US366013A

US366013A - William d

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Publication number: US366013A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1887-07-05
Anticipated expiration: 1904-07-05

Description

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W. D. MARTIN.

CLOTHES DRIER.

UNITED STATES PAT NT FICE.

WILLIAM B. MARTIN, on WARSAW, NEW YORK.

CLOTHES DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,013, dated July 5, 1887.

Application filed December 18, 1886. Serial No. 221,990.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM D. DIARTIN,

. which are made to impinge the wooden ones near the ends thereof, and so arranged (by means of a longitudinal central joint) that the frame may be suspended from the side wall of the room by means of screw-eyes, which enter the wall, and within the upper eye the hooked end of the vertical rod enters, so as to suspend the frame, while the lower end of the said rod, by means of a bend in the same, engages with thelower eye, and in such manner that the center or jointed part of the frame is thrown outward, so as to form an elbow, whereby towels or like articles may be hung upon the rods, and by means of the angle in the frame permit a free circulation of air between the articles of clothing, towels, &c.,which depend from the rods; and the object of my improvement is to provide a portable and adjustable clothes-frame that shall be simple in construction, yet having the maximum of strength, and that by its simplicity of manufacture can be placed in the'hands of the user at a nominal price. I attain this object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the frame secured to an upright wall, with the center thrown outwardly and in operating position. Fig. 2 is a face view of the frame suspended alone from the hooked end of the vertical rods.-

Fig. 3 is a side view of one of the vertical rods, with the wooden rods removed, and Fig. 4. is a like view of a section of a modification, showing the manner of holding the wooden rod in place by pinching the metallic rod around and upon the former.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

(No model.)

A represents the wooden rod;'B, the metallic rod having the opening I), made so as to wind around and hold the rod A.

0 represents an eye upon the end of the rod 13, which encircles the center wooden rod, whereby the hinged joint is formed, in the manner presently described.

D represents the upper hooked end of rod 13, while the lower bend in the said rod is designated D.

In forming the hinge-joint the ends of the metallic rods of one section of the frame are made to loosely encircle the center rod, while the ends of the rod upon the corresponding section are made to tightly clasp about the center or hinge red, the loose portions being upon the outside of the tightly-clasped portions, or vice versa, whereby a hinged con nection is formed and lateral displacement of the sections prevented. Instead of having the metallic rods wound around the wooden-rods, the parts may be united by forming the metallic rod as shown in' Fig. 4., and have the said rod pinched tightly about and against the wooden one, as will be readily understood.

I am aware that clothes-frames have heretofore been similarly constructed from metal entire, the parts being united by pouring about the joints molten metal. Consequently I do not claim such device; but

What I do claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The herein-described clothes-drier, consist ing of the two sections, each composed of me tallic rods provided with looped openings,

and wooden rods inserted in said openings, the inner ends of the metallic rods of each section having loops or eyes that engagea single central wooden rod, whereby the two sections are hinged together, the outer ends of said metallic rods being provided with loops or eyes for attaching the drier to the wall of a room,all substantially as shown and described.

\VILLIAM D. MARTIN.

Witnesses:

G. G. BARTLETT, E. M. JENNINGS.