US634222A - Clothes-drier. - Google Patents

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No. 634,222. Patentednct. 3, |899.

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CLOTH ES-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 634,222, dated October 3, 1899. Application filed April 12, 1899. Serial No. 712,751. KNO model-l To all whom, it 7er/ty concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. SOLOMON, of the city and county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Olothes-Driers; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a f ull,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichl Figure 1 represents a top or plan view of so much of a clothes-drier as is necessary to illustrate my improvements. Fig. 2 represents upon an enlarged scale a central vertical section through the holding-plate of the drier and a side view of the inner end of one of the clothes-bars and the device for attaching said clothes-bar to the holding-plate, said clothesbar and holding device being shown swung up into a horizontal position ready for use; and Fig.3 is a similar section to Fig. 2, showing part of the holding-plate with the clothesbar and its holding device swung down into a vertical position as when not in use.

The object-of myinvention is to provide a simple,stron g,and easily-manipulated clothesdrier.

and a downwardly-proj ectin g lian ge just backl of said vertical holes, combined with the clothes-bars and wire-holding device, one for each clothes-bar, fastened at one end to the inner end of each of said clothes-bars and bent into substantially loop form, the same being extended back,thence down through the aforesaid vertical holes inthe holding-plate, thence forward and in against the under side of said clothes-bars to form braces therefor, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

To enable others to better understand the nature and purpose of my said invention, I will now proceed to describe it more in detail.

In the drawings, A represents a horizontal holding-plate to which the clothes-bars B are attached, said plate being in practice provided with suitable means for fastening the same to the wall or other support. It is also provided with a series of vertical radial slots Said invention consists of aholding-plate a, arranged at a short distance apart around itsouter circular edge, and also with a series of vert-ical holes b, coming just back of or inside of the inner ends of said vertical radial slots; Just back of or about in line vertically with the back of said vertical holes the holding-plate is also provided with a downwardextending annular flange c for the purpose hereinafter described.

The parts marked C are wire devices for ad justably attaching each clothes-bar to said holding-plate. Said wire devices are each bent into substantially the form of a rectangular-shaped loop, with an opening between the ends just sufficient in width to receive the inner end of the clothes-bar. The end d, which is fastened to the top of said lclothesbar, is preferably flattened and is provided with suitable holes through whichto pass the fastening-screws e e. If desired,any other suitable means of'fastening may be employed in lieu thereof. From the fastened end the wire extends 4back in line with the clothes-bar a short distance, thence a short distanceat or about right angles, thence a little longer distance at or about right angles about parallel to the fastened end, and, finally, again at or about right angles and the end abutted against the under side of said clothes-bars to form a brace therefor. `If preferred,said under bracewire may be bent into any other desired shape to produce said brace.

When one of the clothes-bars B is swung up into a horizontal position for use, as is shown in Fig. 2, the end fof the wire loop rests in one of the vertical holes b, with the outer edge of said end bearing against the outer face of flange c at or near its lower edge and the inner edge of said end against the plate A at the upper end of the hole b. Therefore since the end g of the wire bears against the under side of the clothes-bar, as previously described, it will be seen that a firm rigid brace is thus produced to support said clothes-bar in a vertical direction. It is also held from lateral motion by its inner end ftting in one of the vertical radial slots a, previously described and as shown in Figs. l and 2 of the drawings.

When not in use, the bars hang vertically from the holding-plate, as is shown at the right and left hand sides of Fig. 1 and in Fig.

3, and therefore the drier occupies but little space. The bars, it is obvious, may be easily and quickly adjusted into either position, and when adjusted into their horizontal positions for use they are held securely and not liable to drop down accidentally, and being firmly braced upon the under side, as above described, considerable weight may be suspended from the bars without danger of their breaking down. Said bearing strength may also be further augmented, if desired, by eX- tending the under brace farther out from the holding-plate than is shown in the drawings.

Having described my invention, what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A holding-plate having a series of vertical, radial slots around its edge, also a series of vertical holes just back of said slots in line radially therewith and a downwardextending flange just back of said vertical holes, in combination with the clothes-bars and an adjustable attaching device for each bar, consisting of a wire bent into substantially loop form one end of which is fastened to the top of the bar, and from said point extending back a short distance beyond the end of the bar and about in line therewith; thence at substantially right angles through one of said holes in the holding-plate, and a proper distance to obtain a bearing against the aforesaid downward-extending an ge, and thence forward and in to the under side of the bar to form a brace therefor, substantially as set forth.

2. A holding-plate having a series of vertical holes extending around the same near its outer edge and a downward-extending flange just back of said vertical holes, in combination with the clothes-bars and an adjustable attaching device for each bar, consisting of a wire bent into substantially loop form, one end of which is fastened to the top of the bar and from said point extending back a short distance beyond the end of said bar and about in line therewith; thence at substantially right angles through one of said holes in the holding-plate and a proper distance to obtain a bearing against the aforesaid downward-extending flange, and thence forward and in to the underside of the bar toform a brace therefor, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the holding-plate having a series of vertical openings at a short distance apart around its out-er edge, with the clothes-bars and an adjustable attaching device for each bar, consisting of a wire bent into substantially loop form, one end of which is fastened to the top of the bar and from said point extended back a short distance beyond the end of said bar and about in line therewith; thence at substantially right angles through one of the holes in the holding-plate, and thence forward and in to the under side of the bar to form a brace therefor, substantially as set forth.

CHARLES S. SOLOMON.

XVitnesses:

A. A. BARKER, W. B. N oURsE.

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