Improvements in Props or Supports for Drying-lines.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 10th July, 1889-Accepted, 24th Aug., 1889
Improvements in Props or Supports for Drying-lines.
I, JAMES CONNELL, of 5 Buccleuch Cottages, Spring Hill, Clapton Common, in the
County of Middlesex, Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of this in-
vention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved prop or support for clothes and other drying-
lines.
My improved prop or support comprises two bars or legs which are pivoted
together near their upper ends, so that when the said legs are expanded the upper
portions thereof above the pivots will form a V-shaped support in which the rope
can rest.
The said pivot is advantageously in the form of a bush attached to one leg and
entering a corresponding hole in the other leg, a bolt or pin being passed through the
bush in order to hold the legs together.
A chain, cord or the like is attached to the legs to prevent them from expanding to
too great an extent or to regulate the extent to which they shall be open and conse-
quently also the height of the line.
On the sides of the bars adjacent to the part in which the line lies, are hooks which,
when the legs are expanded, project over the line and so prevent the same from being
lifted out of the support.
In order to lower the prop the chain is unhooked so that the legs can be spread
apart. Spikes are attached or applied to the lower ends of the legs to prevent them
from slipping.
Dated the 10th day of October 1888
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Props or Supports for Drying-lines.
I, JAMES CONNELL, of 5, Buccleuch Cottages, Spring Hill Clapton Common, in the
county of Middlesex, Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of this in-
vention 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 an improved prop or support for clothes and other drying
lines.
In the accompanying drawing: :-
Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved prop.
Figure 2 is a side view of the upper portion thereof; and
Figure 3 is a view of a detail, drawn to an enlarged scale.
My improved prop or support comprises two bars or legs a, a', which are pivotted
together at near their upper ends, so that when the said legs are expanded, as shown
in figure 1, the portions thereof above the pivots will form a V-shaped support, in
which the rope can rest.
The said pivot, as shown in figure 3, is in the form of a bush c attached to one
leg a and entering a corresponding hole in the other leg a', a bolt d being passed
through the bush in order to hold the legs together.
A chain e, or a cord or the like, is attached to one leg a and adapted to be
connected to a hook on the leg a¹ to prevent the legs from expanding to too great
an extent, or to regulate the extent to which they shall be open and consequently also
the height of the line.

page_text: On the sides of the bars adjacent to the part in which the line lies, are hooks ff¹
which are secured in reverse positions, so that when the legs are expanded, the
said hooks will embrace the line and so prevent the same from being lifted out of the
support.
In order to lower the prop the chain is unhooked so that the legs can be spread apart.
Spikes g, g are attached or applied to the lower ends of the legs to prevent them from
slipping.
When the prop is not required for use the legs can be folded together, as indicated
by dotted lines in figure 1.
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 :-
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The manufacture and use of the improved prop or support hereinbefore described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 10th day of July 1889.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.