US1275582A

US1275582A - Clothes-pin.

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Publication number: US1275582A
Application number: US19298317A
Authority: US
Inventors: Adolph F Mascellino
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1917-09-24
Filing date: 1917-09-24
Publication date: 1918-08-13
Anticipated expiration: 1935-08-13

Description

A. F. MASCELLINO.

CLOTHES PIN.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 24. 1917.

1,275,582. Patented Aug. 13', 1918.

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' To all whom it may concern I line.

Be it known that I, AnoLPia F. Masonu. LING, a citiien of the Kingdom of Italy, re-

siding at North Ber 11, in the county of Hudson and State 0 New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improve- -ments in Clothes-Pins, of which the followis a specification.

i invention relates'to clothes pin sand more particularly to a clothes pin with the means-for fastening the pin on a ,clothes One of the main objects of the invention is' to provide a clothes pin having means for fastenin the same on a line, and provided with in ependent means for hol the ar-' ticle of clothing. A still further ob ect is to provide a 'clothes'pin'especially adapted for heavy articles of cloth I so constructed as to increase the grip of the hol means on the holding unusually article in accordance with e increase; in the force, tending to withdraw the article from the gripping means. A further object is to 'rovide a pin of the character geroduced at relatively. 7

stated whic be small cost and "may" used in connection with a clothes line loflstandard construction.

Another object is to provide a pin in which the means for gripping and holding the an ticles of clothing is also adapted to prevent complete accidental removal of the infrom the clothes line. Further objects wi y appear from the detailed description.

In the drawings, Figure .1 is a front view of a clothes pin. constructed in accordance with my invention Fig. 2 is a side View, and Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 33 of 1.

The body 1 of the pin is carved from wood and is provided with the integral head 2. This body is centrally slotted to provide the downwardly extending parallel arms ,3 and 4. At the upper end of central slot 5 of the pin are mounted two opposed gripping springs 6 and 7. These springs are formed from properly tempered sheet material, the upper end of the springs being secured in the body of the pin, and the lower ends being turned outwardly so as to permit ready insertion of the springs about a line indicated at 8 the intermediate portion of the springs being slightly bowed or concave "12; means for securing articles independent of,

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to grip the line securely. Thesesprings constitute a spring clip for securingthe pin on a clothes hne. T Arm 4 of thepin is tndinal slot 9. This s 0t receives "a securing dog 10 which is pivotallysecured therein intermediate its ends by'a pivot. pin 1 11. The inner end of this dog 10.is of-substantially tria lar shape to 'provide a gripping head wirespring 13 is secured in'the side rovided with .a longi- I bar "14 of arm 5 The inner endof this 1 spring is rounded and isfioperativein 9.

groove 15 formed in the ;upper1face of dog 10. vS ring 13 acts to the inner portion 0 .the dog 10 downward soas to. bring the grippinghead '12 into-engagement wit the gripping face of arm'3, the d stance from .-'the pivot p1n.11 to the inner end of the .dog

being somewhat greatergthan thedistance apart of the

arms

3 and,4.}

In using thepin, it-is first secured on the line 8 by" means of the'spring grip formed by the members Sandi ,2 fterthis has been done', the article to be j 'suspe'nded from' the line, indicated by 161:.in Fi I of the drawings, is inserted betweene head 12. of the dog from the pin, such'as frequently happens using pins of ordinary construction in which the article is confined between the pin and the clothes line so that, when the article is subjected to'an unusual force, it pulls easily from between the-pin and the line this causing the article to be detached from the pin. In addition to serving to secure the article in the pin, the dog 10 also serves as a gravity latch or closure member for the lower portion of passage or slot 5 and efl'ectually prevents accidental removal of the pin from line 8 in the event that the springs 6 and 7 become disengaged from about the line By this construction, the article is tightly secured in the pin so as to eliminate all possiv '10 and the inner face of arm 3, after wh1ch the article is released. 'Y The' head 12 serves to grip the article. tightly tral slot and spaced arms inclosing said slot,

bility of its becoming accidentally detachedtherefrom, and the in itself is secured on the line so as not to therefrom.

What I claim is:

1. In clothes pins, a body having a cena securing grip secured in the body at the upper end of the slot and adapted to engage I in; inserted between the same and the other about a clothes line so as to secure the thereon, and a securing member rocka mounted in one arm of the body and extending across the slot thereof so as to releasably grip an article to be suspended between the inner end of said member and the other arm of the body.

2. In clothes pins, a body having a cenaccidentally removed memes tral slot and lateral arms inclosing the same, a spring secured in said body at the upper en '0 said slot and adapted to engage about a clothes line, a securing dog extending across the slot adjacent the lower end thereof, and means for normally forcing the inner end of said dog downwardly so as to tightly grip frictionally an article arm of the body.

In testimon whereof I aflix my signature in presence 0 two witnesses.

rockablymounted in one of said arms and ADOLPH F. MASGELLINO. I

v Witnesses ERNEST SUnTTERmN, CHAS. BRATWIESER.