US132196A

US132196A - Improvement in clothes-driers

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Publication number: US132196A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1872-10-15
Anticipated expiration: 1889-10-15

Description

J. CAFFE EY. lmprovemnt in Ciothes-Driers.

Patented Oct. 15,1872.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES CAFFREY, OF COVINGTON, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR TO LOUIS STOW,

OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTH ES-QRIERS.

Speciication forming part of Letters Patent No. 132,196, dated October 15, 1872.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be-it known that I, JAMES OAFEREY, of Covington, in the county of Kenton and State of Kentucky, have invented certain Improvements in Clothes-Driers, of which the following is a specication:

My invention relates to that class of clothesdriers which are made in sections or panels, and consists in iinting the standards of the panels in such a manner that when two of them are connected by any suitable means they iit like spur-gearing; the object of my invention being to keep the connected standards always perfectly parallel, whereby greater strength, durability, and neatness are secured, and the panels less liable to becomewarped.

Figure l is a perspective elevation of a clothes-drier embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-section of two of the connected standards thereof above the band B.

AA are the standards of each panel, which are connected by-bars, as shown in Fig. 1, and are iluted all around except on their inner sides, where the bars enter, as shown in Fig. 2. B B are bands for attaching the panels, which may be remoyed .and replaced at pleasure, one of these bands being placed above the upper, and the other below the under, bar The bands are preferably made of elastic material, but metal will, in an inferior manner, answer the same purpose.

I am aware that clothes-driers made'in detachable sections with smooth-surfaced standards are old, and that these have been connected by elastic band, having had a patent granted to me March 12, 1872,' for such a device. Practical eXperience and observation have, however, demonstrated to me, since the application for said pat-ent, that these connected smooth standards cannot be kept parallel; that either a change of position of the panels or the sustained weight of the clothes is liable to force them out of parallel lines, which causes an extra strain on and wear of the elastic bands; andwhen left for any eX- tended length of time in this position the panels and standards become so warped that they will not assume their former shape and position. To remedy these defects is the object of my present invention, which it not only does, but by the increased friction of the connecting-standards it is found that careless handling is not so liable to change the elevation of the respective panels. vAny number of panels, of course, may be used, and these may be arranged in any desirable or convenient position.

Having thus described my inventiom I claimy A clothes-drier composed of two or more panels, the standards of which are fluted, as and for the purpose described, when the same are closely connected, to operate substantially as shown and described.

JAMES GAFFBEY. Witnesses:

EDWARD BOYD, WM. BURNEY.