Ceiling hung clothesline support
OwnerTomas P. Gumpel, Maria S. Gumpelinventors
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Abstract
The ceiling hung clothesline support is an H-shaped aluminum frame having a plurality of substantially parallel clotheslines. The frame is suspended from a ceiling using a rope and pulley system, with one rope connected to each corner of the frame. The rope and pulley system is operated by a crank, which may be a self-locking hand crank or a motor driven crank. The clothesline is lowered for loading and unloading clothes, and then elevated while in use or for storage. The use of a single pulley system with a crank and with ropes attached to all four corners of the frame ensures that the clotheslines remain horizontal regardless of the distribution of clothes.
Claims7
A ceiling hung clothesline support adapted for attachment to a ceiling of a structure, the ceiling having an adjacent wall, the clothesline support comprising:
- a) a frame, having:
- i) a first leg having a first end and a second end;
- ii) a second leg having a third end and a fourth end, the second leg being substantially equal in length to the first leg and being disposed parallel to the first leg;
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- iii) at least one crossbar joining the first leg to the second leg;
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- b) a rope and pulley system adapted for suspending said frame from a ceiling, wherein said a rope and pulley system comprises:
- i) four ropes, including a first rope attached to the first end of said first leg, a second rope attached to the second end of said first leg, a third rope attached to the third end of said second leg, and a fourth rope attached to the fourth end of said second leg, respectively, said first, second, third and fourth ropes having a free end;
- ii) a first set of four suspension pulleys adapted for attachment to the ceiling, each pulley being directly above one of the first, second, third and fourth ends, respectively;
- iii) a second set of four guide pulleys adapted for attachment to a wall adjacent the ceiling;
- iv) a single line, said first, second, third, and fourth ropes extending over said suspension pulleys, thence over said guide pulleys and being yoked together and joined to said single line;
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- v) a crank, said single line being attached to said crank, whereby the four ends of said frame are raised and lowered by an equal distance simultaneously.
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