US66045A - Ezekiel - Google Patents

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E; D; SANFORD. ,GL'OPHES DRIER.

No. 6,045. Patented June 2-5, 1867 Wirw sses; 00%

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I Be it known that I, EZEKlZEL D. SANFORD, of the, city and county of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, hare invented a new and useful Improved Adjustable Clothes-Frame; endI do hereby'declare the following to be a full, clear, nud exact description of the same, reference being bad to the -accompanying drawings, which are mc'depnrt of this specification. I r I V i 1 The ohject of my invention is to so construct a clothes-drying frame that 'the o perator may stnnd nt one point and fill the frame, and then elevateit so that persons may ps'ssbenenthrit, and that it may be in a better position toreceivc the rays of the sun nhd the action of'the wind; also, to so construct theapparctus that it may be folded up so as to occupy but a small space when not in use, and so that when hoisted it may be free to revolve by the action of the wind, so as to more rapidly dry the articles upon it. i i V 1 Figure 1 is an elevation with purt of the'upper end of the standn'rdbroken away, so as to show the mode of supporting the hoistingpulley.

Figure 2 is whorizontal section on'line z 2:, fig. 1.

r A represents the standard or post on whichthe rack slides, end which is supported in the socket B,on the bedsfrome O, by the lateral braces D. The frame 0 is composed of two pieces bf heavy board, inorti'sed.

together at their centre, at which point they are fastened by buttons, pins, or other suitable means. These pieces are also provided with notches or shoulders at about midway between their-centre and ends for the recepwhich is rigidly attached to the bedeframe at its centre. The above arrangement may be dispensed with when the device is made a permanent fixture, us int-hat case the post may be simply set in the ground and be provided with a shoulder at the proper height to answer. the purpose of the upper end of the socket B. E is a metnllic limit, which passes through the block f, and is secured in the top of the post A, end on the head of which'the metallic plate f rests and ,revolves. This plateis rigidly attached in the headji, in which the pulley G is 'tionof the lower ends of the braces D, whose upper ends rest against and under the shoulder ban the socket B,

journnlled, and whose lower end forms a sleeve, H, which fits over the end of the standard A to strengthen thehead and prevent rocking. I is a sliding-box, on which the colldrs J J are attached. The collars J have horizontal holes or deprcssions, in which the ends of the rods K are set; and they may have udditional oblique' ones, through which, alternately with the rods K, a rope or wire may be passed, so'asto prevent the displacement of the rods longitudinally, and, at the same time, allow a free lateraland perpesdiculnrmovement; or, the rods K may be provided with brece'rods', attached to them by pins or pegs, so as to hold them tent at right angles. The lower one is also provided with a hook or pin, L, on which the loops M of th rope N nreIconsecutiveiy fastened in raising the rack, as will be hereafter more fully'desm'ibed. The-rope N may be' nade' shorter than shown, and provided with a button on its extreme lower end,by which it may be fastened to a loop on collar J, when the rock isresting on the socket B. The collar J has perpendicular holes for the reception of the hoisting and suspending-ropes. The rods K are suspended at their outer ends by ropes 0,the,i1ppe r ends of the upper ones of which are attached to the collar J, and, at a proper distance below, to the upper tier of rods K; and, extending below them, are provided "on their ends with buttons 0, which urehitchcd into loops on the ropes attached to the second tier of rods, which are also provided with buttons on their lower ends, which hitch into loops on the lower tier. It is not, however, necessary to connect the rods in this precise manner; but I prefer it, as by this means the device is more readily taken apart and put toigetherthan irhen a single rope is used and also by this means I need attach only as many tiers of rods as are necessary. The rods K are provided with a series of holes, L, or pins, through or around which the clothes-lines P pass.- The ends of these lines are fastened together by sliding buckles p, which form a. simple and efl'ectivemecns for tight lining. These lines may, however, be supplaced by small. wooden rods or wires, in which case they would be} fastened to each of the.rodsr K by pins or pegs; or, rods and lin'es may be used together on the some rack, as

desired. is 0. weight orbox, in which a. quantity of weighty-materiel may be placed, (the latter foi-m being' preferable) which may he attach ad to either one of the loops M to aid in hoisting the rack when it is filled with clothes. v I I The operation is its follows: The rods with their connecting-lines, being connected to the sliding-sleeve or box, are drown down to the full extent of their supporting-ropes; and by't'orci n'g them outjto their utmost points, (at right angles,) as shown in fig. 2, and securing them, as described, the lines are rendered tent and ready for the reception of the articles to be attached to them. The weight-box is thennttached; and, the rack being in position, as shown in fig. 1, the operator may begin to fill the lines on the upper tier-of rods,-turn-ing the rack as itbecomes necessary to reach difi'erent parts of it. After the first tier. hns been filled the hoisting rope' vill be drawn down until the second loop maybe hooked over the pin on the lower collar of the sliding box, when the second tier will be in the. same position as the first was, when it may be filled in thescme manner as thefirst, and so on until all the lines are filled, when the. rack may he hoisledto the top, of the standard, and secured there in the some manner as in the other positions. The weighted box may be then removed, and the loose rope tied up on a beloying-pin, orthr'own upon the rack. When in this position the rack and pulley revolve with the least breeze, thus securing the thorough sunning and drying of the articles on all ports of the rack. The weight of a. rock ten feet square, having three tiers of rods, will be about seventy-five pounds; and it will hold about ten dozen of clothes, which, when wet, will weigh, one-n average, fifteen pounds per dozen, making the weight of the rack, when filled with wet clothes, zt-bo'ut two hundred cndtwenty-iive pounds; and the amount of weight in the box should be regulated so as not to he more than one-half or that amount, as the operator could easily misc from seventy-five to one hundred ahd twenty-five pounds; itnd'if the box is too heavily weighted it would be apt to raise the rock quicker than desire'ble. The weight may, however, if desired, be so regulated. as to balance, or nearly so, the weight of the loaded rock. The mt when not in use may be folded up sign-inst the standard and secured there, or the whole device may betztken sport and stowed away, the slidingh ox or sleeve being (when so desired) mode in two ports and hinged, so as to be more ensilyremoved. The same device, with a. slight change ineonstruction, may be used for drying wool, fruit, he, or for clothes-horsee," rocks, awnings, tent-frames, 850.; or, as o clothes-dryer, may he so constructed as to be used in the house.

' Having thus described my invention, what I claim us new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The revolving rack composed of the tubular sliding-box I, collars J, rods K, supportingu'opes O, and clothes-lines P, or their equivnlents,,whcn constructed and operated substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In combination with the sliding-rack of a. clothes-dryer, I claim the weighted box Q, constructed and employed substantially as described for the'pnrpose specified.

3. The arrangement of the rack I J J K O P, post A, socket B, bed-frame O, and br occs D, with the rope N, loops M, weight Q, and pin or book L, combined and operating substnntiully as and for the purpose set forth. To the above specification ofmy improvement I have signed my hand this fifteenth day of April, 1867- E. I). SANFORD.

Witnesses: v

NATHAN K. ELLSWOR'I'H, JAMES L. EWIN.

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