US18632A - Clothes-clamp - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LE\VIS H. CUSHMAN, OF MONMOUTH, MAINE.

CLOTHES-CLAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent N o.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knovvn that I, LEWIS H. CUSHMAN, of Monmouth, in the county of Kennebec and State of Maine, have invented a new and Improved Clothes Clamp, which improvement Will also apply to Shoemaker-s or harnessmakers clamps; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and eXact description of the same, reference being made to the accompanying drawings.

Figure l represents a section of the clamp when open. Fig. 2 represents the clamp when shut. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the clamp when in use upon the clothes-line.

Figs. l and :2 a a are the cheeks 0r body of the clamp made of Wood 0r metal. Z) is the spring, consisting` of a metallic Wire or rod, bent as represented in Fig. 4. c is the lever, held in its place by the staple d. This lever 18,632, dated November 17, 1857.

has a cam shaped end next to the clamp and the staple passes loosely through the first cheek and is firmly fixed in the second.

Operation: To open the clamp, place the lever c at right angles to the cheek of the clamp as represented in Fig. l. The spring b then throws the cheek or jaw open. To close it, press the lever clovvn to the cheek as shown in Fig. 2. The cam shaped end presses the aWs together.

VVha-t I specifically claim as my invention and for which I ask an exclusive right, is

The combination of the spring and cam lever as set forth in the above specification.

LEWIS H. CUSHMAN.

Witnesses G. W. TOZER, JOHN SAFFORD.

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