US914637A - Blanket-clamp. - Google Patents

Description

D. E. GOE.

BLANKET CLAMP.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV.19, 1907.

Patented Mar. 9, 1909.

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ATTDRNEYQ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

No. e14,cs7.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 19, 1907. Serial No. 402,810.

Batonted March 9, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL E. Com, a citizen of the United States, residin at Pawtucket, in the county of Providence and "State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Blanket- Clamps, of which the following is a specification;

My invention relates to improvements in clamps, for use in binding or holding a blanket or other covering and maintaining the same in a uniform, firm and smooth condition.

The novelty resides in the particular construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and then particularly set forth in theclaim.

In the drawings, which form a art of this specification, Figure 1 is a rear e eyation of an ironing board embodying my invention. Fig. 2, a section of the same on line a: a: of Fig. 1, and Figs. 3 and 4, plan and side elevations reslpectively of one of the clam ing members.

ike reference characters in lcate like parts throughout the views.

In the present instance the clamp is shown as applied to a cover or blanket on a rigid member or body. a

In the drawings are shown the body, A, of an ironing board, provided with the usual binding s eet, B, which covers the front of the board, and whose margins, b, overlap the sides of the latter and rest upon the back surface of the board. Intermediate the sheet and body is the usual blanket or pad, C. It is essentlal that the sheet embrace the board and the blanket or other padding'tightly and with a substantially uniform tension. It is further advantageous to have a binding means which is readily disengaged to facilitate loosening or changing the binding sheetconnecting member, E, In detail the enga I ing member, D, comprises forked arms,

with an intermediate eye, loop, or other 'openmg, e. The arms, d, terminate m downwardl directed' hooks, g, which have a slight y lateral inclination toward their ends. The parts of the engai'ng member, D, correspond in detail wit t ose of the member, D, and bear corresponding reference characters with the addition of a prime sign. The connecting member, E, consists of a spirally wound wire spring, h, whose ends are bent into loops, k, which engage the loops, e and e, of the engagingmembers.

My devices are a plied as follows: The hooks, g, of the mem er, D, are inserted into one of the flaps, b, of the binding sheet near the margin. The opposite flap margin is then seized by one hand of the operator and forced toward the engaged margin, while the other hand is pushing the member, D, against the tension of the member, E, to pro or position over the second flap wherein the 00 s, g, are inserted.

The described binding or clamping members are applied at indicated intervals t6 the flaps, 12, throughout the length of the board. The bent arms or legs, d, d, of'the engaging members, by their distention assist in distributing the tension upon the binding sheet, thereby minimizing any tendency to wrinkle. The extensible nature of the member, E, not

only enables the sheet, 0, tabs bound with any desired degree of tightness required b the particular fabric being ironed, but facilitates when required the disengagement of the engaging members.

What 0 aim is:

An engaging member for a clamping device, the same formed of a single piece of wire with a loop at its center, arms extendin in o posite directions from said loop an portions at right angles to said arms and terminating indownwardly directed hooks which are slightl lateral y their ends, said entarms serving by their distention to distribute the tension upon a binding sheet and thereby minimize the tendency to wrinkle.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

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