US787754A - Furniture-roll. - Google Patents

Description

110.787,754. I I PATENTED APR.18,19 05.

B. M. HAUBoLn.

FURNITURE ROLL.

v APPLIUATIN FILED SEPT,16 1904.

Patented April 18, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

BRUNO M. HAUBOLD, OF OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA.

FURNITURE-ROLL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 787,754, dated .April 18, 1905.

Application ledseptember 16, 1904. Serial No. 224,756.

To all whom, it m/ay concern,.-

Be it known that I, BRUNO M. HAUBOLD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oxford, Granville county, North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Furniture-Rolls; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain improvements in furniture, and more particularly relates to what are known in the trade as rolls for furniture, particularly for bedsteads.

An object of my invention is to produce an improved furniture-roll which shall be light in weight and strong in construction and capable of being produced by a comparatively simple process which can be carried out in a comparatively short space of time and at a reduced cost over the methods followed in producing the furniture-rolls now in general use.

h/Iy invention consists in certain novel features in construction and arrangements or combinations of parts, as more fully and particularly pointed out and explained hereinafter.

Referring to the accompanying; drawings, which show a construction merely to illustrate an example of a formation and application within the spirit and scope of my invention from among otherl formations and applications, Figure l is an elevation of the footboard of a bedstead embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective of a portion of said footboard, showing my improved roll applied thereto and partially broken away. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through a portion of the rollalso showing one of the end posts in section and aporton of the rail of the footboard in elevation. Fig. 4 is a vertical cross-section on the line 4 4, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective of a portion of the foot-roll detached from the footboard.

In the drawings, 2 represents the vertica board.

end posts of the footboard of the bedstead,

and 3 is the top cross-rail at its ends, suitably secured to or fitted in the upper portions of the end rails. This footboard can be constructed in any suitable manner to receive the foot-roll 4, which can extend throughout the full length of the footboard or throughout only a portion of said footboard, according to the design or formation of the foot- In the specific example illustrated I show the upper ends of the posts 2 ending iiush with the top edge of the rail 3 and the upper end of the post rabbeted along its side Y faces to form the upwardly-facing horizontal shoulders 5 and to reduce the thickness of the post above said shoulders to that of the rail 3, so that the side faces'of said reduced portion of the post will be approximately flush with the side faces of said rail. However, the broad features of my invention are not so limited and my improved roll can b e adapted for various applications.

The roll 4 comprises a hollow cylindrical or partially cylindrical body havinga longitudinal opening 6 throughout its length. This roll is formed by bending one or more sheets of veneer or a comparatively thin sheet of suitablewood. As at present advised by experience I prefer to form the roll by steaming a backing-sheet 7 of Wood cut comparatively thin and of the desired dimensions to form a roll of the necessary'length and diameter. I employ a core of the desired diameter, and the steaming process causes said backingsheet 7 to curl around the core with its longitudinal edges usually separated a suitable distance to approximately form the opening 6 of the desired width. I then apply glue to a finishing-sheet 8 of veneer and fold the same around the sheet 7 while on the core, so that the veneer sheet 8 covers the backing-sheet 7 and forms the outer .or exposed surface of the roll. A suitable clamping-jacket is then applied to the outer surface of the roll while on the core and tightly clamped around the roll to hold the veneer sheetSto the backing-sheet 7 and in proper position. This clampingjacket is kept on the roll until the same has properly dried and hardened. The core is then removed, leaving the roll about in the condition indicated by Fig. 5. I then insert in the roll any suitable number of wooden or other suitable material disks or diaphragme 9 and properly space and secure the same within the roll, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, for instance, although it is' understood that the disks can be arranged in any suitable manner and one or more can be employed, according to the requirements of each particular application. Each disk 9 formsadiametricallyarranged support or backing within the roll and is formed of material sufficiently thick or strong to perform the function desired and to form a backing or bearing surface completely around the inner surface of the roll. I preferably cut each disk circular in form and of a diameter equal to the internal diameter of the completed roll. Ipreferablyinsert the disks edgewise through the opening 6 of the roll and then turn the disks within the roll to their proper positions diametrically within the roll. The disks can be secured in position within the roll by glue or by nails or the like driven through the veneer sheets into the edges of the disks. I usually arrange a disk at each end of the roll and one or more disks between the ends. Also where the roll extends the full length or width of the footboard I usually secure caps or rosettes l1 on and covering the ends of the roll to provide the proper finish and ornamentation. After the disks have been properly secured in the roll I apply the same to a grooving or sawing machine, which cuts the grooves 10 in the disks in alinement with the longitudinal opening 6 of the roll. The longitudinal edges of the roll along the opening 6 are also cut and trued by the machine, if necessary, in cutting the grooves l0, so that the longitudinal opening in the roll will be parallel with the longitudinal aXis of the roll and of the proper width to receive the top rail and end posts of the footboard. After the roll has been thus completed it is fitted on the footboard with the rail 3 extending through the opening 6 and into the grooves l() and with the reduced upper ends of the'posts 2 extending through the opening 6 and into the roll, the lower faces of the roll resting on the shoulders 5 of the posts. The roll can be then secured to the footboard in any approved manner, as by glue or by nails passed through portions of the disks 9 and into the rail 3 and end posts Q. If desired, strips of molding 12 can be secured along the rail 3 at the lower edges of the roll to limit the downward movement of the roll on the rail and to conceal the joint between the roll and rail.

My improved roll can be produced more rapidly and at a less cost than the rolls now in common use and is lighter, and yet is very strong and durable.

The roll need not extend across the upper ends of the end posts of the footboard and, in fact, need not be secured to nor extend the distance between the end posts. The roll can also be formed for application to the headboards of bedsteads and can be adapted for use on various articles of furniture, as the width of the opening 6 can be varied to suit conditions and particular applications of my invention.

Where the roll comprises several sheets of` veneer, such as a backing-sheet and an outside or finishing sheet,I usually prefer that the grain of both sheets should run parallel with the longitudinal axis of the roll to facilitate the curling or bending operation; but I do not wish to so limit my invention.

It is evident that various changes and modilications can be resorted to in the forms, arrangements, and constructions of the devices described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, and hence I do not wish to limit my invention to the construction shown.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isl. A hollow furniture-roll comprising a thin wood backing-sheet permanently bent into the form of the roll and having a veneer sheet glued to and forming its outer face, and an internal support to which said sheets are secured and held, the longitudinal edges of said sheet separated to form a longitudinal opening, substantially as described.

2. In a bedstead, in combination, a footboard comprising a top rail, and a hollow footroll comprising one or more sheets of veneer bent and dried in permanent roll form with a longitudinal opening receiving the top portion of said rail, said roll having one or more internal supports fitting down on and secured to said rail.

3. In combination, in an article of furniture, an element comprising posts and a cross-rail, and a hollow roll comprising a curved sheet of veneer having its longitudinal edges separated to receive said rail and permit the roll to fit down on the same, said roll provided with internal supporting-disks fixed therein "and grooved to receive and fit down on the rai 4. A furniture-roll comprising one or more sheets of veneer bent and dried in curved form with their longitudinal edges separated, and transverse supporting members secured within said roll and having curved edges fitting and conforming to the inner curved surface of the roll from one edge to the other IOO thereof, said members between said edges of rated, and internal supporting means to which the roll cut to lit the body to which the roll is the sheets are permanently secured. I0 to be secured. In testimony whereof I ax my signature in 5. As a new article of manufacture, a holpresence of two witnesses. 5 low veneer furniture-roll comprising' a thin BRUNO M. HAUBOLD.

sheet of wood and a facing-sheet of Veneer Witnesses: glued thereto, said sheets dried in permanent HUBERT E. PECK,

roll form with their longitudinal edges sepa- ALICE W. EHMLING.

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