US879004A

US879004A - Curtain-stretcher and clothes-drier.

Info

Publication number: US879004A
Application number: US35774007A
Authority: US
Inventors: Charles E Rice
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1907-02-16
Filing date: 1907-02-16
Publication date: 1908-02-11
Anticipated expiration: 1925-02-11

Description

No, 879,004. PATENTED FEB. 11, 1908.

I o. B. RICE. CURTAIN STRETGHER AND CLOTHES DRIER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 16. 1907- .5? Fig.6.

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CHARLES E. RICE, OF LIVERMORE, KENTUCKY.

CURTAIN-STRETCHER AND CLOTHES-DRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 11, 1908.

Application filed February 16. 1907- Serial No. 357,740.

description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the hinged arms in folded position. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on. a larger scale. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the hinged connection of the center bar sections. Fig. 5 is a side view of the device with the hinged arms folded and the drier turned against and secured to the ceiling. Figs. 6, 7, and 8 are further detail views.

The invention has relation to suspended driers for curtains and clothes, and it consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, the letter a, designates the main or center bar of the frame, which is provided at its upper end with a swivel hook a, and its lower end with a screw eye (L This bar is usually octagonal in cross section, and is provided with a series of transverse holes or perforations b, ,for the reception of the arm rods 0, which thus extend upon opposite sides of the center bar and have rigid or fixed connection therewith. These arm rods are provided at their ends with small eyes (1, through which a strong cord or wire 0, is passed, such cord or wire being connected to the top of the bar a, and serving to bind the arm rods to each other and thereby to strengthen the rack frame in such a manner that it will sustain articles of considerable weight upon its arms. To the front and rear surfaces of the main bar a, are pivoted, preferably by stop hinges f, the arms f, which are designed preferably to be folded upward against said bar when not in use. These arms 1, are also provided with eyes at their ends to provide for the passage of a tie cord g, which is connected to the top of the main bar and to the ends of the arms. When these arms are folded against the main bar they are held in that position by means of a hook h, engaging the screw eyes in the ends of the arms or by any other suitable fastening device. When it is desired to use the arms f, they are allowed to fall from folded position, so that they will extend at right angles to the main bar, in which position they will be sustained by means of the stop hinges and the tie cord 9.

The rack is designed to be suspended from aneye t, in the ceiling of the kitchen. Or from an overhead beam or bar, in which a staple may be secured for the attachment of the swivel catch at the upper end of the main bar. In its suspended position it will serve to hold all the clothes or other articles which may be hung upon its arms. It may be stayed from swinging by means of a cord m, attached to the eye in the lower end of the main bar, and secured to a second eye in the floor. The swivel hook a, whereby it is connected to the screw eye in the ceiling allows it to be turned around freely in placing upon its arms the clothes to be dried, or in turning different portions to the fire.

In using the rack to dry curtains the front and rear arms are designed to be folded up against the main bar, where they may be held by the hook it. These arms are also folded up against the main bar when the rack is to be put away, so that it will occupy but little room in a corner or against the wall. Or the rack may be raised towards the ceiling and secured parallel thereto by a hook a The center bar a, may be made in two sections hinged together at y, and adapted to be held in line by hook and eye y, whereby folding for shipment or storage is provided for. The binding cords or wires 9 may have knots 9 formed therein below the drier arms, or below the eyes at the ends of such arms. The hinged arms f, have a location upon the center bar intermediately of the fixed arms, such hinged arms having. a length less than the distancesseparating the same, the uppermost fixed arms being located above the uppermost hinged arms, and the uppermost hinged arms havinga length less than the portion of the center bar and the suspension device above the same. Thus the hinged arms having been folded to lie closely against the center bar and secured in such position by the hook h, engaging the eye or staple h, of the uppermost hinged arms, a curtain may be stretched across the entire framing formed by the opposite fixed radial arms and their binding wire or string.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A clothes drier and curtain stretcher combined, including a center bar-having a suspension device at its upper end, a series of radial arms having fixed connection with the center bar and extending upon opposite sides thereof, a series of radial arms having hinged connection with the center bar, adapted to fold closely thereto and extending upon opposite sides thereof at right angles to the fixed radial arms, the hinged arms having lengths less than the distances separating the same a binding string connecting the outer ends of the fixed radial arms, and means for retaining the hinged radial arms in folded position.

2. In a clothes drier and curtain stretcher combined, a center bar having a suspension device at its upper end, a series of radial arms having fixed connection with the eeri ter bar, and extending upon opposite sides thereof, a series of radial arms having hinged connection with the center bar, extending upon opposite sides thereof at right angles to the fixed arms and having a location upon the center bar intermediately of the fixed arms, such hinged arms having lengths less than the distances separating the same, the uppermost fixed arms being located above the uppermost hinged arms, and the uppermost hinged arms having a length less than the portion of the center bar and the suspension device above the same, and a binding string connecting the outer ends of CHARLES E. RICE.

Witnesses:

' GEO. W. S. PARRIsH, HENRY S. PARRlSI-I.