Improvements in Bedsteads and Cots.
Year: 1898

page_text: Improvements in Bedsteads and Cots.
We, JOHN EBENEZER HOSKINS, Managing Director of Hoskins and Sewell
Limited, of Bordesley, in the City of Birmingham, Bedstead Manufacturers, and
GEORGE RATHERAM PAYNE, of Hazelwood, Wake Green Road, Moseley, near Bir-
mingham, aforesaid, Manager of Department, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to an improved means for connecting the head and foot
end rails or the pillars thereof, to the framings of bedsteads and cots, and has for
its object principally, to dispense with the employment of cast junctions and
corner mounts, thereby reducing the cost of manufacture and producing a novel
and ornamental appearance.
In carrying out one form of the improvements, each corner chill or dovetail
block of the bedstead frame is provided with a projection or lug disposed out-
wardly in the longer direction of the bed. This lug is adapted to engage into and
fit within the corresponding corner pillar, which is preferably of a square or other
angular section, with its inner sides lying against the sides of the lug, whose outer
face has a screwed stalk projecting through, or disposed in line with, a piercing
in the front side of the angular and hollow pillar and adapted to receive a washer
and a sleeved or other nut and inside screwed cap by which the connection of the
parts is effected. An internal strengthening plate, which may also be slipped
onto the pin is provided to come against the inner side of the pillar and prevent
the same being bulged inwards by the screwing up of the clamping nut, the head
of which may be of any shape in character with the head or foot rail to be produced.
To prevent the downward strains coming directly upon the hollow pillars, con-
cealed legs are provided, whose upper ends are screwed and take into wormed
vertical holes in the projecting lug, whilst the lower ends are cast into feet,
having castors as usual, and upon the top sides of which, the lower edges of the
hollow pillars rest. By this arrangement, the whole of the weight applied to a
hedstead is borne by the concealed leg members, which are made sufficiently strong
for the purpose.
As another arrangement, the upper ends of the said screened legs or supports
may have long stout wires or pegs cast with or otherwise connected to them, which
are passed through thoroughfare vertical holes in the lugs of the corner blocks
engaging the hollow pillars and project through to and beyond the upper ends of
the latter. The said projecting parts of the pegs are screwed and receive knobs
or other terminals, which act as nuts for drawing together the assembled parts
when wrunơ un

page_text: According to a further part of the invention, a concealed connection or attach-
ment of the pillars to the corner blocks is obtained by providing the corner chill
with a lug or projection, which may be round in cross section and take into a cor-
responding hole through the adjacent face of the pillar and also, if necessary,
through a strengthening plate coming upon the inner side of the said face, but
instead of the said lug fitting within the interior of the said pillar so as to make
a rigid connection as in the preceding arrangement, the said lug may extend only
a short distance inwards and be clear of the inside walls and have a vertical eye
or hole through it to receive a taper or plain wire or cottar peg, which may either
be independent and driven into place by suitable means, or it may form a continu-
ation of, or be carried by the upper end of the concealed leg member and may also
be extended up the pillar, if required, and be wormed to receive a knob or other
terminal which takes its abutment on the summit of the pillar and acts as a nut
in wringing up the parts. By this concealed connection the plain appearance of
the outside of the pillar is preserved without being marred by nuts and washers,
whch would be undesirable in certain patterns of end rail.
A 35
1000
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bedsteads and Cots.
We, JOHN EBENEZER HOSKINS, Managing Director of Hoskins and Sewell
Limited, of Bordesley, in the City of Birmingham, Bedstead Manufacturers, and
GEORGE RATHERAM PAYNE, of Hazelwood, Wake Green Road, Moseley, near Bir-
mingham, aforesaid, Manager of Department, 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 has relation to the connections between the bottom framings
of bedsteads and cots and their pillars or supports and particularly to bedstead
whose end rails are made up of an assemblage of plain angular-sectioned tubular
lengths. The object of the present invention is to provide improved concealed
connections between the said parts and to dispense with unsightly junctions,
mounts and similar projecting parts which are apt to detract from that simplicity
of design which is the principal characteristic of head and foot rails made from
straight members and especially those having square tube pillars.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents an elevation of the foot end
of a bedstead whose framing is connected to the pillars in accordance with one
form of the present invention and shows how the plain character of the corner
pillars is preserved thereby.
Figure 2 is an edge view of Figure 1.
Figure 3 represents, upon an enlarged scale, a front elevation of a portion of
one of the pillars (which is made from square tubing) and the corner block to which
it is connected.
Figure 4 is a sectional view taken upon the dotted line a, Figure 3 and looking
towards the pillar.

page_text: Figure 5 represents a back elevation of the said pillar with the corner block
attached thereto.
Figure 6 is a vertical section of Figure 5 upon the dotted line r¹, showing the
arrangement of the concealed or internal connections.
Figure 7 represents a horizontal section of Figure 6 upon the dotted line a².
Figure 8 represents the several parts disassembled, with parts of them showing
in vertical section and others in elevation.
Figure 9 is another representation of the several parts separated, but in this
view they are shown in plan, with the hollow pillar only in horizontal section.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in Figures 1 to 9.
a is a corner block of a bottom frame, having upon the front face of it a lug
or shank-like projection b, provided with a screwed stalk or peg d, extending in
the longer direction of the bedstead. This lug or shank with its screw, is adapted
to be passed inwardly through a hole or clearance e, in the back of a hollow angu-
lar-sectioned pillar c, interiorly provided with an internal support or liner in the
form of a thick metal plate or block f, which has a sinking at f¹, wherein the lug
or shank b, fits, and also a tapped hole e, adapted to receive the screwed stalk,
so that in addition to strengthening the pillar at this part, the said internal liner
constitutes a concealed nut by which the connection of the corner to the pillar
is effected. The engagement of the two parts is made by rotating the said corner
and when the screw peg is fully home, the re-rotation and disconnection is pre-
vented by any suitable means, such as by one or more small pin passing through
either or both of the webs or flanges, on the corner block and through the wall
of the pillar into a tapped hole f2, in the liner. By the employment of such an
arrangement as above described, the whole of the means of connection are con-
cealed and the plain appearance of the front of the pillar is preserved.
To relieve the corner pillar of the greater part of the strains incidental to the
supporting of the bed (thus enabling the pillar to be made-if desired-from
comparatively thin brass) and to provide a convenient means for attaching cas-
tors, each pillar may be fitted with a concealed leg , which is connected at top
to the internal nut and liner block f, by means of the screwed stalk h¹, and has
any suitable construction of castor fitted to its lower end.
Figure 10 represents a vertical section of another form of concealed connection
in accordance with our invention.
Figure 11 is a horizontal section of the same upon the dotted line_³.
Figure 12 represents, partly in vertical section and partly in elevation, the
several parts separated.
This connection is made by providing the corner block a, with a lug or pro-
jection, which may be round as shown or of any other cross section, and is
adapted to take through corresponding holes e, f, made in the adjacent face of the
pillar c, and also through a liner or strengthening plate f, coming upon the inner
side of the said pillar, and to extend a short distance inwards of the said liner,
so as to be clear of the inside walls of the pillar, and which extending part has
a vertical eye or hole b', through it to receive a taper or plain wire or cottar peg d,
which is driven into place by suitable means and connects together the engaged
parts.
As a modification this peg or wire may form a continuation of, or be carried
by the upper end of a concealed leg member such as shown in Figures 1 to 9, and
may also be extended up the pillar, if required, and be wormed to receive a knob
or other terminal which takes its abutment on the summit of the pillar and acts
as a nut in wringing up the parts.
If necessary, the liner plate may be dispensed with, in which case the shank
or lug would preferably be made of such a figure as to correspond to the inside of,
and fill up, the part of the pillar into which it was inserted and instead of using
a straight cottar, we may use a forked or staple-shaped fastener which may be
engaged over a reduced or necked part of the inserted lug.
Figure 13 represents a horizontal section of another form of concealed con-

page_text: nection of a corner block to an end rail pillar in accordance with our improve-
ments.
Figure 14 represents the several parts separated.
a is the dovetail corner block with its shank or extension b; c the hollow pillar
and the internal support or liner, both of which are cut away or coincidently
and obliquely gapped at e, f, for a portion of the corner to lie within, whilst the
liner is further recessed at f¹, to receive the shank or lug extension b, of the said
corner and provided with a tapped hole fa, coming in line with a plain hole 63 in
the corner and through which a bolt or pin d is passed for securing the parts
together after they have been engaged.
Figure 15 represents another modification, in which the projection or exten-
sion b, of the corner a, is made hook-shaped and is engaged with a correspondingly
shaped recess f¹, of the liner f and there locked by a small set pin j, or other
suitable means.
Figure 16 represents a still further modification of the arrangement shown in
Figures 1 to 9, in which the engagement of the corner with the pillar is effected
directly and without screwing.
a is the corner and b the extension or lug thereof, which is of a square angular
or irregular section and is engaged or introduced longitudinally into a corres-
pondingly shaped hole f, in the internal support or liner block f, of the pillar
C.
According to a still further modification, which is represented in Figure 17:
the inner side of the pillar c, which is strengthened by a suitably attached liner f, is
fitted with a rotating nut c (shown separately in Figure 18) and the shank or
extension b, of the corner block a, is screwed to be engaged by the said nut and
drawn home or clamped to the pillar when the said nut is rotated from the outside
by suitable means, such as by a forked spanner introduced into holes e², in the
sleeve or bush e³.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is;
First: Connecting the framings of bedsteads and cots to their pillars or sup-
ports by a lug or shank extension of the said framing taking into the interior of
the pillar and being there retained by the engagement of a screwed liner or in-
ternal reinforcing block with a wormed peg or stalk carried by the said lug,
substantially as described and set forth in Figures 1 to 9.
Secondly Connecting the framings of bedsteads and cots to their pillars or
supports by a lug or extension of the said framing taking into the interior of the
pillar and being there retained by a cottar wire or equivalent which is driven
through or engaged with the said inserted lug, with or without an internal sup-
port or liner for reinforcing the pillar, substantially as described and set forth
in Figures 10, 11 and 12.
Thirdly: Connecting the framings of bedsteads and cots to their pillars or
supports by a lug or extension of the said framing taking into a corresponding
recess of a liner or internal reinforcing block contained within the pillar and
being there retained by a bolt or pin, which is passed from the back through a
plain hole in the lug and engages a screwed hole in the liner substantially as
described and set forth in Figures 13 and 14.
Fourthly Connecting the framings of bedsteads and cots to their pillars or
supports by a hook-shaped lug or extension of the said framing being engaged
with a corresponding hole in a reinforcing block or liner located within the pillar,
and there retained by a locking pin or equivalent, substantially as described and
set forth in Figure 15.
Fifthly Connecting the framings of bedsteads and cots to their pillars or
supports by a lug or extension of the framing taking into a recess within a liner
or reinforcing block located within the pillar, and being there retained by screws,
passed through flanges or equivalent parts on the said framing and taking into

page_text: the pillar, or through the pillar and into the liner, substantially as described and
set forth in Figure 16.
Sixthly
Connecting the framings of bedsteads and cots to the pillars or sup-
ports by a screwed extension of the framing being engaged by a swivelly con-
nected nut carried by the pillar, substantially as described and set forth in
Figures 17 and 18.
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JOHN EBENEZER HOSKINS.
GEORGE RATHERAM PAYNE.
By Henry Skerrett,
24, Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicants.