US1836008A - Clothes drier - Google Patents

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Dec. l5, 1931. i .1. ANzALoNE 1,836,008

CLOTHES DRIER .Egled Aug. 23, 1930 n 01' .70317772 Jn zione f l "v, 31 j Patented Dec. 15, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE? i JOSEPH ANzALoNE, or` NEW YORK, N. Y., lAssrerron K'ro ALCA CLOTHESHDRYEE'MANU- FACTUEINGCOMPANY, 11\TC.,oEY NEWV Yoiiinn. Y. ,jL Y t `CLOTHESA DEIEE This invention relates to clothes driers wherein a carrier for a series of clothes hangersl isv adapted to be mounted and supported in a window opening of a building to be adjusted to extend in a direction longitudinally of and to one side of the window opening and to position centrally of and extend outwardly from the window opening, and the hangers in said latter position of the carrier adapted to be adjusted on the carrier to position adjacent the window opening and outward in spaced relation, and it is the object of the invention to provide an improved construction and arrangement of drier of this character which is simple in structure and efficient in use.

In the drawings accompanying and forming .a part of this application Figure l is a perspective view o-f my improved drier mounted in a window opening of a building and showing the hangers adjusted outward on the carrier therefor. i

. Figure 2 is a perspective view similar to Figure 1 but showingthe drier adJusted t0 rinoperative'position to extend longitudinal-V ly and to one side ofthe window opening. Y Figure 3 is a cross sectional view to show the arrangement of adjustably mounting the clothes hangers on the carrier.

Figure 4 is a perspective vview of one end of a clothes hanger. Y

Figure 5 is a perspectiveview of the means to mount and support the hangers from the carrier therefor. i

Figure 6 is a side elevation,'partly in section, and Figure 7 is a plan view of means to adjustably mount the hanger carrier upon 'a support in the window opening.

Figure 8 is a side elevation, partly .in section, to show the pivotal connection of a sectional supporting arm for the hanger carrier.V f -i Figure 9 'is .a side elevation of a support for the hanger-carrier mounted inthe-:window opening; and

' 'Figure 10 is a perspective view of the inftermediate'portion of a hanger to showl the means for s uspending'the hangers from the fsupp'o'rt' shown in Figure 5.

'fisio' f The embodiment Vof theinvention illustrated comprises a carrier 11 in the form of a channel rail,`pivotally. connectediat 12ndjacent to one end, to constitute the inner jend,

with one end of'a. supporting arm-13, the opposite end ofthe supporting 'arm being flattened .and formedl tohoolr shape whereby it is engaged and mounted upon abar-f14 su ported at the ends by tlie opposite side'wa ls arm being'releasably retained on the barQlli byl a pivotedcatch 15.'A To'retain the carrier Y extended throughk a perforation 17 in the arm 13 and retainedin said position byy a lofva window opening, the hooked endgofthe y i.

`latch 18 pivoted upon the. arm engaging the perforation in the ear, as shownV in F igures` 6 and 7.7 The outer end of the carrier is sup'- portedby an arm*v comprising a=pair` of piv-l otallyl connected sections19,r20to have adyjustment toward each otherv in one direction, as shown in Figure 2, and to extended position, asshownfin Figure 1, and the. adjust'- vment to extended Aposition being l'mted'by an abutmentQl carried byfonearm section engaging with the other, armsection, as shown inv Figure 8. @The section 19 has a flattened hook member '22 secured to the'l free- 'end whereby'it is mounted on a bar 23 supported at the ends by the' opposite walls of the window opening similar to the bar 1 4. The free end `of section 20 has a pivotal-connectioni VLwiththev carrier at a lpoint .the outer end.` Y,

, The supporting bars 14, 28 are of Lsimilar construction, (Figure 9,) eachbar comprising a tubular-member havinga foot`p2'5sel i curedat one end thereof, and a threadedstem carrying a foot, as'at 25', engaged in the opposite en d ofthe tubular member, with" a nut-'26.V threadedV onto the stem abutting against theendfof thetubular member.' To

`mountthe bars inthe window opening `the nut 26 is adjusted onth'e threaded.y stem until "95" the feet 25 25 engage'tlie opposite walls of 'l thefwindow openingv whenY the tubular mem? ber andrstem are moved loutwardjfromeach other Vand the'feet'for'oibly imping'ed against* the opening walls byscrewing the-nut'oitward on the stem, as by a wrench. By arranging the hooked end of arm 13 and of arm section 19 the' carrier is held against lateralmovement relative to the supporting bars 14, es. Y

A series of clothes hangers are supportedv fronithe carrier, in the present instance shown as three in number, each hanger coma)VV 31 fixed intermediate the ends of thechanger prisinga Vrod 26 having cross heads 27' fixed tothe opposite ends with-the ends perforated for the passage and securingof lines 28 therev The hangers are supported fromfthe car- Y, rer rail 11 to have movement inward toward Vand outward from the windowy opening.

For this purposeA a carriage for each hanger is mounted in the channel of the carrier 1l,-

said carriages comprisingY a pair of rollers 29 rotatably mounted `on the reduced .ends of axles- 30, vthe hangers. being releasably suspended from Vsaid carriages f by a T-member rods 26 and adapted to be engaged upon biyfurcated hooked ymembers v82 fixed to Athe carriage axles 30. The hanger carriages are adjusted relative tothe carrier 11 by a cable 33 extended about apulley 34 at the outer bers, as by knotting the cable vat opposite sides thereof, the cable being secured in posi- VVtion with they hanger carriages adjusted out- -Wardon the carrier, as shown in Figure l, by

securing the opposite ends of the cable together and to the supporting bar 14. The oppositeend portion of the cable is guided by the connection members l2, 24 of the armslS, with the carrier.

Y The carrier 11. when not in to be adjusted to extend longitudinally and to one side of the window opening, as shown *inf Figure 2. `For this purpose theV lhook 18 Y is released from the perforation of ear 1o'V -permittingthe end of the carrier l1 to drop laway from the arm .13 Vwhen a pull isfexerted on a cable36 connected at 37 with the carrier and extended'through an eyelet or a pulley carried'by the hook member 22y of the arm -section 19, as at 38, and the vcarrier 11 secured in such position by fastening the cable to thesupporting bar 14E.y The carrier supporting arms 1 3 and 19 may be adjustedto the side of the window opening either before or afterV the carrier 11 has been ladjusted tothe position shown in Figure 2.y To'lower the carrier the cable 36y is released from the bar A14 and thecarrier gradually lowered vuntil it is' supported by the arms 19, 20'Y when the A'.inner end; is connectedwitli the arm 13Y by [the-hookVv 18 engaging the perforated ear. 16. a vllfldaying thusldescribed my invention @I 'r-ier rail adjacent the endopposite to that at uselis adapted 1. In a clothes drier,`a channel rail, means adapted to be mounted in a window opening to support the channel rail to extend outward from said opening with the channel opening Vchannelraihan arm pivotally connected at one end with the channel rail and mounted at the opposite end on the lower supporting bar, andan arm embodying hingedly connected sections, one section being pivotally connected with the channel rail and another section pivotally mounted on the upper supporting..`

3. ln a clothes drier, a pair of supporting` bars adapted to be'mounted in a window. opening to extend transversely thereof in super-` posed and spaced relation, a carrier rail, ariarm pivotally mounted at one end on them lowerV supporting bar and pivotally connected with the carrier rail within one end there.- Y of, ,meansto releasably connect the carrier rail andV arm to, eXtend'in parallel relation, 1,95 a second arm comprising a pair of hingedly connected sections, one section pivotally mounted on the upper supporting bar andthe other section pivotally connected with the carwhich the first arm `is connected and said carrier rail being adapted tobe adjustedand supported in position-to extend outward from y the window opening 'and to position toeXtend longitudinally and at one side of the window opening, clothes hangers, means to mount the hangers onthe carrier rail to haveadjust- Vment longitudinallythereof, and means tok adjust said carrier rail.

4l. A 'clothes drier as claimed inclaim 3Y wherein the carrier rail is of channel form i supported by the arms with the channelropening to the bottom, andthe means :to mount the hangers thereon comprising( carriages l mounted in the channelof the lrail from which the hangers are suspended. Y l

A clothes drier as claimedin claim 3, wherein the portions of the rail carrying arms engaged upon the supporting bars are flattened and of greaterA width than thick- .S5120 ness to prevent lateral canting movementzof the arms relative to the supporting bars.

6'. clothesrdrierv as claimed in claim 3,

Ywherein the means to mount the hangers on `l the carrier rail comprises'carriages rotatably l1,25

" supported by the carrier rail,'andeach car-V frier provided with a bifurcated hookmenfiber,`

and VA"lmembers connected withthe lhangers Y adapted forremovableconnectionlwithgthe f Y v bifurcatedl carriage ho`oks .l v

7. A clothes drier as claimed in claim 3,

wherein the clothes hangers comprise a rod supported intermediate the ends from the mounting means therefor on the carrier rail and having cross heads fixed to the opposite ends, and lines extended between and secured to the ends of the opposite heads.

8. A clothes drierras claimed in claim 3,

'n wherein the means to connect the carrier rail and one supporting arm to extend in parallel relation to said arm, comprises a perforated ear projected laterally fromthe carrier rail and extended through a perforation in the arm, and a latch pivotally carried by the arm for engagement with the ear perforation.

9. A clothes drier as claimed in claim 3, wherein the carrier rail supporting rods eachv comprises a tubular member carrying a foot at one end, a threaded stem carrying a foot engaged in the opposite end of the tubular y

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