Improved Means for Holding and Drying Clothes and the like, the Same being also applicable for Use as a Fire-guard.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Sept., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 1st June, 1897-Accepted, 17th July, 1897
Improved Means for Holding and Drying Clothes and the like,
the Same being also applicable for Use as a Fire-guard.
I, JAMES HENRY COWBURNE of 381, Church Street, Westhoughton near Bolton
in the County of Lancaster, Butcher, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows, that is to say:-
It relates to improved means for holding and drying clothes and the like,
the same being also applicable for use as a fire guard and consists of one
or several bars of iron or other suitable material or substanco, constructed so that
it or they may be pivotally mounted on any suitable article of furniture or on the
jamb, fixture, grate or oven of an ordinary kitchen or other fireplace or range.
When more than one rod is used the additional ones are hinged to the principal
one pivoted as above described, in order that they may be moved and brought into
any desired position or angle relatively with each other, so that they may, when
mounted near or upon a fire grate, be thus brought to extend around the front of
said fire for the articles of clothing supported by them to be heated or dried.
The rods are made to fold against the part upon which they are mounted, so that
when not in use they may occupy little space. Suitable bolts, screw or chains.or
like holding devices are employed for retaining them in their said folded positions.
When the rods are for holding clothes or other articles they are preferably slotted
longitudinally in order that the said articles may be passed through these slots,
thus they are retained or held in a more desirable manner, while when said rods are
for use as a fire guard, trellis or net-work pieces are secured to the rods to extend
vertically from them and so shield the fire."
Whether the means above described are mounted on the kitchen or other rauge
or grate, or on any suitable article of furniture as a kitchen chair, etc., clamping.
devices or other appropriate holding pieces are employed for supporting them.
ה.
A 1908
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
0 Improved Means for Holding and Drying Olothes and the like.
the Same being also applicable for Use as a Fire-guard.
I, JAMES HENRY COWBURNE of 331, Church Street, Westhoughton, near Bolton,
in the County of Lancaster, Butcher, do hereby declare the nature of this invention.

page_text: and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement, that is to say :-
It relates to improved means for holding and drying clothes and the like, the
same being also applicable for use as a fire guard or other purposes and consiste
of one or several bars of iron or other snitable material or substance, constructed
so that it or they may be pivotally mounted on any suitable article of furniture or
on the jamb, fixture, grate or oven of an ordinary kitchen or other fireplace
or range.
In order that my said Invention may be more readily understood, I have hereunto
appended sheets of Drawings illustrative thereof, to which, by figures and letters,
reference is made in the following desoription.
Fig. 1 is front elevation of an ordinary kitchen oven showing the mounting
thereon of my improved device, which is folded as when out of use."
Fig. 2 is a view of the parts shown by Fig. 1 as seen from above.
Fig. 3 is a similar view to Fig. 1 (drawn to a reduced scale) shewing a modifica
tion in the method of mounting my device, and the position that same will occupy
when in use.
Fig. 4 is a view of the parts shown by Fig. 1 together with certain other parts of
B common kitchen rango as seen from above.
Fig. 5 is a sectional plan illustrating an alternative method of fixing my improved
device.
Fig. 6 is a sectional plan of a further modification hereinafter explained.
Figs. 7 and 8 are back and sectional views as seen from above of my improved
parts as applied to an ordinary kitchen chair.
Fig. 9 is a top view (same scalo as Fig. 3) illustrative of parts hereinafter
explained.
Figs. 10 and 11 are detail drawings hereinafter referred to.
Similar letters and figures indicates similar parts throughout the several views.
In carrying my Invention into effect, the bars of iron or other substance a are
pivotally mounted as at b to an ordinary oven c or to the jamb of the fireplace d or
even to the back of a chair e as shewn in the accompanying sheets of drawings.
When more than one rod is used, the additional ones al a are hinged together
at 6 while the former is hinged at bl to the principal one a which is pivotted as
above described, in order that they may be moved and brought into any desired
position or augle relatively with each other, so that they nay, when mounted near
or upon a firegrate as at f, be thus brought to extend around the front of the said
fire as shown by Fig. 4, for the articles of clothing supported by them to be heated
or dried.
The rods a a² are made to fold against the part upon which they are mounted,
as shown by Figs. 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 and 8, while suitable holding devices as at g, Fig. 3,
are employed for retaining them in their said folded positions. Again the holding
devices t, Figs. 9, and 10, may be employed or any mere modification of these
holding or locking devices may be used as will readily be seen.
When the rods a al a² are for holding clothes or other articles they preferably
have longitudinal slots & formed in them, in order that the said articles may pass
through these slots, and so be held in a more desirable manner and when said rods a
are for use as a fireguard, trellis or net work pieces as shewn in broken lines at k
Fig. 4, are secured to them and arranged to extend vertically, to shield the fire, or
other pieces (which may form a small table or book rest) may be caused to lay
hold of said bars a a a³, and hang therefrom as shown by Fig. 8.
When the rods a are desired to be used in connection with a fire range having a
plate m extending from one jamb d to the other d' the method of mounting same
shewn by Fig. 6 may be followed, in which case the bar a is extended to be
pivotally connected with two bars a while its outer edge may have hooks p
secured upon it, as in fact may any of the others have similar hooks secured to them
for affording better facilities for the hanging of fabrics thereon as will be well
understood.

page_text: In all the several arrangements the bearings & for the rods a are varied in con-
struction or formation so as, to meet the varied requirements to enable their
attachment to the several articles shown.
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. As a holding device for the purposes described, pivotted rods construoted and
arranged in combination with the parts described, substantially as specified.
2. As a holding device for the purposes described, pivotted rods constructed as
set forth and bearings for said rods formed for attachment to the several parts herein-
before referred to, in combination, substantially as specified.
3. The holding devices constructed and arranged substantially as set forth.
Dated the 31st day of May 1897.
J. H. COWBURNE,
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.
J. H. COWBURNE,
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.