US606363A - Philip sinnott - Google Patents

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P. SINNOTT. CLOTHES LINE.

N0. 606,363. Patented June 28, 1898.

WI TNESS I VEN TOR V bodyin g my improvement,and Fig. 2 is a trans- Nirn TATES PHILIP SINNOTT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

) CLOTH ES-LINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 606,363, dated June 28, 1898. Application filed December 15, 1897. Serial No. 662,016. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PHILIP SINNOTT, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Lines, of which the following is a full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to that class of clothes-lines which embody an endless rope or cable adapted to travel around suspending pulley devices at both ends of the line.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved clothes-line of this class in which the rope or cable will be more positively suspended and sustained in position against sagging or breaking and which will also operate to prevent twisting or intertangling of the clothes with the line when the mechanism is in use.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by the same letters of reference in each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a side view of a clothes-line emverse sectional view taken at a point in front of one of the end pulley-blocks on line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a suspending wire or cable which extends longitudinally With respect to the line and carries two pulley-blocks B B,which are retained at a relative distance apart. To provide for the connection of the pulley-blocks with the main cable and their retention in relative position thereon, I preferably pass the longitudinal cable through eyes or openings b in a top arm or bracket b upon the pulley-block, and suitable knobs or flanges a are arranged upon the longitudinal cable and adapted to bear against the inner face of said arm or bracket, as shown. The pulley-blocks are thus suspended upon and from the longitudinal cable A and are adapted to swing thereon in the operation of the clothes-line, but will at the same time maintain their proper relative position. l

The outer ends a. a of the longitudinal ca- 'ging.

ble, beyond the pulley-blocks, are connected to any suitable support, as desired.

Within the pulley blocks or frames H are journaled grooved pulleys 0, around which passes the endless ropeor cable D,which forms the clothes-line proper and upon which the clothes are adapted to be secured and suspended, as shown at S.

E designates rings which are arranged in a longitudinal series and embrace and connect the main suspending cable A and the rope or cable D, these rings being adapted to slide freely upon said cable and serving to sustain the rope D at various points along its length against material sagging or breaking.

In the practical operation of my improved clothesline the clothes are preferably arranged upon the rope D, with one of the sliding, connecting, and sustaining rings E between each article of clothing, by which relative arrangement the rope or cable carrying the clothes will be supported at each intermediate point bet-ween the articles of clothing, and thus be more positively maintained in proper suspended position with relation to the main supporting-cable A and against sag- The operation and advantages of my invention will be readily understood. My improved arrangement and construction prevents any material sagging of the line D, and therefore avoids liability of the clothes becoming tangled or interlocked with the line ropes or cables and also lessens any liability of breakage, the clothes-line proper being always held in approximately parallel position with relation to the main longitudinal cable upon whichthe mechanism is suspended.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. An improved clothes-line of the class described, comprising a longitudinal main suspending cable, pulley-blocks mounted upon and carried by said cable, an endless rope or cable passing around said pulley mechanism and forming the clothes-line proper, and a series of rings embracing and connecting the main suspending cable and the clothes-line proper and adapted to slide upon said memhere, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. An improved clothes-line of the class described, comprising a longitudinal main suspending cable, pulley-blocks pivotally connected with and suspended from said main cable and adapted to swing thereon, an endless rope or cable passing around said pulley mechanism and forming the clothes line proper, and a longitudinal series of rings extending between and connecting the main cable and the clothes-line cable and loosely mounted in position so that they slide freely upon said members, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. An improved clothesline of the class de scribed, comprising a longitudinal main suspending cable provided with projections or flanges and passing through eyes or openings in pulley-blocks, the pulley-blocks being suspended from said main cable and adapted to pulley mechanism, said rings being adapted to freely slide, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing Witnesses, this 13th day of December, 1897.

PHILIP SINNOTT.

Witnesses:

L. M. MULLER, M. A. KNOWLES.

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