US463163A - Clothes-line support - Google Patents

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CLOTHES LINE SUPPORT. No. 463,163. Patented Nov. 17,1891.

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ROBERT MCNAB, OF PATERSON, NE? JERSEY.

CLOTH ES-LINE SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 463,163, dated November 17, 1891.

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T0 coZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT MONAB, of Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Clothes-Line Support, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of clothes-line supports which are adapted to be secured in a window of abuilding and to hold one end of a line, the opposite end being held upon suitable outdoor supports.

The object of my invention is to produce a convenient and durable support which may be quickly and easily brought to a desired position, which may be easily adjusted, so that the arm carrying the main-line roller may be made to align with any outdoor support, and which is also adapted to automatically adjust itself to any decrease in the length of the line.

To this end my invention consists in certain features of construction and combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a broken perspective view showingthe support secured in the window. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, partly in section, showing in detail the outer and inner supports for the main swinging arm. Fig. 4 is an end view, partly in section, on the line at 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a broken side elevation of the pulley-head which carries the clothes-line. Fig. 6 is a broken detail view of the cross-arm for supporting the main swinging arm, the view being taken looking in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a sectional View on the line 77 of Fig. 8, showing a modified form of pulley-head. Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the, same. Fig. 9 is a cross-section showing in detail the form of pulley-head illustrated in Figs. 7 and S. Fig. 10 is a broken plan view, partly in section, showing a modified form of the main arm and showing also a modified form of pulley-head and a modified means for adjusting the main-arm support. Fig.

11 is a broken detail side elevation of the free end of the arm shown in Fig. 10 and the pulley-head secured thereon. Fig. 12 is a longitudinal section on the line 12 12 in Fig.

13, showing a modified form of pulley-head and main arm; and Fig. 13 is a side elevation of the same.

A corner-bracket A is secured to the outside of a window-frame 13 high enough to provide for the swinging movement of the main arm, as described below,and on the outer side of the corner-bracket are projecting horizontal lugs a, which vertically align and between which is pivoted a horizontal support 0, which is slotted longitudinally through the center and which is held in position between the lugs by means of a pin D, which extends downward through the lugs and through the thickened end 0' of the support, the lower end of said pin being screw-threaded and provided with a thumb-nut D, by means of which it is held in place. On the inner side of the cornerbracket A is a lug a, on which is pivoted to swing horizontally an arm E, the outer portion of which is formed into a screw E, and made to extend through the slot in the support 0, and mounted on the screw on each side of the support is a out 6, and by means of these nuts the support 0 may be held in a definite position.

On the outer end of the support 0 is journaled the main arm F, said arm being secured at one end to the support, so that it may swing freely thereon, and the arm is provided on one side'and throughout a greater portion of its length with ratchet-teeth f. It has also near the central part a slot f, in which the line-tightener is held, as described below.

Journaled on the outer end of the support 0 is a pulley G, which serves as a guide for the clothes-line. A pulleyhead H is held to slide on the arm F, the head having on the side adj aceut to the ratchet-teeth parallel lugs Hf, between which is pivoted a pawl H one end 72, of which is bent inward, so as to engage the ratchet-teeth and the opposite end of which is bent slightly and provided with a latch h, which latch is pivoted in the end of the pawl and the length of which is such that by turning it at right angles to the pawl it may be made to press upon the ratchet-teeth, and thus prevent the pawl and head from slipping. The pawl is held normally in engagement with the teeth by a spring 7L2, which is secured between it and the body of the pulley-head.

On the opposite side of the pulley-head from that which carries the pawl is a bent arm I1 which serves as a support for the pulley J, which carries the clothes-line K. A device for tightening and guiding the line is secured in the slot f of the main arm, which device comprises a rectangular block L, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3, which block slides in the slot, and secured to the block by means of a boltl and nut Z is a depending arm L, which carries a horizontal spool or guide L under which the clothesline runs, and by sliding the block in the slot f the'guide may be brought into a desired position, so as to tighten the line, as hereinafterdescribed, and, as the block is rectangular, it cannot turnin the slot f, and the pressure comes upon the spool or guide in such a way that itwill not slide the block in the slot. The roller L holds the line taut by pressing downward upon it, and if the line is too tight it may be removed from the roller.

The main arm F will normally hang ina perpendicular position, as indicated by dotted lines in'Fig, 1; but when it is used to support a line while the clothes are being put on it is held in a horizontal position by means of the following mechanism: A plate M is secured to the inner side of the window-frame, so as to align horizontally with the outer corner-oracket A, and the plate has centrally thereon a boss M, which has slots extending horizontally through it to receive, support, and guide the cross-arm N, which arm is slotted so that it may slide easily in theparallel slots of the boss. The plate M has also a screw m, which extends outward between-the members of the slotted cross-arm N, and the 'screw is provided on the outer side with a thumb-nutm, which is provided on theinner.

side with a Washer, as shown in Fig. 3, and by tightening the not upon the screw the washer will impinge upon the cross-arm and prevent itt'rom slipping.

The cross-arm N has journaled to theend next the windowa swinging plate O,tl1e bearing 0' of which extends vertically through the cross-arm, the pin forming said bearing being screw-threaded at the top and provided with a'nut 0', which maybe tightened so as to hold the plate and pin in a fixed position. The outer end of the plate 0 is turned up to form a flange o, and the plate is-adapted to support the main arm F, as shown in Fig. 1,

when clothes are suspended from the line.

In Figs. 7, 8, and 9 I have shown a modified form of pu1ley-head,the head H having on one side the arm H and pulley J, as already described, but having on the opposite side a spring-pressed pin 77/ which carries at its inner'end-a block h, adapted to engage the teeth of the main arm.

In Figs. 10 and 11 is shown another form of pulley-head H", which carries the pulleyJ in a manner similar to the heads already described, and which is mounted to slide on a main arm F, which is supported in the same manner as the arm F, described above, but which is slotted throughout nearly its entire length and has a perforation f near the extreme free end. The pulley-head H has a pair of rectangular lugs 71 which are adapted to slide in the slot of the main arm, and extending through one of these lugs and through the pulley-head is a screw h", which is provided on one side with a nut and which serves to hold the head in place and also forms the pivotfor the pulley J. Extending through one of the lugs h is a spring-pressed pin 71', which at one end is formed into a head it and which at the other end carries an arm 71, which is bent inward at the end, so as to engage the perforation f 2 of the arm and thus hold the pulley-head in place.

In Figs. 12 and 13 I have shown another modification of the main arm and another form of pulley-head, the arm F having a se ries of notches f inone side,and the pulleyhead consisting, chiefly, of a U shaped frame H, which is held to slide on one side of the arm and which is mounted on a pin 71. which carries the clothes-line pulley J, and which extends through the slot in the center ofthe arm,and on theipin ismountedaspringpressed button h, which is shaped'to fitin'the notches f and which normally prevents the pulleyhead from sliding; but by pulling outward on the button it-may be released fromthe notches and the pulley-head may be moved to any desired position.

Instead of using the screw-arm for adjusting the support 0, thesupport maybe slotted and-provided with a notched block 0, arranged in one end of the slot, as shown in Fig. '10,- and a notched curved arm 'E may be pivoted on the lug CL, so as to-extend through the slot and engage the'notches on the block 0. The

arm may be held in engagement with the notched block by means of a pine, and it will thus be seen that the support O-may be held in any desired position.

The support is used and'operated'as follows: The line'K is passed around-the'pulley J and the opposite end around a suitablepulley out-of-doors, in the ordinary way, and when clothes are tobe dried upon the'lin'e the arm F is swung into a horizontalposition, the support 0 is swung so as'to make the pulleyhead H align with the outdoor-pulley, and the plate of the cross-arm N is adjusted beneath the main arm F, so as to support the same, the plate 0 beingswiveled in'a proper position and prevented from turning bytightening the nuto. The main arm willthus be held in a fixed position,'and it willbe readily seen that it may be made to align with any out-of-door support. The clothes are run out on the line in the usual manner. The lineis placed upon the'pulley G and the main arm is dropped into avertical position,so that the IOL.

window may be closed. The line may be slackened by removing one or both members of it from the pulley G, and, if desired,it may be placed upon the pulley L and in this case the pulley may be adjusted by means of its sliding bearing, and, as the strain comes angularly upon the bearing, the bearing will not slip, which may be moved toward the free end of the arm and will be held in place by the pawl H and the latch h. The spring beneath the pawl H should press outward hard enough to hold the pulley-head in place under ordinary circumstances without using the latch h, and then, if under the influence of moisture the clothes-line shrinks, when the tension becomes very great the pulley-head will be slipped up a distance of one or more teeth on the main arm, thus preventing the line from being broken. lVhen the arm F is to be dropped, it is raised from the plate 0 and the plate is swung from beneath it, or the crossarm N is pushed inward, and the main arm will then drop of its own weight into a perpendicular position.

I do not herein claim the combination, with a swinging main arm pivoted at the outer side of the window, of a laterally-adjustable cross-arm supported on the inner side of the window-frame, and a swinging plate secured to the cross-arm and adapted to support the main arm, as this construction is claimed by me in another application, Serial No. 397,689, filed June 27, 1891.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. A clothes-line support comprising a slotted support secured to the outer side of a window-frame and held to swing horizontally, an armpivoted on the window-frame and extending through the support, means for securing the arm and support in a fixed position, a main arm journaled on the support and adapted to swing vertically, a pulleyhead carried by the main arm, and an adon one side with teeth, a pulley-head held to slide on the arm and provided with a pawl to engage the teeth, and an inside support for the arm, substantially as described.

In a clothes-line support, the combination, with the main swinging toothed arm, of a pulley-head held to slide thereon, a springpressed pawl mounted in the head and adapted to engage the teeth, and a latch pivotedin one end of the pawl, substantially as described.

a In a clothes-line support, the combination, with the swinging arm having a slot therein and a pulley-head thereon, of a spool or guide having a bearing which is held to slide in the slot, substantially as set forth.

5. In a clothes-line support, the combination, with the swinging main arm adapted to support a clothes-line, of a cross-arm secured to the window-frame adjacent to the main arm, a swinging plate mounted in the end of r the cross-arm-and adapted to extend beneath the swinging arm, and means for tightening the plate in place, substantially as described.

6. In a clothes-line support, the combination, with the swinging arm adapted to sup-. port-a line, of a plate secured to the windowframe and provided with parallel horizontal slots, a cross-arm held to slide in the slots of the plate, means for tightening the arm upon the plate, and a swinging plate secured to the end of the cross-arm and adapted to extend beneath the main arm, substantially as described.

ROBERT MGNAB;

Witnesses:

WARREN B. HUrcHINsoN, C. SEDGWIOK.

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