US158401A - Improvement in combined towel-racks and wash-stands - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

REUBEN P. BUTTLES, OF MANSFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CQMBINED I'I'CWL-RACKS AND WASH-STANDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 158,401, dated January 5, 1875; application led May 23, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, REUBEN P. BUTTLES, of Mansiield, in the county of Tioga and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Revolving Wire Stands and Towel-Racks; and I do'hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings making a part of this specification, and to the letters and gures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l is a side view of my improved wire stand. Fig. 2 is a View ofthe lower end of one ot' the supporting-legs. Fig. 3 is a sectional view ofthe connection of the base with the central portion. Fig. 4 is a view of one of the rack-bars.

The object of my invention is to construct a light portable revolving wire stand, the parts of which can be readily detached for transportation and quickly put together, and which is provided with removable rack-bars and means for securing the base portion in position, as hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, a represents a collar or ring, provided with perforations ou its upper facefor thereception of the wires b b, any number ot' which can be employed. c is a wire wound around the lower ends of the wires b to confine them together. At the upper end of the binding-wire o the wires b b diverge in pairs, each pair being separated for a short distance, then wound around each other, so as to form ovals or loops d d, with intermediate wire-twisted connections e e. The upper ends of each pair of wires are wound around the circumference of a larger concentric circle, o.

It is obvious that the lower ends of the wires b b may be attached to the collar a by any suitable fastening, though I prefer the fastening above described.

The pairs of wires b b above the bindingwires c may bc given any desired form. The

letter h represents a collar orring, the lower face of which is provided with perforations for the reception of a series of wires, t' i, introduced and fastened therein, the collar h being directly under, and being of the same diameter as, the collar a. The wires t' t' immediately under the collar IL are confined and bound together for a short distance by the wire k, at the lower end of which the wires t' t' are made to diverge in pairs, each pair having loops L and twisted portions a; when the wires ot' each pair are bent at a very obtuse angle with each other, and one of the wires is bentdownward so as to form a hook, p, to catch into the door, the other wire, o, of the pair being provided with an eye, p', resting on the floor. The letter r, in Fig. 3, represents a central connectingpin passing down between the rings a h, between the wires b b and t' t, and down through the base, its lower end being sharpened so as to engage with the floor. s, in Fig, 4,' is a rack-bar, as seen at tu, to adapt it to be readily hooked over the circle o', and its interior concentric circle.

By this construction it will be seen that the rack-bar may be applied at any point ot' the circle c', and can be moved around said circle, if desired, and they may be maintained in a horizontalposition to support towels or clothes, and when not in use they may be made to occupy a vertical position, as seen in Fig. 1. A wash-basin may be inserted in the inner circle.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The collar a, having wires b b, terminating at their upper ends in concentric circles, in combination with the collar h., provided with wires t' z', terminating at their lower ends in hooks p and eyes p, and central pin r, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

REUBEN P. BTTLES. Witnesses:

l?. V. CLARK,

Mrs. P. V. CLARK.

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