US919007A - Drying and stretching frame. - Google Patents

Description

T. A. HARGRAVE.

DRYING AND STRETGHING FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.18,'1908.

919,007, Patented Apr.20, 1909.

3mm" for 772 am (58A Hay/n Ve ill THOMAS A. HARGRAVE, OF'GALVESTON, TEXAS.

DRYING AND 'STRETCHING FRAIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 20, 1909.

Application filed. August 18, 1908. Serial No. 449,178.

Galveston, in the county of Galveston and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Drving and Stretching Frames, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a frame for drying and stretching lace curtains and other fabrics, the object of the invention being to provide a frame of this character which can be readily and conveniently adjusted to receive curtains or fabrics of different dimensions and to stretch the same to the desired tension, which is adapted to permit of the ready and convenient a )plication and removal of the fabric to be (fried and stretched, and which is also adopted to be conveniently set up for use and taken down for package or storage in close compass.

The invention consists of the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which 2-- Figure 1 is a perspective View of a drying and stretching frame embodying my invention and as set up for use. Fig. 2 is a detail longitudinal section on an enlarged scale through a portion of the same.

The device comprises four corner posts or standards 1 carrying at their upper ends heads 2, which are threaded or otherwise detachably mounted upon the standards, but may be suitably fixed thereto. Each of these heads is formed with a pair of transverse openings 3 and 4 extending horizontally therethrough and arranged at right angles to each other, as shown. The 0 enings 3 are adapted to receive the ends 0 the side rods or bars 5, and which are adapted to be adjustably secured therein by thumb screws 6, while the openings 4 are adapted to receive the ends of end rods or bars 7 which are adapted to be adjustably secured therein by thumb screws 8.

The rods or bars 5 and 7 form a rectangular frame to receive and support the curtain or other article of fabric to be dried and stretched, and each of these rods or bars carries a series of spaced hooks 9 to engage and support the ad acent ed e of the fabric. These hooks may be arranger at any suitable .55 distance apart as occasion may require, and

may be made of any suitable material. Each hook is suspended from and slidably mounted upon the rod by a ring or collar 10, thus permitting the same to be ad'usted. Stop devices 11 in the form of annular coil springs are arran ed upon each rod beyond the terminal hoo s and between the same and the standards, such stops serving to prevent the hooks from slipping off the rods when the latter are disconnected from the standards.

The frame may be adjusted as to width by the sliding engagement of the rod 7 with the corner osts or standards, and it may be adjusted as to length by the sliding engagement of the rods 5 with said posts or standards, so that its size may be varied within reasonable limits to receive andsupport curtains or other fabrics of different sizes. In order to enable the length of the frame to be additionally increased, as well as to enable the parts to be taken down for packing in close compass, each rod 5 is preferabl composed of two sections 5 and 5 which are connected at their meetin ends by a couplin sleeve 12. The end 0 the rod section 5 is t lireaded to fit within one end of the sleeve, which is threaded for its rece tion, while the end of the rod section 5 is slidably fitted in the opposite end of the sleeve and is adapted to be secured therein by a binding screw 13. By this construction the rods 5 may be adjusted as to length to additionally extend the frame or to stretch the curtain or fabric to a desired tension. The osts or standards 1 may be provided at t eir lower ends with base pieces or feet 14 to form a firm and steady sup ort for the erected frame.

In opera ion, the frame is set up in the manner shown in Fig. 1 and the bars or rods adjusted to make the frame of slightly less dimensions than the curtain to be dried and stretched. The hooks are then enga ed with the ed es of the curtain to secure t e same to the ame, and then the parts are adjusted to increase the dimensions of the frame to a sufficient extent to make the curtain taut. After use the parts of the device may be disassembled in an obvious manner and the sections of the rods 5 uncoupled, thus enabling the parts to be placed in close compass for storage or transportation. The sprlng stop bands or rings 11 preferably grip the rods with sufficient friction to revent displacement thereof, but may be y the exercise of slight force pulled ofl the rods to enable the engiaging devices slidably engaging the rods, hooks to be disengaged therefrom Whenever an resi ient bands slidably fitted on each rod desired. beyond the terminal supporting. devices and Havin thus fully described the invention, 0 crating as stops to retaln said devices upon 15 5, what is c aimed as new is t e rod.

A curtain drier and stretcher embodying In testimony whereof I affix my signature a rectangular frame comprising corner osts in presence of two witnesses. or standards, side and end rods sli ably THOS. A. HARGRAVE.

engaging said posts 'or standards for varying Witnesses: 10 the dimensions of the frame, means for securg JOHN ANELLO,

' ing the parts in adjusted posltion, curtain E R. EVERS.

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