US1659532A - Drier - Google Patents

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Feb; 14, 1928.

T. F. LONG DRIER Filed NOV. 29. 1926 Patented Feb, 14, 1928. f

PATENT owner..-

TIM OTHY 1. LONG, F PORTLAND, OREGON, ASSIGNOR 'IO HOMI I UTILITIES CORPORA- 'TION, OF DES MO NES, IOWA, A CORPORATION OF IOWA.

' DRIER.

' Application filed November 29, 1926; Serial No. 151,436.

The objcctof my invention is to provide a drier for diapers, arments and-the like, of v n q a simple, durable and lnexpenslve construction. More particularly, it is my object to provide such a drierhaving' a supporting bracket and a plurality of drier arms mounted rotatably thereon in superposed position, each drier arm comprising preferably a single piece of wirc,.having its ends offset in opposite directions and mountcd'on the bracket and having upper and lower supporting por tions arranged in diii'erent vertical planes when the device l!) use, and provided with 15 a-connecting outer end member inclined hetween the ends of the upper; and lower portions of each drier arm.

Still another object is to provide means for mounting such a bracket on a support in such manner that the bracket-may be properly supported in clothes hanging position. with .the drier arms projecting horizontally from it, or may be adjusted to position where the drier arms may -hang downwardly adjacent to a wall or the like.

With these and otherobjects in View, my.

' invention consists in the construction, combinaticn and arrangement of the various parts of my drier, whereby the objects contemplatedlare attained, ashereinafter more "fully set forth pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawingsin which:

i f 'F igure"1 1sa r0551; plan view the drier embodying my 'invent qn-inz hanging position.

{and-with the drier arnisiswung to position for separating them.

Figure 2 is a side elevation-of the drier in position forsupportingclothes thereon, ex

4 cc t that the drier arms are swung together.

1 *igure'3-is a front elevation of'the drierwith the drier arms hanging down.

Figure 4 1s a detail, sectional view taken on the line H of Figure 2; and i Figure-.5 is a' 'perspective view of one of the hanger arms detached showing the' relasuch for instance as a metal plate 11, having as shown in Figure 2.

jects upwardly above and downwardly be- .low the bracket and has at one end the head at its ends the oflset flanges 12, which may be secured by screws 13 to the member 10.

For coacting withthe support 11, I pro- .vide a drier supporting bracket indicated generally at B and preferably have a U- shape with a central member 14 and parallel arms 15 and 16 projecting therefrom.

v Mounted in the central portion of the support 11 is a stud, rivet or the like 17.

In the bracket member 14 is a longitudinally. elongated slot 18 through which the bolt 17 extends. The washers 19 are preferably provided between the heads of the rivet or bolt 17 and the members 11 and 14,

The bracket B is thus mounted to rotate on the stud or rivet- 17 and also to slide thereon approximately the length of the slot 18.

At what for convenience I call the lower end of .the member 14; of the bracket B, a slot 20 is formed in the member 14 and the lower arm 16.

'The plate 11 is provided with a pin 21 or the like so located and arranged that when the bracket member 14 is in its upright po s1t10n and is at the upper limit of its sliding movement'on the stud 17, it may he slid downwardly to cause the pin 21 to hereceived in the slot 20 for thus locking the bracket B against rotary movement on the support A.

:Mounted in the arms 15 and 16 of the bracket B is an upright rod 22, which pro- 23 and at the other end the nut 24.

Supported onthe rod 22 is a plurality of hanger arms, one of which will now be described.

'Each hanger arm is comprised preferably of a single piece of stifi' wire, having the upper and lower hanger portions 25 and 26. At

what may-be considered the inner end of the hanger arm portionsare oifset' parts 27 and a 28 terminating in eyes 29 mounted on the rod 22. The offset portion 27 extends in one direction andthe offset portion 28 in the opposite'direction from the rod 22, so that when the rod 22 is in its upright position, the

hanger arm portions 25 and 26 will be parallel with each other, but will lie in substantially spaced vertical planes.

' At their outer ends, they are connected by the-end portion member 30.

For convenience of reference, I have used the reference character C to indicate one complete hanger arm.

A substantial number o1 the hanger arms seven, but might use two or a dozen or some other number.

The eyes 29 of the respective hanger arms C are arranged one above the other on the 4 upper and lower ends of the rod 22, as shown, so that the inner ends of the hanger arms and the portions 27 and 28 respectively are arranged in superposed position with relation to each other as shown in Figure 2.

At the outer'ends of the arms C, the members 25 and 26 of the respective arms when the arms are folded together lie successively slightly above and at one side of the corresponding portions of the adjacent arms C, while the end members 30 lie in the same vertical plane side by side. This description assumes that the post 22 is upright, as shown in Figure 2.

lVhen it is desired to hang garments on the drier, the arms C are swung apart from what may be called their folded or collapsed position, shown in Figure 2, to their spread position shown in Figure 1.

It will be seen that the upper and lower hanger arm portions 25 and 26 of each arm C then lie in diflerent vertical planes, so that garments hung on the up er portion 25 of each arm C will not inter ere with garments hung on the lower portion 26 there- "of, as best illustrated in Figure 5.

When the hanger is not in use, the arms 0 are swung together from their positions shown in Figure 1 to their folded position shown in Figure 2.

The bracket B can be pushed upwardly slightly and rotated a quarter turn to the position shown in Figure 3, whereupon the eyes 29 may rotate on the rod 22 and the arms 0 may drop to their downwardly hanging position illustrated in Figure 3.

It will thus; be seen that I have provided a drier of comparatively simple and inexpensive construction, which when not in use may hang close to the wall or post or the like, upon which it is supported, thus occupying a relatively small space and a position where it will be out of the way.

When it is desired to use the drier, the bracket B is rotated from its position shown in Figure 3 anti-clockwise, until the member 14 is upright-with the slot 1 20 standing spaced above the pin'2l. Thebracket B is then slid downwardly until the pin 21 is received in the slot 20, when it will 'holdthebracket B against further rotation.

The arms C will then be slid in their position shown in Figure 2. They may then he slid to their position shown in Figure 1 for most convenient use. a

My improved drier is inexpensive to build, requires comparatively few and simple operations in the factory, and can be made of irlgeixpensive material always readily availa e.

It'occupies a small space when collapsed and not in; use alongside the wall, where it will be out of the way. When moved. to' position for use, however, it afiords a maximum amount of hanging length for garments, and yet will hold a large number of garments, such as diapers in position where each is free from contact with any other, and the circulation of air will be impeded to the least degree.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a drier of the class described, a support, a bracket mounted thereon, a plurality of hanger arms each having spaced portions mounted on the bracket and projecting therefrom in opposite directions, upper and lower horizontal hanger arm members connected to said spaced portions extending away from the bracket in vertically spaced horizontal planes, the axial plane of the upper hanger arm member being disposed to one side of the lower hanger arm memher, and end portions connecting the hanger arm members, the corresponding first-described portions of the'seriesot hanger arms being successively superposed one above the other. I

2. In a drier of the class described, a support, a bracket thereon, a plurality 0f hanger arms pivotally supported on said bracket, each having a pair of hanger arm members extending away vfrom said bracket in different vertical lanes andin vertically spaced parallel horizontal planes, and an end portion inclined from the vertical and connecting the outer ends of'said hanger arm members, the corresponding portions of the respective hanger arms being superposed one above'the'other at their points of connection with the bracket.

Des Moines, Iowa, October 18, 1926.

' TIMOTHY F, LONG'.

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