Clothes-drier.

Application filed January 16,1911. Serial No. 602,992.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Vernon S. Comins, a citizen of the United States, residing at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and 5 State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ClothesDriers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements 10 in clothes driers designed for mounting upon the walls of a building or room.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, strong, compact and inexpensive clothes rack consisting of a frame and a 15 number of adjustable arms or bars pivotally arranged within the frame, all of the said parts preferably made from a single piece of wood without any waste. And a further object is to provide novel brackets for sup20 porting the opposite ends of the rack; the brackets, frame, and arms all being pivotally connected together by a common securing member.

Other features and parts of the invention 25 will be understood from the detail description which follows, and by reference to the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this specification, and in which—

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the com30 plete device; showing same folded, as when not in use.

Fig. 2 is a bottom view partly in plan and partly in section.; showing the parts in the same relation as in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view; showing the swinging bars or arms extended.

Fig. 4 is a cross-section substantially on line 4—4 of Fig. 2; showing the manner of arranging and connecting the several 40 parts.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the brackets; showing the same formed up out of a single piece of sheet metal.

Figs. 6 to 11 inclusive are views illustrat45 ing the several steps or operations required to produce the several parts of the frame and arms from a single piece of wood.

In the drawing, 2 and 3 represent the parallel frame sections or parts, which are 50 of equal length, and spaced apart to receive between them two series or. groups of arms, 4 and 4', upon which the clothes to be dried may be placed. The arms and the frame sections are secured together at the opposite ends of the rack by means of bolts 5, which 55 are inserted through perforations 6 arranged concentrically near the ends of the frame and arms, and nuts 7 are employed for holding the bolts in place. The rack is intended for mounting upon or securing to a wall, 60 and in order to properly support the weight of the clothes which may be placed upon the arms 4 and 4', I provide a novel bracket or mounting 8, which is preferably made of sheet steel or iron, having like spaced out- 65 wardly extending parallel lugs 9 which are arranged to span and grip the frame and arms near their ends, and which are perforated at 10 to receive the bolts 5. The brackets also have oppositely arranged down- 70 wardly and outwardly formed lugs 11, which are perforated at 12 to receive screws 13 for securing the rack to the wall, as 14. The arrangement of the brackets is such that, when attached to the rack there is a 75 clearance between the rear side, of the rack and the flat body portion Of the bracket, so as to allow the arms 4 and 4' to swing freely when the device is opened and closed. The brackets are also arranged to support the 80 rack some distance from the wall (see Figs. 3, 4 and 5), for permitting a greater range of movement for the swinging arms. When the device is folded up, as shown in Figs. 1, and. 2, the arms 4 are first swung to closed 85 position, between the frame sections 2 and 3, and then the arms 4' are swung inwardly until they overlap and contact with the arms 4. as best seen in Fig. 2. When the arms 4 and 4' are folded within the frame, the free ends 15 90 of one series of arms appear spaced from the shoulders 16 of the other series, for providing shallow grooves or gaps extending part way across the front and rear face of the bracket, for the insertion of the finger 95 tips for opening the rack. A small cleat 17 extends across, and is secured to the rear side of the frame for stopping the arms 4 and preventing them from projecting beyond the rear side of the frame. The arms 100 of. both series are preferably made exactly alike as to size and shape both being made to taper gradually from the shoulders 16 to the free ends 15. When the arms are applied to the frame, those designated by the 105 numeral 4 are disposed in the opposite or reverse position as compared with the arms 4', as shown in the drawing. Any degree of

1,246,884 compression or frictional contact may be given to the arms and frame sections, by the tightening up of the nuts 7.

It is a particular object of the present inven5 tion to provide a clothes drying rack of this class, made out of wood, and to do the work with as little expense and waste as possible. To this end I have found a method of making all of the wooden parts out of a single 10 piece of wood, as 18, of suitable character and size. 18 represents a plain piece of wood, which should first be prepared and finished as shown in Fig. 6. This is the first step in the construction of the rack.

I lie second step consists in perforating the part 18 transversely near each encl, as indicated at 6 in Fig. 7. The third step consists of ripping or otherwise cutting from the opposite sides of the part 18, the strips or frame sections 2 and 3, as shown in Fig. 8. This last operation leaves a comparatively large section or piece of wood, which may be designated by the numeral 19. The fourth operation consists of cutting the oppositely 25 facing grooves or furrows transversely across tlie face and back of the part 19, as indicated by the full and dotted lines 20 in Fig. 9. The fifth step consists of sawing or cutting the section 19 into two parts, as in30 dicated by the line 21 in Fig. 10. The sixth and last operation consists in dividing the two sections of the part 19 lengthwise, so as to make the two series of arms, 4 and 4', as shown in Fig. 11. After the sixth and 35 last operation is performed, the asms and frame sections are placed in position between the lugs 9 of the brackets 8 and the bolts 5 are then driven through the frame, the arms and the lugs, for pivotally secur4 0 ing the whole together, as illustrated in

Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4. Under the construction and arrangement of the clothes drier as herein shown and described, there is no waste of the wood, which is a desirable fea45 ture, since lumber of all varieties is becoming more expensive from year to year. Furthermore under the present .method of preparing the several parts of the device, but a comparatively small amount of labor is required, which also serves to cheapen the 50 rack.

The present device possesses great strength, because of the provision and arrangement of the brackets 8 and the close and compact arrangement of the arms and frame sections. 55 Under this arrangement there are no intervening spaces between any of these parts to weaken or to allow the parts to warp. Each of the ‘wooden parts abuts closely the adjacent parts, and when the arms are extended, 00 owing to this close arrangement, each arm tends to support and hold the other arm in place, and each arm as well as the frame sections also share the strain due to the weight of the clothes. 85