US328824A

US328824A - Clothes-line fastener

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Publication number: US328824A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1885-10-20
Anticipated expiration: 1902-10-20

Description

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A. H. SQUIRES.

CLOTHES LINE PASTENER. I

' Patented Oct. 20, 1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR H. SQUIRES, OF UNION CITY, CONNECTICUT.

CLOTHES-LINE FASTENER,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,824, dated October 20, 1885.

Application filed February 16, 1885. Serial No.156,059. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR H. Sources, of Union City, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Clothes-Line Tighteners and Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this Specification, and represent, in

Figure 1, a side view of the device assecured in place; Fig. 2, a face view, full size, showing both prongs; Fig. 3, the same as Fig. 1, the spindle turned half around to bring the prongs into the position to be drawn between the fingers; Fig. 4., a section on line as x of Fig. 1; Fig. 5, a section through the fingers and prongs, showing the line in broken lines as engaged therewith.

This inventionrelates to a device to be attached to clothes-line posts,or at points where a clothes-line is to be supported, the object being to draw the line taut and secure it at such points; and the invention consists in the construction hereinafter described, and more particularly recited in the claims.

A represents the post or thing to which the device is to be secured. The bracket is made in two parts, 13 C, each part constructed with an ear, D, by which it may be secured, as by a screw,a. The two parts of the bracket, near their outer ends, are constructed to form a seat or bearing for a spindle, E, and each of the parts is constructed with a projecting finger, F, between which the spindle stands, the fingers projecting in a plane parallel with the spindle.

In order to conveniently cast the bracket with the fingers it is made in two parts, one finger upon each, and so that when applied and secured the two parts may become substantially one, I construct the one part, B,with an opening, 12, and the other part, C,with a corresponding tongue, d. (See Fig. 4..) The tongue is inclined outward, or may be of hook shape, so that, say, the one part being applied, the other part, C, may be introduced,as indicated in broken lines, Fig. 4,and the tongue engage in the mortise b ,like a hook,and so that when the two parts are brought together, as seen in Fig. 4, and secured, the tongue and mortise substantially unite the two parts at their outer ends, and the two parts form a strong bracket.

The spindle E is constructed with a collar, f, to rest against the end of the bracket opposite the fingers, and the extreme end of the spindle at that side is provided with a suitable handle, G. At the opposite end the spindle E is constructed with two prongs,sub stantially parallel with each other, and with the axis of the spindle. The collarfis in such relation to the prongs H H that when the collar stands against the end of the bracket the prongs are outside of the fingers, as seen in Fig. 2, and so that in that condition the spindle may be rotated. The span of the two prongs is greater than the space between the two fingers F F. The outer ends of the fingers F incline outward, so as to form an expanding Inouth,and so that when the spindle is turned to bring the two prongs into a plane between the two fingers, then the spindle, by means of the handle, may be drawn to bring the prongs between the fingers, as indicated in broken lines, Fig. 3.

The line is applied, as seen in Fig. 2, when the prongs are projectedfrom the bracket; then by giving a rotation to the spindle the line is wound about the prongs, as indicated in Fig. 5, and when so wound the spindle is drawn inward to take the prongs and the line between the fingersFF,as indicated in broken lines, Figs. 3 and 5. In this position the prongs,being broader than the space between the fingers, prevent the return of the spindle under the reaction of the line; hence if the line be applied and drawn reasonably taut the spindle may be turned to produce the required tension and then drawn inward to secure the line, as before described, and which so completely secures the line that no other fastening is necessary, even if that be the last point of attaching the line. There being several posts or places to which the line is to be attached, one of these devices may be applied to each, and as in putting up the line each engagement is made with the prongs at that point, the slack is there taken up and the line secured, thus making each point'of securing independent of all the others, and all tying or inconvenient means of securing is obviated.

Preferably one of the prongs is extended to form a horn, I, overhanging the other prong, H, and over which the line may be thrown as a convenience in passing the line between the prongs; and preferably the other prong is also provided with a short horn, L, extending from it into the direction away from the other prong, the said horn L serving to prevent the line from slipping from its engagement.

By this construction the device consists only of the three parts, to wit, the bracket in two parts and the spindle forming the third part. These parts are of such shape and character as to be readily produced in cast metal, so as to require no mechanical manipulation other than that which may be given to it by the tumbling barrel. The device is therefore of the cheapest possible character, yet not liable to get out of order.

I claim- 1. The combination of the bracket constructed with two fingers, F F, the spindle E, supported in the bracket between said fingers, the said spindle provided at one end with a handle, and constructed at the other end to form prongs H H, the said spindle free for longitudinal movement to take said prongs from or bring them between said fingers, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the bracket constructed in two parts, B O, and to interlock the one with the other,each part constructed with a finger, F, the said two fingers parallel to each other, the spindle E, supported in the bracket between said fingers, said spindle provided at one end with a handle and constructed at the other end to form prongs H H, the said spindle free for longitudinal movement to take said prongs from or bring them between said fingers, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the bracket constructed with two fingers, F F, the spindle E, supported in the bracket between said fingers, the said spindle provided at one end with a handle, and constructed at the other end to form prongs H H, the said spindle free for longi- U tudinal movement to take said prongs from or bring them between said fingers, one of said prongs constructed with a horn, I, turned to overhang the other prong, substantially as described."

4. The combination of thebracket construct ed with two fingers, F F, the spindle E, supported in the bracket between said fingers,the said spindle provided at one end with a handle and constructed at the other end to form prongs H H, the said spindle free for longitudinal movement to take said prongs from or bring them between said fingers,one of the prongs constructed with a horn, L, extending in a direction away fromthe opposite prong, substantially as described.

' ARTHUR H. SQUIRES.

Witnesses:

GEO. A. FENToN, J ACOB KEELING.