US1413341A - Clothespin - Google Patents

Description

F. M. LOK'OMETZKI.

^ cLoHesPlN. APPLICATION FILED. MAY I8., I92I.

1,413,341. Patna Ap1-. 1s, 1922.

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FRANK M. LOKOMETZKI, 0F MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

CLOTHESPIN.

Application led May 18,

To all whom t 'mf/y concern Be it known that I, FRANK M. Lexo- Mnrzxi, a citizen of the United States, residing atrMilwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, State of llfisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothespins; and I do hereby decla-re the following to be a full, clear, and exact de scription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.k

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in clothes pins, and particu-V larly to wire clothes pins.

One object of the invention is to provide a clothes pin, formed from a single length of suitable stiff wire which will firmly grip the clothesl and line and which will readily move with the clothes and line, as the wind blows them, without danger of becoming disengaged from the clothes and line. v Y Y Another object is to provide a clothes pin of this character wherein cert-ain helix turns ofthe twisted portions of the legs are out of contact with each other, to permit flexing of approximately the entire length of the lecs.

bAnother object is to provide. a clothes pin having a pair of twisted iiexible legs each of which is formed with an outwardly bowed portion, portions of the twist being loose to permit flexibility of the legs to cause the bowed portions to firmly embrace the clothes andline. Y Y i Otherrobjects and advantages willbe `apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing. Y

In the drawing: i p Figure l is a side elevation of a clothes pin made in accordance with the invent-ion, the same beine` shown eno-aged vwith a carc i: a7 rv I ment and aline, the latter being in section.

' Figure 2 is a front elevation of the pin.

As seen in the drawing the pin is formed from a single length of wire.V This wire is preferably stiff, but of the required flexibility to readily open when being app-lied to or removed from a line. The wire is bent at it-s intermediate point to form the legs l0, and said legs are twisted together, as shown.

Specification of Letters Patent i921. seriaiiio. l1,713,551.

Beyond the twisted portions of the legs there are formed the outwardly and oppositely bowed portions ll which are adapted to embrace theclothes and line. `Below the bowed portion the legs are extended in gradual divergent relation with outwardly disposed terminal eyes. These divergent portions ofY the .legs form a V-shaped entrance or throat 12, into which the clothes and'line are passed for position between the bowed portions. The closed end-of the pin is formed into a large eye13, -which serves as a fingerpiece,

Patented Apr. is, '1922.`

for handling the pin when applying the same to or removing it from aline.

Attention is particularly called to the fact that only the uppermost of the helix turns of the Vtwisted portions of the legs contact,A

the lower turns being outof contact, and slightly spaced apart, with the result that when the line is forced between the lower ends of the legs, the said'legs will flex bodily toward and away from each other through` out. their entire lengths. Thus the entire flexibility of the legsis brought into play, with the result that. the pin will readily permit application to or removal from theline,

and will retain their grip on the clothes andi line under great strains, 'especially in high winds, whentlie clothes are tossed back and forth. Furthermore, should the clothes become frozen, the flexibility of the legs, and the particular arrangementthereof, will permit the .pin'being easily and quicklyrdetached. p l

What is claimed is:

' A clothes pin vformed from a single length Vso of wire and including a pair of parallel legs,

a circular bightportion, a twistedjportion between the bight portion and ther legs, and

opposite angularly bowed portions between i the twisted yportion and the legs,'the turnsv` ofthe twisted portion being out of Contact with each other, whereby the wire is capable ofV complete flexing movement from` the 'bight portion to the outer ends ofthe legs.

In testimony whereof, l ailix my'sig'natnre, in the'presence of two witnesses.

Y FRANKM. LOKOMETZKI. Witnesses: 1

WALTER J. KARSTEN, y NILES STEVENS.

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