US1048780A - Adjustable clothes-line support. - Google Patents

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ADJ'U STABLE CLOTHES-LINE SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters 2mm.

Patented Dec. 31, 1912..

Application filed October 24, 1911. Serial No. 656,476.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,JAY H. WOOLHISER, a citizen of the United States,residing-at Elmhurst, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Clothes: Line Supports, of which the following is a specification. I

My invention has relation to an adjustable clothes line support. The inconvenience of stretchingup and t-iptoeing to put clothing, or other articles of the kind, on a drying line, and the inconvenience of tiptoeing to take them off, is'well understood and has been a source of inconvenience and annoy.- ance to many :housewives, as has also the inconvenience of having a wash line ,filled with clothes hung in the kitchen at a height which would necessitate stooping to pass under same.

The object of my invention is to provide an adjustable support for clothes lines, that may be easily, safely and quickly adjusted vertically, so as to admit of the easy hanging ofclothes or other articles on the line andthe raising of same to the ceiling, where it will be out of the way and, at the same time, in position to have the advantage of the heat which naturally rises to that point.

My invention-is primarily intended to be secured on the inside of a room, but it may be secured to posts or other stationary vertical arrangements erected outside of a room.

With this object in view, my invention vertical, sectional view f-one of the brackets. Fig. t'is a top, plan view of one of the brackets.

In carrying outmy invention, I secure to the walls, posts or other vertical things, the two brackets a, immediately opposite each other, the legs of which are secured to said walls or other vertical things, while the arms extend outwardly from the-places of fastening and are perforated vertically. In the perforations of said brackets a, are loosely secured the upper ends of the stationary or guide rods (1, and, below said brackets 42, at proper distances, a're secured two other brackets 6. each have a perforation 11' and a recess b \Vhen I use the modified form, bracket 11 is fastened at a lower point and bracket b below bracket a, and I dispense with the stationary rod d.

My invention is also provided with two movable rods e, called traveling rods, the upper ends of which pass through the recesses b in the brackets b, and then they turn down and their upper ends form the eyes g, for the wash line 7c, and then extend outwardly forming the eyes f which encircle the guide rods above the permanent stops c on each of said movable rods, about half way their length, and, on their outer faces is a small projection or rest 72/, so that, when the movable rods e are pushed up, said projections h reston bracket b and keep the wash line in a half raised position. The weight of the wash line and the clothes thereon draws the eyes of the traveling rods inwardly. and thereby causes the said movable rods e to securely bind in the slot b thereby holding them in that position, and the projections h' then rest firmly above and on the Brackets b. On each of said movable rods e, a short distance above the foot or hand-holc j and on the outer faces of said rods e, is a small projection or rest These brackets b V 71. After each of the movable rods e are in turn elevated to the half raised position as above described, they are each then again in turn pushed up to the full height, so that said projections k rest above and on bracket 1), thus holding the wash line in a position close to the ceiling of the room, or, if used outdoors, at the desired maximum height. When in this position, the movable rods e securely'bind in the slots b, thereby holding them in that position, and the projections h then rest firmly above and on the brackets b. -The said traveling rods e are each provided, at its lower end, with a foot or hand-hold j, by which the same may be easily operated.

Although I have specifically described the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of the several parts of my invention, yet I do not confine myself to such specific construction, combination an arrangement of parts,-but reserve and may exercise the right to make such changes thereinas do not depart from the spirit of my invention or the scope of. the appended claims.

- Having described my invention,'what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let-- ters Patent, is:

A line support for quickly and convene iently raising,.lowering andsecurely hold-' ing the line in proper position for the hanging and drying of clothes, consisting of two vertically perforated brackets, secured immediately opposite each other in an elevated position; two brackets, perforated and slotted, secured at proper distances under said brackets and immediately opposite each other; guide rolds, secured vertically in said brackets; movable rods, each provided with a foot or hand-hold rests, the upper ends of said rods when lowered, resting in theslots of said brackets; the upper ends of said r movable rods each being turned into an eye and then extended outwardly forming an eye which encircles the corresponding guide rod; and a clothes line, having its ends secured in the said first named eyes, substantially as shown and described for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature in presence oftwo witnesses.

i JAY H. WOOLHISER. Witnesses c GEORGE H. KINssBURY,

PHILIP FRANK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

- I Washington, D. G.

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