US2246606A - Clothespin - Google Patents

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June 24, 1941. H. R. F. STENDER CLOTHESPIN Filed March 25, 1939 P15 a II Patented June 24, 1941 sr'rrs CLOTHESPIN [Hermann R. F. Stender, San Francisco, Calif.

Application March 25, 1939, Serial No. 264,145

V and 2 that the improved clothespin includes a 1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in clothespins and has particular reference to a clamping clothespin which may be applied to any clothesline and embodies a spring clip member which holds the clothespin securely upon the clothesline and further embodies a means for clamping clothing between two spring-pressed elements of the clothespin.

The principal object of this invention is to provide a simple and efficientclothespin of the class set forth which employs a spring element capable of holding in position the two clamping members of the clothespin while at the same time allowing movement of said clamping members relative to each other in either direction.

Another object of the invention is to provide a clothespin of this character which may be readily clamped to the clothesline by means of the spring clip member, which clip member, when clamped to the clothesline, normally causes one element of the device to be extended relative to the other element under spring tension.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which is positive in its operation and which will securely clamp both the line and the clothing applied to the clothes- Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the improved clothespin, showing the same in expanded position and as it would appear normally upon the clothesline;

Fig. 2 is an end view of the clothespin, showing the clamping elements thereof in operative position and the spring clip gripping the clothesline;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the device, further illustrating the spring clip member of the clothespin relative to one of the clamping elements thereof;

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the clothespin, showing the same as it appears clamped to a clothesline;

Fig. 5 is a plan view per se of the spring clip of the device;

Fig. 6 is a side view of the movable element of the clothespin; and

Fig. 7 is a side view of the comparatively fixed element of the clothespin.

It will be apparent with reference to Figs. 1

clamping element 8 and a clamping element 9. The clamping element 8 includes a curved or notched section I0 formed at its lower end, and the clam-ping element 9 has formed at its lower end a tapered section I l capable of entering the notched section ill of the element 8. The elements 8 and 9 are held together by means of a spring clip element l2 which consists of a spring wire bent upon itself to form sections I3 and it. The section I3 thereof is normally mounted in a notch l5 formed in the element 8, and the section I4 thereof extends around the sides of both the elements 3 and 9 and terminates in a notch iii formed in the upper end of the element 9.

It will be noted with reference to Fig. 2, which shows the pin in operative position, that the connecting section ll of the clip is normally arranged at an angle and that the upper end of .the element 9 is provided with a cam element l8,

whereby when the elements 8 and 9 are assembled, the camming element I8 forms a fulcrum point normally bearing against the upper inner face of the element 3; and when a clothespin is applied to a line [9 by means of a slotted section 2% formed in the upper end of the element 3, the clip element [2 will cause spring tension to be applied to both elements 8 and 9. Under normal conditions these elements will assume the position shown in Fig. 1. However, when the clothing is applied between the elements 3 and 9 and the element 9 is forced to the position shown in Fig. 2 against the tension of the spring clip, the clothing will be clamped tightly between these elements and will be held in position until released.

Normally in open position, as shown in Fig. 1, the element 9 is spread apart from the element 8 and is slightly shorter than the element 8. However, when tension is applied to the clip i2 by means of the clothesline iii, the element 9 is forced downwardly, "and it may be snapped into position, as shown in Fig. 2.

It will, therefore, be noted that I have provided a clothespin which is not only simple in character but is also positive in its operation, and a device which will securely clamp and hold the clothing between the elements 8 and 9, and which may be easily operated to clamp the same in position upon the clothesline.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and that various changes relative to the material,

face of said element and adjacent its opposite end being equipped with both a spaced clothesline receiving recess and a notch capable of receiving the top portion of said clip, the other of said elements having formed at its lower end a tapered section capable of entering the notched section of said first-mentioned gripping element, whereby upon actuation of said spring clip, one of said elements will be forced downwardly with relation to the other of said elements, and clothes placed between said elements will be gripped.

HERMANN R. F. STENDER.

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