US1219051A

US1219051A - Clothes-line cleaner.

Info

Publication number: US1219051A
Application number: US11126516A
Authority: US
Inventors: Selma E Tallaksen
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1916-07-25
Filing date: 1916-07-25
Publication date: 1917-03-13
Anticipated expiration: 1934-03-13

Description

S. E. TALLAKSEN.

CLOTHES LINE CLEANER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY25, I9I6.

1, 21 9,051 Y Patented Mar. 13, 1917.

SELMA E. TALLAKSEN, OF RIDGEFIELD PARK, NEW JERSEY.

CLOTHES-LINE CLEANER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Mar. 13, 1917.

Application filed July 25, 1916. Serial No, 111,265.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SELMA E. TALLAKSEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at 48 Preston street, Ridgefield Park, in the county of Bergen, State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Line Cleaners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to clothes line cleaners and has for an object the provision of a device by which a clothes line may be conveniently and thoroughly cleaned without removal from its supports.

A further object of the invention is to provide a clothes line cleaner embodying relatively movable cleaning members manipulable through the employment of but one hand so as to be readily engaged with or disengaged from a line.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which shall embody the desired features of simplicity, efliciency, reliability and convenience, and which may be manufactured and marketed at a relatively low cost.

With the above and other objects of similar nature in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, set forth in and falling within the scope of the appended claim. a

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device in operative position on a clothes line.

Fig. 2 is a similar view from the opposite side of the device.

Fig. 3 is an end view, and,

Fig. 4 is a plan View of the cleaner in open position.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawing, the device comprises a pair of similarly constructed brush members 5, each including a solid back portion 6, corresponding faces of said portions having set therein in an preferred manner a plurality of tufts of ristles 7. p

In order to connect the brush member 5 for relative movement and thus permit the bristles to be disposed either in or out of cooperative cleaning relation, there is carried by a longitudinal'edge portion of each of the back portions 6 and extended therefrom in a direction similar to and for a distance approximately equal to the length of the bristles, a flange 8. These flanges 8 are connected at their longitudinal free edge portions by means of spaced hinges 9, the pintles of the hinges being disposed outwardly beyond the. flanges so that the adjacent edges of the latter may abut and consequently limit movement of the brush members in a direction toward each other, opposed tufts of bristles being in this manner prevented from interlocking to such an extent as to render comparatively diflicult opening of the brush members.

It is understood that when employing the cleaner it is grasped by one hand only of the operator, the fingers resting upon the back of one brush member while the thumb is engaged with the back of the other brush member.

When so grasped it is obvious that the brush members may be readily moved to ward each other to engage the bristles with the clothes line as clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 after which the device is moved 1ongitudinally of the line to remove therefrom the accumulation of dirt and dust.

In order that the brush members may be conveniently moved to open position for the purpose of engaging or disengaging them from the line there is provided on each of the brush members at the opposite side from its bristle carrying face, a finger receiving strap 10, the ends of which are secured to the end edges of the back elements 6 as indicated at 11. Thus when operating the cleaner the fingers and thumb are inserted between the straps 10 and the brush members so that by spreading the hand, said members will be moved to open position. What I claim is:

A clothes line cleaner comprising brush members having cooperating bristle provided surfaces, flanges at corresponding edges of the member extending in the same direction as the bristles, hinges connecting In testimony whereof, I afiix my signathle flanges and disposed outvfvaliilly thegeof ture, in the presence of two Witnesses.

W ere y inward movement 0 t e mem ers will be limited by mutual contact of the SELMA TALLAKSEN' 5 flanges, and finger engaging strap carried Witnesses:

by and disposed on the opposite sides of the ROBERT J. BARNETT,

members from said bristles. MANUEL D. LOPEZ.