An Improved Clothes Line Prop.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Jan., 1891
Complete Specification Left. 26th Oct., 1891-Accepted, 23rd Jan., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Clothes Line Prop.
I HENRY BAWCOMBE of 24 Victoria Road Holloway Road in the County of
London Clerk do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
I obtain a rod of any suitable wood of the requisite length and of any convenient
section and at one end I cut a transverse notch of a width sufficient to allow of an
ordinary clothes line dropping in and about an inch in depth. I then cut a
rectangular groove along the side of the prop for about one foot six inches in length
and of any suitable size at right angles from the direction of the aforesaid notch.
I then obtain a rod of metal slightly smaller in section to the aforesaid groove and
of an equal length and sufficient also to allow one end to be bent round to form a
semi-circle equal to the diameter of the prop. The other end 1 turn up to form a
small knob or projection. The rod is then placed in the groove and the semi-
circular portion passes over the notch. This rod is secured in the groove by two
bands of metal. The lower band locking the bolt in the manner hereafter described.
The bolt I slightly bend so that when it is in the groove the two ends shall have
an outward spring. This rod will be kept in a state of tension by means of the
before mentioned bands; the lower band will be fastened on the prop about
three inches from the lower end of the groove so that when the bolt is in its
normal position a small detent which has been cut into it on its outer surface engages
the aforesaid band and prevents any movement until it has been released. The
mode of using the prop is as follows:-By pressing the knobbed end of the locking
bolt the detent is disengaged from the band and the bolt then may be pushed up as
far as the lower band will allow it to go, this will raise the semi-circular portion of
the bolt from the line notch and allow the line to drop in, when this has been done
the bolt is drawn down and the line is thus locked in by means of the semicircular
portion of the bolt and the notch. To prevent any lateral slipping of the prop
along the line I either make the groove only of sufficient width to grip the line
tightly or else I place a small pin with a projecting point at the bottom of the line
notch.
Dated this 28th day of January 1891.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Clothes Line Prop.
I HENRY BAWCOMBE of 2ª Victoria Road Holloway Road in the County of
London Clerk 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:-
To form the prop I obtain a rod of any suitable wood of the requisite length and
of any convenient section (Figs. 1 and 2 shew longitudinal sections of top portion
of prop) and at one end I cut a transverse notch A about an inch in depth and of
a width sufficient to allow of an ordinary clothes line dropping in. I then cut a
rectangular groove B along the side of the rod for about eighteen inches in length
at right angles from the direction of the aforesaid notch and of any suitable size.
I then obtain a rod of galvanized iron or other metal to form the locking bolt C,
slightly smaller in section to the aforesaid groove, to allow of its being freely
moved and of an equal length to the said groove and sufficient also to allow one
end to be bent round to form a semi-circle equal to the diameter of the wooden rod
and the other end to turn up to form a small knob or projection for the purpose of
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page_text: moving it. The iron rod or bolt C is then placed in the groove B and the semi-
circular portion passes over the line notch A. The bolt is secured in the groove by
two bands of metal D and E, the lower band E locking the bolt in the manner
hereafter described. The bolt C I slightly bend so that when it is in the groove
the two ends shall have an outward spring. This rod will be kept in a state of
tension by means of the before mentioned bands D and E. The lower band E will
be fastened on the prop about 3 inches from the lower end of the groove B so that
when the bolt is in its normal position as shewn Fig. 1 a small detent F which has
been cut into it on its outer surface engages the lower band E and prevents any
movement of the bolt C until it has been released. The mode of using the prop is
as follows: By pressing the knobbed end of the locking bolt C the detent Fis
disengaged from the band E and the bolt may then be pushed up as far as the lower-
band E will allow it to go as shewn in Fig. 2. This will raise the semicircular
portion of the bolt C from the line notch A and allow the line to drop in-when
this has been done the bolt is drawn down and the line is then locked in by means
of the semicircular portion of the bolt C and the notch as shewn in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a plan of the locking bolt removed. To prevent any lateral slipping of
the prop along the line I either make the notch A only of sufficient width to grip
the line tightly or else I place a small pin G with a projecting point at the bottom
of the line notch A. For convenience the prop may be divided into two portions
and joined together when required by means of a socket placed upon the part that
is to form the lower portion of the prop.
Having now 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. The arrangement of a bolt working in a groove along the side of a rod or prop
and having a semicircular end which passes over the line notch and secures the
line from being blown out of it and the means of locking the bolt substantially as
described.
Dnted this 9fth day of October 1891