Improvements in Clothes Pins and Supports for Garments while Drying.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 25th July, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 11th Apr., 1893-Accepted 20th May, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Clothes Pins and Supports for Garments
while Drying.
I, JOHN WASLEY COOK of Harrisburgh in the County of Linn and State of
Oregon, United States of America, Inventor and Manufacturer, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This improved clothes pin is formed of a length of wire bent between its ends
to form near its middle a plurality of clasps, preferably three in number, one pro--
jecting to each side and the third depending centrally between the side clasps.
Above these clasps the wire is twisted between the clasps and its ends and such
twist is opened or spread to form an opening for a pulling cord while the ends of
the wire are bent into a ring to run on a supporting line. The supporting line is
held by uprights fixed in the ground and a number of the pins move on said line.
The pulling cord passes over a guide pulley at one end of the line, thence through
the openings in the pins and around a guide pulley at the opposite end of the line
and thence back and is secured to the first or foremost pin. Thus said pin and the
garment secured thereby may be drawn out on the line and such garment being also
secured to the second pin will pull such pin out, and so on. The adjacent pins are
connected by the garment held or clasped by both the pins. The pin may be made
of galvanised wire, and while it is preferably formed by bending it from wire, it
may be otherwise produced.
Dated this 25th day of July 1892.
By A. M. & Win. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Clothes Pins and Supports for Garments
while Drying.
1, JOHN WASLEY COOK, of Harrisburgh, in the County of Linn, and State of
Oregon, United States of America, Inventor and Manufacturer, 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 relates to an improvement in clothes pins and consists in certain
features of construction and novel combinations of parts as will be hereinafter
described and pointed out in the claims.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this
Specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in
all the figures.
Figure 1 is a side view, showing a supporting line, several pius, and the pulling
cord; and Figure 2 is a detail view of the pin.
The clothes pin is formed of a length of wire bent between its ends to form near
its middle a plurality of clasps A the garment being attached by being drawn
between the two spring limbs of each clasp. These clasps are preferably three
in number, one projecting to each side and the third depending centrally between
the side clasps, as shown. Above these clasps the wire is twisted at B between the
clasps and its ends and such twist is opened or spread at C to form the opening for
the pulling cord and at the ends of the wire I provide a bearing D to run on the
supporting line. The supporting line E is held by supports and a number of the

page_text: pins are supported to move on said line. The pulling cord F is extended over a
guide pulley 1 at one end of the line, thence through the opening C in the pins,
thence around a guide pulley 2 at the opposite end of the line, thence back, and is
secured to the first or foremost pin. Thus said pin, and the garment secured
thereby, may be drawn out on the line and such garment being also secured to the
second pin will pull such pin out, and so on. The adjacent pins are connected by
the garment held or clasped by both the pins.
The construction is simple, can be cheaply made, and is durable and convenient
in use.
It will be seen that the line can be used without going off the porch or
other stand, so that it can be stretched over any kind of ground. The pins may,
preferably, be made of galvanized wire so that they will not rust or stain the
clothing. While the pin is preferably formed by bending it from wire it is manifest
that it might be formed by casting, or in other suitable manner, without departing
from some of the broad principles of my invention.
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 ;
1. A clothes pin provided with a bearing to run upon the supporting line, a
guide opening for the pulling cord, and a plurality of clasps for holding the clothing
whereby the article of clothing being dried may be utilized to connect the adjacent
pins, substantially as set forth.
2. A clothes pin having at its upper end a bearing to run upon the supporting
line and provided below such bearing with a guide opening for the pulling cord
and below such opening with the clasps, substantially as shown and described.
3. The improved clothes pin formed of wire bent and twisted to form clasps A
and the guide opening C and provided with a bearing to run upon the supporting
wire, substantially as set forth.
4. The combination of the supporting line and its supports, the guide pulleys 1
and 2, the clothes pins having bearings arranged to run on the supporting line and
also having guide openings for the pulling cord and provided below such opening
with a plurality of clasps whereby the clothes being dried may be utilized to
connect the adjacent pins, and the pulling cord passed over pulley 1, thence
through the guide openings of the pins around the pulley 2, and then back and
secured to the foremost pin, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this 11th day of April 1893.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
J. W. COOK,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.