Popular Science Monthly 



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Disappearing Clothes Rack 

 for the Closet 



THE materials necessary for the disap- 

 pearing rack are: 2 single-sheave 

 pulleys, one double-sheave pulley, 3 

 screw hooks, 15 to 20 ft. of light rope, and 



Arrangement of pulleys in a closet for 

 hoisting a pole from which clothes hang 



a thin pole about 4 ft. long (a broom 

 stick will answer very well). The pole is 

 fastened by two of the screw hooks placed 

 in the ceiling, about 3 ft. apart. The 

 double-pulley can be fastened near the 

 ceiling at a convenient end of the closet. 

 This pulley is to act as a guide for the 

 ropes. The stick is supported at each 

 end by a rope; the other end of the rope 

 passes over one of the single pulleys, then 

 over the double pulley and down to a 

 convenient distance for hoisting and 

 lowering the rack. In order to prevent 

 the rack from, tipping or tilting to one 

 end, the ropes should be knotted together 

 at such a place that when the rack is 

 lowered to the right height, the knot will 

 just strike the double pulley. In order 

 to hold the rack in place, the ropes may 

 be wound around two nails placed below 

 the double pulley. — F. W. Buerstatte. 



A Combination Straight and 

 Folding Step Ladder 



TO make a ladder that can be used 

 either as a straight ladder or as a 

 step ladder, the following material is re- 

 quired: 



2 pieces of 1 by 3-iu. straight-grained wood, 



without knots, 6 ft. long. 

 6 pieces of the same 18-in. long. 



2 pieces of the same 5 ft. long. 



3 pieces of the same IG-in. long. 



2 pieces of stout broomliaiuUe 18-in. long. 

 A quantity of 8 or lOd nails. 



About 1 2 in. from one end of each of 

 the four long pieces bore a hole, through 

 which a broomhandle 

 will pass fairly easily, i't;--- 

 and 1 ft. back from this '; \ -'-t., 

 hole bore another one, ;|;;;;---li 

 as shown in the illus- 'i \ ""\i 

 tration. ; 5i-V;;;--''."i 



Lay the two longest \ \ Ts 

 pieces with edges up, 

 and nail on the six 18- 

 in. rungs, beginning 

 the end nearest the 

 holes and placing them 

 about a ft. apart. Do 

 the same with the two 

 shorter pieces, 

 but in this case 

 begin the rungs 

 about 2 ft. from 

 the ends with the 

 holes in them. 



Next place the 

 short ladder 

 within the long 

 ladder so that the 

 holes are in line. Slide one of the pieces 

 of broomhandle through these holes to 

 form a pivot. Fasten the pivot to the large 

 ladder with a small nail to prevent it from 

 slipping out, then allow the small ladder 

 to swing free. 



With the addition of a short length of 

 rope or chain placed between the two sec- 

 tions to prevent their spreading, the step- 

 ladder is ready for use. 



To convert it into a straight ladder all 

 that is needed is to detach the stop-chain, 

 swing the short section up until it is in 

 line with the long section, and slide the 

 other piece of broomhandle through the 

 holes. 



This folding ladder 

 is in two parts 



