US1660940A - Towel support - Google Patents

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Feb. 28, 1928. 31,660,940

H. H. STEIN TOWEL SUPPORT Filed April '7', 1927 v INVENTOR. H/.3015 8M M 1 A TTORNE Y.

Patented Feb. 28, 1928.

UNITEDFISTATES" HENRY H. STEIN, OF roar WAYNE, mnninn.

TOWEL SUPPORT.

Application filed April 7,

The invention relates to supports for towels audits objectis to provide means by which a towel or other similar article may be continuously su .)ported on a wall or other structure and'capable of movement in a .plurality of directions, the device automatically retracting the towel to normal position when released. 1

The invention is illustrated in the accom panying drawings, in which i Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a device embodying the invention; Fig. 2 a side elevational view of the same; Fig. 3 a

Fig. 4 a vertical longitudinal cross-section ofthe device.

In the illustrative embodiment of the invention, 1 represents the wall of a building or other structure, 2 is a U-shaped frame or bracket secured to or projecting from a plate 3 adapted to cover an opening 1in the wall through which the frame is extended. A

pulley 5 is mounted at the rearor inner end.

of the frame over which runs a cord or cable 6 having a counter-weight 7 secured to one end thereof. The other end ofthe cord or cable extends through an aperture 8 formed in the plate 3, an eyelet being mounted in the api-n-turc to provide a :m'iooth'surface on which the cord or cable may move. A clamp 10 of suitable form is secured tothe outer end of the cord or cable. This clamp is adapted to be engaged to the towel or other article 11 for supporting it. The rear end of the clamp, or the looped end of the cord or cable at the clamp, will abut the limit the inward movement of the cord or cable. i

A brake member 12 of suitable material is loosely mounted on a pin 13 that is mounted on the frame, preferably rearwardly of the pulley 5. The facel l of the brake that opposes the pulley preferably forms a cam adapted toengage the cord or cable and clamp it to the pulley when the brake is rocked. A spring v1 1 is engaged at one end to the frame 2 and its opposite end is engaged on a pin 15 that projects from the upper portion of thebrake member. A rod 1927. Serial I'm-181,876

16 loosely engages the lower end of the memher 12 is rocked on its pivot to cause its cam fac'e to move away from the cord or cable as shown in full lines in Fig. 1, and by moving plan view of the same installed in a wall and the rod into the restricted portion of the slot the brake member, opposed by the spring 14, is held in normal released position. When the cord or cable is pulled out to use the article attached to the clamp, and it is desired to retain the article in its new position, the rod 16 is elevated to cause the grip to register with the wider or expanded portion of the slot 17 as shown in Fig. 2 and in broken lines in Fig. 1, whereupon the spring expands and rocks the brake into contact with the cord or cable and firmly clamps the same on the pulley so thatthe weight will not descend.

What I claim is:

A support for towels and the like comprising a plateadapted to be secured over an opening in a wall and having an aperture therein, aframe extending rearwardly from the plate and adapted to be inserted through the opening in the wall, a )ulley revolubly mounted adjacent to the extended forwardly through the aperture in the plate, a clamp secured to the forward end of the cable, a weight secured to the opposite end of the cable, a brake member pivotally mounted on the frame and adapted to clamp the cable to the pulley, a rod pivotree endof the frame, a cable passed over the pulley and plate at the aperture 8 1n. the plate 3 andally connected to the brake member and ex tended through the plate and adapted to rock the brake member, and tension means opposing said rocking movement.

' In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 5th day of April, 1927.

HENRY H. STEIN.

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