US2065577A - Line tightener - Google Patents

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Dec. 29, 1936. GLADSTONE 2,065,577

LINE TIGHTENER Filed April 2, 1935 ammo/I'M %;PrHu/? 626 05701505.

Patented Dec. 29, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE LINE TIGHTEN ER Application April 2, 1935, Serial No. 14,289

2 Claims.

This invention comprises improvements in line tighteners of that class which are used for adjusting the tautness of clothes lines, tent ropes, or the like.

The object of this invention, among others, is to provide a device of this class which is extremely simple in construction, inexpensive to! manufacture, and one which can be very easily operated.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 shows the use of a tightener, embodying my invention, in connection with a clothes line.

Figure 2 is a side view thereof on an enlarged scale.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the same.

Figure 4 is a similar view illustrating in detail the manner in which the same is applied to a line consisting of a rope.

As illustrated in the drawing, my improved line tightener comprises a pair of side discs 5 which are disposed oppositely to each other and connected by means of a bar, or core 6 which is suitably secured at its ends to each of the discs to form a rigid spool like structure. Each of the discs 5 has an extension, or arm 1 at the end of which is formed a hook 8. The said discs are also provided with apertures 9 to receive the ends of the rope H) which is to be tightened by the use of my invention. Two of the apertures 9 are shown in the drawing on each of the side discs 5 but, if desired, one may be used.

The use of my invention is as follows:

The ends ll of the line l0 are each inserted thru one of the apertures 9 in each of the discs 5. The line is then drawn thru the aperture until the proper length of rope remains. The ends of the line are then knotted, as clearly shown in Figure 4 of the drawing. In order to tighten the line with my improved tightener, the

same is turned in a clockwise direction thus winding the ends of the rope on the core 6 until the proper tautness has been obtained in the line. The line is then caused to be engaged in the hooks 8 on the extension 1, as illustrated in the drawing, thus preventing unwinding rotation of the tightener and retaining the line in its taut condition. Should it be desired to tighten the line still further, in order to take up any slack which may have been caused by stretching of the rope, it is simply necessary to give the tightener a few more turns in a clockwise direction and again engage the rope as above described.

When the rope has been wound in the tightener to the capacity of the spool formed by the discs 5, and core 6, and it is desired to take up any further slack, it is simply necessary that the tightener be unwound, one end of the line pulled thru and knotted and then repeating the operation as above described.

I claim:

1. A tightener of the character described for clothes lines or the like, said tightener being con structed of a pair of similar side members each comprising a sheet metal disc having an extension thereon and a hook formed at the end of said extension, said side members being connected to form a spool like structure with the said extenions disposed in opposite directions, and means comprising an aperture in each of said side members for receiving the end of a line.

2. A tightener of the character described for a clothes line or the like, said tightener comprising a spool like structure having a core, side plates of sheet metal construction rigidly secured to each end of said core, a single arm extending from each of said side plates in opposite directions, a hook formed at the end of each of said arms, and means comprising an aperture in each of said side plates adapted to receive a line.

ARTHUR GLADSTONE.

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