An Improved Hinge for Clothes-horses and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Aug.; 1898
Complete Specification Left, 12th May, 1899-Accepted, 17th June, 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Hinge for Clothes-horses and the like.
We, CHARLES HERBERT COLE, of 26, Lord Mayor's Walk, Carver and Cabinet
Maker, and WILLIAM MASON, Joiner, of 14, St. John's Street, both in the City
of York, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved hinge for clothes-horses and the like,
and has for object to provide a hinge which will allow of the clothes horse for
instance, to which it is applied, being turned in such a way as to present,
alternately, all the sides of the clothes-horse to the fire or other drying medium.
In carrying our invention into practice we provide. two metal plates, each of
which is bent or otherwise fashioned into a right angle. These two plates are
connected together by a third rectangular plate which is pivotted at or near the
ends to the said right angled plates. Perforations are provided in the struck-up
portions of the right-angled plates for the purpose of allowing the hinge to be
affixed by screws or their equivalent to the clothes-horse or the like.
The 19th
A nouat 1900
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., for the Applicants.
An Improved Hinge for Clothes-horses and the like.
We, CHARLES HERBERT COLE, of 26, Lord Mayor's Walk, Carver and Cabinet
Maker, and WILLIAM MASON, Joiner, of 14, St. John's Street, both in the City
of York, 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:-
Our invention relates to an improved hinge for clothes-horses or dryers, and
has for its object to provide a hinge which will allow of the article to which it
is applied being turned upon such hinge in a manner that will present the alter-
nate sides of such clothes-horse or the like to the fire or other drying medium.
This object we attain in the manner hereinafter set forth, reference being had to
the accompanying drawings, in which:—
Fig. 1 is an elevational view of the hinge attached to two of the legs of a
clothes horse,
Fig. 2 being a plan of same, the legs of the clothes-horse being in section,
Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the hinge.
while

page_text: a represents rectangular plates, each struck up at or near its centre to form
a right-angle portion b.
:
These two plates are connected together by means of a third plate c, which is
pivotted at to the horizontal portions a of the said plates a, b.
Perforations are provided in the vertical portions of the angle plates afore-
said, for the purpose of allowing such plates to be affixed to the opposing legs d
of the clothes-horse or dryer, by means of screws e.
By means of this construction of hinge, the legs of the clothes-horse or dryer
can be turned so as to present any of their surfaces in whichever direction is
convenient, thereby obviating the necessity of bodily lifting and turning the
whole structure, as heretofore was necessary.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
1. In an improved hinge, the combination of two rectangular plates, each
bent at or near its centre to form two portions at right angles one to the other;
with a third rectangular plate pivotted to said angle plates, substantially as
specified.
2. In an improved hinge for clothes dryers, the plates a having struck-up
portions 6 at right angles thereto, said plates a being provided with screw-holes
for fixing purposes; in combination with a rectangular plate e pivotted at c¹
to the ends of said struck-up portions b, substantially as specified.
1011
1900
FAAT
101
Ann T
1900
LOGOT
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., for the Applicants.