US1960882A - Clothesline - Google Patents

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May ze, 1934. J. A. TURNER 1,960,882

CLOTHESLINE Original Filed May 16, 1932 INVENTOE ATTO R N EY Patented May 29, 1934 UNITED STATES 'PATENT OFFICE( CLOTHESLINE Jacob Austin Turner, Avondale, N. C., assignor to R. P. Robinson, Forest City, N. C.

Application May 16, 1932, Serial No. 611,651 Renewed February 20, 1934 1 Claim.

The invention relates to a clothesline and has for its primary object to provide an article of this character in that clothes or the like may be hung thereon without the instrumentality of clothes- U5 pins or other like fasteners and Without liability of the articles as hung separating from the line especially when subjected to wind, the line in its make-up being of novel form.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a clothesline or what might be termed a sunning line for the support of articles or the like without regard to the size or weight and the same are held secure thereon without the aid of clothespins or the like and the clothes or other things hung upon the line will not become twisted nor distorted, the line being flexible and is held taut, and additionally a plurality of these lines may be grouped and supported for use.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a line of this character, which is extremely simple in construction, thoroughly reliable and eicient in its purposes, the line being metallic so that the same is durable, strong and thoroughly serviceable, as well as comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, that is, the same may be produced at a small manufacturing cost.

With these and other objects in View, the invention further consists in the eatures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described in detail, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which discloses the preferred embodiment of the invention, and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawing:-

Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevation of a clothesline constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged perspective View of one 4.0' section or link of the line.

Figure 3 is a View similar to Figure 2 showing a slight modification of link.

Figure L1 is a top plan showing the grouping of a plurality of lines and the suspension thereof.

Figure 5 is a perspective View of one of the hangers for the group of lines.

Figure 6 is a perspective View of a spacer bridge for the group of lines.

Figure '7 is a side elevation of a further modied form of link.

each made from a single length of relatively stiff wire bent on itself to provide the stretches 10 and 11, these being formed into loop ends 12 of each link A, while mid-length of the link is a frame or eye 13, it being bent from the stretches 16 and 11 which are twisted as at 14 between the loops 12 and the frame or eye 13 as is clearly shown in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawing. The links A are loosely joined or connected with each other at the loops 12 and such clothesline may 65 be of any desirable extent or length. In the use of the clothesline the clothes 15 are engaged in the frames or eyes 13 to have portions 16 of the clothes become wedged in the corners of said frames or eyes between the twists next thereto of the stretches l0 and 11 of the wire. In this fashion the clothes 15 are made fast upon the clothesline.

In Figure 3 of the drawing there is shown a slight modication of a link, wherein the eye 17 75 is provided with the coils 18 opposite each other and these coils permit the securing of the clothes 15 at the portion 16 thereof in the eye 17 of the respective links.

In Figures 4, 5 and 6 of the drawing there is S0 shown a group of spaced parallel clotheslines 19, the outermost ones at their opposite extremities being engaged with hooks 20 formed on the side limbs 2l of a hanger frame 22, while the intermediate line 19 at opposite extremities engages 85 the hooks 23 of a cross member 24 on said hanger 22. Now to prevent these lines 19 in their use from pulling together or approaching each other there is provided a spacing bridge 25 having the notched oiset 26 in which are introduced the 9'0 lines 19 and such spacing bridge will maintain the lines parallel with each other and uniformly spaced one from the other n the use thereof. It is of course understood that each hanger 22 is made fast to a support in the use thereof.

In Figure 'l there is shown a slight further modification of link, wherein the stretch 27 of a single length of wire has twisted thereon a stretch 28 of a single length of wire, the latter having the triangular frames or eyes 29 adjacent to opposite 1'0'0 extremities and these extremities 30 are twisted about the stretch 27 so that the frames or eyes 29 will be closed, the stretch 28 of wire being carried upon the stretch 27 with the twisted portions between the frames or eyes 29 and into the latter 105 are introduced the portions 16 of the clothes 15 for the attachment or fastening of the clothes upon the links or other links adjacent thereto.

It will be apparent that in the use of the clothesline constructed in the manner as hereto- 1'10 au i spaced side limbs and a cross member connected with the side limbs, and hooks formed at the free ends of the side limbs and cross member medially of the latter for engagement therewith of wire lengths forming clotheslines.

JACOB AUSTIN TURNER.

KBS

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