US909679A - Towel-rack. - Google Patents

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"909,679. Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

H. B. ROSE.

TOWEL RACK. v

APPLIGATION FILED OUT. 23', 1905.

Witnesses. Inventor;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT B. ROSE, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

TOWEL-RACK.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT B. RosE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Towel-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved support for towels or other articles of that class, which consists of a plate-like element adapted to be attached to a wall or the like and a supporting arm slidably mounted in an opening in said plate like element and adapted to be arranged in vertical non-supporting position, or in horizontal supporting position.

The principal feature of the invention has reference to a ledge or shelf which is formed from the metal of the plate-like element and extends beneath said plate-like element and serves to support the arm in substantially horizontal supporting position and also to direct the enlarged ends of the arm into their proper seat in the opening of the plate like element.

The invention also relates to certain details of construction all of which will be fully and clearly hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had-to the accompanying drawings, in which,-

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the improved support fastened to a wall and showing the arms arranged in horizontal support ing position. Fig. 2 is an enlarged front view of the improved support, showing the arms in horizontal supporting position. Fig. 3 is a View similar to Fig. 2, showing the arms in vertical non-supporting position. Fig. 4 is a section on line aa, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a section on line 6-6, Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is an enlarged top plan view of the improved support showing the arms in vertical nonsupporting position. Fig. 7 is an enlarged bottom view of the improved support showing the arms in non-supporting position. Fig. 8 is an enlarged central longitudinal section through one of the arms showing the enlargement formed on one end only, before the arm is fitted to the plate.

In referring to the drawings in detail in which a preferred structure of the invention is illustrated like numerals designate like parts.

The plate-like element which in the pre- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 23, 1905.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

Serial No. 283,948.

her or part 1, which is provided with open ings through which screws 2, or the like are inserted to fasten the plate to a suitable wall, and a substantially horizontal semicircular member or part 3, extending outwardly from the lower end of the member 1, having its outer margin bent downward and outward to form a curved flange 4;.

A series of circular openings 5, are cut in the member 8, at regular intervals near the curved flange 4L, and are so located that a line drawn through their centers will extend concentric with the curve of the flange. A slot 6, is cut to extend radially outward from each of the openings 5, to and through the bend at the beginning of the flange 4, and through the flange to about the middle thereof. The strip of metal 7 which is cut partially from the plate to provide the slot 6, is bent to form a horizontal ledge or shelf extending inwardly from the lower termination of the slot, and located below and in a lower plane than the horizontal member 3. The flange is so bent that the edge of the inner end of each of the ledges is vertically below the outer edge of the circular opening over it at the point where the slot commences and in fact completes the circular wall of the opening except that it is in a lower horizontal plane than the greater portion of the wall.

The supporting arms or rods 8, are provided at each end with an enlarged ball 9, to prevent the detachment of the rods from the plate, and these balls formed integral with the rods.

In assembling the device at the factory the supporting plate is first stamped and cut to the form heretofore described, the rods 8, upon one end only of which balls 9, have been formed, are then operatively attached thereto by inserting their unenlarged ends into the circular openings 5, and finally balls are formed upon the said ends to lock the rods to the supporting plate against detachment without interfering with the limited sliding movement necessary to change the arms from one position to another.

It should be noted that the balls are of larger diameter than the circular openings so that it is impossible to entirely separate the arms from the plate when once they are are preferably assembled. It will also be noted that the circular opening besides assisting to maintain and support the enlargement in said opening. 7

I claim as my invention. 7

1. In a device of the class described, a supporting plate having a flanged member provided with a series of openings and slots leading from the openings through a portion of the flange, horizontal ledges integral with the supporting plate, each of said ledges extending inwardly from the lower extremity of one of the slots and terminating vertically below the outer edge of one of said openings and a plurality of supporting arms slidably fitted through the openings in the flanged member of the plate and provided with enlarged ends larger in diameter than said openings; said arms being adapted to be supported when in a horizontal position by the ledges and to'be directed into their proper seats in the openings by said ledges when sliding from an open position to a closed position, as set forth.

2. In a device of the class described, a supporting plate consisting of a vertical member adapted to be attached to a wall or the like, a substantially horizontal semicircular member extending outwardly from the lower end of the vertical member and having its outer margin bent downward and outward to form a curved flange; said hori- J zontal member having a series of circular openings arranged in a curved line and being provided with a series of slots each extending radially outward from one of the openings and partially through the curved flange, integral horizontal ledges each extending inwardly from the lower end of one of the slots and terminating vertically below the outer edge of one of the openings and a series of arms each of which is provided with a ballenlargement at each end slidably mounted in said openings, substantiallyras set forth. c

3. In a device of the class described a supporting plate having a curved flange and said plate being provided with a circular opening and a slot extending radially outward from said opening and partially through the flange, an arm slidably mount ed in the opening and having enlarged'ends and a ledge extending inwardly from the lower end of the slot and terminating evertically beneath the outer edge of the opening, substantially as set forth.

t. In a device of the class described, a plate-like element having an opening and a slot extending from said opening, an arm slidably mounted in the opening and having enlarged ends and a ledge supported from the plate like element and extending inwardly from the lower end of the slot and beneath the slot; said ledge terminating be? neath the opening and being adapted to direct the arm from one position to another and also to supports'aid arm in horizontal position, substantially as set forth.

HERBERT B. Rosie;

lVitnesses L. M. SANGSTER, GEORGE A. NEUBAUER.

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