US1815737A - Winding drum for wall driers - Google Patents

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IJuly 21, 1931.

L. JUDELSON WINDING DRUM FOR WALL DRIERS Original Filed July 8. 1927 OU/5 11de/50i? XNVENTOR BY M la ATroRNEY.

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` This invention relates to improvements in clothes driers of thewwall type andhas particular reference to a winding drum used to elevate fand lower the drieiand tov hold-'the latterin any of its elevated positions.l

' l This is a divisional application yof my United States Letters Patent'No. 1,731,050, issued October 8,1929. Y f,

The invention'has for-its object to provideV "to a winding drum of the charaeterhereinafter fully described which is particularly applicable to the wall type of. drier Vandgwhich is y simpleV in its construction, inexpensive 't0` manufacture andsell, and eiicientinopera- Y i I accomplish' this object'by meansl of the arrangement illustratively exempliiied in the accompanying drawings, `in A which, Figure` 1 isa side elevational view of the vwall drieremau bodyingy in its s construction my improved` winding drum; Figure 2 is ax'substantially vlongitudinal sectional view ofthe drum and lFigure 3 is atransverse sectional `,view taken on the lines '3a-'3loiFigurey 2.' 1 j y Referring to the drawings and particularshaped contrivance comprising a long naryrow frameyha'vinga back board 11, side Wallsv ,12' and top piece 13, thefi'ront of the frame Ser being ,open` as is'also thebottomsend. The longitudinalupright side walls 12 are each l'P'IOvded radjacent their" Jfront yends with grooves orchannels 14 which face each other L across thepfrontof theboX andaccommodate the opposite sides of a Xed operating board 1`5v-at the lower 'end of the device and a slidfing'drierqb'oardor lift 16 rthroughoutthe "length of the Jframe above the-'lined board 15V 'and below the top `piec`e `1 3. .ln/order to in. 4113 ,and adjacent .the four corners thereof, rollers,v

sure perfect movement ofthe drier board 1o .Vs-:17 are disposed onthe uprightfsides,whi ch e bear in the*groovesandy guide the lift du ing elevation thereof.l

, The lift 16 is manipulatedby'means orav block vrand tackle 18,one block beingV carried by the top piecek13, the other vbeing linked to qrtheuppergenu Oftheuft, ,While the Cable 19 yisthreaded through both blocks 18 and pro. ,v jects throughout the lengthofthe framelto a serial No. 264348. `inifiua'andl y192er serial ivujseauei.-l

*f and attached `:about itself. 1

:32.y Theseagrooves ,are ,for the purpose of accommodating la pin 33 projecting Stiktans'-k pulleylor drum`20aboutwhich the cable yis Wound for unwound to; alter the 'positionfof i the lift, lthe @other 'end of the y'cable 19 @being jbroughtaover 'the second sheave of the block The 1drum20, Figuresl2 and y'3 comprises flfeflbly-a flanged spool keyed `to a rotary* shaft-21 4vwhich is supported in fa bearing 22 projecting through the midportion yof the,vr 260 fixedL board I15 .from vface to face, asillustra'- rtively exeniplied particularly vin v:Figure 3.

rThe 'bearing 22 is providedv with :av-flange23 disposedgover and attached to the yrear face of the fixed board 15 betweenthe flatter and thef-flangefof the spool 20. The opposite end ofzthe bearing22 isifflush with the front Yface jeetsytherebeyond* toreceive a toothed ratchet wheel 24whi'cheis keyedtozthe shat-an'dpro- ,Y v y vided Withk an integralcollar25. A housing 26 is -disposedvover ,the l:ratchet 24 and pro-y gecting` radially and in angupward" direction from the housing yis'an integral/cone shaped i portion 27 within which a .fpaw'l` 28, in the form of apinisjguided. The pinatlits inner., end infithefhousing kis .provided with a dia-y` the'latter against rotary'movement. The pin j f normally urgedy in the directionof :the ratchetwheel21by means Vor a spring,-e1'1``VVV y s f circling' 'the ypin in the conical portion"27 ofthe housing 'and :bearing at 'oneend against ythe shoulders formed 'by the "projecting portions of the toe 29'and` atthe Aother against the converging wall of the part 27 The outer'`-'e`ndy :of the vcone 27 terminates; in "ai bearing 3()y for the@ pinx2'8 and is provided 132,1one`groove-'31being,atright anglestothe s f other 'groove 32 and cut rto a .substantially u' f greater ,depth than "that of Athe latter groove versely through the pawlor pin 28v at la point therein which,` when supported in thedeeper ,guroofve'` 31,' @permit-s the 4toe 29 to .engage ibe- 29 is free of the ratchet wheel and allows the same to be rotated in one or the other direc'-r tion. Y; ReferringY n'owto the drie-r proper, illus'-A tween the teeth of the ratchet wheel 24, and pin disposed transversely of theV pawl to which when lifted with the pin 28 and turned locate in one or the other of said cuts to to rest in the shallower groove 32V the toe assume` its two operative positions. Y

trated particularly'in Figure 1, the board or )lift 16 is provided with a bracket 38 project;

ing, frompthe front thereof,` the'br'acket vhaving at its free iend an upright pivot pin 39 about which asecond bracke't'40`is pivoted.y The bracket 40 carries a triangularly shaped t c Aframe 41 which, in turn, supportsby means of a brace43, another frame of the same v f shape andV dimensions and tie vbar 44. The f triangular frarnesV 41V and 42 are arranged Y `so that their vbase anglesare uppermost and "bars orV rods 44 upon which are hungthe the apices are'1 directed downwardly.

the sides of the frames, are` disposed drier clothes to be dried. According to this ar- Y rangement, each row of bars 44 isdisposed 1 lift 16 may be lowered by manipulating the i 'Y clear that becausepfthe pivoted support for the drierlframe,`the samefmay be ad-k space. After hanging the clothes upon thel inside the row immediately above, so as to enableall .of thebars to support hanging articles 4without interfering with each other. In operation, thedrier is installed in a room' by hanging it againstY a side wall or by building it'into the wall.y The boX kl() of course,'fis in uprightV position with the fixed board' 15 at the lower end.- A crank i 45-is attached to the shaft-21 whereby the Y All". spaced intervals throughout the length of In testimony wh lpin or pawl 28 to disengage the ratchet wheel y 24fand`allowxfreer rotary movement ofjthe spool 20 to unwindt'hecable19. It willbe justed substantially degrees to accommodate any conditionof the room andtwall rods', 44, the crank 45 is manipulated `to lre wind. the cable, resulting in the kelevation of 4 the board, 16 to any Vdesirable height; The lpin or pawl' 28 is then turned toenable the pin 33 to drop into the deep grooves 3,1f' and the toe Qlbetween adjacent teeth of the ratchet wheel 21,thereby locking the same and holding the lift elevated.

' Having nowy described my invention, what Y IA claim and desire torsecure by Letters Patent, is;

" combination therewith ofa ratchet wheel, a

Apawlguided radially :of the wheel,-aspringi urging the pawl in the direction of the wheel and meansy forlsupporting the pawl'out of' thepath oftheteeth of said Vwheel inone position and for allowing the pawl to engage the said teeth'in another position, said means y'comprisingfa fixed housing for. the pawl zhavinga free endV provided with cross cuts,

' Ina windingdru-Inffor a wall drier,-the

ereof I affix my signature.

Louis JUDELsoN.

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