US1586284A - Support for drying lines - Google Patents

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2 Sneets$heet 1 May 25 1926.

. H. M. BURDICK SUPPORT FOR DRYING-LINES Filed Nov. 28. 1925 0 q. M (W a g u a 4, I v v 9a Wm I r May 25,1926. 1,586,284

H. M. BURDICK SUPPORT FOR DRYING-LINES Filed N0\:-. 28. 1925- 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented May 25, 1926.

HIRAM- M. BURDI K, o'rrnn vxrojntr, NEW YORK.

SUPPORT FOB/DRYING- LINES.

Application filed November 28, 1925. Serial No. 71,897.

This invention relates to a support for a line upon which clothes and other things are hung for drying and particularly to a device so arranged that the line may be extended into a room while articles are being placed upon and removed therefrom, thus avoiding the necessity of a person reaching out of a window for that purpose and incurring the danger of falling out of a high window when the line it attached to an opposite wall or pole as is common with tenement-houses and other dwellings.

vObjects of the invention are to provide a device of this sort having an arm that is adjustable in accordance'with the height of a window-opening below its upper sash and with the width of the opening, or in. accordance with the dimensions of anyother opening in a building-with respect to which the device is mounted, whereby the arm may be swung from downwardly-hanging position outside of the opening to its extended horizontal position inside of a room and returned from; that position .to' its inactive one; to providea support of novel form for the arm;-to provide means cooperable with the support for holding the arm in its substantially horizontal'and hanging positions; and to provide a line-guide of special form.

The characteristics of the invention are apparent from the accompanying drawings, forming parthereof, wherein an embodiment of the invention, now considered tobe a preferable one, isdisclosed, for punposes of illustration; p I

Like refe-rencecharacters refer to come spending parts in the views of the'drawings, of wliich-- Fig. 1 is a plan view of the support mounted on the outside of a window-casing and, extending into a room, the hanging inactive, position of the support being indicated by dotted lines;

I a bracket 8 is secured on and extends outwardly from an outer frame member A in a plane slightly below the sash when in raised position. The bracket has auupper plane surface, which is susbstantially hori- .zontal. It has a pintle 9 upstanding therefrom near its edge that is adjacent to the window-opening, and an arcuate slotlO extending therethrough and centered ion thc pintle.

A plate-like arm 11 extends over the bracket, it has a seat or recess 12 into which the pint-le 9 projects, and it carries a bolt 13 that extends through-the slot 1O. The arm extends from, and is formed integrally with, a substantially vertical plate 14. which has an arcuate edge 15 formed withnotchcs or seats 16. I 17, having outwardly-extending lips 18 at its ends, bears against the outer side of the part 14', and a pivot-bolt 19 extends through the parts '14 and 17'. i p a The parts hereinbefore described constitute a mounting foran arm for supporting the house end of a doubled line articles to be dried are hung. That arm includes an outer elongated Imember 20, preferably of wood, which is seated against the member 17 and wedged tightly between the lips 18 thereof, and through which the bolt 19 extends and on which it is swingable. A housing 21 on the side of member 20 has a lug 22, which over laps the plateli, it contains a spring 23 and a slidable latch2 i pressed by the spring against the a'rcuate edge 15 of the plate 14:

A plate-like member 7 C on which p andinto the seats 16 thereof, and the latch relieves the pivot-bolt 19 of some of the stresses th thereon.

The line-supporting arm, also, includes an at otherwise would be imposed Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the support elongated memberQS, preferably of wood,

in the position shown by Fig. 1;

Fig; 3 is an outer end elevation;

Fig. 4: is a View of the support in its hanging position; i

'Fig. 5 is a fragmentary elevation, partly section on the line 5-5, Fig. 1,

Fig.6 is a section onthe. line 6-6, Fig. 2;

Fig. 7 is; a section on the line 7'?, Fig. 1. In the drawings, 14L designates windowc-asing mcmbersand B sash vertically slidable therein.

For the purpose of supporting the device,

having a longitudinal slot 27 extending I therethrough for a portion of its length intermediately of its ends. The inner member .26 is secured to a side of the outer member 20 by a screw 28extending through the former into the latter and by a bolt 29 extending through a plate 30011 the outer side of the inner member, through the. slot 27 thereof, and through the outer member. The plate 30 has inwardly extendingflanges 31, which overlap the upper and lower sides of the inner member 26 with such contact there with as will permit that member to slide therein when the bolt 29 is loosened.

A sheave 32 for the line C is journaled at the inner end of the line-supporting arm on a bolt or other suitable member 33, which extends through the arm and through a brace 34 outside of the sheave at the outer end of the member. The brace has a terminal flange 35, which extends across the end of the arm and is secured thereto by screws or other suitable fasteners 36.

'A line-guide of special form, as shown in detail by Fig. 6, is mounted on the outer end of the line-supporting arm beyond the pivotbolt 19. This guideeomprises a body 37, having acentral boss 38 extending therefrom and bearing against the side of the arm, on which latter the guide is held by a bolt 39 extending through the body and boss and through the arm. he guide also includes upper and lower projections 40 extending from the same side of the body as the boss. Each projection has a shoulder 41, which bears against the side of the arm, and a terminal lip 42, which overlaps the top or bottom of the arm as the case may be. The

bolt tightly clamps the guide against the arm, and the guide is prevented from turning by engagement ofits projections with the arm. This formation of the guide affords an upper opening 43 between the boss and the upper projection, through which the line C may move, and a lower opening 44 between the boss and the lower projection. The lower projection 40 is rounded, and on it there is swingable a hanger 45 having a terminal hook 46 capable of receiving the line C.

The bracket 8 having been attached to the outside of a window-casing, the linesupporting arm is associated therewith by placing the plate-like arm 11 on top of the bracket with the pintle 9 extending into the seat 12, and then the bolt 13 is extended through the slot 10 and its nut turned thereon. The nut is tightened just enough to permit the bolt to move in the slot with some drag, in order that the line-supporting arm may be keptfrom swinging too freely on the pintle. If desired, the bracket may be secured to the window-casing with the arm 11 already in place thereon, and thereafter the line-supporting arm may be secured thereto by the bolt 19.

The line-supporting arm may be adjusted to appropriate length by turning the screw 28 out of the outer member 20 and by loosening the bolt 29, and then sliding the members 9.0 and 26 with respect to each other. Then the screw is turned back into the member 20 and the bolt tightened, and thus the two members of the arm again are held securely together. Ordinarily the arm is adjusted to as great a length as practicable, in order that it may extend far enough into the room for convenient hanging of articles on the line and removal of them therefrom. This length is determined by the height of the bracket above the window-sill, because the arm should be short enough to permit it to swing downwardly over the sill to inactive position and upwardly to active position, and, of course, the bracket cannot be located so high that the arm may not be brought to substantially horizontal position under the raised sash.

Either before or after mounting, the line C is passed through the guide-opening 43 and around the sheave, and it runs over a sheave (not shown) on a pole outside of the building or on an opposite wall, and preferably it is of a length to be held fairly taut between the two sheaves.

The line-carrying arm is held in substanti ally horizontal position projecting into the room by engagmentof the latch with one of the notcheslfi, and while the lower run of the line is being hauled inwardly or outwardly it runs free ofthe hanger 45 in order that the latter may not interfere with the articles on the line. After the articles are placed on or taken off the line, the line is engaged with the hook, the latch is released by movement of the finger-piece 25, the arm is swung downwardly over the sill to the outside, and then the device is turned on the pintle 9. In that position'it hangs outside of and to the side of the window-casing, where it is out of the way, and where it leaves the window-opening free of obstruction and the sash free to be moved to close the window.

In view of the fact that the line-guide is positioned outside of and appreciably be yond the pivot-bolt 19, when the inner portion of the arm is swung downwardly with both the upper and lower runs of the line in engagement with the guide, the outside portion of the arm moves upwardly and inwardly andthereby the line is tightened during-movement of the arm to inactive position. Thus there is prevented objectionable sag in the line that otherwise might occur. During reverse movement of the arm to bring it to the substantially horizontal position, the line is correspondingly loosened and rendered more free to run over the sheaves.

After the device has been installed as described, it is unnecessary for the user to reach out of the window at all, except for turning the device on the bracket, for initially swinging it to room position, and for hooking the line onto or unhooking it from the hanger 45, and the reach required for those operations is not suflicient to render the user liable to lose his balance and fall out of the window. Consequently, the user may'easily and conveniently place articles on the line and remove them therefrom while standing or sitting comfortably in the room, and may Without danger move the device from and to inactive hanging position. I

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A; support for drying-lines comprising a bracket attachable to the exterior of 'a building to the side of an opening therein, a pintle on the upper side of said bracket, there being an arcuate slot in said bracket centered on said pintle, a supporting men1- ber having a seat engaged by said pintle, a bolt on said member extending through said slot, a line-carrying arm swingable on a pivot on said member ,to and from sub stantially horizontal position, a sheave on the inner portion of said arm, a line-guide on the outer portion of said arm beyond said pivot, and means whereby said arm is held in substantially horizontal and hanging positions. V V

2. A support for drying-lines comprising a bracket attachable to the exterior vof a building to the side of an opening therein,

' centered on said a pintle on the upper side of said bracket, there being an areuate slot in said bracket pintle, a supporting member comprising a substantially vertical plate having an arcuate edge formed With notches,

a bolt on said member extending through said slot, a line-carrying arm swingable on a pivot on said plate, a latch member on said arm engageable with said notches, a sheave on the inner portion of said arm, and a 11116 guide on the outer portion thereof.

3. A support for drying-lines comprising a line-carrying arm a line-guide including having a seat engaged by said pintle and a body, a central boss thereon bearing 40 against a side of said arm, upper and lower pro ections overlapping the top and bottom of said arm, there being an opening for a line between said boss and upper projection, and a line carrying hook suspended from said lower projection; and a bolt extending through said body, boss, and arm holding the guide on the arm.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

HIRAM M. BURDICK.

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