An Improved Collapsible Clothes Horse.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Nov., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Aug., 1894-Accepted, 29th Sept.. 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Collapsible Clothes Horse.
We, WILLIAM LEWIS THOMAS and EDWARD JENKINS, Engineers, both of
17, South Luton Place, Cardiff, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved collapsible clothes horse, intended to
provide an article of this description, which when extended will afford support for
a large amount of material to be dried, and when collapsed can be stored in a very
small space.
The side bars of the clothes horse consist of a number of short bars pivoted to
one another so as to form a lazy tongs arrangement. Through the ends of the bars,
and the centres where they are connected, the rails are passed and fixed, forming
the pivots for the lazy tongs arrangement. Thus when the horse is collapsed, the
end bars will close together and the rails will of course follow, the whole thus
having a very small compass. To hold the horse in extended position, a swinging
bar is furnished at each end pivoted to one of the rails, and having a recess at its
lower end, which rests on the rail below, and holding these rails apart. The whole
device will thus be held open as no part can collapse without the remainder
following.
A large number of rails is thus provided on which the articles to be dried or
aired may be hung, a central and two side tiers being furnished.
Dated this 2nd day of November 1893.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicants.
We WILLIAM LEWIS THOMAS and EDWARD JENKINS Engineers, both of
17, South Luton Place, Cardiff, 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 relates to an improved collapsible clothes-horse, and has for its
object to provide a support for a large amount of material to be dried, and to
occupy a very small space when collapsed.
Our improved clothes-horse consists of several bars of various lengths pivoted
together after the manner of a lazy-tongs and forming the two ends of the said
clothes horse. To the ends of these bars and at the centres where they are
connected, the rails are fixed forming the pivots for the lazy-tongs arrangement,
thus when the horse is collapsed the end bars will close together and the rails will
follow, the whole being contained in a very small compass.
To hold the horse in its extended position, a bar is pivoted to each end of the top
rail, the said bars at their lower or free ends being recessed or hollowed out so as
to rest upon and engage with the next centre rail below, thus holding the rails and
bar rigidly in their extended positions. By means of this arrangement a central
and two side tiers of rails are provided, thus affording room for a number of articles
to be hung for drying or airing.

page_text: In the accompanying sheet of drawings,
Fig. 1 is a side view of our improved clothes horse,
Fig. 2 is a vertical section in the line,
of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a side view and Fig. 4 an end view of the said clothes horse in its
collapsed position.
a, u are the bars forming the ends of the horse and pivoted together at a' by
means of the rails band after the manner of a lazy-tongs as shown in Fig. 2,
rails & forming two outer tiers and the rails 6' a central tier for hanging clothes or
other articles upon.
c, c are the two bars pivoted to the top rail and hollowed
out or recessed at the lower end c' to form a bearing upon the second rail for
fixing the bars a and rails b, b¹ in their extended position. When it is required to
fold up or collapse the horse as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the bars c are raised out of
contact with the second rail b¹ and the said bars and rails fall into the position
shewn in the said figures.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
(1.) In a clothes-horse for supporting and airing clothes or similar articles, the
combination of the end bars a and the rails band 6 pivoted together after the
manner of a lazy-tongs substantially as described and shewn in the drawings.
(2.) In a clothes-horse as above claimed the combination with the bars a and
rails bb of the pivoted bars c for keeping the horse in its extended position
substantially as described.
(3.) The improved collapsible clothes-horse substantially as described and for the
purposes specified.
Dated this 2nd day of August 1894.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicants.