Improvements in Clothes-lines.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Jan., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 19th Sept., 1890-Accepted, 25th Oct., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Clothes-lines.
I, ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK,. of the firm of A. M. and Wm. Clark, of
53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Fellow of the Institute of Patent
Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication to me from
abroad by George Albert Le Baron of Sherbrooke, in the Province of Ontario and
Dominion of Canada Merchant) to be as follows:-
:―
This invention relates to wire clothes lines; and the object of the invention is to
so improve the construction of lines of this character as to minimize the possibility.
of the clothes being cut or torn when blown to and fro in the wind. This object
is attained by the construction hereinafter described and which stated briefly com-
prises a core of wire, either single or composed of several strands either straight or
twisted, and a spirally coiled wire around said core, the coil being loose on the
core to allow of its turning thereon with the garment as the latter is blown by the
wind.
In the preferred form, the core consists of a single strand of wire preferably
formed at each end with a loop when the line is made in regular lengths. The core
is covered by the spirally wound wire covering which is wound loosely on the core
to allow of its turning with the garment when the latter is swung by the wind,
whereby the clothes pin and the portion of the garment immediately clamped by
the pin and the spiral covering will respond to the swinging action of the garment
and prevent the latter from being torn at the pin. The turning of the spiral is
ensured by leaving its ends loose.
In another form, the spiral covering is the same but the core, instead of being
in the form of a single strand, is composed of several strands which may be
twisted, as shewn, or may lie straight or essentially straight.
In either construction, the spiral covering is free to turn with the garment and
clothes pin, whereby all strain at the pin is overcome.
Dated this 7th day of January 1800
A. MELVILLE CLARK.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Clothes-lines.
I, ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK, of the firm of A. M. and Wm. Clark, of
53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Fellow of the Institute of Patent
Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication to me
from abroad by George Albert Le Baron, of Sherbrooke, in the Province of
Ontario, and Dominion of Canada, Merchant) 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 wire clothes lines and the object of the invention is to
so improve the construction of lines of this character as to minimize the possibility
of the clothes being cut or torn when blown to and fro in the wind. This object is
attained by the construction hereinafter described and which, stated briefly, comprises
a core of wire either single or composed of several strands either straight or twisted
and a spirally coiled wire around said core, the coil being loose on the core to
allow of its turning thereon with the garment as the latter is blown by the
wind.

page_text: Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this
Specification, in which
Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a section of clothes line
embodying the present improvement.
Figure 2 is a like view of a modification thereof.
Figure 3 is a cross-section on line x-x Figure 1, and
Figure 4 is a cross-section on y-y Figure 2.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.
In the form shewn in Figures 1 and 3 and which is the preferred form, the
core A consists of a single strand of wire preferably formed at each end with a loop a
when the line is made in regular lengths. The coro A is covered by the spirally-
wound wire covering B which is wound loosely on the core to allow of its turning
with the garment when the latter is swung by the wind whereby the clothes pin
and the portion of the garment immediately clamped by the pin and the spiral covering,
will respond to the swinging action of the garment and prevent the latter from being
torn at the pin. The turning of the spiral is ensured by leaving its ends, as b, loose
as shewn to the left of Figure 1.
In the form shewn in Figures 2 and 4, the spiral covering B is the same as in
the construction illustrated in Figures 1 and 3, but the core A¹, instead of being
in the form of a single strand, is composed of several strands which
may be
twisted, as shewn, or may lie straight or essentially straight.
In either construction, the spiral covering is free to turn with the garment and
clothes pin whereby all strain at the pin is overcome.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is ;-
1. The improved clothes line constructed and operating substantially as shewn and
described.
2. An improved clothes line, consisting of a metallic core and a spirally-wound
covering of wire turning freely on the said core, substantially as shewn and
described.
Dated this 10th day of September 1800.
A. MELVILLE CLARK,
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Patent Agents.