New or Improved Means for Preventing Towels, Piece Goods, and the like, from Slipping on or off from Rails, or the like, "on which they may be Hung.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Mar., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 26th Jan., 1899-Accepted, 4th Mar., 1899...
ROY DIUNAL SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Means for Preventing Towels, Piece Goods, and
the like, from Slipping on or off from Rails, or the like, "on
which they may be Hung.
We, WILLIAM THACKHALL BROWETT, Solicitor, and ETHEL SPYDRE BROWETT,
Gentlewoman, both of St. Nicholas, Radford Road, Coventry, Warwickshire, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to means for preventing towels, piece goods and the like from
slipping on, or off from, rails or the like on which they may be hung; and our
invention consists in the device hereinafter described.
The device consists of a spring clip adapted to embrace or partly embrace the rail
or the like on which the towel or the like is to be hung. The clip preferably
comprises a band of spring steel, celluloid or other suitable material possessing the
elasticity necessary to allow the clip to be sprung on and off the rail and to retain a
proper hold on the rail when attached thereto. The exterior of the clip is provided'
with a non-slipping surface of indiarubber or the like, the said indiarubber or the
like, being preferably corrugated, pimpled or otherwise roughened to enhance its
non-slipping property. Instead of employing a surface of indiarubber or the like, we
might simply roughen the exterior of the spring band, but we do not prefer this
construction. The interior of the clip is preferably provided with a
indiarubber, canvas or the like which, while not injurious to the surface of the rail
lining of smooth
will set up sufficient friction against the said rail to prevent the rotation of the clip
thereon. It may be possible to use the spring band without the lining but we
consider it decidedly preferable to employ the lining.
In action, one or more of the clips is or are sprung on to the rail and the towel or
the like is hung on the rail over the said clip or clips. The friction set up by the
clip or clips retains the towel or the like in the position in which it is placed, so that
a towel may be hung almost entirely one side of the rail, as for drying or warming,
without its slipping off the said rail. Similarly piece goods, ribbons and other
articles may be more readily arranged and secured on rails in shops windows and
under other circumstances.
We do not confine ourselves to the precise description above given as our invention
may be modified or developed without exceeding its fair scope. For example, the
clip might be constructed entirely of indiarubber moulded to shape; in this case the
outer surface might be corrugated, the inner surface smooth and the core of the clip
nade of hard rubber or "vulcanite" to give the necessary spring, the whole being
vulcanised into one piece.

page_text: New or Improved Means for Preventing Towels, Piece Goods, and
the like, from Slipping on or off from Rails, or the like, on
which they may be Hung.
We, WILLIAM THACKHALL BROWETT, Solicitor, and ETHEL SPYDRE BROWETT,
Gentlewoman, both of St. Nicholas, Radford Road, Coventry, Warwickshire, 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 means for preventing towels, piece goods and the like from
slipping on, or off from, rails or the like on which they may be hung; and our inven-
tion consists in the device hereinafter described and illustrated by way of example in the
accompanying drawings, wherein,
Figure I is a side elevation and Figure II is a transverse section of a spring clip
constructed according to our invention.
Figure III is a similar view to Figure II showing a modification.
Figure 1V shows the clip in use on a towel horse.
Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the drawings.
The device consists of a spring clip adapted to embrace or partly embrace the
rail 2 or the like on which the towel 3 or the like is to be hung. The clip preferably
comprises a band 4 of spring steel, celluloid or other suitable material possessing the
elasticity necessary to allow the clip to be sprung on and off the rail and to retain a
proper hold on the rail when attached thereto. The exterior of the clip is provided
with a non-slipping surface 5 of indiarubber or the like, the said indiarubber or the
like being preferably corrugated, pimpled or otherwise roughened to enhance its non-
slipping property. Instead of employing a surface of indiarubber or the like, we
might simply roughen the exterior of the spring band, but we do not prefer this
construction. The interior of the clip is preferably provided with a lining 6 of
smooth india-rubber, canvas or the like which, while not injurious to the surface of the
rail will set up sufficient friction against the said rail to prevent the rotation of the
clip thereon. It is possible to use the spring band without the lining, but we
consider it decidedly preferable to employ the lining.
In action, one or more of the clips is or are sprung onto the rail 2 and the
towel 3 or the like is hung on the rail over the said clip or clips. The friction
set up by the clip or clips retains the towel or the like in the position in which
it is placed, so that a towel may be hung almost entirely on one side of the
rail, as for drying or warmning, without its slipping off the said rail. Similarly
ribbons, piece goods and other articles may be arranged and secured on rails in
shop windows and under other circumstances, more readily than hitherto.
As a modification, the clip may be constructed entirely of indiarubber or similar
vulcanisable material, moulded to shape, as shown in Fig. III. In this case the
outer surface 5 may be corrugated, the inner surface 6 smooth, and the core 4 of the
clip made of hard rubber or "vulcanite" to give the necessary spring, the whole
being vulcanised into one piece. And other modifications may be made without
exceeding the fair scope of our invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
'claim is
1. A spring clip for preventing towels, niece goods and the like from slinning
AS

page_text: or on from, rails or the like on which they may be hung, constructed, arranged and
adapted to operate substantially as set forth.
2. A spring clip comprising
a
smooth inner surface, for the purpose set forth.
spring band, a non-slipping outer surface and a
3. A spring clip constructed entirely of india-rubber or similar vulcanisable
material and having a non-slipping outer surface, a smooth inner surface and a
comparatively hard elastic core, for the purpose set forth.
4. A spring clip constructed substantially as herein described with reference to
Figs. I and II or to Fig. III of the accompanying drawings, for the purpose set
forth.
anuary 1899.
DOUGLAS LEECHMAN,
Fellow of the Institute of Patent Agents,
18, Hertford Street, Coventry,
9, Exchange Chambers, New Street, Birmingham, and
75, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Patent Agent for the Applicants.