US958532A - Clothes-pin. - Google Patents

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G. S. POLLOCK. CLOTHES PIN. APPLIGATIOILFILED JULY23,\1909.'

nmntoz Patented May 17; 3910.

. a olieation filed Serial I i I .1

' hereinafter set forth a wire clothes 'pin hav ing as an integral part thereof a pair of inter-engaging spring clamps automatically movable to clamping position when released whereby the clothes or other objects upon the line or other support will he securel tilted thereto. Further objects of the invention are to provide in manner as hereinafter set forth a wire clot-hes pin which shall be simple in V its construction, strong, durable, eliicient in its use, inexpensive to manufacture, and conveniently used.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein is shown the preferred embodiment of too invention, but it is to be understood phanges, variations, and modifications can heresorted to which fall Wit the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings wherein like reference characters denote corresponding arts throughout the several views, and in w ich, Figure l. a perspective View of a.clothes pin in accordance with this inventio 2 is a side elevation, and Fig. 3 isag'similar view showing in "full lines-the clamps in operative position and in dotted lines in inrmera ive position.

The clothes pin in accordance with this invention formed from a single length of spring wire which is bent upon itself to pro- Vlde a spring loop and apair of duplex clamping The members of one duplex clamping indicated by thereference characters 5 and the members of the other duplex clamping arm are indicated by the reference characters 5, The members 3, i are connected together at their lower ends by a SQHIl-(ll'fllllfll coupling-piece 7 which terminates in a vertically-disposed semithe -e circular-extension 8 which merges as at Slin 5.5 of the members 3, t;- The coupling piece '2 is disposed at right angles with respect to the extensi 'lhe members 5., 6

' of the other copies: clamping arm are dis connected at the? lower ends and the said members stout against each other and extend between the members 8, 4 of the other duplex arm. Each of the duplex arms is formed upon an ogee curve and at their top terminate in the spring loop 1. The lower portion or the members 5, 6 when the pin is in itsoperative position extendswithin and engages the semi-circular coupling-piece 7. I @lie reference character 10 denotes a clothes line which when the pin is in an operative position extends through the opening 11 formed between the curved portions 12 of the duplex arms when the said arms interengage in the manner as shown in Fig. 1. The clothes which are indicated by the Qreference character 13 are adapted to be clamped upon the line by the curved por tions 12, the lower portion 14; of the memhere 5, S, the coupling-piece 7, and the extension 8, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, and when the pin is in the position as shown in. Fig. 3 the clothes are securely clamped to the line by the pin.

When it is desired to release the clothes from the line 10 the lower portions of the duplex arms are spread apart or pulled apart in the'manner as indicated by the dottedline in Fig. 3 and the pin 'canthen be removed from the line thereby releasing the manner as shown. the clamping arms when released, that is to say," itlhey' have been pulled. apart, .will automatically return to clamping position and engage the clothes and the line, so as to securelyretainthe clothes upon the line. The clamping arms not only secure the clothes in position but further constitute :1 means tor maintaining; the pin in upright position.

What I claim is:

A clothes pin comprising a single length of wire bent upon itself to provide a spring loop terminating in a pair of clampln'g members of o-g'ee curvature oppositely disposed with respect to ear-h other, eaeh of said members consisting of a pair of ,arihs, the arms of one of said members crossing at three points and. depemling below the arms of the other of said members, and said arms and said members roviding a passage for the line between t e two upper crossing points, said shorter memberhaving each of Its arms terminating at its lower end in a 5 vertically-disposed semi-circular extension, one arranged in parallelism with the other and both extending in vertical planes to one side of a Vertical plane extending through the center of the pin, said extensions at their to lower ends terminating in a semi-circular coupling member disposed in a plane at tensions and surrounding and constituting a stop for the lower ends of the arms of the elongated member, said members adapted to clamp aline' in said passage.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GRANT S. POLLOOK. Witnesses:

MAX H. SRoLovrrz, A.- T. PAYNE.

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