US743039A - Curtain or canopy for drying-racks. - Google Patents

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No. 743,039. 1 PATENTBD Nov. s, 1903.

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UNITEDM STATES Patented November 3, 1903.

ALEXANDER ANDERSON SCOTT, OF KNOXVILLE,TENNESSEE.

CURTAIN OR CANOPY FOR DRYING-RACKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 743,039, dated November 3, 1903.

Serial No. 127.061. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, ALEXANDER ANDERSON SCOTT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Knoxville, in the county of Knox and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtains or Canopies for Drying-Racks, of whichthe following is a speciication.

Myinvention relates to curtains or canopies for brick-drying yards, and has for its object to provide a device consisting of curtains of any suitable material, such as canvas, so constructed in overlapping sectionsthat all the sections may be operated simultaneously.

The advantagesof my invention will more fully appear hereinafter and by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l'is a plan view of a drying-yard embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a side view; Fig. 3, an end view; Fig. 4, a detail view of two of the sections of the canopy, showing their overlapping edges; Fig. 5, a side view of one of the intermediate arches; Fig. 6, a view of a modification of the intermediate arches, and Fig. 7 a detached view of one of the canopy-ribs.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 9 represents upright beams suitably braced, as shown at 10, and 11 cross-beams secured to the tops of beams 9.

2 represents wires secured at each side of each upright beam 9 at a little distance below its top, and 13 wires connecting crossbeams 11 midway between upright beams 9. At suitable intervals between uprights 9 are set posts 14, having secured at their tops cross-pieces 15, which are notched, as shown at 16, to receive the line- wires 12 and 13 above described. In Fig. 6 is shown a modification of these arches in which the posts 14 have metallic arches 15 secured at their tops-,which are also notched, as shown at 16', to receive wires 12 and 13.

17 represents the canopy-ribs, made augular to conform to the angle made 'by wires 12 and 13 and bent to form a ring 18 to be iuserted on wire 13 and rings 19 to lit on wires 12. The free ends of rib 17 are extended downward, as shown at 20, and formed with an open loop 21 at their extremity. 22 represents curtains stretched on ribs 17, said curtains resting on the ribs aforesaid and having eyelets 22a formed therein, through which the rings 18 and 19 protrude, so that the body of the curtains are below the wires 12 and 13 and suspended thereon by means of said rings 18 and 19, while the lower edges 23 of the curtain are secured in loops 21 around a rope 24. One of the ends of each canopy is secured either to the upright frame at the end of the track or to an arch 15, the canopies beingsecured at corresponding ends, so that in being opened or closed the curtains slide in the same direction.

The free end 25 of each curtain is raised above the wires 12 and 13, said wires passing through gromets 26, secured near the free end of the curtain, so as to permit the end of each curtain when closed to overlap the secured end of the next curtain, and thus make the covering formed thereby more edective against sun and weather.

In order to simultaneously operate all the curtains 22 in each series, I provide ropes 28, that extend through the rings 18 and 19 and are secured to thev ends 25 of the curtains and the rings 18 and 19 of the rib 17 nearest said ends 25. The ends of the ropes 28 are extended beyond the frames at the end of each series and may be pulled directly by the operator or secured on a windlass or other suitable mechanical equivalent, if desired. If desired, instead of using rope 28 to con- Dect the curtains in a series I may substitute wires, using the ropes only to connect the end curtains with the operating means.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a drier, a covering consisting of a series of flexible curtains each having a corresponding edge secured, the remainder adapted to slide horizontally and in the same direction, the free end of each curtain extended outward and forward to form a iiap to cover .the secured edge of the next adjacent curtain and means to support and operate said curtains, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a drier, a covering consisting of wires stretched between upright frames, a series of flexible curtains suspended from said wires and having one end secured, said curtains adapted to slide in same direction in spread- IOO ing and folding, and the free end of each curtain extended above said wires and forward to form a flap to cover the secured end ot' the next adjacent curtain, substantially as shown and described.

3. A curtain or canopy for dryingracks consisting of wires stretched between upright frames, a series of iexible curtains suspended from said wires and havingone end secured, said curtains adapted to slide in same direction in spreading and folding and having holes adjacent to their free ends, and the supporting-wires inserted through said holes, the

part of each curtain above said wires forming' a fiap to cover the secured end of the next adjacent curtain,substantially as shown-and described.

4. In a drier, uprights spaced apart, crossbeams secured to the top of said uprights, wires secured to said uprights and crossbeams, flexible curtains suspended from said wires, said curtains having one edge secured and adapted to slide horizontally and in the same direction in spreading and folding, each of said curtains having its free end extended upward to form a fiap to cover the securedl edge of the next adjacent curtain, and means to fold and spread said curtain, substantially as show-n and described.

5. In a drier, a covering consisting of uprights, cross-beams secured at the top thereof, posts intermediate ot said uprights, angular arches secured to said posts,wires stretched between said uprights and secured to said angular arches, flexible curtains slidably mounted on said wires, and means to spread and fold said curtains, substantially as shown and described.

6. In a drier, a covering consisting of wires stretched between upright frames, exible curtains secured to angular ribs, said ribs having rings integral therewith protruding through eyelets in said curtains, and means to spread and fold said curtains, substantially as shown and described.

7. In a drier, a covering consisting of three wires stretched between upright frames, the middle wire being on a higher plane than the other wires, angular ribs mounted on said wires through rings integral with said ribs, fiexible curtains secured to said ribs having eyelets through which said rings protrude, and means to spread and to fold said curtains, substantially as shown and described.

8. In a drier, a covering consisting of three wires stretched between upright frames, the middle wire being on a higher plane than the other wires, iiexible curtains mounted on said wires having one of their ends secured, the balance of each curtain adapted to slide on said wires and having its free end so formed that when the curtain is spread said free end extends over the secured end of the next adjacent curtain, substantially as shown and described.

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

ALEXANDER ANDERSON SCOTT.

Witnesses:

C. N. MYNDERSE, ALEX. MCMILLAN.

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