An Improved Appliance for Airing Linen in such a manner as to allow the Greatest Possible Number of Articles to be Aired in the Smallest Possible Space.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Oct., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 14th July, 1892-Accepted, 24th Sept., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Appliance for Airing Linen in such a manner as to
allow the Greatest Possible Number of Articles to be Aired in
the Smallest Possible Space.
I, JOHN BROWNE of No. 37 Crescent Road Dukinfield in the County of
Cheshire, Straw Hat Dyer and Cleaner, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
An improved appliance for airing linen-consisting in the arrangement of an
article for airing linen in such a manner as to allow the greatest possible number
of articles to be aired in the smallest possible space. It consists of one main back
board with semi-circular bottom plate attached to back board at a right angle
being notched out to receive the ends of rods or rails in a vertical position when
not in use, also one semi-circular top plate attached at a right angle containing a
number of slots to receive the said rods or rails when in use, each rod or rail
having one separate conducting wire fastened from bottom plate to top plate in a
vertical position. This said rod or rail being attached to the conducting wire by
means of small shackles or loops. Each rod can be raised separately to drop
horizontally or at right angles to back board.
Dated this 19th day of October 1891.
JOHN BROWNE.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Appliance for Airing Linen in such a manner as to
allow the Greatest Possible Number of Articles to be Aired in
the Smallest Possible Space.
JOHN BROWNE 37 Crescent Road Dukinfield Cheshire Straw Hat, Feather
Cleaner & Dyer 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 :-
My invention consists in the arrangement of an article for airing linen in such a
manner as to allow the greatest possible number of articles to be aired in the
smallest possible space.
My invention consists of one main back board A, with 2 semi-circular cast iron
plates B. B. attached to back-board at right angles. The top plate contains a
number of slots C, & the bottom plate being notched out in the same manner to
receive the end of rods D or rails in a vertical position when not in use, the back
board & rods or rails are made of red pine, with a wrot iron plate E attached to act
as a bearing, when in an horizontal position.
A separate conducting wire F fastened from bottom plate to top plate in a
vertical position, the said rods or rails being attached to conducting wires by
means of small loops or links G, each rod can be raised separately to drop
horizontally or at right angles to back board.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:

page_text: 2. It allows the greatest possible number of articles to be aired in the smallest
possible space.
3. Each rod lifting independently by means of wires and shackles.
Dated this 20th October 1891
JOHN BROWNE.