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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
JOHN A. COOPER, OF ROGERS PRAIRIE, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF TWVO-TIHIRDS
TO C. M. RASCO AND J. B. RASCO, OF SAME PLACE.
PINLESS CLOTHES-LINE.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 566,711, dated August 25, 1896.
Application filed February 21,1895. SerialNo. 539,237, (No model,)To all whom it nay concern.
Be it known that I, JOHN A. COOPER, a
citizen of the United States, residing at Rog-
ers Prairie, in the county of Leon and State
5 of Texas, have invented a new and useful
Pinless Clothes-Line, of which the following
is a specification.
My invention relates to pinless clothes-
lines, and has for its object to provide a sim-
ao ple device constructed of connected links and
provided with means for engaging articles to
be suspended therefrom, such means being so
constructed as to prevent displacement when
subjected to severe strains.
15 Further objects and advantages of this in-
vention will appear in the following descrip-
tion, and the novel features thereof will be
particularly pointed out in the appended
claims.
20 In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective
view of a portion of a pinless clothes-line con-
structed in accordance with my invention.
Fig. 2 is a detail view of one of the links.
Fig. 3 is a detail section on the line 3 3 of
23 Fig. 2.
Similar numerals of reference indicate cor-
responding parts in all the figures of the draw-
ings.
The line is composed of a series of identi-
30 cal or similarly-constructed links connected
directly together without interposed auxil-
iary devices, and, as the construction is the
same throughout, the specific description of
one link will suffice.
35 The body portion 1 of the link is straight
and terminates at one end in a loop 2 and at
the other end in a spring-coil 3, and arranged
in operative relation with this body portion
is a jaw or clasp 4, formed as a continuation
40 of the coil 3 and terminating in a hook 5 for
engagement with the body portion of the link.
The function of this jaw or clasp is to engage
articles of clothing to be suspended from the
line, and, as it is desirable when the free ex-
45 tremity thereof is disengaged from the body
portion of the link to have it within reach of
the hand holding the article to be suspended,
I have provided a limiting device 6, consist-
ing of a loop 7, integral with the wire forming
50 the link and interposed between the arm of
the jaw or clasp and the spring-coil, said loopterminating in an elongated eye S, which en-
gages the straight body portion of the link
contiguous to the coil. This eye is elongated
in the plane of movement of the jaw or clasp 55
to allow the latter to be actuated by the spring-
coil, but the length of the eye is only. suffi-
cient to allow the free or hooked end of the
jaw or clasp to drop slightly below the plane
of the body portion of the link when disen- Co
gaged therefrom. Thus the free end of the
jaw or clasp is held close to the body portion
of the link and within easy reach of a hand
holding an article to be suspended from the
line. 65
It will be seen that the link is simple in
construction, comprising a single blank of
wire, and that the loop 2 is arranged in a
plane at right angles to the plane of the
spring-coil, and hence of the jaw or clasp, 70
whereby twisting of the line during use is
avoided.
Various changes in the form, proportion,
and the minor details of construction may be
resorted to without departing from the prin- 75
ciple or sacrificing any of the advantages of
this invention.
IHaving described the invention, I claim-
1. A section of a metallic clothes-line, hav-
ing an eye at one end, an arm leaving said 8o
eye and looped upwardly over the body of the
section near said eye, the free end of said
arm being arranged to engage the body of the
section from the upper side thereof.
2. A pinless clothes-line constructed of 85
links; each having a straight body portion
terminating in a spring-coil, a jaw or clasp
connected with the spring-coil and adapted
to engage an intermediate part of the body
portion of the link, and a limiting device car- 90
ried by the jaw or clasp and having an elon-
gated eye engaging the body portion of the
link to limit the movement of the jaw or
clasp, substantially as specified.
3. A pinless clothes-line comprising a series 95
of connected links, each constructed of a sin-
gle wire blank and consisting of a straight
body portion terminating at one end in a per-
manent loop and at the other end in a spring-
coil arranged in a plane at right angles to the Ioo
plane of the loop, a limiting device arranged
contiguous to the spring-coil and consisting
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Cooper, John A. Pinless Clothes-Line., patent, August 25, 1896; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth174361/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.