US835360A - Clothes-pin. - Google Patents

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No. 885,360. PATENTED NOV; 6, 1906.

T. A. LUSTER & J. W. STEWART.

CLOTHES PIN.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 2, 1905.

atkoznag s PETERS co., WASHINGTON, n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS A. LUSTER AND JAMES W. STEWART, OF CALVERT, TEXAS.

CLOTHES-PIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 6, 1906 To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, THOMAS A. LUSTER and JAMEs W. STEWART, citizens of the United States, residing at Calvert, in the county of Robertson and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Pins, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in clothes-pins and pertains more particularly to that class of clothes-pins which are made of wire and intended to remain permanently upon the wire or rope employed to support the clothes.

The invention has for its object the production of a simple and inexpensive clothespin made of wire and provided with means whereby the same will remain in any ad usted position upon the clothes line or wire.

Afurther object is to provide means whereby the clothes-pin may be readily engaged with and disengaged from the clothes it is intended to hold in position.

The invention will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective illustrating our improved clothes-pin when not in use. Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating the positions assumed by the parts when engaging clothing or similar articles to support the same in position. Fig. 3 is a plan view of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates a wire which is coiled upon itself at 11 to form an eye through which the clothes line or wire L is passed. The opposite strands of the wire after forming said coil are crossed at 12 and extended in opposite directions, being bowed to form spring portions 13, which are arranged at a slight angle to the clothes-line and serve to grip the latter and also form a resilient support for the arms 14, extended upwardly therefrom. At the free ends of the arms 14 the wire is coiled to form jaws 15, which are adapted to embrace the clothes line or wire L and engage the clothing or other articles to be supported thereon, the free ends of the wire 10 after being extended beyond the jaws 15 being looped in a plane at right angles to said jaws to form fingerpieces 16, whereby said jaws may be more readily manipulated.

In practice the clothes line or wire L is threaded through the eye 11 before hanging,

and the bowed or spring portions 13.will so grip said line or wire that the clothes-pin not move upon the latter except when positively moved by the" hand. In this manner the pin will always remain at any desired point on the clothes line or wire to which it may be adjusted. When it is desired to se cure a garment or other article upon the line or wire L, the operator grasps one of the finger-pieces 16, and after placing the garment over the line or wire L the jaw 15 is pulled downward below said line, and upon the operator releasing said finger-piece said jaw 15 will spring up and grip both the garment and the wire. When it is desired to disengage the jaw 1 5, the same is pulled downwarduntil clear of the line and given a slight lateral bending movement, whereupon the spring-arm 14 will force the same upwardly clear of the line. In this connection it will be noted that the arms 14 are slightly inclined relatively to the line or wire L in order that the jaws 15 may be directed into engagement with said line or wire when released below the latter.

From what has been said it will be observed that we have produced a clothes-pin that is simple and inexpensive in structure and which when once placed in position will not ride down to the lowest point of a sagging clothes line or wire when not in use. It will also be noted that by means of the finger-pieces the clothes-pin jaw is readily engaged with and disengaged from the clothes line or wire.

We claim as our invention 1. A clothes-pin formed of a single piece of wire coiled to form an eye, said Wire being then bent adjacent said coiled portion to form spring bowed portions, said spring bowed portions being extended at an angle with relation to the bore of the coiled portion to grip the clothes-line, and spring-arms extended from said bowed portions and provided with jaws on their free ends.

2. A clothes-pin provided with an eye to receive the clothes-line, bowed line-gripping portions arranged at an angle to the bore of said eye to rip the clothes-line, and oppositely-exten ed arms provided with clothesengaging aws.

3. A clothes-pin provided with an eye to receive the clothesline, bowed line-gripping portions arranged at an angle to the bore of said eye to grip the clothes-line, oppositelyextended arms provided with clothes-engaging jaws, and finger-pieces adjacent said jaws and arranged in a plane at right angles thereto.

4. A clothespin formed of a single piece of wire coiled to form an eye, said wire being then bent adjacent said coiled portion to.

form spring bowed portions which are extended at an angle with relation to the bore of said coiled portion to grip the clothes-line, and spring-arms extended from said bowed portions, the extremities of said arms being coiled to form clothes-engaging jaws.

I 5. A clothes-pin formed of a single piece of wire coiled to form an eye, said wire being then bent adjacent said coiled portion to form spring bowed portions which are extended at an angle with relationto the bore of said coiled portion to grip the clothes-line, i and spring-arms extended from said bowed portions, the extremities of said arms being coiled to form clothes-engaging 'aws, the terminals of the wire being then ent to form depending finger-pieces arranged in a plane at right angles to said clothes-engaging jaws.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS A. LUSTER. JAMES W. STEWART.

Witnesses:

SCOTT FIELD, W. S. BAILEY.

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