US1261655A - Spring-bottom for beds and the like. - Google Patents

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SPRING BOTTOM FDR 8EDS AND THE LIKE.

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1 ,26 1 ,655. Patented Apr. 2, 1918.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES VALLONE, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORTO BABCALO MANUFACTURING- COMPANY, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

Specification 0! Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2, 1918.

Application filed In no 18, 1914. Serial No. 845,828.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLFS VALwNa, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bufialo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in S ring-Bottoms for Beds and the like, of w ich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that t pe of bed springs or spring bottoms for he s, couches or other furniture, which are composed of a number of upright spiral or coil springs secured on a sup rting frame or structure. It is usual in t ese bottoms to provide he means of some sort for connecting the upper ends of the springs to retain them upright in the intended relative arrangement and equalize the strains due to a we1 ht on the bottom, and this invention is directed to improvements in such tie means or devices.

The objects of the invention are to rovide tie means for the spiral springs w ich will efl'ectually retain the springs in the intended relative arrangement, and at the same time insure a very pliant and comfortable spring bottom which will readily conform to the body of a person resting on the bottom; also to make the tie means of the minimum number of parts of sim le construction which can be readily ap ii to the bottom at small expense and w ich will leave the upper surface of the bottom free from projections that are apt to catch in or in ure the covering of the mattress.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of a bed bottom embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view, on an enlarged scale, of a section of the bottom.

Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation thereof in line 3-3, Fig. 2.

I Fig. 4 1s a sectional elevation thereof, full size, in line 44, Fi 2.

Fig. 5 is a sections elevation thereof, full size, in line 5- -5, Fig. 2.

Fi 6 is a sectional elevation thereof, on a rexfixced scale in line 66, Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a sectional elevation in line 77,

Fig. 4.

ig. 8 is arm/elevation of one of the securin cli s before it is applied to the bed botm P Fig. 9 is a fragmentary plan view of a bed rows running both lengthwise and crosswise a of the bottom.

D represents tie bands, one of which .0 tends between and is connected to the springs in two adjacent parallel rows running one.

way ofithe bottpm", for instance the rows running lengthwise. Each. band is fastened to the springs in the two rows extending lengthwise at op way, such as hereinafter described, that the springs are held from dis lacement both r the ends of the F lengthwise and crosswise ro ative to the tie band, so that by fastcniu tie bands to the upper rame C and son'- site sides thereof in'a nesting the ends of the rows of springs which run in the other direction, that IS, crosswise of the bottom in the construction shown, all of the springs are retained in place without the necessity for tie sl rips or wires extending crosswise of the bed bottom or at right angles to the tie bands D. The ends of the tie bands D can be bent around the frame C or fastened thereto in any other convenient way.

The tie bands D consist of bands or strips of metal which are thin and therefore very flexible, adapting them to yield or ive vertically under a very light pressure. ach tieband D is provided at intervals with transverse bends'or de ressions E, preferably V-shaped, provide with slots 0 which intersect the same and preferably extend lengthwise of the band from end to end of the bends E, these bends or depremions E being spaced apart a distance equal to the distance from center to center of the transversd rows of springs. Each tie band D lies fiat upon the top coils of the adjacent portions of the springs in the parallel rows of springs at opposite sides of the tie band,

and the top coils of the two springls1 adiacent to each bend or depression pass through or are sealed in the slot e in said bend. The springs may be fastened in the slots e by separate clips or securing devices F for each pair of springs, as shown in Figs. 1-8, or the several springs in each transverse row may be fastened to the tie bands, as shown' in Fig. 9, by a Single continuous wire G extending from side to side of the spring bottom.

The separate clips F, see Fig. 8, preferably consist of short pieces of wire one end of which is bent to form a hook f. The straight end of this wire clip is slipped in between the bottom of the bend or depression of the tie band E and the coils of the springs seated in the slot e in said bend until the clip is arrested by the engagement of the hook f with one edge of the tie band. The straight end of the clip wire is then bent downwardly-over-the other edge of the tie band, as shown in Fi 7. thereby securing the clip on the tiebamf. The tie bands can be fastened to the springs very rapidly and with little trouble by t e clips F. When sepa- .rate clips are thus used for fastening the tie bands to the springs, the springs at the ends of the transverse rows are connected to the upper frame 0 by extensions H of the clips used for the end springs, or by any other suitable connectio I u I When ;-th6:0011ti11fl0l18 securingi 'wiresssgi shown vinlsfigiet ire used theyare" pa through-the bends or, depressions E of the tie bands, beneath the top coils of the springs and theirends are bent around or otherwise fastenedto vthe sides of the to frame 0. The'continuous securing wires enable the tie bands to be fastened to the springs more expeditiously -.and they prevent movement of the-Bprmgs relative to the tie bands D in the same ,way as the separate clips F, but

the use of the separate clips has the advan tage that the spring bottom is thereby made more pliant, as will be more readily apparent from an examination -of Figs. 5 and 6. If, for example, one of thetie bands is depressed, as indicated. in Fig. 5, by a weight disposed locally over one of its connections with the springs, the adjacent springs are free to rock in the slot 6 in which they are seated and assume a tilted or inclined position, as shown in Fig. 6. The bottom with the separate securing cli s F will yieldor 've in t is way un er ess weight than a ottom havin the continuous securing wires, since, w on the latter are used, it is necessary to flex them in addition to the tie a ban In both of the constructions described, each of the tie bands D is directly connected to thesprings in the two parallel rows at opposite sides thereof bymter-enga 'ng parts of the tie bands and springs wi out additional parts other than the plain securing wires or wire clips, which hold the intor-engagini parts in connection. The tie means are t erefore composed of the fewest possible parts which are of exceedingly simple construction and can be made and applied to the bed bottom at small expense. The described tie means insure an exceptionally easy or comfortable spring bottom, for the tie bands D are made of very thin metal and are more flexible than tie wires of sufficiently large gage to give the necessary strength Tie thin fiat tie bands lie flat upon the tops of the springs and the connecting! or securin parts are all located below the plane of t e bands, so that the bot tom has a smooth flat mattress-supporting surface free from upward projections. Tie

bands constructed just as described could also, if desired, be secured, in the manner described, to the springs in one row only, instead of each tie band being secured to two rows of springs.

It will be manifest that the tie bands could be inverted and arranged beneath the topcoils of the springs and connected thereto in the manner described, but this arrangement would be less desirable as the bends E would form upward rejections on the mattress-supporting su ace. In some spring bottoms, double springs are used which-are secured between their ends to the supporting frame and extend above and below the same, both the top and bottom ends of the springs being connected by tie devices. The he means of this invention are of course equally ap licable to this double or reversible type 6 spring bottoms. A a

I claim as my invention: c t

1. A spring bottom for beds and thelike,

comprising a supporting frame u right springs secu thereon in rows, thin at tie bands each-arranged lengthwise between two' of springs and have slotted bonds, the end coils of two of saids rings being seated in each of said slotted nds. and means for securing the springs in said slotted bends.

8. A spring bottom for beds and-the like, comprising a supporting flexible tie-bands arran lengthwise of the rows of springs running one way of the bottom and having slottedvbends In which the a per end fportions of the springs are seate means or securing the springs in said slotted bends, Said tie-bands connecting frame,- upright springs secured thereon in rows, thin flat,

the rows of springs running both 1ength-- same t0 said springs, each tie-panel bein 5 wise and crogsswisq of film bottom, a marginal secured to the springs in trvo ad awent row s frame to whmh sazd twbands are secured at rlinuing paraliel with the t1r-band, a marg1- thezrends,andmeansformmnuclzin the rows nal frame to which said t1e-bands are Seof sprlngs z'unnlng crosswlse reiatlve to sa1d cured at then ends, am} means for connecttle-bands to smd mnrgmal frame. m the rows of springs runnlng CIOSSWlSB 20 spring bottom for beds and the like, re ative in said t1e-bzmds be) sad marginal comprising a supporting frame, upright frame.

sprmgs secured thereon inn'ows, thin fiat Witness my hand, this 15th day of June, tie-bands arranged lengthwlse of the rows 19121..

of spnngs running one way of the bottom. CHARLES VALLONF and havmg slotted bends in which the end fiiiina rssesz portions of the springs are seated, separate C. W. PARKER,

means for each tie-band for securing the A. L, BIGGER

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