1,351,577 rience has shown that the dishes dry without streiks even if tal@.en from soapy water wit'io-Lit rinsiiig. The fact that the basket I MICI be placed in the sink for final scalding y Or rinsing under the tap is an advantage as otlier driers ,tre not thus portable. So fir as 1 am aware, my dish driers and holders ai@e the frs't, Which provide separated d@yin.o, space for a standctrd set of disbes. 10 Wbat T elaim is'. 1. A (Ii-ier and holder for dishes having opposite o-Liter sides or walls provided with Ctish-ret,,tining me,,tns, s-,iid drier being provided with in Lipwardly bowed or arelied 1 5 bottom, ind dish-engtging meains located in the re(rion of the bottom and adapted to engage the lower parts of dishes while the s;des of s,,ticl dishes ,tre eng,,tged by the dishietaiinino, ineans on the sides of the drier, 20 said b(-vved or arched bottom being adapted to caLisI the dishes to oravitate toward the said outer sides @or walls and thereby (@ause the dislies to be held by the dish-ret,,tining means. 2. A rectangular drier and holder for 2 5 dishes whose opposite oliter @ides or .-,Valls are provicied with dish-retaining means, said driei- havi.ng an tipwardly bowed or arched bottom extendino, from one of said walls to thi-, other wtll, and a coiled disli- so retaining device located in the region of the bottom whose -,Xis extends substantially parallel to the stid sides which h,,tve the dishret,.tiniiig rreans, s,,ticl bowed or arched bottoin being ad,,tpted to cause the dishes to 5 orlvitate towird the s,,iid outer sides or walls ,Lnd thereb 0- y cause the dishes t be held by the dish-retaining means. In testimony WI-iereof I ,tffix my signature. ROSE LOMBA-RD.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE, ROSE L031BARD, OF CORNFLIA, GEOP.GIA. DISH DRIER AND I-IOLDBPSpecification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 31, 1920. Application filed November 3 1919. Serial No., 335,370. l'o all W710M it may concern: Be it 1,-noivn 'cl-iat 1, l@osr,, LO-IVIBA,RD, a ltizeli of the Uiiited St,,ttes residing at Cornelia, iii the cotinty o-l@ liaborsh,-Lm and State. oi2 ' ieorgi,,i, liave invented, certain new aii(I useftil Inipi@6vements in Dish Driers and I-Iolders oi which the follonving is@@a Specification. This invention retatos to a drier and 1 0 holider for dishes, the p-Lirpose being'to provide an improve,-l device which -vvill obviate the necessity of wiping or dryiiig dishes by the use of ,t cloth or tea-to-Nvel if-ter washing @tnd, f-urther, to@ utilize the drier ,is a.rack i5 oi, coiatainer so that the en(',ire se'u of dried (lishes niay be set oii a shelf or table, read3, l'or use, i-'L desired. My invention is susceptible of embodiment in dl:fferent forins of driers or holders with20 out clepartin(y @'i-om the principles thereof, bl'it I h,,tve only describecl an(I illustrated tnvo of the forms which the drier -and holder n-iay assume oiie being for lai-ge pl',ttes (lishes aiid sniill pllttei,s, aiict the other 25 ivhich is of smallei- size, b6iiig particularly .adapted for dryin,(- and hold' g smaller in plates, cups saucers and dishes. My dish drier and holder has a bottom ivhich is Li@ched or bowed so that the central 30 portion ishigher thanthe sides; @6@nsequently, the dishes natlirtllv o-ravitate toward the sides of the drier an@l l@older and this enables the dishes to be tri-anoed in two ronvs which i-est a@(@,iinst the sides 01' the drier "tud holder 35 and overltp in the'centi-al portion of the (irier and holder, in st,,ilggerecl reltition. By this arrtiigemerit, a -very I.ai.(Ye n@mber of dishes i-iiay be accominod,,tted in .t given drier and holder whether it be @ the 1,,tr,ae or the 40 smaller size. Spacers or pronas or pi-ojections at the sides of the drier ,tnd hold@r are ,tdapted to receive the otiter 6dges of the dishes between them. One or more coiled retainers are located 45 in the region of the arched bottom., The retainer has numerous coils and is ,tdapted to shift in different directions as Nvell as to contract or exptnd. In the 1,,trge@ size of the clrier -,tnd holder there are preferably a plu50 i,ality of the coiled retainers arraii(yed at the crest of tho arch of the,bottom. ;fEe smaller size of the @Irier and holder requires only a single coiled retainer. I do not, however, limit myself to the exact number of retainers 55 used in ,tny particular embodiment of the iiivention or size thereof. The bottom need not be in the form Of a true arch, but it is of general bonved form. Tho bottom may be oomposecl of Nvires or it may c6iisist of a piece of bloelc tin, or the 6o like, piovided i@ith suitable holes for c[rL,' in . I eith I g n er fo@m the coils of tlie, retainer pr6ject tbove t he o'eiierti tipper surf ace of the bottom. In @he accoinpanying drawings, 65 1,@igtire 1 is an,end e,levatioil of th@ lar , ger size of drier and holder, dishes beiiig shonvn by dot-ted lines; Fiff 2 is ,t 1)1,,t-n vienv thereof - iiig. 3 i ma er size ."O s an end elevation of-. a s 11 of drier alid holdei-, dishes and clips beiiig shonvn by dotted lines; Fig. 4 is a p.lan vie-vv thereof , certain p,,trts beinobi-olcen tl'W,ty; Fio-. 5 is a de't@il end cle .tti 11 r, v o broken, 7 5 away, of ,L rnodification; IA@i ff 6, a i@lan vieiv thereof. Pef-erring fii@st to F' gs@ 1, 25 3@ 4@ the drier ,iiid liolder is of'btsicet-li.Ice foi-m, tile precisa nialiller of 6oiisti-iletiiig it.i-i6t I being 8,0 @essenti al. , As slio ' ii,ii it is made of wire. The bott @l is arch'@cl or bowed @tjid the Om sides 2 htve@ a gen@i@,ti iipriglit disposition rnore or less outw@trdly flared or iiijllned ,is they proceed upwardly. Suitable handles 85 3 are provided. for lifting the drier 'and holder and cti,rying it about. As shown in 14'i(-s 1 3 5, the bottom has IL hetvy mtrgiirial wire 4 tnd interlaced Nvii,es 5. There are iipper.@tnd ilitermediate hori- 90 zontal fr,,i,mes of lieavy wire 6 ,Lnd 7. At tbe, corne.rs.,,tT.-c tivistea st,ny @,vires S. . The sides coinprise snialler -,vires 9. Refer rino, to Fi-s. 5 6@ the arelied bottom ma,y:con sist of the frame or margint wire 95 4 and a sheet of bl6ek tin or other suittble materi,.tl 10 provided with openings or p I er0 o m thereof being ,trehed f ration@ 11, the f r or upwardly bowed. Projec tin,@@ from the intermediate frame 160 7 on oppos@te sides of the drier and above the lo@ver ends of the arched bottoii@ ,ire -Drongs o@ fingers 12 which may be formed in any suitabl6, or preferred, manner and Hecured as desired, for instance, by.t@e use 105 of inclosino- tubes 13. These prongs pro9 vide me, hs for holdin the edges of the dishes which are shown in dotted lines at ffe 14. The dishes are arranged in stag., red oioverlapped rel,,ttionship and as the b6t- iio tom of the drier is arched, the dishes liitiirall@ gravitate toward the sides of the drier

i,351,577 and are tlius prevented from coming out of they m,,Ly be a,llowed to remtin in the driers the spaces betnvec-ii.the proncys. tnd holders and each drier and holder lifted n" by s andles and placed on the shelf until To hold the lowei, portio s of the dishes, it h one or more coiled retainers 15 ,tre provided the clishes, etc., are aolain needed for us6. in the region of the upper part of the hig-h----This is rendered possiole due to the manner 70 est point of the arched bottom. Li ach retaiiier is, by preforenc6, strun- on a ivire 16 connected to the bottom fr,,ime 4. This trra,LOIement provides @ stipport for the coils 10 and prevents them from becoming displaced downwardly or laterally to such a degr,6e tllat their usefulness mi,);ht be imp@ired. I do not liniit, myself, however, e:keept Where so stited in the claims, to-the use@ of the cen15 tral Nvii-es. The coiled retainers 15 1 are of spriii--y or resilient m,,iterial and adapted to f-lex@ t@ a lin-iited clegree aiid to expand and coiitract. T'he coils are set relatively close tog6ther and yet sufficiently spaced tpart to 20 readily admit the edge of @t plate, platter saucer or other flat@ dish. Those rotainers enable the dishes to be lightly droppe@d 6r @laced in the clrie@ @ind to be heldi without especi,tl atteiitioli being paid to h6NY the 25 dishes are pl,,tced, for the i@eason that Nvith tho iitinierotis coils @nd their adaptability to flex and to exptnd and contra et, the edo,,e of .@tlie dish -uaturally seelKs.,,t space between two of the coils and h,%Viiio, entored thei,e30 bet-ween, it is seei-ii--ely held@-inasmuch ts its outter ed(ye lies betiveen the pi-ongs 12. @Refei-rina to Fiigs. 3, 4 a smaller size -of the cirier nd holder is slio-ivn, the same being tdtpted for @ the ,t6commoddtion:@ of 35 Srnallet plate@ saucers and the like. Oiily Ono: of the ret,,tiners@ 15 need@ be -Lised. An arched@ bottoi-A i@ provided which may be formed of wire or of a sheet of block tin as sho-vi,.n in Figs. 5, 6. Pron&s o@ finoers 12a 40 are pi-ovided which mav be secured in any suit,tble maniier either to the,intermediate f rtme 'i,, or, cari-ied by a, strip of f olclecl sheet @metti 17. Iii the smullor size of the drier , ,tncl li-older t-,he upper fran-ie 6 is mtde 4 5 considerlibly ItLrger th,,tn@ the llitermeditte franie 7 so that the upper 1),,irt of the h6lder ha's shai-pl@ slo iTi,- ivalls 18. S6cured t6 the upper, frtme 6 are hooks 19 lvvhich arc,, ari-,tn-ed so thtt when the 50 handles of cups (sho@-'wn@ in dotted line at 20) are ciigaged therewith the mouths 6f the, cups..face I the inclined wtlls 18 and, l@ence, the wate@ and sud@ @re dr'aj:ned ovit of tl-ie cups. The other sides of the frame 6 55@ma,y tlso have hooks of the same general @character for the same purpose. The dishes, cups, pl,,tt,ters, knives, forks and spoons, as fast as -w,,tshed, are pl,,tced in thib proper drier and holder ,tiid the latter 60 tre then set oii the drain botrd of the sink or shelf a,@ desired and all6Nved to rem-ain Ulitil the dislies,' etc., have dried. Instead of remo-%,ino- the dishes, etc. from the respective driers and hol(lers- ,tnd placino, 65 them on she'lves or any other contaii'lers, in ivhich the pl,,ttes, c-Lips and other dishes are h6ld beca-Lise they caniiot l@@.nock lag,,tinst each other when the drier and holder is lifted and moved frora place to place. 76 The spaced relationship of the oups, and dishes, when tho-y are in the holders and driers, permits of the pouring of hot water thereover to sterilize them and fgcilitate the re@-noval of suds or tny ,tdheiing particles 80 of food. The set of driers and holdei-s, disclosed in the draivino@s is adapted to hold ,t set of standa@d sizecl dishes for:an averaue family. The laro;est size plate (,,,,t,,tndard se@t) exactly 85 fits the drier and holder of Figs. 1 and 2., Oiie of the main advantages of the arched or.b6wed bottom of the drier and.@holder lies iii the fact that as:smaller. plates "tre 1,)Iaeed in position, they are foreecl to tilt 90 to the right or left ltnd automatically, seek t @af6ty catch at the b6ttom and one s'de, I d-Lie;to the improvements hereinbefore described whereas silich smaller plates would "Itliturally roll ,tbotit 1,.tterally if the bottom 95 of the drier and holder were fl,,tt@ instead of bowed. Thus, T rovide @for the first p time, I believe, -,t drying . device . which @),,u@irds a--aiiist - daiioei, of slippaoe and break,,t e iii tinptclii@'9 China or i placing 100 @ 9 the drier .tnd holder in the sink -Linder a tap for rinsino,. or in carry,ing the filled clrier an@l holde'r to the pantry or dining room. All other forms of dish dr'i-ers@ and -hold6rs with which,l tm acquainted - have 105 -means whei-eby the -@Ichina is stacked in a maiiner c6nducive to. slippidg in the:lprocess 6r removin" from the drier, -ahd none of thein f tlrnis:h 9, eoiit 'iner @vhich is afely s port,,tl)le -wlien filled with dishes. 110 The driers -,t-ad liolders disclosed, respe(@- tively, in Fio.s. I and 2; 3 aiid 4; are prop6ptionect 86 that th@.y will nest one Nvithin the other foi- an,d shil)ping ,tnd for househ6ld iise., T'h@ driers and holders llf, furnish a complete otitfit f-or the china used at the, ordinarv meal, the dimension@ - beiny worked olit t6 that end. , The drier and holder of @Fi6s 11 t, . 3 'and 4 is adapted to nest in the drier and holder of Figs. I ,tnd 2@ . 120 f The undarnental, objecti6n to the 0 rdinary method of drying dishe@ witho-Lit wiping is that the dishes bein pii against g ed each othe , drain onto each other. This r drainage water, partl@ co oled, dr'les In 125 streaks. When d' ishes,a@e pl@eed in d-rl'er.13 and h Ide s constructecl ',,te6ordi o r to my preserit invention,, the dish es ,tre so tilted as to seeure @imineclidte drainage Without di-,,tining ont6 any 6ther pie ce, and expe- iSo