US1515374A - Clothespress - Google Patents

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W. TE ERNEY CLOTHESPRESS Nov 11 Filed Dec. 2'7, 1923 INVENTOF? Wfl/liam Wei May AITTDRNEY Patented Nov. ll, i924.

WILLIAM TIEENEY, F SEATTLE, "WASHINGTGN.

CIJOTHESPRESS.

Application filed December 27, 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM TIERNEY, a citizen of the United btates, residing at Seattle county of King, and State of ashington, have invented a new and useful Clothespress; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact specification, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention is a collapsible frame in which trousers or the like may be held and stretched and upon which a coat may also be hung.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and efiicient means for stretching trousers or holding them in shape which may be folded when not in use.

With these ends in view the invention embodies a rod having a hook at its upper end, a member slidably mounted on the bar with two rods pivotally mounted therein, said rods having clamps at their outer ends, a large clamp comprising two straight bars hinged together, mounted on the former rod, and two curved bars also pivoted on the former rod for forming a coat hanger when in the open position.

Other features and advantages of the invention will be seen from the following description taken in connection with the drawings, wherein Figure l is a View showing the device as it would appear while holding a pair of trousers.

Figure 2 is a similar View on a somewhat larger scale with the trousers omitted.

Figure 3 is a view showing the device in the folded position, looking from the rear.

Figure 4 is a view showing the oflset in the main rod.

Figure is an end view of the clamp at the outer ends of the latter rods.

Figure 6 is a view showing an alternate means for holding the member in which the latter rods are pivoted to the former rod.

In the drawings I have shown my device as it would be constructed wherein numeral 1 indicates the main rod which has a hook 2 at its upper end and an off-set 3 a short distance from the hook.

A member 4 is slidably mounted on the rod 1 and adjustably held to it by a set screw 5 as shown in Figure 2, or it may be held by a nut 6 on a tapering and slotted sleeve 7 which may project from the end Serial No. 683,090.

of the member 4 as shown in Figure 6. Bars 8 and 9 are pivotally attached to the member 4 by pins 10 and 11 and are held in grooves 12 in the sides of the member. The sides of the member and the grooves slope outward and downward so that the bars will hang in slanting positions as shown. At the outer end of the bars are clamps 13 which are formed of two plates 14 and 15 which are hinged to the lower end of the bars 8 and 9 by hinges 16 and held together by screws 17 having recesses 18 in them and being threaded into threaded holes 19 in the plate 15 so that as the screw is turned in one direction it will clamp .the two plates together and as it is turned in the opposite direction it will, through the recess 18, open the plates.

Curved bars 20 and 21 with hooked shaped ends 22 are pivotally attached to the rod 1 by a pin 23 between the hook 2 and the off-set 3. These rods are held in the open position by pins 24 as shown in Figure 2 and when it is desired to close them they may be lifted upward and then turned over and downward to the position shown in Figure 8. A bar 25 is pivotally attached to the rod 1 by a pin 26 at a point just below the off-set 3 and this bar is provided with a hinge 27 at one end by which another bar 28 may be hinged to it, and a pin 29 at its opposite end which has a head so that a slot 30 in the bar 28 may be placed over the pin to hold the bar in place.

It will be understood that changes may be made in the construction without departing from the spirit of the invention. One of which changes may be in the design of the sliding member for holding the two outstanding rods or in the means for holding it to the rod, another may be in the design of the clamps at the outer ends of the outstanding rods, another may be in the design of the clamp at the upper end of the rod; and still another may be in the design of the members forming the coat hanger, or in their omission altogether.

The construction will be readily understood from the foregoing description. To use the device it may be opened to the position shown in Figure 2 and the lower part of the trousers will be placed between the bars 25 and 28 and held by placing the slot 30 in the bar 28 over the screw or pin 29. The lower edges of the trousers may then be gripped by the clamps 13 and the sliding member 4 forced downward until the trousers are stretched as much as may be desired, at which time it may be held by the set screw 5. It will be seen that the bars 8 and 9 are held in grooves 12 in the sliding member 4; so that they will be rigidly held laterally and when gripping the trousers the lower ends of these bars are bent inward so that the spring in them will stretch the trousers laterally. seen that this will put a double stretch in the trousers as by forcing the sliding member & downward it will stretch the trousers lengthwise and the spring in the bars 8 and 9 will stretch them crosswise thiis taking all baggy sections such as would occur at the knees, out off them entirely. It will also be seen that this lengthwise pull will not only remove the baggy sections but will also restore the creases.

Having thus fully described the inven- It will be tion what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a device for holding and stretching wearing apparel or the like having folding members adjacent its upper end that may he opened to form a coat hanger; bar having means at its upper end by which it may be supported; a pivotally mounted clamp in which the lower ends of garments may be held; a sliding member with its outer edges tapering outward and downward and having grooves in them mounted on the rod and adjustably held to it by set screws; other rods pivotally attached to the sliding member and resting in grooves in its edges; and clamps the outer ends of the latter rods said latter rods being of a spring material so that the garment may be stretched both lengthwise and crosswise.

WILLIAM TIERNEY.

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