US668132A - Clothes-line holder. - Google Patents

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m. WWW. Patented Feb. l2, l90l. E. SHAW.

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EDGAR SIIAW, OF SVVAMPSCOTT, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE A. COVVDREY, OF W'AKEFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

GLU'll-lES-luihlE HOLDER.

SPFGIFTCATIUFI formingpart of Letters Patent No. 668,132, dated February 12, 1901.

Application filed August 4, 1900. Serial No. 25,881. (No model.)

To (tZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR SHAW,of Swamp scott, in the county of Essex and State of Illassachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Line Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object the production of a new and improved clothes-line holder; andit consists in the novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying one sheet of drawings, forming a part of this application, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, the same reference char acters designating the same parts or features wherever they occur.

Of the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective viewshowinga clothes-line strungin operative position by the employment of my improved holder. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my improved holder in normal position upon a hook. Fig. 3 is a side view showing the action of the safety attachment in. case of breakage of the spring. Fig. 4: is a view showing the manner of connecting the spring to the wires and pulley.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a framework, and 2 a clothes-line. These may be of any preferred kind and style, and in place of the framework shown ordinary posts may be employed or the sides of a building or any object. In the framework 2 are preferably secured ordinary hooks 3, to which my improved holder is connected.

represents a coiled spring, preferably japanned in order to be protected against the weather. This spring, as is usual, is formed with hook members 11 12.

represents a section of twisted wire, preferably galvanized or japanned, that is connected at one end to the hook 11 and at its opposite end to a ring 21, adapted to be engaged with a hook 3. In place, however, of the ring 21 I may, if desired, have simply the ends of the strands of the section 20 and wrap them about a post or other securing member.

23 represents a ring arranged between the strands of the twisted wire 20, as shown, or secured to said wire in any desired way.

30 represents a section of twisted wire that is provided at one end with a ring 31, encircling and adapted to ride upon the section 20,

The section 30 passes through the ring 23, through the coiled spring 10, (see Fig. 4,) and is connected to the hook 12, thereafter passing through an eye in the open-mouthed pulley 10. when my holder is in position, as shown in Fig. 2, the clothes-line can be easily inserted in the pulley 40. Any strain upon the holder expands the coiled spring 10, the pulley working from the hook 12 by reason of the connection of the latter with the wire section 30, while the ring 21 and wire 20 work from the hook 11, the wire 30 and ring 31 sliding along the wire 20. In case the hook 11 should break, the rings 31 and 23 will engage, preventing the parts of the holder from becoming entirely separated and preventing the line from falling to the ground. I

In practice a number of myimproved holders will be employed and the clothes-line strung from one to another after the manner shown in Fig. 1.

Having thus explained the nature of my invention and described a way of constructing and using the same, although without having attempted to set forth all the forms in which it may be embodied or all the modes of its use, I declare that what I claim is-- 1. A clothes-line holder comprising in its construction a coiled spring, a retaining-wire connected to one end of said spring and provided with a safety-ring, a pulley-wire connected by one end to a ring that is arranged to slide upon the retaining-wire, said pulley wire passing through the said safety-ring and said spring and being connected thereto, and a pulley connected to the free end of said pulley-wire.

2. A clothes-line support comprising a suitable frame or standard members, a plurality of spring clothes-line holders connected to said frame, the spring of each of said holders being located between the line-engaging By the described construction 60 inemher of-the device and the frame or standand also prevented from falling to the ground ard to-which said device is connected, and adapted to expand under the influence of a pulling strain thereon, said spring being equipped with a saifetyguard extending through'said spring, combined with a line or cord arranged in said holders,rwhereby the line may bekept under a resilient tension if a spring breaks.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

EDGAR SHAW.

Witnesses: O. F. BROWN,

A. D. HARRISON.

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