US1191312A - Adjustable clothes-rack. - Google Patents

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N. JENSEN.

ADJUSTABLE CLOTHES RACK. APPLICATION FILED AUG-23. 19x5.

1 1 9 1,3 1 2. Patented July 18, 1916.

WITNESSES; v l/VI/E/VTOI? W /VeZJ J/em en By .v

' ATTORNEY n s'ra'rns ,rATE

NELS JENSEN, 0F BELLEVUE, was rriiverom-Assrenoa or ONE-HALE TO N. o. NELSEN,

OF BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON.

ADJUSTABLE CLOTHES-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent. 7

Patented July is, 1916.

Application filed August 23, 1915. Serial No. 46,765. I

arms all hinged to a vertically disposed pivotrod in such manner that each of them shall be adapted to be moved inde pendently to swing from the same vertical plane to any desired point in a horizontal plane, said pivot-rod being mounted on a carrier that may be slidably moved to, and fastened at, any desired point on a vertically disposed shaft which is rotatable in suitably supported bearings, whereby said hanger arms may be quickly placed at a convenient height for hanging clothes thereon and then raised to and be sustained at a desired height with each disposed at a de sired angle with respect to the others. I accomplish this object by devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of a clothes rack embodying my invention;.Fig. 2 is a plan view ofa detail of the same; Fig. 3 is a view in cross-construction on'broken line m, a: of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view in front elevation of a clothes rack embodying a modified form of operative parts of my invention; and Fig. 5 is a view in cross-section of the same on broken line g 1 of Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings, throughout which like reference numerals indicate like parts, 6 is a supporting standard, preferably of wood. which may be fastened in a er tical position against the wall of a room or against a post, upon the front of the upper end portion of which standard is securely fastened a bracket 7 which is provided with a square hole 8 and a smaller round pivot hole 9 extending vertically downward through it. Within thesquare hole 8 is a pulley 10 that is mounted freely to rotate on a fixed pivot-rod 11 disposed with its axis at right angles with the plane of the standard 6. as more clearly shown in Fig. 2.

On the front of the lower end. portion of the standard 6 is secured a bracket 12 which is provided with a pivot hole 13 (indicated by dotted lines) which pivot hole 13 is disposed with its axis in the same vertical line iwith the pivot hole 9 ofthe bracket 7 and within said pivot holes 9 and 13 are disposed the pivots of a rotatable shaft 14 of rectangular cross-section which extends vertically between the brackets 7 and 12.

A carrier 15 is provided with two rearwardly projecting lugs 16 and 17 by which said carrier 15 is mounted on the shaft 14 in such manner that it may be freely moved vertically to any position thereon, said lugs 16 and 17 being bifurcated and disposed each with one member of its bifurcated portion slidably engaged with a different side of said shaft 14 and between the outer end portion of the members of the bifurcated portion of the lug 16 is pivotally mounted .a rotatable roller 20 which engages with one side edge of the shaft 14 while between the inner end portions of the members of the bifurcated portion of the lug 17 is another roller 21 similarly mounted to engage with'the oppositeside edgeof said shaft 14, said rollers 20 and 21 being indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. The carrier 15 is also provided with forwardly projecting lugs 18 and 19 within which is fixed a pivotrod 35 that extends vertically therebetween,

which pivot-rod 35 serves as a pivot upon which is mounted a plurality of hanger arms 22 each of which is thus adapted independently to be moved to swing in a hori- 'zontal plane to any desired angle with respect to any one of the others thereof and with respect to the vertical plane of the car rier 15, as indicated in Fig. 3. When the hanger arms 22 are in disuse they may be all disposed in the same vertical plane with the plane of the carrier 15, as shown in Fig. 1, and there be confined by the two members of a bifurcated arm 23, which two members are adapted to straddle and engage with the sides of the hanger arms 22, said bifurcated arm 23 being pivotally attached to a bracket 24 to be movable in a vertical plane, which bracket 24 is fastened to the top surface of the carrier 15 as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

The relative positions of the rollers 20 and 21 with respect to the side edges of the shaft 14 and with respect to the hanger arms 22 are such as will cause said hanger arms always to be disposed in horizontal planes irrespective of changes in the vertical position of said carrier 15, which carrier 15 may be raised and lowered by a cord 25 to any desired position on the shaft 14 that may be most convenient for utilizing the hanger arms 22; said cord 25 having one of its ends attached to a screw eye 26 fixed in one member of the bifurcated lug 16 to eX- tend upwardly and over the pulley l thence downwardly to a cleat 27 to which said cord 25 may be fastened to maintain the hanger arms at a desired height. Thus the carrier 15 may be placed at a desired height and be swung with the shaft 14 to any desired angu lar position with respect to the plane of the supporting standard 6.

In Figs. 4 and I have illustrated a structure like the structure of Figs. 1, 2 and 3 together with additional mechanism comprising a toothed rack 28 and a weighted arm 30 that is provided with an integrally attached dog 29. The toothed rack 28 is secured'to one side of a shaft 31 (which corresponds to the shaft 14 of Fig. 1) and the weighted arm 30 is pivotally attached to the bottom surface of a carrier 32 (which corresponds to the carrier of Figs. 1 and 3) so that said dog 29 is adapted to engage with the teeth of the toothed rack 28 to support the carrier 32 with its associated load at a desired point on the shaft 31. A cord 33 (which corresponds to the cord of Fig. 1) is attached to the weighted arm 30, instead of being attached to a lug on the 1 top portion of the carrier 32, and said cord 33 may be pulled to disengage the dog 29 from the teeth of the toothed rack 28 and to raise the carrier 32 to a desired point on the shaft 31, and when said cord is abruptly released the weight of the weighted arm 30 will cause said dog 29 again to engage with the adjacent one of teeth of said toothed rack 28 thus to lock the carrier 32 at the desired point on the shaft 31; if, however, the free end of the cord 33 be manipulated to allow the carrier 32 to move slowly downward then the dog 29'will be maintained in a disengaged relation to the teeth of the toothed rack 28, thus to permit said carrier to be lowered to a desired point on said shaft 31 whereupon said cord 33 may be abruptly released to cause the weighted arm 30 to move the dog 29 into engagement with the adjacent one of the teeth of the toothed rack 28 in an obvious manner to lock the carrier 32 at said desired point on said shaft 31.

The operation of the structure of Figs. 4 and 5 does not require a cleat corresponding to the cleat 27 of Fig. 1 since the free end of the cord 33 need-not be secured to a cleat.

to be rotatable in bearings formed in said two brackets; a toothed rack secured to said shaft in a position lengthwise thereof; a carrier slidably mounted on said shaft and adapted to be moved vertically to different points thereon; a weighted lever arm pro vided'with an integral dog and pivotally attached to the bottom portion of said car rier in such position that said dog may be engaged and disengaged with a desired one of the teeth of said-toothed rack; and a cord having one of its ends attached to said weighted lever arm to extend upwardly therefrom to adapt itto operate to actuate said weighted lever arm to cause its dog to engage and disengage with an adjacent one ofthe teeth of said toothed rack whereby said carrier may be raised and lowered on said shaft to a desired point thereon and securely maintained at such point.

In witness whereof, I, hereunto subscribe my name'this 10th day of August A. D.,

NELS JENSEN.

Vitnesses FRANK W'ARREN, A. HASKINS.

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