so as to stand flush
therewith, the top flange of the angle iron forming the connection for the sacking or
mattress end the block is hollowed down from the edge of the top flange of the
angle iron to a narrowed part where it is united to say connecting side tubes or angles

page_text: or other connecting pieces whether metal or wood. In each end block I cast a
projecting screw which passes through prepared holes in the end angles so that the
four sides come together without difficulty and are fastened together with four nuts.
This improved frame may be used with the improved mesh or sacking before described
or with any other kind. of sacking such as woven wire or chain and springs etc. as a
ships berth or mattress. I may give elevation to it as a mattress by rivetting or
bolting four short legs to the side, these legs. may be made to fold back to the sides
and would have a flange on the inner side of the foot to prevent slipping off the
bedstead.
When used as a camp bedstead it is provided with legs and head rail when required
for a bedstead bottom I provide it with dovetails chilled or cast on the ends of the.
sides to fit in the head and foot rails of the bedstead. The improved sacking may be
either used upon the iron frame or a wooden frame of suitable design but in the latter
case the rings would be secured to the sides of the frame by staples or if the sacking
is made adjustable one or two links of chain would be used hooked into the side rings
and stapled to the side to allow the sacking to be tightened by the tension bolts.
I may also arrange to make the frame to fold by one or two sockets or hinges in
the sides.
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page_text: Occasional Bedsteads or. Mattresses.
I THOMAS EDMUND WALE of the firm of T. C. Wale & Son of Atlas Works Oozell
Street Birmingham in the County of Warwick, Wholesale Manufacturers of Wire.
Mattresses, Bedding etc., do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in.
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
My invention has for its object, Improvements in Bedstead bottoms, applicable also.
as camp or occasional bedsteads or Mattresses, by which I provide simple and efficient
means for connecting the rectangular or Cross end bars of mattresses, ships' berths,
Camp or any other bedsteads to the ends of the side Bars, I also provide an improved
elastic mesh or sacking for mattresses, bed bottoms Railway carriage seats, chair.
seats & backs invalid and other couches, which together with. the means of folding
up camp or occasional bedsteads or mattresses prevent the sacking from falling and
retain the sides firm and parallel to each other. I also provide a simple and cheap
arrangement of curtain rods, so as to fold up with the bedstead thereby forming a
most compact and easily manipulated article.
My new bottom whether used for a mattress or bedstead bottom etc. consists of a
series of turned rings and hooks in combination with springs. The special form of
my hooks is their straight backs with the hooked ends which gives a very level surface.
These are threaded together to produce a diamond pattern and a row of long springs
are connected to the point of every row of diamonds at one or both ends or at the
middle only without any end springs. The end springs may be hooked direct into the
angle iron of the bed bottom or to the end of the mattress by suitable hooks. I also
use short hooks which enter holes in the bedstead or mattress sides and also into the
side rings to hold the sacking sides firmly and to give a graceful curvature thereto.
I thus produce a. sacking with a smooth, bright and very regular appearance and
surface with two rows of long end springs or a. set of long springs only, instead of
three or four rows of short springs.
In the case of the long end springs they take the strain more equally as well as
reducing the cost. The straight back wires running from ring to ring make a very
level and strong surface or mattress with great lightness, and any weight in the
middle is sustained by a large number of end springs. The bedstead frame is
constructed with four cast metal and other blocks having a notch at their ends into
which one flange of the end angle irons fit so as to stand flush therewith, the top
flange of the angle iron forming the connection for the sacking or mattress end, the
block is hollowed down from the edge of the top flange of the angle iron to a narrowed
part where it is united to say connecting side tubes or angles or other connecting
pieces whether metal or wood.
In each end block I cast a projecting screw which passes through prepared holes in
the end angles, so that the four sides come together without difficulty and are fastened

page_text: together with four nuts. This improved frame may be used with the improved mesh
or sacking before described or with any other kind of sacking such as woven wire or
chain & springs etc., as a ships berth or mattress. I may give elevation to it as a
mattress by revitting or bolting four short legs to the sides, these legs may be made
to fold back to the sides and would have a Hange on the inner side of the foot to
prevent slipping off the bedstead.
When used as a camp bedstead it is provided with legs & head rail, when required
for a bedstead bottom I provide it with dovetails chilled or cast on the ends of the
sides to fit in the head and foot rails of the bedstead. The improved sacking may be
either used upon the iron frame or a wooden frame of suitable design but in the
latter case the rings would be secured to the sides of the frame by staples or if the
sacking is made adjustable one or two links of chain would be used hooked into
the side rings and stapled to the side to allow the sacking to be tightened by the
tension bolts. I may also arrange to make the frame to fold.by one or two sockets or
hinges in the sides.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood & more easily carried into
practice I have appended hereunto two large and one small sized sheets of drawings
upon which I have illustrated the various details of my improvements."
Figure 1 is a general view of a mattress or bedstead bottom composed of my
improved frame and mesh or sacking.
Figure 2 is a view of a woven wire mattress or sacking attached to my improved
frame.
Figure 3 is an enlarged view of one end of the side Bar H of a bedstead or mattress
with the block M and the end angle bar K separated therefrom.
Figure 4 is a similar view to figure but shewing in addition the dovetail N to
allow of the side H being fixed to the head & foot rails of ordinary metal bedsteads.
Figure 5 is a view of a portion of sacking shewing the particular shape of the hook
and ring of which the greater portion of my sacking is formed.
Figure 6 is a general view of a Camp bedstead having my improvements applied
thereto as hereafter described.
Figure 7 is a view of the camp bedstead folded up.
Figure 8 are enlarged views showing the two parts of the rule joint B disconnected
in the side of the camp bedstead.
Figure 9 is a section through the rule joint B showing the stretcher bar D for
connecting the two sides E and E' of the Camp bedstead firmly together.
Figure 10 is a general view of a camp bedstead having a tent top.
Figure 11 is an elevation of same when folded up into a small compass.
Figure 12 shows a view of a wooden frame with my improvements applied thereto.
Figure 13 is a back elevation of same.
Figure 14 shows a modification of the metal end.
a
My new bottom consists of series of very small tinned rings AA which are con-
nected together by the wire hooks a', which hooks are so formed as to be perfectly
straight on the top, from hook end to hook end as shown by Figure 5 so forming
sacking having a perfectly level & even surface, and so as not to interfere with the
even surface of my improved sacking I prefer to attach the necessary springs F
at the extreme ends of the sacking, the springs being of sufficient length to give
the required elasticity, and I may either hook the springs F direct into the cross
bar Kas shown at f¹ or connect them by the short hooks of stronger guage wire
as shewn at figure 1. To give a graceful curvature to the sacking, I hook the side
rings to the sides H by the small hooks /¹.
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The bedstead frame is constructed with the cast metal or other blocks M which may
be of varied design having the notch M' in their ends into which the flange k¹ of the
end angle irons K fit so as to stand flush therewith, the top flange K of the angle iron
forming the connection for the sacking.c
or mattress end. The top of the block M
is hollowed down at m² from the edge M³ of the top flange of the angle iron K to the
narrowed part 2 where it is united to the connecting side tubes or angles H or
other connecting pieces whether of metal or wood..

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In each end block I cast or chill the projecting screw P which passes through the
prepared holes p' in the angle bars K so that the four sides are securely fastened
together without difficulty by the nuts p or I may dispense with the nuts and let
the screws finish flush with the outside of the angle Bar.
This improved frame may be used with the improved mesh before described or
with any other class of sacking T as shewn by Figure 2 in which case the tension
bolts are used in connection with the additional straining bar S for tightening
up the mesh.
I may give elevation to it as a mattress by revitting or bolting four short legs R
to the sides E as shewn at Figure 6 and it may be closed by means of the rule
joint B in the sides E. and the legs made to fold back to the side as shewn at
Figure 7 the sides E being firmly secured in position when closed by the stretcher
bar D which also forms the pivot for the rule joint B. This stretcher bar D not
only keeps the sides E firm but also prevents the sacking from falling down loose
when the bedstead is closed & I may use this combination of rule joint and stretcher
in any
class of bedstead or mattress. Each end of the side tube is run into the
rule joint B some distance and is secured therein by means of screw or rivit and
the face being formed on each half of the joint a connection is formed which
does not require any leg for support at that point and at the same time is as strong
as the bar undivided would be...
I may arrange-the- Camp bedstead as before described with a folding tent top V
having the wires hinged at 3 twisted as shewn at vand the ends socketted as
shewn at 2, Figure 10 for hanging-mosquito or other curtains which can be readily
erected and folded up complete into a small space as shown at Fig. 11.
In applying my improved sacking or mesh to the wood end rails of mattresses
or bedsteads, I either connect the spring by a hook one end of which is driven into.
or otherwise fastened to the cross bars K as shewn by w Figure 12 or I screw
the thin iron plate W. the whole length of the cross bars K which overhangs
towards the springs sufficiently to allow of the ends f³ of the springs being hooked
into holes prepared in the iron strips to receive them, or I may use an intermediate
link between the springs and the metal strips-In the case of wood frames suitable
for sackings of any kind to which also sackings with iron cross bars may be readily
attached as shewn by the ordinary sacking Y and cross bars Y' in Figure 12. I
may provide the metal caps U to the ends of the sides X upon which the projec-
tions are formed which projections are provided with the hole u³ for the bolt u.
The one end Z of the mattress being secured by the bolts us while at the other
end Z the woolen cross bar is provided with coarse threaded holes in which the
bolts engage so that by means of the said bolts the sacking may be tightened
much quicker with a bolt much shorter than is generally used. This arrangement
may be applied equally to metal side bars of bedsteads or mattresses of any section
such as angle, tube, oval or shape and may be used together or separately and
the ends may be provided with a dovetail as shewn by Ŏ for use in connection
with ordinary heads & feet of bedsteads, but this would not be necessary in mattresses
complete in themselves.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is
First. In Improvements in bedstead bottoms applicable also as camp or occasional
bedsteads or mattresses, the bedstead bottom or mattress frame consisting of the
blocks M, angle Iron ends K sides H and screws P substantially as herein set forth and
shewn by figures 1. 2. 3.
Second. In the improvements in bedstead boitoms applicable also as Camp and
occasional bedsteads or Mattresses, the bedstead bottom or frame substantially as
herein set forth and illustrated by Figures 12. 13. 14.
Third. In improvements in bedstead bottoms the combination of the dovetail N
with the block M substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth and shewn by
Figure 4.

page_text: Fourth. In Bedstead bottoms the improved sacking in combination with a bedstead
or mattress having the tubular sides E or H substantially as herein set forth and
shewn upon the drawings.
Fifth. In improvements in bedstead bottoms the mesh consisting of the straight
links in combination with springs at the end substantially as herein set forth and
shewn by Figures 1 and 5.
Sixth. In the Improvements in bedstead bottoms applicable also as camp or occasional
bedsteads or mattresses, the folding camp bedsteads, having the rule joint B and
ends E strengthened by means of D substantially as herein set forth and shewn by
figures 6. 7. 8. 9. 10 and 11.
Seventh. In the improvements in bedstead bottoms applicable also as camp or
occasional bedsteads or mattresses, the folding bedsteads substantially as herein set
forth and shewn by Figures 10 and 11.
Eighth. The improvements in bedstead bottoms applicable also as camp or occasional
bedsteads or mattresses, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth and
illustrated upon the accompanying drawings.