Improvements in or connected with Woven Wire Mattresses and Bedstead Bottoms, Railway or other Carriage Seats, and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Jan., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 25th Oct., 1894-Accepted, 25th Jan., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Woven Wire Mattresses
and Bedstead Bottoms, Railway or other Carriage Seats,
and the like.
I, THOMAS HILTON, of Moss Side Works, Great Western Street, Manchester,
in the County of Lancaster, Wire Mattress Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention is designed to provide means for stiffening the edges and other
parts of woven wire mattresses and bedstead bottoms, railway or other carriage
seats, and the like.
It consists essentially in applying to the mattress at the part to be stiffened
a number of rings or loops through which a rope or cord of coiled or twisted
wire is passed and by which the rope or cord is connected or attached to the wire
fabric.
In carrying out the invention the wire fabric of which the mattress is
constructed is woven in the usual way by coils of wire interlaced one into the
other. At the edge or other part to be stiffened I attach a number of rings or
loops by means of which a coil of wire, wire rope or the like may be connected to
the fabric. These rings are secured by a core of wire chain, wire rope, wire cord,
a solid woven coil of wire, or strip of other material passed through the centre of
one of the wire coils and fastened to the end bars of mattress as core cables giving
a rigid edge to the wire fabric the rings being threaded on this core as it is passed
through.
In another modification a combination may be made of the wire woven fabric
and the chain spring form of mattress, in which case preferably the edges and
centres may be constructed of chains and springs and the intervening parts of
woven wire connected up to each other by rings or loops carrying cables as
mentioned or by spiral or other springs threaded on to an internal core passing
down one of the coils of the woven wire fabric.
This construction unites the advantages of the two forms of mattress, the chain
spring system giving rigidity at edges and centres and the woven wire elasticity
and comfort.
The rings or loops may be of any size or diameter either larger or smaller or of
equal diameter with the coils and the size or gauge of wire of which the rings are
made may be greater, less, or the same as the wire of which the fabric is composed
and in cross section they may be circular, oval, flat, or otherwise. I at present
prefer however to make the rings or loops larger in diameter and of thicker wire
than the wire coils forming the fabric. The rings may be made of iron, brass,
vulcanite, papier-mache, glass, or other material.
Through the rings or loops thus attached to the wire fabric I pass a rope or cord
formed of twisted or coiled wire or otherwise constructed. This rope or cord is
preferably of a diameter equal to the internal diameter of the rings and may be
made of wire of any convenient thickness but I prefer to use wire somewhat
thicker than that of which the coils are made. A solid wire may if desired be
passed through this rope to give additional stiffness thereto, or one or more smaller
coils each coring the other may be utilised or a plaited rope or core of coils may
be used.

page_text: Instead of a single row of rings two, three, four, or more rows of rings may be
attached at or near the same place each with a rope or cord through them and such
several rows or sets of rings may be further interlaced together by an additional
coil or coils of wire unconnected otherwise with the fabric. Or instead of several
rows of rings or loops, a suitable length of chain may be employed, the link nearest
the wire fabric being attached to it in one of the methods described and it and the
other vertical links of the said chain carrying a rope or cord cable as mentioned.
One, two, three, four or more ropes or cords of smaller diameter may be passed
through one row of rings or loops and these if desired may be so shaped with
indentations or the like as to hold the several ropes or cords separate.
Where these rings or loops are inserted in the body of the fabric other than the
edge they may either be attached to a single coil of the wire or they may be
attached to two coils and thus serve to connect two parts or widths of the woven
fabric together, or by using suitable shaped rings or loops secured to the main
portion of the mattress fabric as described, and projecting either above or below
the line of the main portion of the mattress, the wire rope or cords may be placed
in any position either on top or under the mattress, in case additional strength is
required.
The wire rope or cord forming the core or centre of these rings or loops may
at the ends be attached to the ordinary tension or stretcher bar or may be provided
with a separate or independent tension or stretching device.
The rings or loops when placed at the edges of the mattress may be provided
with eyes or supplementary loops to which the valances may be fastened.
By this arrangement a firm and substantial edge may be applied to the mattress
having the appearance of what is known as a cable edge.
This construction may also be applied to railway car or other seats and backs
upholstered on a bottom of woven wire so as to provide strengthening or, as they
may be called, isolating cables, to stop the tendency of such seats or backs to
oscillate when travelling over a rough road.
I am well aware that woven wire mattresses have been stiffened at the edges
and other places by various methods.
Dated this 24th day of January 1894.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.
Improvements in or connected with Woven Wire Mattresses
and Bedstead Bottoms, Railway or other Carriage Seats,
and the like.
I, THOMAS HILTON, of Moss Side Works, Great Western Street, Manchester,
in the County of Lancaster, Wire Mattress Manufacturer, 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 is designed to provide means for stiffening the edges and other
parts of woven wire mattresses and bedstead bottoms, railway or other carriage
seats, and the like.
It consists essentially in applying to the mattress at the part to be stiffened a
number of special shaped rings or loops through which a rope or cord of coiled or
twisted wire is passed and by which the rope or cord is connected or attached to
the wire fabric, by a core passing through one of the ordinary coils.
The invention will be fully described with reference to the accompanying
drawings in which several examples of carrying out the invention are illustrated.

page_text: Fig. 1 is a transverse section and Fig. 2 a plan view of the way I prefer to
carry out the invention, and the other figs. are modifications of the same.
The woven wire fabric A of which the mattress is constructed is woven in the
usual way by coils of wire a interlaced one into the other. At the edge or other
part to be stiffened I insert a core D in the coil a of spiral wire and I attach
thereto a number of rings or loops B by means of which a coil of wire, wire rope
or the like C is attached or connected to the fabric A. By this means I am able
to attach to the edge or other part of the fabric A a coil of wire or rope C of
greater diameter than the coils a for the purpose of stiffening it or rendering it:
more substantial or massive in appearance or other purpose. The ends of the
coiled wire or rope C are flattened down and attached to the stretcher bar along
with the ends of the coils a. The rings or loops B are each made with an eye b
through which the core D passes to attach it to the fabric A and preferably with;
a second eye to support the valance of the bed when used at an outside edge,
or if used in the body of the mattress both eyes receive cores D to secure it to the
wire fabric. Two or more rings may be grouped together but they are in each
case connected to the woven wire fabric A by looping round a core or cord D
passing down the centre of the spirals adjoining them.
Referring to Figs. 1 and 2 the ring B is connected to the woven wire fabric A.
by the eye b through which is passed the core or cord D which also passes
longitudinally through the centre of the coil or spiral of the wire. At some
distance from the edge of the fabric another ring or set of rings is placed with two
eyes connected in a similar manner one at each side. A similar set of rings may
be placed in any desired position in the width of the fabric. The rings placed at
the edge of the fabric may also be provided with eyes to which to attach the
valances of the bed. The rings B are placed at intervals in the length of the
fabric A and through them I pass a coil of wire, wire rope or the like C which is
by them connected or attached to the edge or other part of the fabric A. The
ends of the coils of wire or rope C and core D are flattened down in the same
manner as the woven part of the fabric and attached to the stretcher bar.
In Figs. 3 and the wire forming the ring B is coiled to form four loops in the
same plane connected to the fabric A by the eye b through which passes the core D,
through each set of the rings is passed the coil of wire or wire rope C.
Referring to Fig. 5 instead of a single row of rings two, three, four, or more
rows of rings may be attached at or near the same place each with a rope or cord C
through them and such several rows or sets of rings may be further connected
together by an additional coil or coils of wire unconnected otherwise with the
fabric. In Fig. 5 four rings or loops B are shown grouped together. They may
be either formed of one piece of wire or they may be each formed separately and
grouped together in the form shown being held in this position by the coil or
rope D' to which each are connected.
Referring to Figs. 6 and 7 the rings or loops B are made of approximately
S form the eye b being nearly of the same size as the loop B through which the
coil of wire C passes. In this case the wire rope C is greater in diameter than the
loop B and a single strand c of the rope is passed through each loop B.
Referring to Figs. 8 and 9 it will be understood that the invention can be
applied in a great variety of ways. In Fig. 8 a group of three ropes or cords C
are placed on top of the mattress and in Fig. 9 a group is shown hanging down the
side or edge of the web whilst separate ones are placed on top or beneath. Either
of these forms of applying it can be used separately or in conjunction with some
other form the rings B being connected to the fabric A by the cores D.
Referring to Figs. 10 and 11 the invention is shown applied to the mattress by
means of the links B¹ of a chain which form the loops through which the wire
rope or cord C passes and by which it is connected with the fabric. Instead of
several rows of rings or loops B as in Figs. 3 and 4 a suitable length of chain is
employed, the link B₁ nearest the wire fabric being attached to it as described and
the vertical links B³ of the said chain carry the ropes or cord cables C. The chain

page_text: may be carried across the mattress without coils and the cord C passed through all
the vertical links.
Referring to Figs. 12 and 13 the invention is applied in combination with the
chain spring form of mattress. The edges or other parts are constructed with
springs E and chains or links F. The springs E at one end are attached to the
woven wire fabric A by a core D passing through loops e¹ and the other ends of
the springs are formed with rings or loops e through which the rope or cord C
passes and by which it is attached to or connected with the mattress.
chains F are attached to the sides to prevent sagging. This construction unites
the advantages of the two forms of mattress, the chain spring system giving
rigidity at edges and centres and the woven wire elasticity and comfort.
The
The rings or loops B may be of any size or diameter either larger or smaller or
of equal diameter with the coils a and the size or gauge of wire of which the
rings B are made may be greater, less, or the same as the wire of which the fabric
is composed, and in cross section they may be circular, oval, flat, or otherwise.
I at present prefer however to make the rings or loops B larger in diameter and of
thicker wire than the wire coils a forming the fabric. The rings may be made of
iron, brass, vulcanite, papier-mache, glass or other material.
The rope or cord C which is passed through the rings or loops B may be formed
of twisted or coiled wire or otherwise constructed. It is preferably of a diameter
equal to the internal diameter of the rings B and may be made of wire of any
convenient thickness, but I prefer to use wire somewhat thicker than that of which
the coils a are made.
One, two, three, four, or more ropes or cords C of smaller diameter may be
passed through one row of rings or loops B and these if desired may be so shaped
with indentations or the like as to hold the several ropes or cords separate.
By this construction a firm and substantial edge may be applied to the mattress
having the appearance of what is known as a cable edge.
This invention may also be applied to railway car or other seats and backs
upholstered on a bottom of woven wire so as to provide strengthening or, as they
may be called, isolating cables, to stop the tendency of such seats or backs to
oscillate when travelling over a rough road.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
Spring mattresses constructed with a rope or cord such as C attached or
connected to them in the manner described with reference to either of the figs. of
the drawings.
Dated this 16th day of October 1894.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool, and London, Patent Agents.