US1055019A

US1055019A - Line-holder.

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Publication number: US1055019A
Application number: US71564312A
Authority: US
Inventors: Carmelo Cammarata
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1912-08-17
Filing date: 1912-08-17
Publication date: 1913-03-04
Anticipated expiration: 1930-03-04

Description

C. CAMMARATA.

LINE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 17, 1912 Patented Marr. 4, 1913 s so' CARMELO CAMMARATA, 0F UNIONTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

LINE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Ma1-.4,191`3.

Application filed August 17, 1912. Serial No. 715,643.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CARMELO CAMMARATA, a native of Italy, subject of King Victor Emanuel III, residing at Uniontown, in the county of Fayette and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Line-Holders, of which the' following isa specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements inline holders for use by brick-layers and those engaged in similar vocations to assist in properly 1ay ing out their work, and the invention has for itsvr primary object a simple, durable and efficient construction of device of this character which will securely hold a line and properly retain the same in position without the necessity of using nails or similar devices for maintaining the end of the line at the desired point.

MThe invention alsohas for its object a simple device of this character provided with improved means whereby the line end may be securely fastened to it at diEerent required adjustments, according to the length of line required, and which will be so formed that the linemay be easily fas.- tenedr thereto and disconnected therefrom, as desired.

[A further object of the invention 'is a device of this character provided with improved means, whereby it may be securely held in place and prevented from tipping, whenr the line is secured at the topmost course ofthe bricks or blocks. And the inf. ventionalso aims to generally improvedej vices of this class and to render them more useful and commercially desirable.

-With these and other objects in view, as will more fully appear as the description -f proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions, arrangements and combinations ]of the parts that I shall khereinafter fully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which, s f

Figure l is a side elevation showing my improved line holder in applied position. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one ofthe holders with the end kof a line secured thereto. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view thro-ugh one of the holders. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the complemental holders when nested or arranged in abutting relation to each other for convenience in carrying in the pocket or stowing away inthe kit, and Fig. 5 is an inner face view of one of the holders showing the manner of using the same at the topmost course of the work. l f

Corresponding and like parts are referred to inthe following description and designated in the accompanying drawing by like reference characters.

Each of my improvedline holders comprisesa body portion 1 formed with an eX- tension 2 which produces a shoulder 3. The

body portion l is provided at one end with a curved recess 4 and with inwardly extending tapering recesses 5 in which the line 6 is adapted to be passed so as to securely fasten the line to the holder.

7 designates the end of the line which, as will be best illustrated in Figs. land 2, is passed into the middle one of the recesses 5,

Q at the required point, according to the length of line desired, and is ythen passed one or more times through the recesses 5, thereby holding the line taut and under the required tension. The extension 2 of the body portion l is formed in its face adjoining the shoulder 3, with a groove 9 which communicates at one end with the opening 8 extend-4 ing through the extension at .the juncture thereof with the'main part'of the body portion,the line being passed through the opening 8 and lying along` the groove 9, whereby it will be substantially flush with the face of the extension. n

From as much of the ydescription as has preceded, in connection with the correlated views of the accompanying drawing, it will Vbe understood that in the practical application or use of my improved line holders, one ofr them is secured to each end of the line, the line being adjusted and fastenedto one end of the holder, according to the length of line desired, fand the holders being disposed ,vertically on the partially Vbuilt up corners of the building' structure with the `rshoulders 3 extending around the sides of the structure, asr clearly indicated in Fig. 1. As the work progresses, yit is manifest that the line holders are slipped upwardly, whereby they will at all times vserve as.` a guide or gage for laying the intermediate bricksof the respective courses, and it will be seen that by the use of a device such as I have invented, itis not necessary to use nails or similar fastening devices to fasten the line to the wall, but it is only necessary to adjust the line to the holders and to then stretch the line taut, so that the shoulders 3 of the holders will extend around the sides of the bricks. Then not in use, the pair of holders may be mated with each other, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 4C, and the line wound around them, the recesses l in which the line is wound, preventing the line from slipping sidewise from the holders and become tangled and permitting the holders to come apart.

In order to prevent the holders from tipping, when laying the top course, I provide them with spurs 9 pivotally connected at one end to the body portion 1 and adapted to be swung out beyond the shoulders 3 so as to engage the corner bricks, as clearly indicated in F ig. 5, whereby all tipping of the holders and the consequent throwing of the line out of position, is positively precluded. In their operative positions, the spurs 9 are disposed obliquely beyond the shoulders 3 and are limited to such posit-ion by pins l0 engaging in notches` 11 formed in the edges of the spurs. In this position of the spurs, their lower free edges are on a line with the grooves 9 and consequently, the line 6.

While the accompanying drawing illustrates what I believe to be t-he preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that various changes may be made in the construction, arrangement and proportions of the parts without departing from the scope of the invention, as defined in the appended claims.

vWhat I claim is l. A line holder, comprising a body portion formed with an extension and a shoulder adjoining one face of the extension, a leveling spur pivotally secured to the side of the body portion and movable outwardly beyond said shoulder in a plane parallel to the said side and to the said face of the eX- tension, and means for limiting movement of the spur upon its pivot.

2. A line holder, comprising a body p0rtion formed with an extension and a shoulder adjoining one face of the extension, a leveling and bracing spur connected to one side of the body portion and movable out beyond said shoulder in a plane parallel with the said face of the extension for engagement upon the work to level and brace the holder, such face of the extension being formed with a longitudinal groove, and means for limiting the movement of the spur in one direction at a point where one end of the spur will be in line with said groove and upon the work, forthe purpose specified.

3. A line holder for position at the uppercorner of a wall, said holder comprising a body portion and an extension for engagement with the corner of the wall, a leveling and bracing spur pivoted to one face of the extension and adapted for engagement upon the top of the wall, means for limiting the pivotal movement o-f the spur, and means for securing one end of the line to the holder.

4. A line holder comprising a body portion formed with an extension and adapted for engagement with the corner of the wall, a spur pivoted to one face of the extension and adapted for engagement with the top of the wall to level and brace the holder, the end of the extension being provided with a 4plurality of slots to form spaced lblocks adapted to have wound therearound the end of a line to hold the latter, and means for limit-ing the pivotal movement of the spur and retaining the same in engagement with the top of the wall.

5. A line holder comprising a body portion formed with an extension adapted for 2 engagement against the right angled walls of 'ya structure at the corner thereof, the eX- .tension having a curved face with a plurality of slots extending inwardly therefrom to receive t-he end of a line and also vto produce spaced wedge blocks around which the line may be engaged, a spur car- 1 ried by one face of the extension and adapted for engagement against the wall to support the holder in proper position at the corner of the structure.

6. A line holder comprising a body portion formed with an extension and adapted for engagement with the corner of a structure, said body portion having a line extending therefrom, means carried by the eXtension for holding the end of the line, a bracing spur carried by the extension and hav- King its upper end adapted for engagement against the top of the structure and in alinement with the line to brace the holder and retain the same in position against he corner of the structure, and means for locking the spur in position.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CARMELO CAMMARATA.

Vitnesses H. FUsAnrNi, A. E. JONES.

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

Washington, D. C.