US1204593A - Trousers presser and hanger. - Google Patents

Description

A. E. RICE.

TROUSERS PRESSER AND HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3. I916.

Patented Nov. 14, 1916.

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ARLO E. RICE, OF SHEFFIELD, IOWA.

'rnousnns PRESSER AND HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 14., 191s.

Application filed January 3, 1916. Serial no. 69,905.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ARLo E. Rron, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sheffield, in the county of Franklin and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Trousers Presser-s and Hang ers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to trouser pressers and particularly tothose devices which engage the opposite folds of a pair of trousers and hold the trousers creased and pressed.

The main object of my invention is to provide a very simple, cheaply constructed device of this character which will engage the trouser legs at each crease and hold thetrouser legs in a creased or folded condition so that the trousers will be supported for nearly their entire length instead of only at the ends of the trousers.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device which will not only compress the creases of the trouser legs but which will act to laterally expand the trouser legs. thus taking out any wrinkling or bagging of the trousers.

Still another object is to provide a device which will expand automatically to eX- tend the trouser legs and which is adapted to be used upon trouser legs having various vidths. 7

Still another object is to provide a device of this character which may be folded into a very small compass so that it may be readily placed in a trunk or satchel.

' Other-objects will appear in the course of the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 hanger constructed in accordance with my invention showing it in its open position; Fig. 2 is a like view to Fig. 1, but showing the hanger as applied to a pair of trousers; Fig. 3 is an elevation showing the hanger folded or closed; Fig. 4i is a section on the line of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2.

Referring to these figures, 10 designates longitudinally extending StI'lPS of steel or other suitable material from 30 to 88 inches I in length. These strips may be of any suitable thickness and from =1- of an inch to 3 inches in width. Hingedly connected to the strips 10 are the strips 11 which are also is an elevation of a trouser drawing.

of steel andhave the same length and width as the strips 10. The strips 11 are hingedly connected each to one of the strips 10 by any suitable means, but preferably bymeans of the rings 12, these rings being of a special value means for hinged-1y connecting the strips 10 and 11 for the reason that they permit the strips 11 to be spaced various distances from the strips 10 so that one or more pairs of trousers maybe accommodated in the device.

The strips 10 are pivotallyconnected to links 13 by means of countersunk rivets 14. There are two pairs of the links 13 disposed adjacent the ends of the strips 10. Each pair of links is pivotally connected to a member 15, these members 15 being connected to each other preferably by means of a. coiled spring 16. The spring 16 is of course under tension, the distance between the upper members 13 and lower members 13 being greater than thelength of the spring when the latter is fully contracted. As a consequence, assuming that the hanger 17 is supported, the spring 16 is always urging the lower member 15 upward. As a consequence, this will tend to draw upward on the lower links 13, expanding these linksv to a greater extent than the upper links 17 are expanded, provided the spring 16 has sufficient strength. ()f-course with a weak. spring this would not occur. To the member 15 is attached a hanger 17 looped or hooked at its upper end so that it may be hung up on any suitable support. Pivotally con nected to the strips 10 are supporting strips 18 which have a suiiicient length so that when the strips 11' are opened out as in Fig.

2, the strips 18'will extend beyond them,.

and pivotally mounted upon the extremities of these strips 18 are the spring clamps 19.

Each clamp is pivoted to a strip 18 and may be rotated so as to engage over the strips 10 and 11 when they are folded together as in Fig. 2, or turned to each side to permit the strips to be opened as in Fig. 1.

The, action of this improved trouser.

hanger and 'presser v is obvious from the The trousers are placed between the strips 10 and 11 and thestrips 11 are then bent over upon the trousers so that the strips 10 and 11 form oppositely disposed clamps extending nearly the entire length of the trousers and clamping down upon the creases of the trouser legs. The spring-clips composed of the parts 18 and 19 are then applied upon the strips and hold them tightly in engagement with the trousers. The device is then hung up and the weight of the trousers will cause the outer ends of the links 13 to move downward thus expanding the trouser clamps formed by the members 10 and 11 and stretching the trousers laterally. Inasmuch as the lower links 13 are connected by means of a relatively strong spring 16 to the upper links 13 there will be a greater tendency to expand on the part of the lower links and as a consequence the clamps will expand more at their lower ends than at their upper ends. Thus the clamps will take a position conforming to the out of the trousers. If the member 16 were rigid the clamping members 10 and 11 could only expand at their lower ends the same distance that they expanded at their upper ends, but this is obviated by the use of the spring 16. It will be seen that the whole weight of the trousers will act to expand the clamping members and tighten the trousers laterally. When out of use the hanger and presser may be folded into a very small compass as illustrated in Fig. 3. The members 11 are folded over upon the members 10, the links 13 are folded up into parallel relation with the members 10 and 11 and the Whole device is thus rendered very compact so that it may be readily placed in a trunk or satchel. It will be seen that my device will automatically press and keep in shape anywhere from one to six pairs of trousers and can be made of steel, wood or any other suitable material. There is nothing to break and get out of order, and as a conse quence it will last indefinitely, and as it can be folded very compactly and carried in a trunk it is convenientto travelers. It may be painted, enameled or nickel-plated and is automatically and instantly adjusted to any size trousers. While the device is particularly suitable and peculiarly designed for use in stretching and hanging trousers, it can be used to stretch tidies, curtains or other material having a definite width.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A trouser stretcher and hanger including laterally disposed trouser clamps, links pivotally connected to the clamps, a connection between said links whereby they may have simultaneous movement, and a hanger operatively connected to the upper end of said connection.

2.111 a trouser hanger, oppositely disposed longitudinally extending parallel clamping members each comprising parallel strips, the members of each pair of strips being hingedly connected to each other by mosses means of a plurality of rings passing through perforations in the strips and disposed in planes at right angles to the plane of the strips, a resilient clamping member pivotally mounted upon one of each pair of strips and adapted to be turned into or out of engagement with the corresponding strip of the pair and a hanger operatively engaging said pairs of strips.

3. A trouser hanger and stretcher of the character described comprising oppositely disposed parallel pairs of clamping strips hingedly connected to each other, upper and lower pairs of links pivotally connected to one of said strips and to each other, and a hanger operatively connected to the adjacent pivotal ends of both pairs of links.

4-. A trouser stretcher and hanger of the character described including oppositely disposed pairs of trouser-engaging strips, the members of each pair of strips being hingedly connected to each other by means of rings passing through perfortions in the strips, a plurality of pairs of links pivotally connected to one of the strips of each pair and to each other, and a hanger operatively connected to all of said links, and spring clamps adapted to force the clamping strips toward each other.

5. A device of the character described including oppositely disposed pairs of clamping strips, the strips of each pair being hingedly connected to each other. means for detachably holding the strips of each pair in clamping relation upon a pair of trousers, upper and lower pairs of links each pivotally connected to one of the strips of each pair and pivotally connected to each other, a coiled spring operatively connecting the conjoined ends of the upper links with the conjoined ends of the lower links, and a hanger operatively connected to the conjoined ends of the upper pair of links.

6. In a trouser hanger and presser, oppositely disposed parallel pairs of trouser clamping strips hingedly connected to each other, links attached to one strip of each pair of strips and pivotally connected to each other, a hanger operatively connected to the conjoined ends of said links, supporting strips pivotally connected to one of said trouser clamping strips, and a. clamping spring pivotally mounted upon each of said hanger strips and adapted to force the pairs of clamping strips into clamping engagement on a pair of trousers.

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

ARLO E. RICE.

Witnesses:

J. H. SIEWERT, L. B. OARHART.

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

Washington, D. 0.

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