US928448A - Folding tent. - Google Patents

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H. G. HERGELROTH.

FOLDING TENT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 16, 1909.

Patented July 20, 1909.

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H. G. HERGELROTH.

FOLDING TENT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 16, 1909.

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Application filed February 16, 1909. Serial No. 478,165.

To allwhom it may concern: it

Be it lrnown that l, Hanna? Gr. Hansen ROTH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Middlotown, in the county Dan phin, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain. new and useful improvements in Folding Tents; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such. as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to malre and use the same.

This invention relates to tents and canopies and has specal reference to a folding tent or canopy.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a novel form of standard for use in connection with a folding tent or canopy.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel means for holding abrace mem her in operative relation to a standard in such a device.

"With the above and other objects in view, as will be hereinafter apparent, the. invention consists in general of a standard provided with folding rafter members and a novel arrangement of bracing for said rafters.

The invention further consists in certain details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and specifically set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, like char actors of reference indicate like parts in the several views, and zl igure 1 is an end view of a tent )rovided with this invention, the end wall eing removed to show the construetion; Fig. 2 is a view of the standard and its connected members folded, the view being taken in the same plane as in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view of the head of one of the standards. Fig. 4 is a modification showing a single standard arranged to support a square tent.

The numeral 10 indicates the standard or upright pole. At the upper end of this standard is held, in the form shown in Figs. 1 to 3, a single Jlate 11, while in the form shown in Fig. 4 t iere are two of these plates preferably arranged at right angles. in all of these forms the plate projects beyond the standard 10 and is provided on each side of the standard with suitable perforations each of which receives a bolt 13 which forms the pivot for a rafter member 14. In the form shown in the first three figures two of the standards 10 are employed and these are ttpecifieation of Letters Patent.

standard 10. standard 10 is provided with a notch 16 for each. of the rafter members and a brace 17 is pivoted to each of the rafter members as being adapted to enter the notch 16.

Patented .1" uly 20, 1909.

spaced apart by means of the ordinary ridge iole not bein necessar here to be shown \ffl I while in the form shown in Fig. 4 no ridge pole is employed but in place thereof there are four rafter members attached to a single In both of the forms the indicated at 1.8, the free endof' the members Upon the free end of each brace is a loop or eye 18 wherethrough passes a spring 19, one end of which is secured as at 20 to the standard 10,

while the other end passes through a loop spring 19 will hold this free end firmly in the notch until withdrawn manually.

For the purpose of withdrawing the free end of the member 17 there is provided a knob 23 located on said member, and for the purpose of supporting the outer end of the rafter members, as well as to aid in raising the same a strut 24 is pivoted as at 25 to the outer end of each of'saicl neinbei's.

When the device has been raised it is intended thatit shall be covered with suitable tent fabric as indicated at 26.

In all of the claims it will be noted that the construction is substantially the same and that there has been provided a simple and efficient device of the character described and for the purposespecified.

It is obvious that many minor changes oted to said rafter, and resilient means forcing the free end of said members against the standard to cause said end to enter the notch when the rafter is raised.

2. In a folding tent, a standard provided with a notch, a rafter pivotally attached to the upper end thereof, a brace member pivoted to said rafter, an eye 011 the free end of said member and a spring mounted on the standard and passing through the eye to force the free end of said member against the standard and cause said end to enter the notch when the rafter is raised.

3. In a folding tent, a standard provided with a plurality of notches, rafters pivotally attached to the upper end of said standard, a brace member pivoted to each of said rafters intermediate its ends, an eye on the free end of each of said braces, springs rigidly attached to said standard each passing through the eye on its respective brace member and other eyes on said standard engaging the free ends of the respective springs.

4. In a folding tent, a standard provided with a plurality of notches, rafters pivotally attached to the upper end of said standard, a brace member pivoted to each of said rafters intermediate its ends, an eye on the free end of each of said braces, springs rigidly attached to said standard each passing through the eye on its respective brace member and struts pivotally attached to the outer end of the respective rafters.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

H. G. HERGELROTH.

Witnesses 2 M. K. BARR, M. J. BARR.

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