US1033566A - Clothes-line support. - Google Patents

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E. ESCHELBAGHER. CLOTHES LINE SUPPORT.

ARPLIOATIOH nun 1012, 1911.

1,033,566. Patented July 23,1912.

2 SHEETS-SHEET} I BY 4 ATTORNEYS E. ESCHELBACHER. CLOTHES LINE SUPPORT. APPLLOATION rum) nov. 2, 1911.

Patented Jul 23,1912.

2 BHEETFSHEBT 2.

INVENTOR ac/wr ma/zuel [fiche/6 man/Isis EMANUEL ESCHELBACHER, OF NE YORK, N. Y.

CLOTHES-LINESUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 23, 1912.

Application filed November 2, 1911. Serial No. 658,095.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EMANUEL Esonnn- BACHER, a citizen of the United States, and a residentflof the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and 1111- v proved Clothes-Line Support, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. I 5

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are: to provide a support on which laundry may be v hung outto dry from the ;window of an apartment, the parts whereof are manage-- able from within the room to which the window belongs; to provide a support of the character mentioned "with 7 suspension members laterally adjustable to form a passageway through the support; to provide suspension devices for the support operable from within the room from which the window o ens to move the laundry to the outer end 0 the rack; and to provide means for spreading the suspension devices mentioned to form a central passage through the rack.

f Two embodiments of the present inven tion are disclosed in the structures illustrated in the. accompanying drawings formlike characters of reference denote corre- Figure 1 is a perspective View of a support constructed and arranged in accordance with 'the present invention; Fig. 2 is a plan View of a modified form of the rack shown in operative position; Fig. 3 is a detail view, on enlarged scale and in vertical section, taken on the line 3 -3 in Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a detail view, on an enlarged scale, of the carriers for the hanging lines shown in Fig. 2, the view being shown as a sec tion taken on the line 44 in Fig 2, and Fig. '5 is a detail view showing arrangement of the operating cords for the article supports. A

As seen in the accompanying drawings, the rack consists primarily of a metal frame 9. The frame 9 is rectangular in form and provided'with three sides, the free ends of the two opposite sides being pivotaily mounted upon a cross bar 10. The cross bar 10 is provided in its ends with tapped holes to receive the screw threaded extension 11 of a sliding thimblo 12. wi'th which it is integrally formed. The thimblcs 12 posite side of the frame. 9. operative position of the rods 14 they are are each slidably mounted upon guide rods 13, 13. The rods 13, 13 are similar in construction and arrangement to those employed in conjunction with the usual window awnings, it being intended that the bar 10 and frame 9 connected therewith shall be moved up and down on the rods 13 as,

' the rack is adjusted to the requirements or,.

desires of the occupant of the room in front $5 of a Window of which the rack is extended.

The connecting side of the frame 9 which is parallel with the bar 10, together with the bar 10, form supports for the sliding rods 14 and tracks for the carriers 15 and the clothes lines 16, 16 supported thereon.

. The rods 14, as shown in Fig. 1 of. the drawlugs, are provided at each end with eyelets 1 17 17. 10 and side of the frame 9 to move lengthwise thereon so that the said rods, if de The eyelets 17 loosely fit the bar sired, may be clustered or grouped at any point lengthwise of the said bar 10 and op- In the normaldisposed as shown inFig. 1 of the drawings. The clothes are spread on the rods 14, and the same are spaced apart to accommodate the laundry being dried. The operator in moving the rods 14 controls the same from the end adjacent the bar 10.

To raise and lower the frame 9 and rods supported thereby I employ the pull cords 18 which are extended about the pulleys 19,

and are permanently anchored at the outer end of the frame 9 and temporarily secured by the cleats 20. To steady the action of the rack I provide a guide rope 21 which is permanently anchored at the head and sill of the window structure, and passes through. a guide eyelet 22 formed on the outer side of the frame 9, as seen best in Fig. 2- of the drawings. i

In the operation of the invention when embodied in the form shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the clothes are spread over the rods 14, the frame 9 being raised or lowered to'the horizontal position, as shown. When employing the modified form shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings the clothes are pinned or. otherwise secured to one side of the endless lines 16 and are carried out to the proper position on the said lines by operating the other side of the line. For this purpose'the T23 The pulleys 24 are mounted on reeved over the pulley 28 and the outer end of frame 'nected to the carriers 15 side of theframe, I provide a tackle for spreading and contracting the said lines and the carriers supporting the same at the outer end of the frame 9. This tackle consists primarily of the pull cords 25 cords 25 and 26 are each permanently conand-15", respectively, which carriers are disposed adjacent to and at opposite sides of the median line of' the frame. The cord 25, whichin Fig, 2 of the drawings is earriedfrom the right-hand side of the frame, is there reeved over the guide pulleyv 27, and is permanently connected with the carrier 15 at the left of the median line of the frame 9. The cord 26 is permanently connected with the carrier 15 and at the right of the eyelet 22. In this manner it will be seen that as the cord 25 or 26 is drawn upon, the carriers 15" and 15 are respectively moved toward the center of the frame, and to the side thereof. To move the carrier r 15" in'unison with the carrier 15 thesaid carriers-are connected by the cord 29. The cord 29 is connected to the carrier 15 and is carried to the side of the frame and reeved about the pulley 30, and then extended to and connected with the carrier 15. By means of this arrangement, it will be seen that when the cord 25 is drawn upon to move the carrier 15" toward the center of the frame, the cord 29 is drawn upon to move'the carrier 15" toward the center of the frame. To draw on the cord 26 moves the carrier 15 toward the side of the frame and causes a like movement, but in the opposite direction, of the carrier 15". The carriers 15, 1.5 are secured by short loops or other suitable connection with each other and with the master carriers 15 and 15". As the said master carriers are moved away from the and .26. The 4 the sides thereof, 2

said master carriers to the sides of the frame. When the master carriers are moved toward the center, the carriers 15 are successively drawn upon by the connections between the same until spread in the position shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The carriers 15 at the inner side of the frame or mounted upon the bar 10 are adjusted by hand, the bar 10 being convenient for hand adjustment bythe operator.

It will be understood that in the inoperative position of the rack, the pull cords 18, 18 aredrawn upon, to raise the frame 9 and parts carried thereby to a vertical position and flat against the window frame. In this position it is convenient to dispose the rods 14 and the lines 16 in grouped relation at the extreme sides of the frame 9 to avoid obstructing the window upon which the rack is mounted.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 I claim as new and desire to secure ters Patent is 1. A clothes line support, having a frame pivotally mounted on the window structure; a set of article supports slidably mounted on each side of the median-line of the frame; and means for raising and lowering said frame to free the window opening.

, 2. A clothes line support, having a frame; a set. of article supports slidably mounted'on by leteach side of the median line of said frame,

the members of each set being connected to move together; and means to cause the article supports to simultaneouslyapproach or" recede from said median line, said means ineluding a pair of suitably guided actuating cords connected to adjaeent members of the sets; a loop cord connecting the adjacent supports of each set, and means for supports ing the loop portion of the last-mentioned cord.

name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

E. F. MURnooK, PHILIP D. Ronmmus.

In testimony whereof I have signed my

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