US1107786A - Clothes-line holder. - Google Patents

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S. M. HARRISON & W. E. SMITH.

CLOTHES LINE HOLDER.

APPLICATION rxLnn JULY 26, 191a.

1,107,786. Patented Aug. 18, 1914.

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UNITE STATES PATENT @FFTCEL SAMUEL M. HARRISON AND WILLIAM E. SMITH, OF CHESTER, WEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNORS OF ONE-THIRD TO'FRANGIS R. HARRISON, OF EAST LIVER-POOL,

OHIO.

CLOTHES-LINE HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 1.8, 1914.

Application filed July 28, 1913. Serial NO. 731,405.

which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawlngs.

This invention relates to improvements in clothes line holders, and an object thereof is the provision of a device of this character which is adapted to be secured to a wall, fence, or other like stationary support, to securely hold the end of a clothes line, after the line has been tightened.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a clothes line holder which is extremely simple and eflicient in use, and which comprises a minimum number of parts, whereby it may be cheaply manufactured.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, pointed out in the appended claims, and shown in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure l is a front elevation of the holder; Fig. 2 is a side elevation. thereof; Fig. 3 is a transverse section, showingthe manner of connecting the lever to the supporting plate; Fig. 4: is a transverse section, showing the manner of connecting the clamp to the lever; and Fig. 5 is an elevation showing the inner face of the clamp.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the letter A designates a clothes line and B our improved clothes line holder, the clothes line holder comprises a supporting plate 1 which is provided with a plurality of openings for the reception of fastening means by which the device may be secured to a wall, fence, or other stationary support. The supporting plate is provided intermediate of its ends with a pair of outwardly extending spaced apertured ears 2 in which a pin or shaft 3 is mounted.

The numeral 4 designates a lever which is of substantially the same length as the sup porting plate 1, the opposite longitudinal edges of the lever being bent or curved in- Wardly as at 5, to form a channel for the clothes line A, and the iii-turned edges of the lover being provided intermediate of their ends with a pair of inwardly extending hook-shaped projections (S by means of which the lever is detachably and pivotally mounted upon the shaft 3 of the supporting plate. The upper end of the lever 4: is curved outwardly and flared as at 7, the side edges of the lever at its flared portion being curved as at 8.

A clamp 9 is connected to the lower end of the lever i, the clamp having a pair of outwardly extending apcrtured cars 10 which are pivotally mounted on a pin 11 which extends between the bent side edges of the lever 4. The inner face of the clamp is provided with a longitudinal groove 12, and the clamp at its upper end is formed with a transversely extending slot 13 which traverses the groove 12 at its upper end, the walls 1% of the slot forming fulcrum points for engagement with the outer face of the supporting plate 1. The clamp 12 is also provided with a downwardly extending curved handle 15 by means of which the clamp may be operated to release the clothes line.

In the practical use of our device, the free end of the clothes line A is passed over the top of the lever 4 between the bent side edges thereof, and thence downwardly between the pin or shaft 3 and the supporting plate 1, the extremity of the clothes line being passed between the lower end of the supporting plate and the clamp 9. The extremity of the clothes line is pulled to draw the line tight, and upon release of the extremity of the line, the tension of the line proper will move the upper end of the lever outwardly, thereby rotating the lever on the pivot pin 3, and moving the lower end of the lever inwardly to force the clamp toward the supporting plate 1 thereby frictionally engaging the line between the clamp and the supporting plate. The groove 12 is of relatively less depth than the diameter of the line,

so that the line is prevented from slipping through the groove, and when it is desired to release the line from engagement with the holder, the handle 15 of the clamp is moved outwardly, thereby moving the body portion of the clamp upon its fulcrum points 14: away from the supporting plate, so that the line may pass upwardly through the slot 18 which is of relatively greater depth than the diameter of the line. It will be seen that by bending the opposite longitudinal edges of the lever 4 inwardly, a channel is formed whereby side slipping of the line is prevented, and by flaring the upper portion of the lever and rolling the opposite longitudinal edges of the flared portion of the lever, the line may be inserted into the channel from any angle, and Will be prevented from slipping off of the lever by reason of the rolled edges thereof.

The holder may be constructed of cast iron, sheet steel or any other suitable material, and may be made any desired size de pending upon the diameter of the clothes line used in connection therewith.

Vhat We claim is:

1. A clothes line holder including a pivotally mounted clamp having a longitudinal groove formed in its inner face and said clamp being further provided at one end with a transversely extending slot which traverses said longitudinal groove, said slot extending from the front to the rear of said clainp, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A clothes line holder comprising a supporting plate having a pair of outwardly extending apertured ears intermediate of its ends, a shaft connecting said ears, a lever pivotally connected intermediate of its ends to said shaft, and a clamp pivotally connected to said lever at one end thereof, the inner face of said clamp having a longitudinal groove formed therein, said clamp having a transversely extending slot formed in one end thereof, said slot traversing said longi tudinal groove, as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof We hereunto aflix our signatures in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

SAMUEL M. HARRISON. WILLIAM E. SMITH. Witnesses:

JOHN F. EVARTS, JOSEPH E. ALLEN.

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

Washington, D. G.

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