Improvements in Clothes Pins.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Nov., 1897-Accepted, 8th Jan., 1898
Improvements in Clothes Pins.
I, HUGH LEE, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, and resident of Calgary,
Alberta Couty, Canada, Horse Raising, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
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This invention relates to improvements in clothes pins; the object thereof being
to provide a device of this character adapted for clamping garments to a clothes-
line in such a secure manner as to preclude the possibility of accidental displace-
ment thereof. The device is durable and inexpensive and it is susceptible of use
in connection with clothes of various degrees of thickness.
The invention will be hereinafter fully described and specifically set forth in the
annexed claims.
In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification:
Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved device; and
Figure 2 is a side elevation.
In the practice of my invention, I employ a single piece of resilient wire, prefer-
aily of non-corrosive metal. Upon one end of this said wire I form a loop, 1,
and from this loop is extended an approximately S shaped bow, 2, which com-
prises the clamping jaw of the pin. A vertical extension, 3, is projected from the
upper end of the bow 2. The wire is then bent over and formed into a loop or pro-
jection, 4, from which is extended an elongated loop, 5, comprising the stationary
jaw of the pin.
The free end of the wire leading from the loop 5 is then coiled around the
extended loop 4, as illustrated at 6, whereby the two jaws of the pin are securely
connected to each other and a cheap and effectual clamping device is provided.
In the operation of the device, it is obvious that it is simply necessary to force
the jaw or S-shaped bow 2 away from the loop 5, whereby the pin can be readily
placed over the clothes-line and the spring action of the bow or jaw 2 will tightly
clasp the suspended articles upon the line against the loop 5, whereby the articles
are securely maintained in position upon the line.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim, is:-
1. A clothes pin composed of a single piece of resilient wire, comprising an
elongated loop and an S-shaped jaw or bow, the said parts adapted to clamp or
secure the garments to a clothes-line, substantially as shown and described.
2. In a clothes pin, the combination of a stationary elongated loop and an
S-shaped movable jaw, the two said parts forming the clamp and the device being
of a single strip of resilient wire, substantially as shown and described.
3. In a clothes pin, the combination of an S-shaped bow and an elongated loop,
the free end of the said loop being coiled around a projection of the S-shaped bow
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page_text: and the free end of the said bow having a loop or knob formed on the free end of
the loop, the whole being composed of a single piece of resilient wire, substantially
as shown and described.
Dated this 29th day of November 1897.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.