Improvements in Towel Rails.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Aug., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 21st Sept., 1892-Accepted, 19th Nov., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Towel Rails.
I, CHARLES EDWARD COCHRANE, of 17 and 18 Aldersgate Street, in the
County of London, General Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows :-
My invention relates to improvements in towel rails for holding or drying
towels.
Preferably I construct a back plate angular one portion I fix to a wall or the
like and the remaining part projecting outwards, and forming the base plate. In
the base plate I make three or more openings of such a shape so as to allow a rail
and a spherical ball to seat itself therein in each opening. Each rail is formed
of metal or wood of a tubular shape with a spherical ball turned therein at one
end. The rails are then passed into their respective openings and another spherical
ball is fixed in any suitable manner to the other end of each rail in order to prevent
the rails from falling out of the openings.
The rails are placed in an horizontal position by pulling the said rails upwards
and allowing them to assume an inclining position in the seating provided in each
opening situated in the angular back plate when the towel rails are required for
When the said rails are not required for use the same may be placed in a
perpendicular state and supported by the spherical balls at either end.
use.
The angular back plate may be constructed of metal, wood or of any other
suitable material, or of a combination of parts.
It will be understood that the foregoing is given by way of illustration and that
the shapes materials and proportions of the parts may be varied in many ways
within the scope of my invention.
Dated this 8th day of 1000
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Towel Rails.
I, CHARLES EDWARD COCHRANE, of 17 and 18 Aldersgate Street, in the
County of London, General Agent, 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 improvements in towel rails for holding or drying towels.
I attain these objects by the illustrations in the accompanying drawing, in
which:-
Fig. 1 is a plan of the towel rails ;
Fig. 2, is an elevation of Fig. 1 with the rails placed in a perpendicular
position;
Figs. 3, and 4, are respectively the rail covered or partially covered with india
rubber, these fig's. are broken off for want of space.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
Preferably I construct a back plate a angular one portion I fix to a wall or the
like and the remaining part projecting outwards, and forming the base plate c.
In the base plate c I make one or more openings 6 of such a shape so as to
allow a rail and a spherical ball e to seat itself therein in each opening. Each
rail is formed of metal or wood of a tubular shape with a spherical ball e turned
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page_text: therein at one end (or hook). The rails are then passed into their respective
openings and another spherical ball (or hook) is fixed in any suitable manner to
the other end of each rail ƒ in order to prevent the rails from falling out of the
openings b.
The rails are placed in an horizontal position as in Fig. 1 by pulling the said
rails upwards and allowing them to assume an iuclining position in the seating
provided in each opening situated in the angular back plate when the towel rails
are required for use.
When the said rails are not required for use the same may be placed in a
perpendicular state and supported by the spherical balls at either end as in Fig. 2.
If preferable the rail for rails may be entirely covered with india rubber has
in Fig. 4, or partially covered as in Fig. 3, to revolve or stationary. India rubber
or any other soft material may be used to cover the rails or any part or portion of
the angular back plate hereinbefore described.
The angular back plate may be constructed of metal, wood or of any other
suitable material, or of a combination of parts, with a groove or projection at the
back for fixing to any counter plate clip or the like by a set screw.
It will be understood that the foregoing is given by way of illustration and that
the shapes materials and proportions of the parts may be varied in many ways
within the scope of my invention.
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. In a towel rail, the combination of the angular back a and base plate
with the openings spherical balls e rails and balls y and india rubber ½, sub-
stantially as herein described.
2. In a towel rail, the combination of the spherical balls and g, the rails fand
the india rubber with the angular back plate, substantially as herein described
and according to Fig's. 2, 3, and 4, of the accompanying drawings.
3. The combination of india rubber or any other soft or hard suitable material
to entirely or partially cover either one or more rails, balls, hooks or the angular
back plate, or to revolve on the rails, substantially as herein described.
Dated this 21st day of September 1892.
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.