US900608A

US900608A - Clothes-line holder.

Info

Publication number: US900608A
Application number: US41828908A
Authority: US
Inventors: James Christian Rist Steirly
Original assignee: L J ROESS
Current assignee: L J ROESS
Priority date: 1908-02-28
Filing date: 1908-02-28
Publication date: 1908-10-06
Anticipated expiration: 1925-10-06

Description

J. G. R. STEIRLY. CLOTHES LINE HOLDER. -APPLIGATION IIIYED MAR..2, 1907. nnmwnn I'm. as, 1908.

900,608, Patented Oct. 6, 1908.

UNITED STATES [PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES CHRISTIAN RIST'STEIRLY, OF OIL CITY, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNORTO L. J. ROESS, OF OIL CITY, PENNSYLVANIA. V

o orHEsmr: HOLDER.

I Specification of Letters Patent. A I Application filed March 2, 1907, SeriaINo. 360,181. Renewed February 28, 1908. Serial N 0. 418,289.

Patented Oct. 6, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMEs CHRISTIAN Rrs'r STEIRLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oil City, in the county of Venango and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented new and useful Im rovements in Clothes-v The holder comprises an open ro e seat;

defined by upper and lower walls, t e one wall being transversely strai ht and the other inchned, a wedge member or block slidable in the seat and having one edge thereof adjacent to one of the walls provided with teeth to bite into the rope, and also having a recess and a manually operative lever fulcrumed at an intermediate point to the body of the holder and having a straight free extremity loosely engaging the recess of the member or block, means being provided for locking the lever against movement after the desired adjustment of the wedge member or block has been. obtained.

The invention also consists in the details of construction and arrangement of the several parts which will be hereinafter more fully s ecified.

In t e drawing: Figure 1 isa side elevation of a holder embodying the features of the inholder having an upper reduced extremity 2 which is vertically slotted as at 3 to movably receive a coupling member 4 of a securing screw'5, the member l being pivoted 1n the upper reduced extremity 2 and held. con

ogous device, or to a support overhead.

The holder is capable of use either in a vertical or horizontal position, and to properly dispose'the same to receive a rope the body 1 has a gri or handle 7 extending therefrom at one si e of the center. The upper part of the body 1 of the holder also has an opening 8 therethrough to receive a fastening to secure the holder in fixed position if desired.

A rope seat 9 is formed on one side of the body 1 by an upper inclined wall or flange 10 and a lower transversely straight wall 1 1, the seat 9 thus having a converged contour towards one extremity thereof. Within the seat 9 a wedge block 12 is slidably mounted and is guided in its movements in o posite directions by an angular rib 13 located wlthin the seat and engaging a corresponding groove 14 in the back of the block. This rib 13 and groove 14 obstruct any tendency of the block to irregularly shift or move towards the wall or flange 10, or, in other words, to have lateral movement. In its opposite side the block 12 is formed with a recess 15 which opens out through the edge adjacent to the wall 11, the latter being slotted as at 16 for a purpose which will be presently explained. The edge of the block or member 12 opposite that through which the recess 15 opens is formed with transversely extending teeth or biting projections 17, and the inner portion of the'wall or flange 10 has corresponding teeth 18, theblock preferably carrying two teeth and the wall or flange three teeth; and when the block is shifted towards the reduced extremity of the seat 9 the teeth thereof will be located 0 posite the spaces between the. teeth 18 of the said wall or flange 10.

On the body 1 below the wall or flange 11, an operating lever 19 for the block or member 12 is fulcrumed, and has a projecting extremity or fin er 2O movable 1n the slot 16 of the wall or ange 11 and also in the recess 15 of the said block. 7 The lever 19 is fulcrumed at a oint intermediate of its length and is provi ed on one side with a boss 21 movably fitting in a socket 22 formed in the body 1; and through the center of said boss and socket a rivet or pivot pin 23 is passed and secured at opposite extremities with respect to the lever and the said body, as clearly shown by Fig. 3. To strengthen the body 1 or provide for the formation of the socket 22, an offset 24 is formed in the bodyaround the socket. The lower edge of the body has an arcuate flange or segmental projection 25 formed at intervals with notches or recesses 26 to receive a locking tooth 27 on the lever 19 close to the fulcrum, the boss 21 and tooth 27 being on the same side of the said lever. The object of the recesses 26 and the tooth 27 is to lock the lever and the block or member 12 in adjusted position.

It is preferred that all the parts of the holder be constructed of non-corrosive metal, and to accommodate various uses changes in the roportions and dimensions may be adopte It will be seen that the number of parts of the holder requiring individual construction is minimized, and independent of the coupling member 4 there are but three main ele ments; namely, the body 1, the member or block 12, and the lever 19. The block or member 12 and the lever 19 are separately constructed and in the assemblage of the block or member with relation to the body 1 it is inserted longitudinally into the rope space 9 and the lever 19 then applied and secured.

From the foregoing explanation the operation will be readily understood. Then it is desired to secure a rope within the holder, the body is disposed in the most convenient position through the medium of the handle 7, and after the rope has been inserted between the toothed wall or flange 10 and the block or member 12 the lever 19 is drawn towards the handle 7 and the block or member 12 is forced towards the reduced extremity of the rope seat 9, thus causing the teeth 17 and 18 to firmly bite into opposite portions of the rope and secure the latter to the holder, the block or member 12 being locked in its adjusted position by the tooth 27 on the lever 19 engaging one of the notches 26. Various sizes of ropes may be introduced into and secured by the holder, and in releasing the ro e the lever 19 is moved away from the han le 7. The lever 19 is permitted to have suflieient play to release the tooth 27 from either of the notches 26.

The strain brought to bear on the wedge block or member 12 is materially relieved from the wall or flange 11 by the rib 13 engaging the groove 14 in the said block, and, furthermore, this rib and groove insure a uniformity of engagement of the teeth 17 of the said block with the adjacent portion of the rope disposed between the said block and the wall or flange 10. It will also be noted that the rope seat 9 is transversely disposed with respect to the body 1 of the holder. This particular arrangement of the rope seat is a d vantageous in that a rope can be more readily inserted in and removed. from the said seat. Furthermore, by having the lever 19 within easy reaching distance of the grip or handle 7 the operator may use one hand in maintaining the body 1 at a proper angle and also shift the lever in opposite directions to correspondingly move the wedge block or member 12.

Many other advantages will become apparent to those using the holder, and the cost of manufacture of the latter will be materially reduced in view of the special structure hereinbefore set forth.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new, is:

1. In a holder of the class specified, a body having a rope seat with a fully open front side, the walls of said seat converging towards one extremity, a wedge member slidably mounted in said seat, and an operating lever loosely fulcrumed at an intermediate point of the body and. having a straight free extremity loosely extending into the rope seat and the adjacent side portion of the wedge member, the said free extremity of the lever operating also to hold the said wedge member in place in the seat.

2. In a holder of the class specified, a body having a transversely straight wall and an inclined wall to provide a rope seat which is fully open at the front side, a guide rib extending longitudinally into the seat and. parallel with the transversely straight wall, a wedge-shaped slidable clamping member loosely and separably mounted in the seat and having a bottom groove to engage the said rib, and an operating means having a free extremity loosely extending into the side portion of the member and. also operating to hold the latter in place in the seat, the one side edge of the clamping member and the inclined wall serving to directly engage the rope placed therebetween.

3. A holder of the class set forth having a body with a handle or grip extending therefrom, a securing device movably attached to the extremity of the body opposite that from which the handle projects, a rope scat being formed at an intermediate point on the body by a transversely straight wall and a converging wall, the seat being fully open at the front side, a wedge member slidably and separably disposed in the said. rope scat between the walls, and an operating lever loosely pivoted at an intermediate point on the body and having a longitudinally straight free end loosely projecting into the side portion of the wedge member, the handle extremity of the 1 lever being adjacent to the handle or grip-of the body.

4. In a holder of the class set forth, a body having a rope seat and a segmental. projection provided. with notches the rope seat bc- 1.:

Illll ing fully open at the front, a wedge member slidably mounted in the seat, and a lever loosely fulcrumed at an intermediate point to the body and having a straight free extremity loosely projecting into the side portion of the wedge member and also provided with a projection adjacent to the'body to engage the notches of the segmental projection of the said body, the fulcrum of the lever being between the projection and the end that engages the wedge member.

5. A holder of the class set forth comprising essentially three main elements, consisting respectively of a body having a handle projecting from one extremity, a rope seat formed by a transversely straight and an inclined wall and having a rib extending longitudinally thereinto, all of the parts of the body being formed integral, a slidable Wedge block having a recess 0 ening outwardly through one side and a bac groove to engage the rib of the rope seat, and a lever pivoted at an intermediate point to the body and having a straight free extremity projecting into the recess of the wedge block, the handle of the lever being adjacentto the handle of the body.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

' JAMES CHRISTIAN RIS'I STEIRLY.

Witnesses:

O. H. RowLEY, W. A. Russ.