US986804A - Clothes-drier. - Google Patents

Description

w, L. SUMMER. CLOTHES DRIER.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 19, 1909.

986,804, Patented Mar.14,1911.

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WILLIAM L. CUMMER, OF HAMILTON,

ONTARIO, CANADA.

CLOTHES-DRIER.

986,804. Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 19; 1909.

Patented Mar. 14, 1911. Serial No. 528,896.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. OUMMER, of the city of Hamilton in the Province of 1 ntario, Canada, have invented certain new l adapted to slide. On this collar are suitand useful Improvements in Olothes-Driers, ably pivoted the inner ends of the arms H. of which the following is a specification. g At the upper end of the post is a guide cap This invention relates to clothes driers of I I provided with arms J having guide slots 0 the type in which a series of folding arms formed therein through which the arms H supporting clothes lines are rotatably suppass. This guide cap is rotatably mounted ported on a suitable standard. on the post in any suitable manner and My object is to devise a clothes drier of preferably as follows: The post is provided this type which can be folded and expanded with a metal cap K and a vertical rod or with a minimum of trouble and which when tube L forming an upward extension of the folded or expanded is secure against accipost passes through the guide cap I, the cap dental displacement. I attain my object by K and into the end of the upper part B of a construction which is shown in the accomthe post.

panying drawings in which- From the construction above described it Figure l is a side elevation of a clothes follows that by sliding the collar G on the drier, constructed in accordance with my inpost that the arms may be caused to assume vention, in its position. Fig. 2 either the position shown in Fig. 1 or the is a slmilar View showing the drier in its position shown in Fig. 2 at will, the arms folded position. Fig. 3 is an enlarged secsliding freely through the slots in the guide top of the post and the I cap I.

guide cap. Fig. 4 is a plan view of a guide To suitably brace the arms and to aid in folding the same I provide the following mechanism: On the rod L a collar M is slidably mounted. Braces are pivotally connected at their inner ends to this collar and at their outer ends to the arms H. When the arms are extended the collar is preferably in such a position that the braces are somewhat lower at their inner ends than their outer, so that they not only will resist the strain caused byany weight of clothes supported by the arms but will also resist any upward strain tending to fold up the arms.

The lower limit of movement of the collar M is set by means of a sleeve 7 encircling the rod L and formed integral with the guide cap I and which forms a shoulder at its upper end against which the collar M may abut.

The collar M when raised will cause the arms H to fold together. To aid in raising the collar I preferably secure to the upper ends of the rod L a sheave 0 over which passes a cord 9 secured at one end of the collar M having its other end hanging down within reach of the user. By drawing on this cord the collar M may be raised and the device folded into the position shown in Fig. 2 with very little trouble.

and hold them in alinement without undue strain upon the pin F.

On the part B of the post a collar G is cap. Fig. 5 is an enlarged vertical section of the joint between the two parts of the post.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures.

The drier is provided with a post formed in two parts A and B. The lower part of the post is adapted to fit within a socket O permanently in position in the ground. The lower part of the post is provided with a cap D having an outwardly extending flange a formed thereon. A similar cap E is fitted 011 the lower end of the upper part B of the post and this cap E is also provided with a flange 6 similar to the flange a.

In the end of one part of the post is fitted a pin F extending through the cap and into the post. This pin is adapted to fit into a socket 0 formed in the end of the other part of the post. l

The cap E has an annular rib 03 formed I therein the purpose of which will herein- 1 after appear. y

The construction described allows the post to be separated into two parts for convenience and transportation. The flanges a and b when the parts are connected serve to give a broad bearing to steady the parts l 7 position cap The device is releasably held in its folded byimeans of a spring latch engagg ing the rib d and the collar Gr may also be .held in its raised position until the arms have assumed their extended position by means of a spring catch engaging the guide cap I. \Vhile any suitable devices might be employed for the purposes described I show a two-ended spring catch P the lower end of which is adapted to snap over and engage the upper edge of the guide cap I. I do not, of course, desire to restrict myself to the precise construction of this spring catch and it is merely shown in its simplest form.

I prefer to connect the ends of the pairs of arms J of the guide cap to form a complete ring Q which prevents the lines for the clothes catching on the arms J but this construction is not essential.

From the above description it is evident that I have devised a clothes drier which is opened out or folded and which is seheld either from accidental folding from partial opening out easily curely when open or when folded.

What I claim as my invention is:

In a clothes drier the combination of a post; a collar vertically slidable thereon; arms pivoted at their inner ends on said col.- lar; a cap having guide slots therein through which said arms pass and in which they may move from a substantially vertical to an outwardly directed position; an upper collar vertically slidable on the post; and braces pivotally connected to the arms and to the upper collar. 7

Hamilton this 4th day of Novr, 1909.

WILLIAM L. CUMMER. Signed in the presence of L. COLEMAN, HAROLD H. OUMMER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C.

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