Improvements in the Manufacture of Clothes Horses, Hasteners, Screens, and the like, and in the Method of Hinging same.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Jan., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 11th July, 1896-Accepted, 14th Nov., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Clothes Horses, Hasteners,
Screens, and the like, and in the Method of Hinging same.
I, GEORGE WILLIAM CLARK Joiner, of 48 Fitzwilliam Street Sheffield in the
County of York do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of clothes horses &
the like, which have hitherto been made by two or more frames with square
uprights being joined together with reversible hinges made from what is commonly
known as webbing which is subject to be speedily worn out.
Now my invention consists in making the aforementioned uprights either
hexagon, octagon, or half-round, on the top and bottom of which I secure a cap,
band or ferrule, having a toothed edge and resembling a cog wheel, I then put the
frames so that the teeth will be alternately placed the frames are then joined
together by placing a plate across the top & bottom of the uprights, I then pass
a screw or pin through a hole in each end of the plate down the centre of the
uprights, the teeth of the cap or ferrule being by this means thrown into gear, thus
forming a firm and substansial reversible hinge. Clothes horses of any number of
folds may thus be made.
The word clothes horses herein used comprises, hasteners, winter edges
screens &c. &c.
Dated this 27th day of January 1896.
GEORGE WILLIAM CLARK.
COMPLETE DI
Improvements in the Manufacture of Clothes Horses, Hasteners,
Screens, and the like, and in the Method of Hinging same.
I GEORGE WILLIAM CLARK Joiner, of 48 Fitzwilliam Street Sheffield in the
County of York 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 improvements in the manufacture of clothes horses &
the like, which have hitherto been made by two or more frames with square
uprights being joined together with reversible hinges, made from what is commonly
known as webbing, which is subject to be speedily worn out thus rendering the
article useless.
Now my invention consists in making the afore mentioned uprights, either
hexagon, octagon, or half round, and on the top & bottom of each of the uprights
to be joined together, I secure a cap band or ferrule, having a toothed edge
resembling a cogwheel, I then put the frames together so that the teeth will be
alternately placed, they are then secured in this position by means of a plate being
placed across the top & bottom of the uprights, and having a hole in each end so
as to admit of a pin or screw being passed through them down the center of the

page_text: uprights, the teeth being by this means thrown into gear, thus forming a firm &
substantial hinge; clothes horses or screens of any number of folds may be thus
made.
In order to more fully describe my present invention I have hereunto annexed
drawings which I will now proceed to explain.
Fig. 1 is a drawing of a complete clothes horse showing the fraims with half
round uprights (which section I prefer to illustrate for the purposes of explanation
although I can use any of the sections hereinbefore mentioned) with my improved
hinges applied;
Fig. 2 shows in detail my method of applying the hinges; the uprights of the
frames are shown at D, to which I secure the toothed caps, bands or ferrules C,
the frames are then placed in position with the teeth in gear as shown at E, and
are secured together by the screws B passing through the plate A, down into the
end of uprights D¹.
The word clothes horses as herein used comprises hasteners winter edges screens
etc. etc. etc.
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
1st. The making of clothes horses or screens of any number of folds, with sides
of uprights of either hexagon, octagon or half round.
2nd. The securing in a suitable position on the aforementioned uprights, of caps
bands or ferrules, having a tothed edge and
3rd. The joining together of the frames or folds by means of plates & screws or
pins so as to form a reversible joint or hinge as in the manner set forth in the
accompanying drawings.
Signed this 8th day of July 1896.
GEORGE WILLIAM CLARK.