US1856239A - Clothes assembling rack - Google Patents

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-May 3, 1932. M. J. BUCKLE Y- CLOTHES ASSEMBLING RACK Filed April 1]., 1929' V5217 27.5. fidIIf/Leu/ J 8 14044631 Patented May 3, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MATTHEW J. BUCKLEY, F MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN CLOTHES ASSEMBLING RACK Applicationhfiled April 11, 1929. Serial No. 354,208.

In laundry and similar establishments coniently engaged on the rack but are prevented siderable difficulties have been encountered from accidentally sliding off of the same. in the proper handling, assorting and assenr It is also an object of this invention to probling of the different pieces of clothes comvide an improved clothes assembling rack Ti prising the washing of a particular customer. with a pivoted one way latching device per- Heretofore when a bundle of clothes has been mitting articles to be conveniently engaged received from a customer the bundle is first on a supporting rod but preventing removal opened and an identifying pin or tag bearing of the articles from said rod until the latch a particular number or letter is affixed to each mechanism is released.

73 piece of goods comprising the particular lot. It is an important object of this invention The clothes are then washed and ironed, if to provide an improved clothes assembling required, after which the various items comrack having a latching mechanism associated prising an order are carried into an assemwith a clothes supporting rod permitting arbling room to be placed on assembling rods ticles to be conveniently engaged on the rod or racks according to the identifying number but preventing the articles from being reon the identifying pin or tag carried by the moved from the rod except upon release of particular piece of goods. All of the articles the latch mechanism. bearing similar numbers or identifying Other and further important objects of marks are then placed upon a selected supthis invention will be apparent from the di m porting rod, a number of which are arranged closures in the specification and the accomin a horizontal row upon a suitable support. panying drawings.

The diiliculty with this arrangement has been This invention (in a preferred form) is i ltound in the tendency of the horizontal suplustrated in the drawings and hereinafter porting bars or rods to gradually sag or inmore fully described.

'* cline due to the weight of the goods repeated- On the drawings: ly hung thereon so that the articles are apt to Figure l is a side elevation of an improved slide off of the racks or rods and drop upon clothes assembling rack and latch mechanism the floor, thereby causing confusion and illustrating the release position of the latch mixing of the different pieces or goods from in dotted lines.

different consignments. Figure 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional To obviate the above diificulties in the asview of the rack mechanism taken on line sembling of the goods belonging to a particu- IIII of Figure 1. lar order or consignment this invention has Figure 8 is a sectional view similar to that been devised for providing a latching mechaillustrated in Figure 2 but covering a modinism adapted to be associated with the suplied form of latching mechanism for associaporting rod or bracket for assembling goods tion with a clothes assembling rack. in laundries and similar establishments to af- Figure t is a reduced side elevation of the ford an arrangement whereby selected artimodified form of latch mechanism illustrated M cles may be readily engaged upon a supportin Figure 3 with portions of the bracket rods ing rack and are prevented from accidentalbroken away.

1y sliding ofi or being removed from the rack Figure 5 is a side elevation of another modhy the improved latch mechanism positioned ified form of clothes assembling rack illusto coact with the supporting rack and contrating the release position of the latch mechveniently positioned to be moved into release anism in dotted lines.

position to permit articles to be conveniently As shown on the drawings:

and easily engaged upon the rack. The reference numeral 1 indicates a sup- It is an object of this invention to provide porting bar or beam which is usually posian improved clothes assembling rack for use tioned horizontally at a convenient height in laundries and similar establishments and from the floor upon the wall of a clothes asso constructed that articles may be convensembling room of a laundry or similar estabm0 lishment. The improved clothes assembling rack of this invention is adapted to be supported upon the supporting beam 1 and in the device illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 com prises an inverted T-block consisting of a supporting flange or base plate 2 and a central upwardly projecting web block or rib 3 which is integrally formed upon the top of the base plate 2. The base plate 2 is provided with suitable apertures for the reception of retaining screws l which are adapted to be threaded into the supporting beam 1 to hold the supporting block rigidly sccured in position. The frontend of the upright web block 3 is provided with two parallel openings positioned one above the other for the reception of a lower clothes support ing rod or rack bar 5, one end of which is rigidly secured in the lower opening of the web block 3. The outer end of the rod 5 is tapered at 6 to facilitate engagement of clothes identifying pins 7 thereon. Rigidly secured in the upper opening of the web block 3 is the inner end of an upper rod or bar 8 which is parallel to the clothes supporting rod 5 and is slightly shorter than said rod. The upper rod 8 affords a suita le support for the one way latch mechanism which is used in coacting relation with the clothes supporting rod 5. The latch mechanism comprises a sleeve or socket 9 pr yided with an integral internally threaded boss or arm 10 in which a set screw 11 is adjustably engaged to be moved into locking contact with the upper bracket rod 8 to rigidly hold the sleeve 9 secured in position. The outer end of the sleeve 9 is closed by means of a closure plate 12 which also serves as a stop plate and integrally formed on the lower margin there of an outwardly projecting rib or flange 13. Engaged through the flange 13 is a pin let on the projecting ends of which a slotted lat-ch member is pivotally engaged.

The pivoted latch comprises a pair of legs or arms 15, the upper ends of which integrally connected by means of a head plate 16. The parallel arms 15 of the latch memher are positioned on opposite sides of the clothes supporting rod 5 and are heavier than the head plate 16 so that the latch member will automatically be actuated by gravity to swing into a substantially vertical position with the head plate 16 in contact with a stop plate 12 on the outer end of the supporting sleeve 9 as illustrated in full lines in Figure 1 of the drawings.

The latch member is adapted to be moved into the dotted line position of Figure 1 by simply engaging the head plate 16 and swinging the same outwardly thereby causing the arms 15 to swing upwardly into the dotted line position of Figure 1, thereby permitting an identification pin 7 to be slidably engaged on the supporting rod 5. When the head plate 16 of the latch member is released the latch member automatically swings back into vertical closed position thereby preventing the identification pin and the article engaged thereon from accidentally sliding off of the supporting rod 5 even if the same becomes bent or inclined out of a horizontal position. It will thus be noted that the improved clothes assembling rack affords an arrangement whereby a plurality of identification pins or hangers may be conveniently engaged on a selected supporting rod 5 and that after the identification pins and the clothes supported thereby are engaged on the rod said pins and the clothes are prevented from accidentally sliding off due to the improved pivoted latch which is supported on the outer end of the upper rod 8 in coacting relation with the clothes supporting rod 5.

Figures 3 and 4 illustrate a modified form of latching mechanism for association with a clothes assembling rack of the type hereinbefore described and said modified forms of latching mechanism comprises a sleeve or collar 17 which is rigidly secured on the outer end of an upper rod 8 by means of a set screw 18 or other suitable means. Integrally formed on the outer end of the sleeve 17 is a stop plate 19 having a pair of spaced stop notches 20 formed in the top margin of the stop plate. Supported transversely through the upper portion of the sleeve 17 to the inside of the stop plate 19 is a pin 21. Pivotally engaged on the projecting ends of the pin 21 is a latch member comprising a pair of parallel arms 22 which are adapted to seat in the stop notches 20 when the latch member is tilted to limit the upward swing thereof. The two latch arms 22 areconnected by a cross piece 23 below the supporting rod 8. The lower portion of the latch member is bent inwardly at an angle to form a yoke, the arms 24 of which are normally adapted to be positioned on opposite sides of the clothes supporting rod 5 as clearly illustrated in Figure 3.

The modified form of latching mechanism illustrated in Figures 3 and 4: is adapted to be supported on the outer end of the upper rod 8 ofthe latch mechanism in coacting relation with the lower clothes supporting rod 5 with the yoke member or arms 24 of the latch member straddling the rod 5 to normally prevent identification pins 7 or supporting members from accidentally sliding cit of the supporting rod 5. To permit an identification pin or support 7 to be engaged on the supporting rod 5 it is merely necessary for the operator to engage one of the upwardly projecting arms 2201? the latch mechanism to swing the same so that the inclined yoke portion 24 of the latch member is swung upwardly out of coacting relation with the supporting rod 5 thereby permitting free access of an identification pin 7 onto the clothes supporting rod 5. When the upper ends of the latch member are released by an operator the latch member swings by gravity back into its normal latching position to prevent the identification pins on the supporting rod 5 from accidentally sliding oif of the same.

Figure 5 illustrates another modified form of clothes assembling rack. In this modification the reference numeral 25 indicates a supporting bar or beam having a recess or opening in which one end of a horizontal clothes supporting rod 26 is adapted to be securely engaged. The outer end of the horizontal clothes supporting rod 26 is tapered at 27 to facilitate the convenient engagement of identification pins or hangers on the supporting rod or bar 26. Secured to the supporting bar or beam 25 is a hinge plate 28 on which a second hinge plate 29 is pivotally support ed. Integrally formed on the pivoted hinge plate 29 is a socket or collar 30 in which one end of a latch member is rigidly secured. The latch member comprises a rod 31. Normally the upper latch rod 31 is positioned parallel to the clothes supporting rod 26 as illustrated in full lines in Figure 5. The

outer end of the latch rod 31 is bent downwardly and slightly inclined to form a retaining finger or latch member 32 and has the end thereof notched to seat or engage over the outer portion of the clothes supporting rod 36 to provide a latch preventing accidental removal of identification pins or tags from the clothes supporting rod 26. i i hen it is desired to engage an additional identification pin on the rod 26 it is only necessary for an operator to swing the latch member 8132 into the dotted line position of Figure 5 thereby permitting the identification pin to be slidably engaged on the rod 26. Release of the latch member 3132 per mite the same to drop by gravity back into the full line position of Figure 5 thereby preventing removal of the identification pins or supporting tags from the clothes supporting rod.

It will thus be noted that the three differ-ent forms of latch mechanisms for use in connection with clothes assembling rack rods or the like are conveniently mounted to coact with the clothes supporting rods permitting the placing of identification pins on the rods but preventing accidental removal of the identification pins from said rods unlessthe latch members are swung into released position by an operator.

It will, of course, be understood that many changes may be made and numerous details of construction may be varied through a wide range without departing from the principles off this invention and it is therefore not purposed limiting the patent granted hereon otherwise than necessitated by the scope of the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A clothes assembling rack of the class described comprising a supporting member, a clothes supporting rod rigidly secured therein, an auxiliary rod rigidly secured in said supporting member above and parallel to said clothes supporting rod, a sleeve rigidly secured on the outer end of said auxiliary rod, a stop member forming a part of said sleeve, and a gravity acting latch member pivotally supported on said stop member in coacting relation with said clothes supporting rod to permit identification pins to be readily engaged on the clothes supporting rod but preventing accidental removal of said identification pins from said rod.

2. A clothes assembling rack of the class described comprising a supporting member, a clothes supporting rod rigidly secured therein, an auxiliary rod rigidly secured in said supporting member parallel and above said clothes supporting rod, a sleeve member removably secured on the outer end of said auxiliary rod, a stop plate on said sleeve and a latch member pivotally supported on said sleeve in coacting relation with said stop plate and with said clothes supporting rod to permit identification pins to be engaged on the clothes supporting rod and preventing accidental removal of said identification pins from said rod.

3. An assembling rack comprising an article support, a member thereabove, a removable sleeve thereon, removable means for securing said sleeve on said member, a stop on said sleeve, and a latch pivoted on said stop for coaction therewith and with said article support.

4. An assembling rack comprising a pair of supporting members, a stop means removably secured on one of said members, and a latch means pivoted on said stop means with one end positioned to coact with the second of said members and the other end positioned for coaction with the stop means to hold the latch means in a latching position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

MATTHEW J. BUOKLEY.

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