US2185285A

US2185285A - Clothespin

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Publication number: US2185285A
Application number: US241583A
Authority: US
Inventors: Holland O Woods
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1938-11-21
Filing date: 1938-11-21
Publication date: 1940-01-02
Anticipated expiration: 1957-01-02

Description

H. O. wooDs Jan. 2, 1940.

CLOTHESPIN Filed Nov. 21, 1958 HULLA/vn j WU Patented Jan. 2, IMO

l UNITED jsTATEs PATENT ori-ICEv CLOTHESPIN Holland L0. Woods, Jackson, Mich. Application November 21, A1938, Serial No. 241,583

6 Claims. This invention relates to clothespins and more particularly to metal clothespins particularly' adapted for use on delicate fabrics, such as silk stockings and the like.

d The ordinary wood clothespin is highly unsatisfactory for delicate fabrics suchy as silk, stockings and the like for the reason that the rough surfaces thereof frequently catch and tear the fabric. The present invention contemplates the lil use of a smooth. metal clothespin, which may be v used without danger of harm to the most delicate of fabrics.

yAn object of the invention isto provide a smooth surfaced metal clothespin.

Another object of the invention is to provide a spring metal clothespin having an auxiliary springto supplement the inherent resiliency -of the pin and to provide at the same time ahand grip and a. stop for. limiting' the distance between go the arms of the pin that an object may pass.

A further object of the invention is to provide Fig. 2 is an edge elevation o f the form of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a cross-section on line'lII--III of Fig. 1,

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of theA form of Fig. 1, in use, Fig. 5 discloses another form that the invention may take, and l Fig. 6 discloses still another form that the invention may take.

Referring to the drawing, the reference character I indicates a return bent metal strip having a concave cross-section, as disclosed particularly in Fig. 3, throughout the entire length thereof with the exception of the outwardly flaring free ends 2 and 3, at which portions the strip is substantially flat. .While I find that the cross-sectional form of'the invention shown in Fig. 3 is very satisfactory, it will be clear that other cross-sectional forms may be used. In A the pin at a place between the ends thereof is a transverse opening I extending through both legs of the pin. Disposed in the opening I is a spring' wirev ring 5, which is split and has the split ends thereof bearing against the outside of the pin at points 6 and 1. It will be understood that the' split ring ,6 supplements the inherent (Cl. 24-13'7l resiliency of the strip I. Furthermore, Wit will be seen that the ring 5 provides at the portions thereof at outside of the pin a hand Blip, as will be clear from Fig. 4, to prevent the fingers of a user of the pin from slipping downwardly over 5 the pin when applyingit' to a' garment or the like on a clothesline.. Furthermorathe portion 8 of the ring 5 between th legs of the pin provides a 'stop to limit the distanceinwardly between the legs which an object such'as a clothes-I10 line with a garment thereon may travel.

In Fig. 5 another form that the invention may take is disclosedwhich is particularly adaptable Where a pin of greater resiliency is desired. In tins form o f the invention the resilient spring w strip Ill of concave crosssection is provided with an opening'II therethrough corresponding to the .opening 4, the opening II, however, being-disposed considerably further inwardly from the outwardly flaring free ends I2 and I3 of the 20 strip Illthan in the form of the invention disclosed in Fig. 1. A split' ring I corresponding to the ring 5 of Fig. 1 is disposed in the opening II and has lthe free ends thereof bearing against the outside of the pin at points I5 and I6. Should 25 it. be desired to convert the form of the invention disclosed in Fig. 3 into a more stiff form, the ring I4 may be moved to the position shown 'in dotted outline in Fig. 3, thereby being effective adjacent the free ends I2 and I3 of the 30 -strip Il). e

- In Fig. 6 still anotherform of the invention is disclosed. i This form is similar to the form disclosed in Fig. 1 except that the auxiliary spring ring bears againstthe outside of the pin adjacent 's the free ends thereof rather than adjacent the closed end thereof. As in the other forms of the invention, the pin comprises a strip 20 of spring metal of concavoconvex cross-section, the strip at the freeend portions 2l and 22 thereof 40 aringoutwardly A split ring/. 23 is disposed in a transverse opening 24 through 'the legs of the strip 20 and has Vthe split ends thereof bearing against the outside' ofthe pin at points 25 and 26 adjacent the free ends 2l and 22.v 45

. In comparing the forms of the invention dis- ClIJSed in Figs. land 4, for instance, it will be observed that the stop provided by the resilient" ring 23 is positioned considerably further inwardly fromV the free ends 2l and 22 than the corre- 50 spending free ends of the-pin disposed in'Fig. 1; -In each of the forms of the invention, the `free ends of the split ring supplementing the inherent resiliency of the strip are disposed in the concave or channel portion of the strip, as disclosed par- 55 the spring strip and the resilient split ring be of stainless steel, it will be understood that any suitable spring metal maybe employed.

Having thus described my.,invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent and claim is:

1. A clothespin, comprising a return bent strip of springmetal, said pin having an opening therev through between its'ends, and a split ring disposed through said opening and having the split ends thereof separated and bearing against the outer sides of said pin to supplement the inherent resiliency of said strip.

2. A clothespin, comprising a return bent strip of spring metal, said strip having a channeled cross-section throughout a substantial portion of its length, said pin having an opening extending therethrough between its ends, and a split resilient ring disposed through said opening and having the split ends thereof spaced and bearing against the .opposite sides of said pin to supplement the inherent resiliency of said pin, said ends of said split ring being disposed in the channels of said strip. Y

3. A. clothespin, comprisingfa return bent strip of spring metal, said strip having a, concave crosssection throughout a substantial portion of its length, and resilient means projecting irorn opposite sides of said pin and bearing against the same to supplement the inherent resiliency of said strip and to provide a hand grip on`the surface of the pin.

4. A clothespin, comprising a return bent strip of spring metal, said strip having an lopening therethrough between its ends, and a split ring said split bearing against the opposite sides' of said pin to supplement the inherent resiliency of said strip, said-opening being so disposed with respect to the free end of said pin as to position the ring therethrough to provide a stop spaced from the free ends of said strip.

5. A clothespin, comprising a return bent strip of spring metal, said strip having a channeled cross-section throughout a substantial portion oi' its length, said pin having an opening therethrough between the ends thereof, and a split resilient ring disposed in said opening and having the free ends thereof bearing against the opposite sides of said pin to supplement the inherent resiliency of said strip, the free ends of said ring being disposed in the channels of said strip, said opening being disposed inwardly from the i'ree ends of said -strip to position said ring to provide a stop spaced from the free ends of said strip, said ring providing a hand grip on the outside of said pin.

6. A clothespin comprising a return bent strip of spring metal, said strip having a concave crosssection 'throughout a portion of its length, the return bent lportionsI thereof being inclined toward each other toward their outer ends, and their outer ends being ared outwardly, whereby an object to be associated with said clothespin is directed between said return bent portions by said outwardlyiiared ends, and lhaving passed said outwardly ilared ends, is'urged inwardly by said inclined portions and restrained against separating movement iwith respect to said clothespin, and auxiliary spring means associated with`said strip for supplementing the inherent resiliency strip. l l HOLLAND O. WOODS.

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