Improvements in Clothes-pegs.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Nov., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 14th Aug., 1890-Accepted, 20th Sept., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Clothes-pegs.
I, ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK, of the firm of A. M. and Wm. Clark, of
53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Fellow of the Institute of Patent
Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication to me from
abroad by George Albert Le Baron, of Sherbrooke, in the Province of Quebec, and
Dominion of Canada, Merchant), to be as follows
The invention relates to wire clothes pegs or pins, and has for its object to so improve
the construction of pegs of this character as to provide for the ready and effective
clamping of heavy and light garments on the clothes line while forming a peg of
simple and durable construction.
The peg is formed of a continuous wire bent upon itself, so as to form two arms, the
one arm being bent on itself to form an open elongated loop in which the opposite
arm is guided, as presently explained. The two members of the first mentioned arm
are bent or curved inward, to form shoulders, and then offset, to form a guide for the
garment and clothes line, in clamping the peg thereon, while the shoulders clamp the
line in connection with the opposite arm. The latter arm is bent to form a spring
loop and spring arm, the latter of which may, or may not be bent or looped at its end.
The spring arm passes at its end into the guide loop of the first mentioned arm above
or inward from the shoulders and is curved, in connection with the shoulders of said
arm, so as to form a more or less circular opening or space for receiving the
clothes line.
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The wire peg thus formed is employed in connection with a suitable device for
forcing its arms toward each other. Such device, in the present instance, consists of
a handle in which the arms are loosely inserted. The inner surface of the handle is
formed with vertical grooves in which the arms are guided in their movements. A
stop pin or pins, inserted in the handle, passes across the bore outside of the bend of
the peg, to prevent the entire withdrawal of the latter.
Thus, as the peg is forced on to a clothes line its arm pass down over the same at
opposite sides and are caused to approach each other, lessening the space between the
shoulders and spring arm until a positive lock is obtained. The spring arm normally
presses yieldingly against the line and will always effectually clamp the same
whether the spring arm is forced against the main portion of the arm, as in the case of
a thick or heavy garment being clamped, or only partially moved towards the main
portion of the arm. Besides the yielding action of the spring arm, the peg under
continued strain, allows for the accomodation of a larger garment than is provided for
by the said spring arm, as, when the latter is forced against the main portion of the
arm, a continued strain distends both arms bodily.
Dated this 24th day of February 1890.
A. MELVILLE CLARK.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Patent Agents.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Clothes-pegs.
I, ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK, of the firm of A. M. and Wm. Clark, of
53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Fellow of the Institute of Patent
Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication to me from
abroad by George Albert Le Baron, of Sherbrooke, in the Province of Quebec, and
Dominion of Canada, Merchant) 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 wire clothes pegs or pins, and has for its object to so
improve the construction of pegs of this character as to provide for the ready and
effective clamping of heavy and light garments on the clothes' line while forming a
peg of simple and durable construction.
The invention consists in the novel construction of parts and combination of same,
as hereinafter particularly described and pointed out in the claims.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this
Specification, in which
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a clothes peg or pin, embodying this invention, set
in a handle;
Figure 2 is a vertical sectional elevation; and
Figure 3 is a view of the front or open end of the handle.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.
The peg is formed of a continuous wire bent upon itself, as at a, to form two
arms A B of which the arm A is bent on itself, to form the open elongated guide
loop a¹ in which the opposite arm B is guided, as presently explained. The two
members of the arm A are bent or curved inward, forming the shoulders a² and then
offset, as at a³, the offset a³ forming a guide for the garment (not shewn) and clothes
line C, in clamping the peg thereon, and the shoulders a clamp the line in connection
with the arm B. The arm B is bent to form the spring loop b and spring arm ¹; the
latter of which may or may not be bent or looped at its end, as at 6². The arm bl
passes at its end into the guide loop a' of arm A above or inward from the shoulders a²
and is curved, as at 63, which curved portion in connection with the shoulders a² of
arm A forms a more or less circular opening or space for receiving the clothes line.
The wire peg thus formed is employed in connection with a suitable device for
forcing its arms towards each other. Such device, in the present instance, consists of
a handle D in which the arms are loosely inserted. It will be seen from Figures 2
and 3 that the inner surface of the handle D is formed with vertical
grooves d¹ in which
the arms A and B are guided in their movements. A stop pin or pins d inserted in the
handle pass across the bore outside of the bend a of the peg, as shewn, preventing the
entire withdrawal of the latter.
Thus, as the peg is forced on to a clothes line, the arms A and B pass down over
the same at opposite sides and are caused to approach each other, lessening the space
between the shoulders a³ and spring arm ¹ until a positive lock is obtained. The
spring arm b¹ normally presses yieldingly against the line and will always effectually
clamp the same, whether the arm is forced against the main portion of arm B, as in
Figure 2, as in the case of a thick or heavy garment being clamped, or only partially
moved toward the main portion of arm B. Besides the yielding action of the spring
arm 6, the peg under continued strain allows for the accommodation of a larger
garment than is provided for by the said spring arm, as when the latter is forced
against the main portion of arm B a continued strain distends the arms A and B bodily.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is ;-
1. The improved clothes peg or pin constructed and operating substantially as
shewn and described.

page_text: 2. In a clothes peg or pin, the clamp arms A B the arm A being bent upon itself
to form the guide loop a¹ and formed with shoulders a² and offset a³ and the arm B
being bent to form a spring loop 6 and spring arm 6' the latter being curved as at 6³,
substantially as described.
3. The combination, with the handle D formed with internal grooves d¹, of the two
spring arms held therein one of which is composed of two members formed respectively
with shoulders a² and the other of which is hent to pass between the members of the
other arm and over the shoulders a², substantially as shewn and described.
Dated this 14th day of August 1890
A. MELVILLE CLARK.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Patent Agents.