US867489A - Clothes-pin. - Google Patents

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WILLIAM E. FAULKINGrI-IAM, OF JONESPRT, MAINE.

CLOTHES-PIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented Oct. 1, 1907.

Application filed February 18,1907. Serial No. 358,060.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. FAULKINGHAM, a citizen of the vUnited States, residing at .Ionesport, in the county of Washington and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inM Clothes-Pins, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in clothespins and consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

One object oi the invention is to provide a simple and practical clothes-pin which will support the clothes upon the line without the necessity of engaging them with the line and which will hence prevent them from freezing upon the line.

Another object of theinvention is to provide a clothespin'which may be applied to the clothes before taking them out of the house and then quickly and easily engaged with the clothes-line.

'.lhe above and other objects are accomplished by the improved construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which l Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved clothespin; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the same; and Fig. 3 is a detail transverse section taken on the plane indicated byl the'line 3-3 in Eig. 1. j My improved clothes-pin comprises a single body 1 carrying two similar clasps 2,3 the former of which is adapted to receive the. clothes and the latter the clothes line, as will be readily seen upon reference to Fig.2.

The body 1 forms one member 4 of the clasp 2 and also one member 5 of the clasp 3, the other members 6, 7 of said clasps comprising levers which are arranged upon the opposite edges of the body 1 and are pivotally I connected thereto by springs l8,y 9 which also actuate them. Each of said Vsprings is formed from a single right angular shaped arms 13, 14 which project from the opposite ends of the coil l10 and are arranged upon and engaged with the'side faces ofthe levers and the intermediate body. The armv13 of eachspringhas its I end 1'5" 'bent at right angles and seated' in a-transverse l j t 16 formed the body 1, andthe arm 14 '17 bent atright angles and seated in a trans-Q` I. "verse'lseat' 18 inl onecf the levers. Each of thearms i 13.is formed with ajcurved offset portion or hump 13 AThese offset portions allow the arms 13 to lie fiat against the opposite sides of the levers. It will be noted that the ends' 15, 17 of the two-arms of each spring project in opposite directions and owing to their engagement with the seats 16, 18 and to the shape of said arms 13, 14, the leverswill be effectively. retained upon the body 1 but at the same time will be permitted to swing 'upon the journals formed upon the coils 10 and will .be actuated by the springs to their closed position shown in Fig. 1. The member 4 of the clasp 2 hasA its jaw Vformed with a curved projection 19 and a curved seat 20 and the oppdsingedge or jaw of the member or lever 6 is similarly shaped so that there will be little or no .danger of tearing or injuring the clothes willen they are engaged with or disengaged from said clasps. The

members 5, 7 of the claspA 3 having their opposing edges or jaws formed with concaves 21 adapted to receive -the clothes-line between them, as shown in Fig.' 2. The upper or handle ends of the two levers or members 6, 7 and the upper end of the body 1 are beveled, asA

shown, so that said levers may be,swung inwardly to a considerable extent.

In order to more effectively prevent the levers or members 6, 7 from shifting laterally, I provide upon the opposite sides of the body transversely projecting guide pins 22. The latter are arranged upon the-opposite sides of the pivots or journals formed by the coils 10 and project beyond the edges of the body l'adistance suicient to engage the opposite sides of said levers or members and to hold them in proper alinement with the' body. These guide Apins may be constructed and secured to the body in any suitable manner but as shown they are formed bythe ends of subf 'stantially U-shaped pieces of wire which are secured to the body by staples 23.

ABy providing the two levers 6, 7 upon the opposite sides ofthe body 1 and adjacent to the opposite ends of said body lso that the handle ends of said levers project in the same direction and are comparatively close together, it will be seen that when the device is grasped in the hand, the handle ends of said levers may be simultaneously actuated to open both of the 'clasps so that the upper onev may be engaged-withthe clothes I -line while the clothes. or garments t o be'dried may be vslipped into the lower one. yUpon reference'to Fig.r 1

it will be seen that when the upper end of the ldevice is grasped in one hand, the4 thumb may be engaged with the upper or handle end of the lever 7 while the second, thirdand fourth fingers may be engaged with the upper or handle end of the lever 6, the arrangement when so grasped, both levers may. be simultaneously opened by tightening the grasp, as be readily un- 5 `and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

10 i leversprojecting toward the same end of the body and the derstood. This construction therefore permits both 'clasps tobe operated by the one hand while the other is free for other purposes. y Having thus described my invention what I claim 1'. A clothes-pin 'comprising a` body `and a pair of levers arranged upon oppositesdes of the same and pivoted intermediate their ends, each of said levers having a jw at one endwand a handle at its other end; the jaws of said handles of said leyers projecting in the opposite direction and ,beingv arranged in div/erging relation whereby both mayA be Igraspedf in .one hand and simultaneously pressed toward thel'salne end 0fthe bo'dytosimultaneously open "15 said jaws; subs't'ntialiy as set forth. j

2,.-A- clothespin. comprising 'tivo 'ce-acting members' formed .-W-ith' opposing seats, aisprng having a centrally arranged cylindrical coil-',t'o engage said seats and -form a journal or pi vot"a11d arms onthe ends of said coil en-.I

2K0l gaged with the opposite fcesof .said members, saidnrms sbeingio'rmedwlthlaterally projecting oilset portions and `presence of 'two Witnesses.

transverse guide pins carried by one of said members and adapted to engage the opposite faces of the other member v and to project beneath the olset portions-of said arms, substantially as set f orth. Y v l 3. A elothe'spln comprising two Aco-acting -members termed with opposing seats, a spring -havngn centrally arranged' cylindrical coil to engage said seats' and form a pivot or journal and arms on the ends of said coll to engage said members and hold them together, and 'EI-shape guides arranged upon one of said members, one guide'belng uponl each side of the pivot coil of, the spring, and eadh of sold guides having its closed end surrounding the member -to A( which it isvattached and also having itsmgld parallel arms engged lWith'the opposite sides of the other member 'to' 'prevent lateral movement of one member with `respect to the other, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. In testimony whereof 1 hereunto alix my signature inl

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