Improvements in Linen Airers in connection with Nursery and other Fire Guards or Fenders.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Apr., 1894
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Complete Specification Left. 29th Sept., 1894 -Accepted, 5th Jan., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Linen Airers in connection with Nursery and
other Fire Guards or Fenders.
THOMAS MACE CANNON, Inventor, 99 Rye Lane, Peckham London. S.E. :
HENRY EDWARD CLARK, Wireworker, 46 & 47 High Street London W.C.
GEORGE CRIPPS CLARK, Wireworker, 46 & 47 High Street, London, W.C. do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
We construct this improvement by making use of telescopic or sliding bars
secured to the wire work of any nursery or similar fire guard by means of a metal
socket plate, this plate is placed outside of ends of fender or guard and secured
by a second plate on the inside of the wire work, the two plates are fastened by
means of nuts and bolt, then the bar or linen airer which can be made of metal, wood,
bamboo, cane and the like, is slipped through socket plates and two screw knobs
are fastened on the ends of bar which successfully prevents the bars from falling
out, if we consider it necessary we can use rings or other device in place of socket
plates, the idea is that when not in use the bars should be against guard, &,
extended when in use.
Dated this 9th day of April 1894.
THOS. M. CANNON.
HENRY EDWARD CLARK.
G. CRIPPS CLARK.
Improvements in Linen Airers in connection with Nursery and
other Fire Guards or Fenders.
;
We, THOMAS MACE CANNON, Inventor, of 99 Rye Lane, Peckham London, S.E:
HENRY EDWARD CLARK, Wireworker, of 46 and 47 High Street London W.C.,
and GEORGE CRIPPS CLARK, Wireworker of 46 and 47 High Street, London, W.C.
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
This invention is designed to supply a convenient and effective mode of airing
linen and other articles by utilising the ordinary fire-guard or fender for this
purpose.
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In constructing the invention we employ telescopic or sliding bars secured to the
wirework of the guard by means of sockets hooks rings or other attachments.
These attachments may be fixed on plates placed against the guard and bolted to
plates placed inside the wirework, or otherwise attached to the frame of the
guard.
We will now describe the invention with reference to the accompanying
drawings in which
Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of one of our angular airers attached to an
ordinary fire-guard.

page_text: Fig. 2 shows one of the bars detached with cranked or bracket attachments for
fixing.
bar
Fig. 3 shows a telescopic form of straight bar with supports f. This can be used
in the front or at the side of the guard, and may be fixed in the same way as the
shewn in Fig. 2, or may be laid in two of the hooked supports f, and removed
when not required. The supports are attached to the guard in the same way as
the brackets e shewn in Fig. 2.
a
Fig. 4 shews a side sectional view of the guard with a curved wire support for
the horizontal bars..
Fig. 5 shews a plan view of the telescopic form of bent bar b.
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Fig. 6 shews a front view of Fig. 5, but with the tubular or enlarged part or
socket partly shewn in section.
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a is the plain form of bent bar.
bis the telescopic form of the bent bar (see Figs. 5 and 6). It consists of a
tubular or enlarged part or socket of about half the length of the whole bar when
closed or shut up, and into this socket another tube or rod, which fits the inside
bore, is slipped, and thus forms a means of adjusting the length of the bar to any
sized fender.
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e is the telescopic form of the straight bar.
'd is the plain form of the socket plate.
is the back plate for the socket plate..
is the bolt for connecting same.
e is the cranked or bracket form of socket plate.
fis a form of bracket for a straight front bar.
These brackets are attached by bolts and back-plates similar to d, d³, d².
g is a bent rod or bracket of stout wire.
i, i, are eyes or loops to receive the horizontal bare.
k is the top bar of the guard.
The method of attaching to the guard may be by means of two hooked rods or
bent wires hanging from the top bar of the guard and connected below as shewn in
Fig. 4 and this can be long enough to support two or three horizontal bars and be
furnished with loops eyes or clips to receive same. It can be curved so as to stand
out from the guard the required distance and its lower end can be bent inwards to
form a stay or attachment below.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that
what we claim is :-
1. An attachment for airing linen consisting of telescopic or other bars or tubes,
fixed or attached in any suitable way to a fire-guard or fender, as herein described
and set forth.
Dated this 29th day of September 1801
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, E.C., Patent Agent.