US101999A

US101999A - Joseph c

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Publication number: US101999A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1870-04-19
Anticipated expiration: 1887-04-19

Description

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Clothes Drier. No. 101,999. Patented April 19, 1870.

PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPNER, WASHINGTON. D C.

etched $1211.25,

JOSEPH 0. HAINES, OF WEST PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 101,999, dated April 19, I870.

IMPROVED CLOTHES-DRIER The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same I, JOSEPH (lHAUES, of Test Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania,

have invented a new and useful Improvement in Clothes-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

Nature and Objects of the I nocntion.

extending the inner end of one member. to. form a lever, by which to straighten the toggle, said lever also forming the means for looking or supporting the brace in its extended condition.

I thus, without additional parts,.and without appreciably'incre'asing the bulk of the necessary parts or of the rack, as a whole, provide means which enables the rack to be stretched without more skill or strength than 'a child could furnish, at the, same time providing a secure fastening for they device. Description of the Accompanying Drawing. Figure l is a perspective view of my improved rack in a preferred form, adjusted for use.

Figure 2 is an elevation of the same, unstretched. Figure 3 is a perspective view of a diflerent rack, illustrating modifications.

Similar letters of reference indicate .like parts in v the several figures.

General Description.

I employ, as the base of my improved rack, four (more or less) arms or bars, a, connected at a proper point by a block, b, or its equivalent, and adapted to be spread apart at their outer ends, and which may be extended, as shown at a, to form a stand. g

A line or lines, 0, attached to these arms, as represented, or in other suitable manner, provide the supports for the clothes.

To enable the arms a to be distended or spread apart, as required, to tauten or stretch the lines, I apply between each of one or more pairs of the same a brace, 11, composed of two members, 1 2, united in useby a hinge, or equivalent joint-,3, so as to form a toggle.

An extension, 4, of one member, 2, of this braceforms a lever, by which to operate it, and also the means for looking or supporting it, being held automatically, owing to the relative position of the axis of the joint 3, as represented in fig. 1, or by a suit- .able catch, 5, fig. 3.

Secondary braces c e of proper length passing from the remaining arms to one such brace 61, between one pair of thearms a'may be thrown into place simultaneously with the same, and the stretching be thus completed at one operation.

The braces c c and each of the members of the toggle-brace cl may, for security, be hinged, as shown at 6, figs. l and 2, to the arms a, which they are to actuate, their hinges enabling them to be folded.

down when the rack is to be collapsed.-

The joint 3 of the toggle-brace d,-.in this'case, is formed by the end of the member l'abutting against a shoulder, 7, of any suitable character, on the other member, 2.

The braces c are also, in this case, connected in like manner to the toggle-b1'aced,-'cups or sockets 8 being provided for the reception of their ends.- A rope, f, secured in or to the block b, of the form of rack exhibited, when used out of doors, may serve to fasten it to an anchor, g, to prevent its being overturned by the wind.

JIh'e hinge-joints shown are composed-of trans-9 verse rivets, having washers at each end and between theparts, the members hinged lying side by side.

' The non-essential portions of my rack areobvionsly capable of many modifications. Some of-these, which I shall refer to, are represented for perspicuity in fig. 3.

I propose, as before stated, using one of the toggle-levers, d, between each pair of the arms a of the rack, as shown.

The joint 3 of said braces .may also be a hingejoin't, as shown, the braces being in this event loose at one end, as at 9.

These loose ends may be utilized for rendering the braces adjustable, a number of holes or sockets, 10, being provided in the engaging arm of each for their reception.

The catch 5 shown is composed of a stud on the end of the lever 4, entering a corresponding socket in the other member of the brace, the parts being adapted to be sprung sufliciently to enable the same to be readily introduced.

Other means for adjusting the braces to take up slack in the lines may be employed. ,Toggle levers,

such as represented in figs. land 2, may, for instance, be employed between all the arms,'and be made adjustable by a duplication of the shoulder 7 in 01,, im the form of notches. I l

In racks having a. center-post, the braces will abut E mm as I against the same, as usual. e toggle-biaces 11,. one 01 mole, pionded with The joint 3 and lever 41nay,iu this case, be proextenslons or leveirs and employed to Spread the vided in only one brace, to be applied last, and either arms subsmmmny as described of the described means for adjusting or any other suit; HAYNES- able means for the purpose may be employed. Witnesses:

The braces may further, in this case, he hinged" to \VM. H. BRERET0X, J1-.,

the center-post; if preferred. J AS. L. EWIN.