US1428418A - Clothesline bracket and tray - Google Patents

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D. E. DAVISON. CLOTHESLINE BRACKET AND TRAY.

APPLICATIONHLED MAK15I92].

Patented Sept. 5, 1922.

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WITNESSES ATTORNEYS D. E. DAVISON.

a GLOTHESLINE BRACKET AND TRAY.

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To all w 710m it may concern v Be it .known that I. DANIEL E. DAVI- soN, a citizen of the United States and a 'resident of thecity of New York, borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of,

New York,' have invented anew and Improved Clothesline Bracket and Tray, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description. I

This invention relates. to an apparatus for supporting a clothesline in such a mannor that one end may be moved into a room through a .window when applying or remov-' tion through the clothes support or tray,

shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the bracket shown in Figure 1 with certain parts broken away.

Figure 1 is an elevation of the structure shown in Figure 3, certain parts being broken away.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 1 indicates a window frame which may be of any desired construction and 2 a lower window sash which is shown.

in the drawing as having been raised to provide a window opening 3. In many cities and other places it is customary to provide a clothes pole in the yard or some convenient point and support endless pulley lines on the pole and on the frame 1. Where this is done the person using the line must reach throughthe window opening 3 in order to reach the line to hang articles thereon,

'In the present invention a bracket has been provided whereby one end section of the line may be caused to extend through the window opening 3 whereby clothes may be vhung thereon without reaching through the window opening 3. As illustrated in the drawing a supporting bracket 4 is screwed or otherwise rigidly secured to'the frame 1 and has a shaftyor bar I5 rigidly secured 'theretojby a nut or other securing meansj The shaftb is clamped rigidly to the" supports and held against rotationby 5 an an,

theclamping action'or in any suitable man ner. A sleeve is, rigidly secured in any desired manner to th'e'shaft, said sleeve having an elongated casing 7 in which guiding pulleys '8 and 9, are mounted," said pulleys being held injtheir JOUYIIalS arranged substantially vertical whereby the} upper section;11 oftheclothes line 12 is guided in its moirement whether parallel to or at an 'angle through the. arm 13. The

shaft 5 is provided with a pair of locking pins 14: and 15 spaced apart a sufficient distance to permit the arm sleeve 16,to"freelyrotate whence'ntrally located betweenlthese pins. The arm sleev'e'16 is provided with slots and, 18 arranged at 'right angles to each' other, said slots being of Ia'size'to accommodate the respectivepins 14L .and15. When the arm is positioned within the room as shown in'Figure 1, the sleeve- 16 is pushed over until the vpin 15 is locatedin the slot 18.

is desired to swing the arm to an outer po- This will lock the arm 13 against'any swinging movement. When it sition, sleeve 16 is slidingly moved along shaft 5 until it is disengaged from the pin l5 and then rotated through approximately and then slid over until pin 14; is in slot 17- whereupon the arm will belocked in a substantially vertical position.

The inner end of the arm 13 is provided witha knob 19 which carries a bolt 20, which bolt in turn supports a hook 21 A pulley 22 of any ordinary or desired kind is reinovably connected with the h0ok'21and acts as theinner pulley wheel for the line I 12. The outer pulley wheel is not shown in the drawing but is of anydesired kind" and is mounted on the usual supporting post now in common use. The lowersecr tron 23 of thehne 12'naturally sags down as shown in Figure l and is in ready position for receiving the clothes. When an article has been placed on this section it is forced outwardly through the window opening 3 and f section 11 automatically feeds in.

When the line has been filled and it is 'desired to close the window section '23 is passed over one of the hooks 2 1 or 25' as shown in dotted lines in Figure land then arm 13 swung to its outer position ashereby it is prevented from sliding.

tofore described. By looping the section 23 over either of the hooks 24: and 25, the line is maintained taut after the arm 13 has been moved to. its outer position.

When connecting the clothes With section 28 and line 12 it is necessary to either support the clothes by the hand or by some other means. instance, sheets, is to be hung on the line a tray 26 is provided in Which these articles may be placed and merely their upper edges raisedtothesection 23' and fastened thereon. As the articles are fastened on this section, said section is gradually moved out and, consequently, the article Will gradually move over the roller 27 and eventually swing free in the air. The tray 26 is provided With a pair of site members 28 and 29 and a bottom member 30 Which is supplied With plates 31 and 32 adapted to straddle either all or part or" the Window frame 1 Where- A supporting rod 83 is'pivotally mounted in. the side members 28 and 29 and provided With a hook end 34 adapted to hook over the knob .19 so that the inner end of the tray may be properly supported. A division plate 35and a hinged lid 36 is arranged adjacent the inner end of the tray and these members in connection With the side When a large article, as for oai'r of soaced ains extendin crosswise through said bar at points between the bracket and the rollers, a rotatable sleeve slid'ably mounted between said pins, said sleeve carrying anarm, said sleeve having slots at both ends to engage either of said pins and s0 disposed that the sleeve is ren dered capable of being locked against movement at every quarter turn.

' 2. A clothes line support including va member adapted to be secured to a Window frame, a bar having aplurality of spaced pins adjacent the center thereof secured to said member, a sleeve carrying a pair of line rollers and a hook member secured to the free end of said bar, a rotatable sleeve between said pins carrying an arm, said sleeve being'slotted. at both ends and movable to engage either of said pins and permit the arm to be held against movement at every quarter turn, and a pulley. at the free end of the arm for engaging a line.

DANIEL E. DAVISON.

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