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PRES. MAULDING AND JOHN U. FRALEY, OF MARSHALL, TEXAS.
Letters Patent No. 106,382, dated August 16, 1870.
IMPROVED BEDBTEAD-PASTENING.
The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.To all whom it meay concern:
Be it known that we, PRES. MAULDING and JohN
U. 1RRALEY, of Marshall, in the county of Harrison
and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful
Improvement in Bedstead-Fastening; and we do here-
by declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact
description thereof, which will enable others skilled in
the art to make and use tihe same, reference being had
to the accompanying drawing firming part of this
specification.
This invention relates to a new and usefirt improve-
ment in mode of fastening the rail to the posts of bed-
steads, whereby many of the objections to the ordinary
bedstead-fastening are obviated; and
It consists in a lock-joint formed by lugs operating
on inclined planes, by means of which the parts are
drawn together, and in a spring bolt, by means of
which the parts are held tightly together, as will be
hereinafter more fully described.
In the accompanying drawing-
Figure 1 is a vertical section of the fastening on the
line x x of fig. 2.
Figure 2 is a vertical section of fig. 1, on the line
y Y.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding
parts.
A is the bedstead-post;
B is the rail;
C is the cavity formed in the side of the post; and
I) is the metallic plate fastened therein by chanm-
bering out tihe cavity and fitting the edges and lower
end of the plate thereto, and then fastening the plate
by a single screw, as seen in fig. 1.
E E represent inclined planes on the inner side of
this plate, and
F J are orifices through it for the introduction of
the fastening-lugs.
G represents a plate of metal, which is rigidly at-tached to the side of the rail with its edge and flange
H flush with the end of the rail.
I I are the fastoning-lugs, which project from tihe
edge of the plate, with lips, J, on their sides, as seen
in dotted lines in fig. 2.
The lugs, with the lips, enter the broad portion of
the orifices F, and, as the rail is forced down, the lips
J engage with the inclined planes E B, and serve to
draw the rail up to the post and make a tight joint.
The orifices F F in the plate D are separated by
the cross-bar K.
L is a spring bolt which passes through tihe flange
H and enters the chamber or cavity C beneath tile
bar K, as seen in the drawing. This bolt securely
bolds the rail in its place and allows the bedstead to
be lifted or moved about without danger of being
loosened or coing to pieces.
M is a finger-piece on this bolt, by means of which
the bolt is drawn back when the rail is to be removed
from the post.
The bolt operates upon the face or outside of the
plate G, and is confined thereto by tihe cap N, the
screws, o o, of which hild the plate to the rail.
ly this fastening the rail and the post are tightly
joined together, no cracks being left for tle entrance of
rermin; while tlhe possibility of the joint being loosened
is prevented.
Having thus described our invention,
We claim as new and desire to secure by Letters
Patent-
A bedstead-fastening, formed by the combination
of plates D and G, inclined planes E E, lugs I I, with
the lips J and bolt L applied, arranged substantially
as described.
PRES. MAULDING..
Witnesses: JNO. U. FRALEY.
Jona W. BRADFoRD,
A. WVARD.
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Maulding, Pres. Improved Bedstead-Fastening, patent, August 16, 1870; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165242/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.