US1086478A - Drying-rack. - Google Patents

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DRYING RACK.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, 1913.

1,086,478. Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

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DRYING-RACK;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELMER O. STRAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lavina, in the county of Musselshell and State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drying-Racks, of which the following is a specification,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements in drying racks and has for its primary object to provide a drying rack for photographic films.

Another object of the invention is to provide a drying rack in which may be readily secured photographic films or the like in order that the same may be properly held while drying.

Another object is to provide a drying rack for films in which adjustable clamping members are employed for holding opposite sides of the film within a frame.

A further object is to provide clamping members of this character which may be readily adjusted Within the frame or removed therefrom and which will be securely held in position.

A still further object of the invention is to generally improve and simplify the construction and operation of devices of this character and increase the efiiciency thereof without materially increasing the cost of the same.

lVith the above and other objects in View, my invention consists in certain novel constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevational view partly in section, showing my complete device in use; Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view on the line 8*?) of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail cross-sectional view on the line l-4 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow; and Fig. 5 is a longitudinal vertical section through the modified form of my invention.

Referring more specifically to the drawings, in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 designates the rectangular frame which has its lower end secured upon the base member 2 which has the sup porting legs 3 secured to its opposite ends Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 29, 1913.

Patented Feb. 10, 1914. Serial No. 781,888.

at the lower ends of being positioned upon opposite sides of the frame 1, as said frame is positioned longitudinally upon the base member 2, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

The side or vertical members of the frame 1 have the longitudinal ribs 4: formed upon their inner faces and upon which the clamp members which will be later fully described, are adjustably mounted, the ribs 1 stopping short of the lower end of the frame in order that the clamp members may be readily positioned upon or removed from said ribs.

The frame 1 is preferably of rectangular form in general outline, as shown in Fig. 1, and is in upright position between the legs 3.

One edge of the film shown in dotted lines at 5 in Fig. 1 is secured in the clamp member 6 which consists of a pair of parallel clamping strips 7 which have their corresponding ends reduced in thickness and engaged against opposite faces of the ribs 4, said strips 7 being drawn together by a set screw 8 engaged transversely therethrough and having the strips of leather or other suitable material 9 secured along their inner edges for engagement with the film 5, it being understood that suitable recesses 10 are formed along the inner edges of the clamping strips 7, inwardly of the rubber strips 9, thereby preventing injury to the film 5 by the clamping strips 7, which, it will be understood, are formed of wood, metal or other suitable material.

The opposite edge of the film 5 is secured between the parallel clamping strips 11 of the clamp member 12, which clamping strips are also adjustably mounted upon the ribs 4., the opposite ends of one of said strips being engaged against corresponding faces of the spaced ribs 4-, while the other clamping strip 11 is of such length as to stop short of the ribs 4:, the purpose of which will. presently appear. The clamping strips 11 carry the strips of rubber or other suitable material 18 along their inner edges, corresponding to the strips 9 carried by the clamping strips 7 and adapted to engage the opposite edge of the film 5 and thereby protect said film edge when engaged between the clamping strips 1.1 of the clamp member 12. The clamping strips 11 are connected and drawn together by means of a set screw 14: corresponding to the set screw 8 of the first clamp member.

Hinged to the short clamping strip 11,

said legs, the legs 3 as shown at 15, is a strip 16 which corresponds in length to the long clamping member 11 and has its opposite ends engaged against the faces of the ribs 4 opposite the faces against which the ends of the clamping strips 11 are engaged. The strip 16 is held in position by means of the pins 17 which have their ends pointed and engaged in the inner faces of the ribs 4 while the inner ends of said pins are pivoted, as shown at 1S,to the rods 19, which in turn are pivoted to the inner face of the strip 16, as shown at 20. The rods 19 are spaced from one another and resiliently retained in spaced relation by means of the helical expansion spring 21 positioned therebetween and having its opposite ends secured to said rods 19, thereby forcing the latter away from one another and resiliently retaining them in spaced relation. The pins 17 are extended through the guide loops 22 secured upon the inner face of the strip 16, thereby retaining the ends of the strip in proper engagement against the side faces of the ribs a and preventing longitudinal movement of the clamp member 12 upon the ribs 4. It will be seen that as the ribs 4- stop short of the lower end of the frame 1, the frame members, when loosened, may be readily placed upon or removed from the ribs 4, even while the opposite edges of the film 5 are secured in the clamp members.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a modified form of my device in which I have provided a plurality of frames 1, having the ribs t with the clamp members 6 and 12 adjustably mounted upon said ribs and comprising respectively, the clamping strips 7 and 11 with the strips 9 and 13 of rubber or other suitable material for engagement with the opposite faces of the film 5. The clamping strips 7 are connected and drawn together by the set screw 8 while the clamping strips 11 are connected and drawn together by the clamping screw 14. The strip 16 is hinged, as shown at to the short clamping member 11 of the clamp member 12 and is held in position against the ribs 4 by the pins 17 pivoted to the rods 19, as shown at 18', which rods 19 are resiliently held in spaced relation by the spring 21 and are pivoted to the inner face of the strip 16, as shown at Each pin 17 extends through a guide loop 22 secured upon the inner face of'the strip 16. In this form, each frame 1 has its lower end removably secured in a channel or recess 23 in the large base 2% while the sides of said frames are slidably engaged in the longitudinal channels 25 of the standards 26 projecting upwardly from the sides of the base 24, inwardly of the protecting side plates 27 also secured to the sides of the base 1 and assisting in supporting and bracing the standards 26. I have shown six frames 1 supported in upright position in this manner; but it will be understood that the supporting device may be formed for any suitable number of frames 1 and that the supporting members and frames 1 may be of any suitable size and formed of any preferred material.

While I have shown the preferred embodiment of my drying rack, it will be understood that minor changes in the details of construction may be made within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing any of the advantages of the same.

What I claim is 1. A device of the class described comprising a frame, means for supporting the frame, ribs carried by parallel members of the frame, film holding members adjustably mounted upon the ribs, means for securing a film in said members, and means for preventing longitudinal movement of the members upon the ribs.

2. A device of the class described comprising a frame, means for supporting the frame, said frame having ribs formed on parallel. members thereof, clamps mounted upon the ribs, means carried by the clamps for engaging opposite edges of a film, and means for securing the clamps in position upon the ribs.

3. A device of the class described comprising a frame, means for supporting the frame, ribs carried by the frame, film holding members mounted upon the ribs, and means for securing the film in said members.

a. A device of the class described comprising a frame, parallel ribs carried by the frame, film holding members mounted upon the ribs, means for securing a film in said members, and means for preventing movement of the members upon the ribs.

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

ELMER O. STRAND. Witnesses A. C. Barnes, Vnnn CORNELL.

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

Washington, D. G.

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