US682885A - Metallic bedstead. - Google Patents

Description

No. 682,885. Patent ed Sept. l7, |90| J. T. PETFURD.

METALLIC BEDSTEAD.

Application fila l Nov. 2, 1900.;

(No Model.)

IN VENTU A TTORN E YS UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN THOMAS PETFORD, OF HAIGH, NEAR WIGAN, ENGLAND.

M ETALLIC BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 682,885, dated September 17, 1901.

Application filed November 2, 1900. Serial No. 35,212- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it kn own that I, JOHN THOMAS PETFORD, a subject of the Queen of England, and a resident of I-Iaigh, near Wigan, in the county of Lancaster, England, have invented certain new and usefullmprovementsin MetallicBedsteads and other Furniture, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the rails of metallic hedsteads and other furniture; and its chief object is to so provide a construction that one rail may be simply and efficiently secured to another rail or other part.

My invention consists in the construction and arrangementh-ereinafter pointed out, and particularly described in the claim.

The invention will be described with the aid of the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an illustration of a rail end and part of a cross-railof a bedstead in elevation. Fig. 2 shows a cross-section through the crossrail and the rail end. Fig. 3 is a representation of a section through the cross-rail, the rail end being shown in elevation. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the foot of a bedstead, showing the improved rails in position.

The same letters of reference are used to indicate the same or similar parts wherever they occur in the different drawings.

Aindicates the rails, and B the spherical or other ends with which they are provided, and O are the cross rails or other parts to which the rails A are to be attached. The ends B are secured to the rails A in any suitable manner,- an inexpensive and reliable method of securing them together being that of placing the end of the rail in a chill-mold and casting the end B around it. The end B is shown formed with a lateral opening or slot D, it being of such a size that it is able to contain the cross-rail O, and it is passed sidewise upon the cross-rail into the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Over the end B the thin metal stamped cap or plate E is laid, forming a cover to the opening D.

F is a screw by means of which the cap is fastened to the rail end andthe latter is securely held upon the cross-rail. The cap E has gaps at e, and the metal around these gaps bears on the rail 0 and prevents lateral movement of the rails. The cap E is also gapped at the part which comes next the bar or rail A. The screw F is passed both through the rail 0 and the cap E, and thus prevents the movement of the rail 0 in relation to the rail A.

In the type shown the screw F is fast within the bulbous rail end B. This may be ac-' complished by having the screw in position in the chill-mold and casting the end B upon it at the same time that it is cast around the rail end. It may be held firmly in place in the bedstead by the small cap-nut- G. It will be evident, however, that a headed screw or like device may be employed, which will pass through the cap and engage with a screwed hole in the rail end or in any suitable way.

The cap E may be of brass or fancy metal, so that in conjunction with brass or fancy rails the bedstead may appear to be all brass or fancy metal when viewed from one side or end. The spherical part or tube end may be of iron and the cap of brass, the cap being turned toward the outside of the bedstead or piece of furniture, so that the appearance of the brass construction is presented.

What is claimed in respect of the hereindescribed invention is-- A bedstead or similar furniture cross-rail attachment, comprising a rail A having cast on its end a cast bulbous head B of larger diameter than the rail to be fitted and attached to it 5 a through-gap D in the head B at right angles to the rail A, adapted to receive the cross-rail, and of greater diameter than said rails, and of a depth greater than the diameter; the cross-rail O lying in the bottom of the gap D; a thin metal cap E over the head B and completely covering the gap D, and projecting at its edge over the front parts of rails A and O, and having gaps in it whereit fits over these rails A and O and the edges around the gaps being adapted to press upon the surface of the rail 0, and prevent it from moving or rattling in the head; and a pin passing through the rail 0, and adapted to press the edges of the cap on the rail 0, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

J OHN- THOMAS PETFORD. Witnesses:

JAMES WILSON,

JAMES L. HARGREAVES.

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