Improvements in Clothes Holders.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Aug., 1897-Accepted, 30th Oct., 1897
Improvements in Clothes Holders.
I LOUISA WILHELMINA ADOLFZEN Journalist of Hastings in the County of
Cambria and State of Pennsylvania United States of America 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 has relation to clothes holders, and more particularly to that class
adapted for holding the clothes upon the line while being dried. The object of
the invention is to provide a simple, durable and effective device of this character,
which may be made at small cost, and which will securely hold the clothes to the
line.
With this object in view, the invention consists of certain features of construc-
tion and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.
In the accompanying drawing,-
Figure is an elevation of my improved clothes holder;
Figure 2 is a side view; and
Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through one set of clamping jaws.
The clothes holder consists of a single piece of wire, and, starting at the point A,
the wire is bent upwardly as at 13, thence horizontally as at C, thence downwardly
and inwardly as at D, thence downwardly and outwardly as at F, thence hori-
zontally, thence upwardly and inwardly as shown at G, thence formed into a
coil H, thence it extends downwardly and outwardly as at I, thence horizontally
as at J, thence upwardly and inwardly as at K, thence upwardly and outwardly
as at L, thence horizontally as at M, and downwardly as at N.
This construction provides two co-acting jaws 1 and 2, one of greater breadth
than the other, so that the other may pass through it in the act of clamping the
clothes to the line.
This construction also provides two handles or compressor arms 3 and 4, by
means of which the jaws are actuated.
The construction of the other section of the holder opposite to the point A, is
identical with that of the construction just described, and a further description
is not thought to be necessary, the sections being counterparts.
If desired to stiffen and brace the clamping jaws, I may provide the wire
bails O, but the same are not absolutely necessary.
From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying
drawing, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily under-
stood without requiring an extended explanation.
The device is made from a single piece of wire, twisted and bent into the form
shown, and owing to its simplicity of construction, may be placed upon the market
at small cost, so as to be within reach of all.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. A clothes holder for the purpose described, consisting of two sets of clamping

page_text: jaws provided with operating handles and springs, and with a connecting rod,
said parts being formed from a single piece of wire, substantially as set forth.
2. A clothes holder for the purpose described, consisting of two sets of clamping
jaws provided with operating handles and springs, and with a connecting rod,
said parts being formed from a single piece of wire, and connecting bails, for the
purpose described.
Dated this 19th day of August 1897
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.