US360386A

US360386A - Bracket clothes-bar

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Publication number: US360386A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1887-03-29
Anticipated expiration: 1904-03-29

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E. C. HISCOGK.

- BRACKET CLOTHES BAR. No. 360,386. Patented MaLZQ, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELUM C. HISCOCK, OF CARO, MICHIGAN.

BRACKET CLOTHES-BAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 360,386, dated March 29, 1887.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELUM C. HIsoocK, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Caro, in the county lof Tuscola and State of vMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bracket Clothes- Bars, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in bracket-holders or racks for towels or similar articles, which are designed to be secured to a wall in a room, or in any convenient place where they are needed; and the object thereof is to produce a simple, economical, and convenvientrack in its construction and operation and at the same time occupy but little space; and with these ends in View the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more particularly described and specifically claimed.

In the annexed drawings, to which reference is made, and which fully illustrate my-invention, Figure I is a perspective View of my invention, and Fig. Il isa sectional viewof the same.

A represents the back or rear portion of a rack, which may be'of any suitable form or design, and B is a semi-cylindrical support or sheltl for a series of bars, which project therefrom at right angles to A, and upon whichthe articles are suspended for drying, 8vo.4 This support B is provided with a series of perforations, C, equally distant apart around its periphery or edge, and upon the under side of this support and` communicating with said perforations C are aseries of radial kerfs or slots, D, and around the periphery of the support B and at the lower part of these slots is a semicircular piece of wire, E, upon which rest the inner ends of a plurality of bars, F, the inner ends of said bars being provided with hooks G, through the medium of which, when the bars are not in use, they are hung or suspended and held against the wire E, as shown in dotted linesin Fig. II.

It will be observed from the above description that when the rack is to be used theinner ends of the bars are shoved to the farthest point against the back or rear of the rack, the bars moving within the slots, which allows said bars to remain supported by the wire and support and projecting horizontally 'and radially from the support, and when this position of the bar is assumed clothes or other articles can be placed thereon, when desired.

Vhen it becomes necessary to not use the rack, the bars are allwithdrawn through the pertorations to the point where they abut against the sernicircular piece ot' wire, when they fall downjoy gravity at right angles to the support or shelf, and the hooks upon the ends of said bars catching over the wire suspend them from the wire, as shown in Fig. il, hereinbefore referred to, whereby economy in room and space is secured, and where they will be out ofH'the way and the bars not liable to be broken oli1 by any obstacle running against them.

I wish it to beunders'tood that l reserve the right to vary the construction of my device without any departure from the spirit of the invention.

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

In a towel-rack, the combination of the bracket A and the shelf B, having the kerl's D, intersecting with perl'orations C in the periphery of the shelf B, and semicircular wire E, all constructed and arranged as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signatur-ein