US1294170A - Flag-supporting device. - Google Patents

Description

J. ROBINSON.

FLAG SUPPORTING DEV.|CE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I5, I9I I.

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FLAG-SUPPORTING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 11, 1919..

Application filed September 15, 1917. Serial No. 191,624.

tion of the staff `which is adjacent to the emblem itselfis in a vertical position, so

`that the latteris prevented from getting entangled to any great extent with the mast, as is usually the'case where the statil is projected either horizontally or at an acute angle with the side walls of a building.

A means is also provided whereby the flag j may be raised, lowered and removed from its supporting rope expeditiously when the operator is within the building from which thev flag is outrigged. The lsimple meansadoptedl for attaching and detaching the flag from the rope is particularly useful in con nection with the use of a single'continuous rope for raising the flag.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specilication I have shown one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention constructed according to the best mode I have so far devised for the practical applicationof ,the principles of my invention. A

Figure 1 is a side view partly in section Y of the Hag supporting device, taken on line 1 1 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on line 2 2 of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged horizontal section of the vertical staff portion of the device taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view of a portion ofthe device taken in the direction of the arrows of 4 4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail of a short lpiece of rope. v

Fig. 6 is an enlargement of part of the vertical mast taken on line 6 6 of Fig. 1, the flag being shown in section.

Fig. 7 is a horizontal section Online 7 7 of Fig. 1, y n

Fig. 8 is a detail view of a portion of the rope used to support the liag in my invention.

In the drawings the numeral 1 indicates preferably made of wrought pipe, commonly called gas pipe, the end 3 of the latter being slidably entered into the specially designed holder 4. The holder 4 is made of steel tubing in order to provide the necessary strength foundessential for this part of the device from practical use. In making the said holder 4 the inner end 5 is heated, placed on an anvil and flattened with a bevel face 6 on the under side of same adapted to engage onthe sloped face of the window sill'l, while 4the outer end 7 remains in a horizontal position so that member 2 may assume the proper position as shown in the drawings. `Screws 8 are provided which pass through the end 5 of the holder Vand enter the window sill 1 thus securing the holder to the sill. A bolt 9 Vpasses through both the tubular member 2 and thel holder` 4, and thumbnuts 10, 11 placed on the opposite and threaded ends of said bolt in order to secure the two parts together. The thumbnuts 10, 11 it is seen are provided with ears 120i sufficient length so that'the ends of the flag rope 13, can be wound around the thumbnuts, and Jfastened thereon. The horizontal member 2 is provided withl screw eye bolts 14, 15, through which the various portions 16, 17, 18 of the continuous rope 13 pass to insure smooth operation of the device.

The guy wire 19, which is also continuous, is attached by means of turnbuckles 20, eyebolts 21, 22 and hooks 23 at points 24, to the window sill 1. 'Ihe saidturnbuckles furnish a means of adjusting the horizontal member 2 with relation to the face 25 of the window sill, and at the same time guy wire 19 resists the wind stresses which would otherwise take place in the horizontal member 2 itself. The method of securing the guy wire 19 to the outer end of tubular member 2 consists in passing the said guy wire through the screw-eye bolt 26 and through the holes 27 as clearly indicated in Figs. 1 and 4 of the drawings, and this arrangement is found to prevent the wire from slipping with respect to the member 2, and also presents a neat appearance, obviating cumbersome appearing securing bolts which would otherthe portion 2 is placed at right angles to the latter and connected to it by the usual elbow connection 29.- Ihe member 30 is made 1n turn of smaller diameter than the pipe 28,

and is connected to the latter by the usual reducing coupling 31. A suitable ball 32 surmou'ntsA the member 30 for ornamental purposes. The various reductions of size of the members 2, 28, 30 it will be seen are necessary so that the member 30 bearing the flag 35 will be of suitable size and appearance. Eyebolts 33, 34 are mounted in members 28 and 30 respectively for the purpose of holding the rope 13 in proper position, the eyebolt 34 carrying the flag itself as will be'- described below.

An advantageous feature of the device is the simple method of attaching and detaching the flag 35 to the rope 13 as Shown in detail in the Figs. 5, 6 and' 7 of the drawing. The numeral 36 is a short piece of rope having two knots 37, and 38 formed on the ends of same. The flag 35 has the usual: metal eyes 39, 40, through which a returned portion 41 of the rope 18 is passed asin Fig. 7. vThe short piece of rope 36 1s placed in the loop so formed' by rope 18, and the latter tightened upon itself as in Fig. 6, and in this fashion the flag 35 1s readily attached, and detached from the rope 18.

The method of employing' a single continous rope 13 for mounting the flag with my device is ingenious, and it will be seen thatstarting at the point of the thumb nut 10 the rope 13 passes through the screw eye bolt 14, te and through the eyebolt 33 (see Figs. 1 and 3) ,and this portion of said rope is 4designated by the aforesaid numeral' 16. Th'ence the rope 16 ascends to and through the screw eye bolt 34 (see Figs. 6 and 7), descending as the portion 18, and passes through the meta- l eyes 39 and 40 where the flag is attached as before described. Thence rope 18 passes through the eyebolt 33, and along the horizontal member 2, passing through the' screw eye bolt 15, and forms a simple loop as shown in Fig. 8, which is wound on the thumbnut 11. The rope 18 then continues as portion 17 to the ascendin g portion of the rope 18 immediately zfrbove the eyebolt 33 where the end is made ast. y To lower the flag from the position shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the rope 13 is detached from. the thumbnuts 10', and 11, the portion of the rope 17 is drawn toward the window, while the portion of the rope 16 is paid out, the' free end of the latter being of any. required length necessary for the PUIP'OSe in hand'. rIhe end 43 of the latter rope 16 must be held bythe operator' however and not permitted to slip through the screw eye 14, as is readily appreciated. By the above method the ascending portion of rope 18l is drawn to the window, when the flag35 can1 be readily detached as before eX- plained in this specication;

From what has been said further explanation as to the method of raising the flag is unnecessary, the operation being practically the reverse of what has just been described.

It is seen that I have provided a device which is of marked utility, exceedingly simple in operation, and which tends to prevent the flag becoming entangled withJ its support, in that every fresh 2gust of wind has a tendency to unfurl the flag from its vertical mast. It is further seen that the arrangement of parts and single rope used permit a vertical mast to be used, when a support for a flag is desired which can be'used from the side walls of buildings.

What I claim is 1. In a device of the character described having a vertical mast, and a horizontal staff adapted to be attached to a window sill, halyards consisting of a single continuous rope, having ahorizontal portion adjacent to the said staif and slidably attached to the base of the vertical' mast, an ascending portion adjacent Vto theV said mast and slidably attached thereto at a point near its top, a returned descending portion adjacent to the verticall mast having means for attaching a Hag thereto, and slidably attached to a point at the base of the mast, a second horizontal portion of rope adjacent to the horizontal stad, and returned upon itself at a point near the window sill to form a third horizontal line attached to the descending' portion of the rope at a point near the base of the Vertical mast.

j 2. In a device of the character described having' a vertical mast, and a horizontal staff attached toa window sill, halyards consisting of a continuous rope having a horizontally disposed portion, an ascending portion passing vthrough ring bolts at the base and top of the vertical mast respectively, a returned descending portion of rope passing 115 through the ringbolt at the' base of the mast, a second horizontal portion of rope returned upon itself at a point near the said window sill, attached to the descending portion of rope at a point above the said ringbolt at 120 the base of the vertical mast for operating the continuous halyards through the aforesaid ringbolts. f 3. In a Hag raising device having a vertical mast and a horizontal staff attached to a window sill, halyards comprising a continuous rope onev end of which is secured at' a point near the window sill, and passes successively through ringbolts in the base and tcp of the vertical mast, said rope continuing as a descending line and returned with means of securing the returned loops upon itself at a number of points forming in the eyelets of the aforesaid flag. 10 loops adapted to pass-through the eyelets of In testimony whereof I affix my signaa iag, said continuous rope thence passing ture in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

through the ringbolt at the base of the mast, JACKSON ROBINSON. returned upon itself at a point near the Witnesses:

Window sill, and attached to itself at a point M. M. DEMOND,

near the base of the mast; in combination WILLIAM A. Hmm.

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