US1587527A - Clothes drier - Google Patents

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H. H. HOOVER CLOTHES DRIER Filed April 11, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 izz 1 June 8 1926. 1,587,527

June 8,1926.

H. H. HOOVER CLOTHES DRIER Filed April 11 1924 2 Shams-Sheet 2 I re lill

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' L nda ii in liopiieai/ien Zihis ii'ivenlioje relates Lo imp "other; driers and more per pe designed inc-ii; yen" An iiiipor'l'ent olojee'; oi. iio oro'vide clothes drier cloines iireeme sired lay us v A for .1631 object woeroin be raised or iowereoi as of like invention is to or which may lie opereat {effort and greii'ldy (1,5 of the clothes.

iii. the dy A still for their object of lire invention is lto orovrde e deviee or". s elioriacl; 11' which is comperaiively simple, yet durable in con-- street/ion arid eiiieieni: for the pur ose ill tended,

@liliiei" oi end admin-i veiition w, l mopereiit. doing; oi? the foiiowiiig; description.

In the eeeompeieying drawings forming a part; of this specification and in which like eumerels are employed to designate like oer-ts throughout the some; v

Figure 1 1S aside elevation oi" my asseiir loied device,

lligure 2 is a top plan View of the some Figure 3 is an enlarged top plan View of theopereting meel'iariism,

Figure an enlarged detailed View of ili'lB line 'eerrier,

Tigure is a fragmentaryvertical see- 1* lion taken on line 5-5 of Figure 2.

In the drawings, the numerai 10 end 10 iiidieete upright-posts having their lower o" iremi'cies embedded in the ground and preti em hly formed of i iron. llie post 10" L riee me opereliiig mechanism which (or oii'e rectangular frame 11' secured. to one pose by means of knees 32 and having drums 13 and 13 rotatably mounted therein, The sheiir, of 'illlfi drum 13 carries a worm Wheel which meshes Willie Worm l5 harried oy a. shaft 16. The shaft 16 is positioned in brackets 17 and 18 arid is disposed at eagle inclined Witlrrreletion to :1 horizontal The brackets l7 and 18 are provided will; bearings 19 and 20 which receive the elrift 1G. Collars 21- me provided upon. the siliefl; to prevent longitudinal displeeemeiii the-reel Willi relation to the bearings. A. han le 22 is carried at the lower end of the The sh-evil; of -the drum 13' carries a gear Wheel which is located rd; the op osite side oftlie frame from that side at w iyh the worm wheel laiis located. -A sin'iilar gear-Wheel 2% is coir- Si'lll'iiiof the l3 an meshes l ere ii'iQllllliBil iii; the upper end "N, 19" three pulleys ourl between the said brackets, toe some lieiii designated by bhe monorail 537 (lolore interposed Ween 'tiiepulleys ior holding zlie rockets 29 are mounted at the upper end i "pose l0 and have pair of pulleys 3i. 1') f d I'llreee ;ween se-id priileys 31 be ii v '5 v; D J: i j i 1 d II'Olli each other by a collar 32.

i :lie l0 and 10 also iiesqourrodeo o the rower portion thereof a er i debly' meuriied upon .the i elie posts 16 and and web 00, e U-slieped. frame 38 extending across in spaced positions said frame which is held in position lay pins A roiler all) is journaled upon each of the shafts 38. A pair of oppositely disposed are mounted near the eu fier earemities o; each of the frames 37 and carry a pair of rollers l2 mounted upon the shofls and adapted "no engage the sides of the posls, eaeli o'fseid frames :ilso'heving a eerew eye 43 car ied thereby. bracket ii'iomber 3T carried by each frame ET and fie frame erroi'igecl' upon the post 10 carries an o; e ie". A spring 44- is secured to one of the eyes l3 and is connected with slie'iine which has vii's opposite end attached to the eye carried from the frame arranged o llie o .i p sl, for illGlfllI'ilJOEiG of reline in a rent condition.

fill ol: Wires or cables 45 and are used for elevating or lowering the frames 37 oithe posts 10 find 10. The Wire or cable nee one end thereof iiattached. to the 2'13 carried by (heir-Lune 37 arranged open the post 10, said wire'or cable 45 then being" or d about one of tliepulleys 81 upon the up ier end 0 1' the post 10 and then across and over one of the pulleys 27 on bhe post 10. The intermediate portion of the wire cable 41-13 is wound about the drum l3, and has opposite end portion extending upwzi ily and over lllflli llrli one of the pub leys 2?? on the post 10", then across and over the ollier pulley 31 upon the post 10, from which said wire or cable extends down Wardiy and under the pulley on the post 10 from which said Wire or cable extends upwardly and is utteel'ied to the eye &3 arranged upon (he frame that is slideloly e" mniee'i on. the post 10. Fiom ihe-iiorego- 15;, it can be seen ohat when the drum IQ'tfitfikli thet'one en portion thereof will he wo'unci upon the drmn while he other enci poreion. is unwound from the drum thus sensing the frame 37 on (she post 10 to either be elevated or lowered. The cable 46 has one end thereof as indicaizeci by the numeral 46, attached to the eye 43 upon the flame 3'2 siidahiy mounted on the post 10, from which said Win or cable 46 extencis' upwardly and over a pniiey 27 mountednpon the upper end of the post 30 and then eiowim'ardiy and wound 'ov the (item 13'. The other CD6. portion of the cehie 46 extends downwzudiy and under the pulley. 33 on the lower poi" tien the post 10 and then upwz'zz'ciiy a is connected to the eye 43 of the "frame 3 carried by the post 10 as imiieateei by the numeral 46". It wili also be noted the? when the drum 13' is woeoted that one end portion thereof is Wound upon said drum while {the other end. portion unwound from. "the (1mm, thus raising and lowering the frame STmQLinted upon the post 16. the drums 13 and. 13 are geared eogethez' by means of the gears 23 and one drum will he roiisfieei upon Inflation of the other en that both or? the frames 37 will either u'pwa rciiy downwahdiy on the'posts 10 and 10 so their. both ends of Wifi: ie-Z" Wiii eieveied on lower e together.

In use, the device may be remiiily iheteii in e backyard of the orrhhary (iweiiing house 01 any suitable place and. remix. operetel. W'iwn it is desired to hang eio'ihee new the line the hendie iSTOiJil wusihe ihir rotation of the (in-Ems T23 einwmomg cert-e 111 end portions 0*" i cables 45 and i6 and winding" mi nortions of said wires shape, size and. arrangement of pa 25- n" he r o to Without deperizing ..r o, invention or the s ope elm.

hue described my invention, I

of the erier comprising spaced noe""2=, u 75; {iOHFIOEiiGLi at the upper and iowez poi; Uhe poses, frames siidably m t-- eo; he poses hei'ween the pulley e 01' ippoii; eonnectea with the frzmp yielding eiemeni: eXer-ing i o n on both of the :frenzeo cables out the puiieys end connected W3 1 win-'lingmechanism man of ie poles, eaiii e J Winci upon the which he'rehy the frames are positiv I along; the posts simultaneously e many whereof, I have afiixei ing the space between them and i 2*

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