US596181A - Combined lace-curtain stretcher and clothes-horse - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAF PIER SON, OF BRADDOOK, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED LACE-CURTAIN STRETCHER AND CLOTHES-HORSE.

SPECiFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 596,181, dated December 28, 1897. Application filed June 3,1897. Serial No. 639,278. (No model.)

To all whom it merry conccrn- Be it known that I, GUSTAF PIERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Braddock, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Lace-Curtain Stretchers and Clothes-Horses; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to a combination lacecurtain stretcher and clothes horse or rack; and the object is to provide a portable folding device of this character which shall be simple in construction, light, durable, and convenient in operation.-

To these ends the novelty consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the same, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings the same reference-characters indicate the same parts of the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved lace-curtain stretcher. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same organized as a clothes horse or rack. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the stretcher as it appears when folded. Fig. 4 is a detail section of one of the adjustable legs. I

1 1 and 2 2 represent parallel side rails,

each of which is connected about midway of its length with a suitable hinge 3, by means of which each rail may be folded to occupy a space of half its length. A sliding shoe 4 is provided with parallel flanges 5 5, which snugly encompass parallel sides of each rail, and with a longitudinal closed slot 6 to receive the shank of a stud 7, fixed in the rail, One end of the shoe is provided with an open-ended slot 8, which engages a stud 9, fixed on the opposite half of the rail, so as to hold the two halves longitudinally together when the rail is extended.

1O 10 represent a series of parallel crossbars pivoted at their outer ends to the rails 1 and 2 and at their inner ends to a shoe 11, fixed on the central longitudinal bar 12, ex-

tending parallel with and midway between the rails 1 and 2.

Parallel bars 13 13 are pivoted at their outer ends to the inner ends of the outer pairs of transverse bars 10 10 and at their inner converging ends to a bolt 14, extending through a longitudinal guide-slot 15 in the center of the longitudinal bar 12, so as to permit of a parallel motion of the rails 1 and 2 when the device is open or closed. A corresponding central longitudinal bar 12 is connected in a similar manner by cross-bars 10 10 to the opposite ends of the rails 1 and 2.

16 represents a staple or screw-eye on the outer end of the longitudinal bar 12, and it is adapted to engage a hook 17 on the inner end of a corresponding longitudinal bar 12, as will be hereinafter described.

18 represents a bracket fixed at each end of the rails 1 and 2, and it is provided with parallel ears 19 19, in which is fixed a crossbar 20, which projects through a transverse slot 21 in the inner end of a leg 22, pivoted therein.

23 represents a recess in said bracket,which receives the inner tapering end 24: of the leg 22 to secure the same at a right angle to the bracket or rail when the device is in use as a curtain-stretcher, as shown in Fig. 1. A corresponding recess 25 is formed between the cars 19 19 and the cross-brace 26 at one end of the bracket to receive the tapering end 24 of the leg 22 to secure it in a diagonal position with respect to the rail when the device is in use as a clothes-rack, as shown in Fig. 2.

Suitable hooks 27 are pivoted on the ends of the rails 1 and 2,which engage corresponding screw-eyes 28 on the opposite ends of the same rails when the latter are folded,as shown in Fig. 2. The perspective,being slightly distorted in Fig. l, to more clearly illustrate the device, does not, however, prevent it assuming the position shown in Fig. 2.

29 29 represent detachable end bars removably secured to the outer ends of the rails 1 and 2 by screw-clamps 30. When the device is assembled as a curtain-stretcher, the side rails, cross-bar, and end bars are provided with the usual series of pins for holding the curtain in place on the frame.

Then the device is assembled, as shown in Fig. 2, the hook 17 on the longitudinal bar 12 engages the staple or screw-eye on the corresponding bar 12 to hold the rails in an extended positionthat is to say, the longitudinal bars 12 and 12 have to move in opposite directions to fold their respective pivoted cross-bars 1O to bring the rails together,

and as .these longitudinal bars 12 and 12 are locked by the hook 17 and staple 16 it is impossible for the parts to collapse when so secured.

Assuming that the device is in the position shown in Fig. 1 and it is desired to fold it, proceed as follows: First remove the screwelamps and detach the end bars 29. Then force both of the central longitudinal bars 12 12 to the right, so as to fold the pivoted bars 10 10, and bring the rails 1 and 2 together. Then release the sliding shoes 4 4 and fold the sections together. Now release the legs and fold them parallel with the rails and the device assumes the position shown in Fig. 3.

Although I have specifically described the construction and relative arrangement of my invention, I do not desire to be confined to the same, as such changes or modifications may be made as clearly fall within the scope of my invention without departing from the spirit thereof.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. The combination with the hinged parallel side rails 1 and 2, and the sliding shoes 4 4 adapted to lock the hingejoint in said rails, of the parallel cross-bars 1O 10, pivoted at their outer ends to the rails 1 and 2, the central longitudinal bars 12 12, the shoes 11 11 fixed to said longitudinal bars and engaging the inner contiguous ends of the crossbars 10 10, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination with the hinged parallel side rails 1 and 2, the parallel cross-bars and the central longitudinal bars 12 12, of the brackets 18 fixed to the outer ends of said rails and provided with the recess 23, and cross-bar 20, the leg 22, provided with a slot 21, mounted on said cross-bars and having its tapering end 24 adapted to detachably engage the recess in said bracket, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination with the hinged parallel side rails 1 and 2, the cross-bars 1O 10, the central longitudinal bars 12 12,of the bracket 18 fixed at each end of said rails l and 2, and provided with the cross-bar 20, and the recesses 23, 25, and the leg 22, provided Witha transverse slot 21, pivoted in said bracket and adapted to alternately engagethe recesses 23 or 25 in said bracket, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GUSTAF PIERSON.

Witnesses JOHN GELM, AUGUST ROY.

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