Improvements in Brass Bedsteads and Cots.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 11th May, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 12th Feb., 1900-Accepted, 7th Apr., 1900
Improvements in Brass Bedsteads and Cots.
I, JOHN WILLIAM HOYLAND, Managing Director of Hoyland & Smith, Limited,
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 distinct reference
to their pillars, posts, or staunchions, and to the connection thereto of their
corner blocks or dove-tail castings. The object of the said invention is to allow
of the said pillars or posts being formed each from a single length of brass
tubing of the desired section, and to so fit the corner block or dovetail casting
to each that no parts of the said block surround the pillar to interfere with
its plain tube outline: the said block or dovetail casting only projecting from
one point or side of the said post.
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
dovetailed 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.
According to this invention the pillar or post is in every case made from a
single length of brass tubing sufficient to extend from the top mount to the
bottom casting. The dovetail casting or corner block is fitted to the tubular
post in one form by providing upon the said casting or block a strong out-
standing screw threaded peg, which takes through a clearance hole made in
the walls of the tubular pillar and engages a screwed hole formed in a stout
metal plate or rod inserted into the interior of said post from its lowest end so
as to extend just beyond the position of connection of the corner block, and
which carries the casting, over which the tube's lower end fits, and a castor
This metal plate or rod practically supports the
peg, for carrying the castor.
corner block, but the tube is held fast between it and the corner block because
of the clamping action when the peg is screwed home into the metal plate or rod.
the tubular pillar being also suitably supported on the casting at the foot of
the plate or rod. A flange or projection, or an eye, is also formed on the
corner block, through which a small screw is passed into a metal plate or rod
as aforesaid, in order to prevent the corner block and dovetail casting being
accidentally unscrewed or detached from the face of the brass tube, post, or
pillar. The last named is preferably square or angular, in which case the corner
block projects from one of its sides, but in any section of tubular pillar the
corner block appears to project from the interior at a point only.
Another method of connecting the corner block to the pillar is to form on the
inner end of the short length metal plate or rod before described a taper part

page_text: of reduced diameter which leaves a shoulder, and fashion upon that end of the
corner block or dovetail casting which projects into the tubular pillar a stirrup
or socket within which the said tapered end fits like a plug, the engagement
effectively holding the corner block rigid. In this case the full depth of corner
block is utilized for the socket, and the tubular pillar is supported upon the
lower casting of the plate or rod in the same way as before.
Another method of fitting to the tubular post a connection such as a corner
block, or its equivalent, is to form, upon the metal plate or rod, which is inserted
up the lower end of the tubular pillar, a projecting part which extend from
the inside of the pillar through a cut-away part in its walls to form a male or
female dovetail connection (preferably the former) with which engages the
corresponding dovetail connection part carried by the bedstead's side, the metal
plate or rod, as aforesaid, in this arrangement being connected to the tubular
pillar by two small screws passed through that side of the pillar from which
the dovetail part projects.
Another method of connecting a dovetail casting or corner block is to screw
the inner end of the metal plate or rod for a considerable distance, let the end
of the dovetail casting or corner block well into the tubular pillar through a
clearance hole at one point, screw-thread the let-in part internally to form a
screw box and form, upon it a top and bottom extension for an extra bearing
within the tube, and provide the screwed end of the rod with a locking nut
which will rotate in the tubular pillar. In this arrangement the extension of
the let-in part of the corner block passes through the hole in the side of the
pillar, and is worked into position within the interior of the pillar by a vertical
inovement. In this way the corner block is locked to the metal rod, and well
supports at top and bottom the tubular pillar.
As a modification of this last form of connection means, pieces of angle iron
may be placed at top and bottom of the .let-in portion of the corner block, and
the screwed end of the metal rod made to engage them and clamp the let-in
portion of the block between them and onto the metal rod, the said pieces of
angle iron forming a bearing also for the tubular pillar.
It is to be distinctly understood that the exterior plain appearance of the brass
tubular pillar is not in any way interfered with in any of the connection means
described, and that in every instance the said pillar is one piece of brass tube.
Dated this 10th day of Var 1200
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
11, Burlington Chambers, New Street, Birmingham,
Patent Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Brass Bedsteads and Cots.
I, JOHN WILLIAM HOYLAND, Managing Director of Hoyland & Smith, Limited,
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:-
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This invention relates to brass bedsteads and cots, and has distinct reference
to their pillars or posts and to the connection thereto of corner blocks or dove-
tail castings.
The invention comprises simple and effective methods of connecting the said

page_text: orner blocks or dove-tail castings to the pillars or posts which will allow of
he said pillars or posts being each formed of a single length of brass tube
nd of their plain tube outline being preserved for "Chippendale style of
design, the chief feature being that the said posts or pillars are not surrounded
by the said corner blocks or castings at any point, but only have the said corner
blocks projecting from a side, or a part of their circumference.
The methods of connecting according to this invention are shown in the accom-
panying sheet of drawings and will be hereinafter particularly described in
connection therewith, it being understood that in each case the pillar or post
is a one-length piece of brass tube extending from the bottom castor-casting
to the top mount. In the form of connection shown in Figs. 1 and 2 (the
first named fig. a vertical section and the last named a larger sized horizontal"
section) the dove-tail casting or corner block e has upon it a strong outstanding
screw-threaded peg 2, which takes through a clearance hole a made in the
wall 3 of the brass tubular pillar or post a and engages a screwed hole d²
formed in a stout metal plate, rod or bar d which is inserted into the interior
of the said post or pillar from its lower end, the upper end of the said
bar d extending just beyond the position of connection of the corner block
with the post, and carrying the lower end carrying the castor-casting e over
which the tubes lower end a fits. This metal plate rod or bar d practically
supports the corner block c, but the tubular post or pillar a is held fast between
it and the corner block by reason of the clamping action when the peg is
screwed home into the rod ; the tubular pillar being also supported upon
A Hange, projection, or an eye f is
the peg and over the castor-casting c.
formed upon the corner block through which a small screw pin f is freely
passed to engage a screwed hole in the rod or bar d, this pin to fix the said
corner block after the latter has been screwed into position upon the pillar.
The pillar or post a is of any suitable cross section, but it is preferably angular
up the
as shown. The parts a, b, and c are assembled by passing the rod 7
post a from the lower end and then introducing the screwed peg through
the hole and screwing it into the screw box fully home by rotating the
block e, after which the screw pin f is made to engage the post a and the
rod d. The clamping face of the latter is shaped to the side or surface of the
post or pillar
In the form of connection Fig. 3 the one end of the corner block c is
passed through a hole in one side of the post a and has disposed vertically
within it a hole with which engages a taper part of a rod or bar d, the
latter having a shoulder upon it and being suitably fixed within the hollow
interior of the post . In this connection the full depth of the corner block
0 is utilized to engage the part of the rod d, which makes the attachment of
the corner block to the post and rod extremely rigid. The tubular post a is
supported at its lower end upon a castor-casting e in the same way as in Fig. 1.
The method illustrated in Fig. 4 of fitting the tubular post with the corner
block is to form upon the metal rod or bar d a projecting part which extends
5 from the inside of the post through a hole in its side to form a male
or female dove-tail connection part with which engages a corresponding dove-
tail connection part carried by the bedstead side or corner block c, the plate
or rod d, as aforesaid, being in this arrangement connected to the tubular
post a by two small screws e, e², passed through that side of the pillar from
The latter is inserted
50 which the dove-tailed part projects, into the said rod.
into the hollow interior of the post in a similar manner as in the previous
methods described.
Another method of connecting a dove-tail casting or corner block to a bed-
stead post or pillar according to this invention is shown by Fig. 5. In this form
55 the inner end of the rod d, is screw threaded for a considerable distance,
and one of the ends of the corner block e is let into the interior of the tubular
post a so as to nicely fit it, and so that the said screw threaded end of the

page_text: rod engages a screwed hole formed vertically within the said corner block end
for its full length.
The end has an extension c³ upon it to give good support to the post a on
the top side of the corner block. A screwed nut working on the screwed end
of the rod d is disposed within the tube to be rotated for locking the corner
block onto the rod end. The opening a² in the side of the post a is of the
requisite depth to admit the passage of the end into the interior of the post a.
A modification of the last described method of connection is illustrated in
Fig. 6. In this form pieces of angle iron e e² are placed at top and bottom of
the let-in portion of the corner block e so as to be within the interior of the
tubular post, and the screwed end of the rod d is made to engage them and
cause them to clamp the said let in portion between them and onto the said
rod d, the said pieces of angle iron forming a bearing or a support also for
the tubular pillar a.
In Fig. is shown that the rod d may be formed separate from a castor
casting, the lower end of the said rod being however fitted within the end
of the said casting.
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 brass bedsteads and cots, connecting a corner
casting to a tubular post or pillar by providing upon the
peg, such as 2, forming within the post a clearance hole
interior of the said post. a rod with which the said peg
the manner described and set forth in Figs. 1 and 2.
block or dove-tail
said block a screw
and fitting to the
or post engages, in
Second. In brass bedsteads and cots, the methods of connecting corner blocks
to posts or pillars such as described and illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, in Fig. 3,
in Fig. 4, and in Figs. 5 and 6.
Dated this 10th day of February 1900
of February 1900.
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
11, Burlington Chambers, New Street, Birmingham,
Also at Liverpool, London, and Manchester..
Patent Agents for the Applicant.