US2578870A - Clothes drier - Google Patents

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Dec. 18, 1951 l.. WILSON 2,578,870

CLOTHES DRIER Filed April 16, 1945 2 SHEETS--SHEET l Dec.1s, 1951 L. WILSQN 2,578,870

CLOTHES DRIER Filed April 15. 1945 2 SHEETS- SHEET 2 Patented Dec. 18, 1951 CLOTHES DRIER Leonard Wilson, Houston, rEen., assignor to C. L. Rowan, Tarrant County, Tex.

Application April 16, 1945, Serial No.`588,660

2 Claims. 1

This invention relates to a clothes drier.

An object of the invention is to provide a clothes-drying apparatus comprising spaced supports for Ithe lines with means thereon for connecting the lines thereto whereby the lines may be adjusted to the required tension and to take up the slack of the lines.

A further object of the invention is to provide apparatus of the character described whereby the lines may be readily lowered into convenient position for attaching the articles thereto and may then be raised to a taut position so that the lines will not sag.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a device of the character described that may be cheaply constructed, readily installed and which will be very convenient in use.

With the above and other objects in view the invention has particular relation to certain novel features of construction, arrangement of parts and use, an example of which is given in -this specication and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 shows a longitudinal, sectional view taken on the line I-I of Figure 2.

Figure 2 shows a plan view.

Figure 3 shows an enlarged, fragmentary, sectional view taken -on the line 3-3 of Figure 2; and

Figure 4 shows an enlarged, fragmentary end View.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings wherein like numerals of reference designate the same parts in each of the figures, the numerals I, 2 designate the end posts which are spaced apart and whose upper ends support the crossarms 3, 4 which may be welded to said yposts and which extend outwardly each way therefrom.

In erection the end posts are set into the earth preferably in concrete as shown. These posts and crossarms are preferably formed of metal pipe and welded to their lower ends and extending inwardly, -or toward each other, are the footings 5, 6, preferably also formed `of pipe to be buried in the earth or concrete; and there are the angle braces 1, 8, preferably also formed of pipe, whose upper ends are welded to the respective posts and whose lower ends are welded to the footings 5, 6 adjacent their free ends.

Welded to the crossarm 3 are the staples, as 9 to which the clothes lines I are fastened at one end. These staples are spaced apart as shown in Figure 2.

Welded to the outer side of the crossarm 4 (Cl. 21k-119.15)

are the lugs I I which are spaced to correspond to the spacing of the staples 9. One of these lugs I lo is somewhat longer than the other lugs.

These lugs II, IIa have aligned bearings to receive the winding rod I2 which rotates therein. One end of this rod has a crank I3 thereon for turning it. The rod I2 has holes as I4, shown in Figure 3, therethrough to receive the other ends of the lines I 0 and upon turning the rod I2, the corresponding ends of the clothes lines will be wound there around, as shown in Figure 2. Welded onto the rod I2 adjacent the lug Ila there is a disc I5 having a circular row of perforations IB therethrough. The end of the lug vI la also has a perforation Il with which the perforations I6 register, as the rod I2 is lturned so that when the lines are drawn taut a pin I'Ia may be inserted through the registering perforations to lock the rod I2 against reverse rotation. The lines may thus be held in taut position while supporting the articles suspended from them.

The pin I1 may be removed and the rod I 2 turned in a reverse direction to allow the lines to sag for more ready access when attaching the clothes to them or when removing said clothes.

It will be noted from an inspection of Figures 3 and 4 that the lines I Il are drawn over the crossarm 4 so that when taut the friction of the lines against said crossarm reduce the pull on the rod i2 and thus lessening the likelihood of the detachment of the lines from said rod.

What I claim is:

1. A clothes drier comprising, spaced posts, a crossarm on each post, a rod rotatably mounted on the outer side of one crossarm and below the level of the upper surface of said last mentioned crossarm, clothes lines attached, at one end, to said r-od and passing over the adjacent cr-ossarm in frictional contact therewith and attached, at their other ends, to the other crossarm, means for rotating the rod to Wind the lines therearound to place said lines under tension and means for locking the rod against reverse rotation.

2. A clothes drier comprising, spaced end posts, a crossarm on each post, attaching means spaced apart on the inner side of o-ne crossarm for the attachment of clothes lines thereto, lugs on the outer side of the other crossarm having aligned bearings therein, said lugs being spaced apart and offset longitudinally of said other crossarm with relation to the corresponding attaching means on said one crossarm, a winding rod eX- tended through said lugs and rotatably mounted in said bearings, said rod having spaced openings 3 therethrough and being located below the level of the upper surface of the adjacent crossarm, clothes lines attached, at one end, to said attaching means, the other end of said lines passing over the crossarm adjacent said rod and being in frictional contact therewith,vsaid other end being attached to said rod, a disc fastened to said rod adjacent one of said lugs, said adjacent lug being enlarged and having a perforation and the disc having perforations arranged therearound to register with the lug perforation, means on the disc `to manually rotate the disc and winding rod fastened thereto -to raise or lower said clothes lines, and a locking pin adapted to be inserted through said registering perforation to lock the rod against reverse rotation.

LEONARD WILSON.

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