Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Mar., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 27th Dec., 1893-Accepted, 27th Jan., 1894
A communication to me from PAUL WILHELM ADOLF REY, of Luebeck, in the
Empire of Germany, Manufacturer.
I, EDMUND EDWARDS, of the Firm of Edwards and Co., Patent Agents and
Engineers, of 35, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to an improved clothes rail for wardrobes for containing
clothes, by which improvements the different articles are made more readily
accessible than in wardrobes as ordinarily made and used. When for instance the
wardrobe is filled with clothes and it is required to take out one which is hanging
close to or near the back, all the other clothes hanging in front of the one which is
to be removed must be taken out previously and vice versa. This is an inconvenience
commonly experienced, and the object of the present invention is to provide means
which allow the hanging up and taking out of any of the clothes separately and
without trouble whichever hook they may be hanging upon and however many
clothes may be in the press.
The improved clothes rail mainly consists of a rod or bar to which the hooks
upon which the clothes are suspended are fastened. The said rod or bar is
supported or carried in suitable guides in which they can slide freely, firmly fixed
in the top of the wardrobe, and extending from the front to the back so that the
rod or bar can slide in or out, in or between its guides.
By this arrangement the moveable clothes rails can readily be drawn out from
their guides and brought in front of the press, after the door has been opened. In
consequence of the parallel position of the rods or bars the clothes hanging upon
the rod to be drawn out will not be hindered or stopped by the clothes hanging
upon the neighbouring rails.
To prevent the rods or bars from being entirely drawn out of their guides the
latter as well as the rods or bars are provided with suitable stops.
The front ends of the moveable rods or bars may terminate in hooks, adapted to
hang clothes upon them, and to serve at the same time as handles for operating the
said moveable rods or bars in the way described.
Dated this 27th day of March 1893
EDWARDS & Co.,
35, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Clothes Rails for Wardrobes.
A communication to me from PAUL WILHELM ADOLF REY, of Luebeck, in the
Empire of Germany, Manufacturer.
I, EDMUND EDWARDS, of the Firm of Edwards and Co., Patent Agents and
Engineers, of 35, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement and accompanying drawing, that is to say :-
It is customary to provide wardrobes or presses with hook-carrying rails, and
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page_text: these rails are arranged in the upper part of the wardrobe, in such manner as to
be capable of making a slight sideward movement. It is obvious that this motion
can be only of a limited extent, and that it becomes practically impossible, when
the wardrobe is well filled with clothes. The only practical advantage of these
sideward moving rails therefore is, that the rails and consequently the hooks, may
to a limited extent be arranged in any suitable position in the wardrobe, before the
same is filled with clothes.
A great disadvantage of this arrangement is, that when it is desired to take out
a garment which happens to hang upon one of the rear hooks, all the others
hanging in front must first be moved, and to overcome this drawback an improved
rail has been devised which will enable different articles or garments to be at all
times removed from, or placed in the wardrobe, no matter whether the hook is in
the rear portion or not, or whether the wardrobe is filled, and this is accomplished
without moving any of the garments from the other hooks.
The improved rail is illustrated in the annexed drawing, which forms a part of
this Specification, and wherein like parts are designated by like letters of reference
throughout the several views.
Figure 1 shows the manner in which the hook-carrying rail is connected to the
upper wall of the wardrobe, Figure 2 shows a side view of the rail, partly in
section, Figure 3 illustrates a bottom view of the same, shewing the hooks in cross
section.
Figure 4 represents a front view of the wardrobe furnished with the improved
clothes rails.
Figure 5 shows a vertical section of a wardrobe, parallel with the rail, and the
rail being in position to take off or hang up clothes.
The rail consists of a rod or bar a, into which the hooks d are screwed, or
fastened in any other suitable manner. The said rod a is supported by a tubular
guide casing b, wherein the rod can be readily moved in its longitudinal direction.
These guiding pieces are attached in any suitable manner to the top of the
wardrobe, for instance to the top wall c by means of flaps c¹.
In the drawing the rod a is shewn round, and the guide merely consists of a
tube provided with a longitudinal slot at its lower side in order to provide a passage
for the hooks.
From the above description it is evident that clothes can at any time be readily
taken from or placed in the wardrobe, and to this end it is only necessary to pull
out the rail, as shown in Figure 5, and then to push it back which two operations
can be performed easily and without any disturbance of the clothes hanging to this
or the adjacent rails.
In order to prevent the rail from being drawn out too far, the guide tube as well
as the rail are provided with a suitable stop. For instance for the guide tube
this stop consists of two shoulders 6', which render the passage provided for the
hooks narrower, and in correspondence therewith a headed screw d² is arranged in
the end of the rod a, the head of which screw bears against the shoulders 6 when
the rod is pulled out.
The front ends of the moveable rods a may be provided with hooks d', to which
clothes can be suspended, and serving at the same time as a handle for drawing out
the rod.
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. In a clothes hanger, the combination with a slotted tubular casing adapted
to be secured to a support, of a longitudinally sliding rod carrying a series of
supporting hooks, which project through the slot in the said tubular casing
substantially as described and illustrated.
2. In a clothes hanger, the combination with a horizontally slotted tubular
casing, of a longitudinally sliding rod formed at its exterior end with an upwardly

page_text: turned supporting hook and carrying a series of supporting hooks arranged at right
angles to the said upwardly turned hook and projecting through the slot in the said
tubular casing, substantially as described and illustrated.
3. In combination, a tubular casing having a slot in its under side formed with
shoulders at its forward end, and a rod adapted to slide in the said casing and
carrying a series of hooks which project through the slot in the said casing and
also carrying a stop adapted to bear against the said shoulders in order to prevent
the rod from being withdrawn from the casing substantially as described and
illustrated.
Dated this 97th day of Draambes 1902
EDWARDS & Co.,
35, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.