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N. PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D. C.

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United States Patent Office»

HENRY BUELL, OF MOUNT MORRIS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND HENRY A. GREEN, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVED CLOTHES-FRAME.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 43,069, elated June 7, 1864.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Henry Buell, of Mount Morris, in the county of Livingston and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Portable Clothes Rack and Frame; andldohereby declarethat the followingisafull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which—

Figure 1 is a front view of my invention ; Fig. 2, a plan or top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference in both views indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a new and improved portable clothes rack and frame designed for holding clothes after being ironed, and also at other times or whenever convenience requires, designed more especially for laundry and bed room use.

The invention consists in a peculiar combination and arrangement of bars, brackets, pegs, and pivoted arms, as will be hereinafter described.

A A'represent two parallel bars, through which, near each end, rods Bpass, with nuts a on each end. On these rods there are placed bars C, the latter being allowed to turn freely on the rods, and having between them washers δ, which serve to keep the bars on each rod B at proper distances apart. The rods B pass through the bars 0 near one end. of them, and the latter are of such a length that when folded inward the outer end of those on one rod B will come in contact with the wash ers &amp; on the other rodB, the bars and washers being so arranged that the bars of one rod B may fold between those of the other rod. This will be fully understood by referring to Fig. 1. On the upper bar, A, there are secured two metal brackets, D D, which are perforated to admit of the device being suspended or hung up on nails in the wall of an apartment, and the lower bar, A', is provided with a series of pegs or pins, E, on which clothes may be suspended.

When the &lt;’evice is in use, the bars 0 are pulled outward at each side and clothes suspended upon them, and clothes or other articles may suspend on the pegs orpins E without interfering with those on the bars 0. When the device is not in use, the bars may be folded inward, as shown in Fig. 1, so as to be entirely out of the way, and, as the device is suspended on nails or pins driven in the wall, it may be moved or hung up in different places, as convenience may require. The bars C may be clamped more or less tight on the rods B by screwing up the nuts a at either or both ends of said rods.