US1391718A - Household drying-rack - Google Patents

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C. H. CLARKSON.

HOUSEHOLD DRYING RACK. APPLICATION FILED APR.5, 1920.

1,391,718. Patehtedsept. 27,1921.

N TED STATES? PATENT OFFICE.

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To all wizomit may concern; 7

Be it, known that I, CHARLES H. CLARK- son, a. citizen of'the United States residing at WVorcester, in the county of lYorcester and State of Massachusetts,have invented a new and useful Household Drying-Rack, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for kitchen use for the purpose of hanging articles in convenient position for drying and the like.

The principal objects of the invention are to provide a simple device that can be manufactured at a minimum expense and can be attached to any ordinary stove-pipe without difficulty, and which, when set up, will afford a convenient support for towels, clothes, and the like over a range or stove where they will be dried readily. The invention also involves details of construction as will appear hereinafter. I

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a kitchen range with a preferred embodiment of this,

invention applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a plan of the drier;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation, and

Fig. A is a fragmentary elevation showing how the ends are connected together.

The invention is shown in a form com prising a band 10 of soft iron preferably in circular form and provided with integral means for applying and fixing it to a stove pipe Or the like. This means is shown as comprising a tongue 12 extending from one end of the band 10, the other end being provided with two perforations 13 through which the tongue is passed and bent back as indicated in Figs. 2 and A. After being fastened once in this way on a stove pipe it will maintain its position, because usually all the articles are hung at the frontof the stove pipe, so that there will be a binding action on the band to keep it from slipping down in addition to the fact that it is gripped firmly on the pipe in the act of applying it. i

The band is provided with protruding prongs 24 having sharp points for holding a strip of asbestos 25 inside it to protect it from the heat. I

This band is provided with a series of perforations 14 preferably two in each case, one directly above the other. Through these perforations are passed loops 15 of Specification 'of Letters Patent.

L nousnnoim DRYING-RJACK Patented Sept. 2'7 1921.

. lApplicaticn'filedApril 5, 1920. Serial No. 371,255. a

metal, the ends 16 of which .arebent back inside the band. These ends are heldlsecurely. in position after, the device is once placed on the stove pipe because they are -clamped firmly against the surface thereof. As clearly appears in Fig. 2, they constitute sockets for the reception of ends 17 constituting terminals for supports on which thearticlesto be dried are hung. In one form shown these ends consist of downwardly extending end projections on radial arms 18 extending'inwardly from the extremities of a curved support 19. This support 19 is substantially concentric with the curvature of the stove pipe, or may have any desired curvature or shape, and it is spaced from the stove pipe by the .arms 18 and held in horizontal position by the ends 17 extending down through the loops 15. This constitutes a stationary support for the articles to be dried.

It is to be observed that the tongue 12 is held between the inner surface of the band 10 and the stove pipe on the rear. By having the weight of. the clothes located onthe rod 19 at a distance from the front of the pipe and diametrically opposite a point at which the tongue 12 bears on the pipe, this weight acts to pull this tongue into closer contact with the pipe and to clamp it more firmly between the pipe and band. Therefore the weight of the clothing itself tends to more securely hold the band in position and prevent its dislodgment. I,

I have also shown two forms of pivoted supports 20 and 21. 'The latter has a hook 22, one use of whichis indicated in Fig. l"

for the purpose of holding a pail or the like and keeping its contents warm, but not per- Each of these holders mitting of burning. 20 and 21 isprovided with an end like the end 17 extending down through two of the loops 15. Any desired number of these hangers can be mounted around the circumference of the band.

Although I have shown only certain forms of the invention I am aware of the fact that modifications can be made therein by any vided with a tongue on one end and two perforations at the other for receiving said tongue, said tongue passing under said other end out through one perforation and inwardly through the other perforationnearest the end, whereby the band can be passed about a stove pipe and clamped thereto so that it will hold its position thereon, said band having a plurality of vertical sockets on its outer surface, two of them being opposite said tongue and spaced apart, llOI'i-r zontal supports independently pivoted in the sockets located at the sides, a hanger consisting of a horizontal curved bar located in the same horizontal plane as said pivoted supports, having at its ends two converging horizontal arms, the ends of the arms being bent downwardly at right angles and being received in said two sockets opposite the tongue, whereby the hanger is supported rigidly in position solely thereby and spaced from the band and its supports, and when loaded will pull said band into position to apply additional pressure on the tongue and thereby hold it'more firmly in place.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed-my si ature.

iliARLES H. CLARKSON.

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