US2460088A - Means for adjusting clotheslines - Google Patents

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1949- D. E. HUTCHINGS MEANS FOR ADJUSTING CLOTHESLINES Filed Jan. 50, 1945 Inventor jarzaZdffiiaz'iys By 2 mm Potented Jan. 25, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,460,088 Y 'MEANS FOR ADJUSTING CLOTHESLINES Donald E. Hutchings, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Application January 30, 1945, Serial No. 575,241

l I 1 cats; (01. 211-41902) :This invention relates toa means foradjusting clotheslines, and more particularly to such a means adapted to raise and lower a line as desired.

A primary object of this invention is the provision of an improved device adapted to raise and lower a clothesline, in such manner that the clothes may be readily placed thereon to ground level, and subsequent to placement of the clothes thereon the entire line may be, raised to a relatively high position in such manner that the clothes are substantially out of the way and that space therebeneath may be utilized as desired.

An additional object of the invention is the provision of such a device which will be sturdy and durable in construction, reliable and efiicient in operation, and relatively simple and inexpensive to manufacture and install.

Other objects reside in the combinations of elements, arrangements of parts, and features of construction, all as will be more fully pointed out hereinafter and disclosed in the accompanying drawings, wherein there is shown a preferred embodiment of this inventive concept.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a complete clothesline embodying the means for adjusting the same comprising the instant invention, various positions of adjustment being indicated by dotted lines.

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken substantially along the line 2-2 of Figure 1 as viewed in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view of a constructional detail.

Figure 4 is an enlarged plan view of an additional constructural detail, and

Figure 5 is an enlarged constructional detail view, certain concealed parts thereof being indicated in dotted lines.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

Having reference now to the drawings, there is generally indicated at H] a side wall of a building or the like, to which is adapted to be secured the device comprising the instant invention, and spaced :3. suitable distance from, which is a line supporting post H or other desired device for supporting the opposite end of the clothesline.

Secured to the post H as bya hook i2 is a pulley l3, about which is passed a' double line It, the opposite end of which surrounds a pul ley I5, secured to a hook l6 comprising a por Lil 2 7 tion of a movable block W. As best shown in Figures 2 and 3, the block i1 comprises a member U-shaped in cross section, across the legs of which are positioned tapered rollers 58 mounted for rotation on axles E9. The block I! is adapted to be positioned about a pipe or rod 2t, secured to the side of the building 10 and angled outwardly therefrom toward its lower end. An eye 2! adapted to be secured as by a threaded extremity 22 into the side wall of the building 10 supports the upper end of the pipe, and the lower end thereof is supported by and secured to a member 23 comprising angularly disposed side portions 25 and a base plate 25 angled downwardly therefrom, the extremities of the members 24 and 25 being flanged as at 26 and 21, respectively, and adapted to be secured to the wall of a building as by means of screws or bolts 28. The lower extremity of the pipe 26 may be seated in a suitable aperture 39 in the extremity of the member 25.

The upper extremity of the member i1 is provided with an eye 34 to which is secured the extremity of a rope 32 which extends over a pulley 33 suspended at ,a substantial distance above the extremity of the pipe 29, The rope is in the form of a loop and extends downwardly beneath the member 23, and is adapted, when the line is in raised position, to be secured to a hook 35 secured to one of the members 26.

From the foregoing the operation of the device should now be readily understandable. When it is desired to place clothes on the line, the rope 32 is released from the hook 35 and the assembly I! permitted to slide by gravity to the lowermost portion of the pipe or rod 28. This places the line I4, at one end, within easy reach of an operator on the ground, whereupon the clothes may be positioned thereon, and by movin the line about the pulleys l3 and I5 successively move them toward the pulley l3 and the post ll. When the line is fully laden, the rope 32 may be pulled and by virtue of the pulley 33, lifts the assembly I1 and its associated pulley i5 upwardly to the position shown in full lines in Figure 1. Thereupon the rope may be wrapped or otherwise secured about the hook 35, and the clothes supported at a suitable level above the ground.

Obviously, the line It, as well as the pipe 20 may be of any desired length, in order to provide the desired distance for raising and/or lowering the clothes.

Now from the foregoing it will be seen that there is herein provided a device accomplishing all the objects of this invention and others ineluding many advantages of great practical utility and commercial importance.

As many embodiments may be made of this inventive concept, and as many modifications may be made in the embodiment hereinbefore shown and described, it is to be understood that all matter herein is to be interpreted merely as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I claim:

In combination, a clotheslin'e having one end fixedly supported, an adjustable support for the other end thereof, said adjustable support including a vertically inclined tubular guide and a block freely slidable on said guide, said block having legs embracing said guide,-a plurality of pins extending between said legs, a pair of roller means on each pin for engaging said guide, said roller means consisting of a pair of tapered rolls with their smaller diameters adjacent each other for maintaining bearing at two arcuately spaced :points on the circumferences of said guide, means for raising and lowering said block on said guide comprising a pulley mounted above said guide, ,a cable attached to said block and entrained over said pulley and a bracket for supporting the lower end of said guide and for detachably securing said cable to maintain said block in vertically ad- Number Name Date 667,453 Parker Feb. 5, 1901 836,652 Merrill Oct. 12, 1909 7 1,285,311 Mohar Nov. 19, 1918 1,760,458 Weber May 27, 1930 2,059,093 Edwards Oct. 27, 1936 2235;458 Madigan e e Mar. 18, E41

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