An Improved Sliding Spring Curtain Hook.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVIDIUNAL DIEUITICATION,
An Improved Sliding Spring Curtain Hook.
JAMES HILLYER, 136, Mare Street, Hackney, London, Draper, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
An invention made in metal having an ordinary hook at the upper end &
having the lower end in two parts to form a clip or grip. Inside or between the
clip or grip is a lever spring or tongue or self-acting spring & outside the whole
is a moveable slide to bind and tighten the grip-or loosen it at pleasure-for the
purpose of more readily hooking up curtains & suspending them from the curtain
pole without piercing the fabric. The invention secures greater uniformity of
suspension & instantanity of adjustment to the curtain than is obtained by
present methods together with absolute freedom from injury to the fabric sus-
pended & greater security from falling.
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An improved Sliding Spring Curtain Hook.
I, JAMES HILLYER, of 136, Mare Street, Hackney, London, N.E., Draper, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My invention relates to an improved spring curtain hook for the suspension of
curtains upon the usual rings of a curtain pole, and has for its object to attain
such suspension more quickly, and with greater uniformity and security, and with
less hazard of injury to the fabric so suspended, than obtains with the methods and
means hitherto employed for the same purpose.
In order that my invention and the various forms in which I purpose carrying
the same into effect may be more clearly understood I have hereunto appended a
sheet of drawings, of which,
Fig. 1 is a side and front view of my improved curtain hook according to one
method of construction, while Figs. 2 and 3 are each side and front views of
alternative methods of construction.
Fig. 4 shows two side views, in different positions, and a front view of a further
modification of my invention, while Fig. 5 shows two side views, in different
positions, and a front view of a still further modification, all of which will be here-
inafter fully explained.

page_text: Fig. 6 is a view illustrating the manner of employing my invention for the pur-
poses stated, and the manner of its attachment to a curtain pole ring, in which I
have chosen the use of the design shewn in Fig. 1, and I wish it understood that
the said views are merely examples of some of the many ways in which I may carry
the principle of my invention into effect; and that I may employ any reasonable
modification of the methods of construction shewn, or any desired combination
thereof, so long as the principle of my invention is maintained.
According to Figs. 1, 2 and 3 my invention consists of a pair of metallic plates
A and B, the former of which is so formed at its upper end as to provide a
hook C, capable of readily engaging with the eye D of an ordinary curtain pole
ring E, as shewn in Fig. 6, while both the parts A and B are so formed, centrally
of their lengths or thereabouts, as to provide a pair of cars F and G respectively,
which are pivotally connected by a through pin or stud H.
The said plates A and B may vary in shape or configuration and may be of the
same or dissimilar lengths relatively to each other, while the said ears F and G
may be of the shape shewn in Fig. 1, or more extended in size as shewn by
Figs. 2 and 3, according to the size of the whole or other conditions.
The lower ends of the plates A and B are the parts which are intended to grasp
the curtain or other fabric. J to be suspended, as illustrated by Fig. 6, and the
said ends of A and B may vary in shape and configuration, and the manner in
which they engage with each other, according to their intended uses or and may be
the weight or texture of the material or fabric I, that is to say, I may form curls a
in the lower ends of both A and B, while the length of A may slightly exceed that
of 13, so that the curl on 13 may be above that on A when the lower ends of A and B
are brought together as at Fig. 1, so that the two said curls a may grasp the fabric
or curtain as at Fig. 6. Or the lower ends of both A and B may be the same
length, so that their respective curls a may abut against each other as at Fig. 2.
Or in lieu of the said curls I may form the ends of both A and B as at Fig. 3, and
provide in the lower surface of each serrations, notches or teeth b. Or I may so
form one or the other of either pair of the curls as to provide serrations or exten-
sions in cameo while the opposite curl a in each pair may be plain or have indenta-
tions or holes, or have other parts in intaglio with which the said serrations or
extensions may engage.
Whichever method of arranging the lower ends of A and B I may choose to
adopt, the said ends are normally held in close contact with each other by the
tension of a suitable spring operating to force apart the upper ends of A and B,
and for this purpose I may employ a plate spring such as c in Fig. 1, or a coiled
spring such as wound helically around the pin or stud I as in Figs. 2 and 3
whichever may be most suitable.
In the modifications illustrated by Figs. 4 and 5 I dispense with the springs
e or d and form the parts A and B of one piece of metal, so bent and pressed
together at c as to grasp and hold firmly or otherwise the hook C, from which point,
in a downward direction, the portion B is so formed as to have a desire to spring
or recede from A, to the extent permitted by the pin or stud H, which, according
to this arrangement, engages with ears F formed upon the portion A only. The
said stud H in this device carries pivotally a lever K, the heel of which f¹ is so
formed, that when the opposite end of K is raised the said heel presses the lower
end of B firmly against A, as shewn in the second side view in Fig. 4, but releases
B from A when lowered as shewn in the first side view.
In the modification shewn by Fig. 5 I form A and B of one piece of metal, bent
at e, and grasping C in the same manner as in Fig. 4, but in this case I dispense
with the lever K, and provide a sliding loop L surrounding both A and B, the lower-
ing of which brings A and B together as shewn in the first side view, while the
raising of L permits B to spring away from A as shewn in the second side view,
and although in Fig. 5 I have chosen to show the lower ends of A and B with
curls as at Fig. 1, I may form the lower ends of these as at Figs. 2, 3 or 4 or
any desired combination thereof, and in addition to the springs c or d in Figs. 1,

page_text: 2 and 3 I may employ in either of these devices a sliding loop such as L in order
to lock the lower ends of A and B together if desired.
Whichever of the foregoing methods of construction I may employ, or any
desired combination thereof, the manner of use for suspending a curtain or other
fabric such as J, and the manner in which the hook C engages with the loop D
of the ring E would be substantially that shewn by Fig. 6.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1st. The improved device or apparatus for suspending curtains and the like, and
the several modifications of constructing the same, or any desired combination
thereof, substantially as herein described and shewn by the drawings.
2nd. In an improved device or apparatus for suspending curtains and the like,
the combination of a pair of plates such as A B, connected together by a pin or
stud such as H engaging with ears such as F and G formed upon the said plates,
the upper end of one of the said plates being adapted to form a hook C, capable of
engaging with the loop 1 of a curtain pole ring E, the lower ends of the said plates
being constructed to grip a curtain or other fabric such as J, when their upper
ends are forced apart by the tension of a suitable spring such as c or d, with or
without the use of a sliding loop such as L, substantially as and for the purposes
herein described and shewn by Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 6 of the accompanying drawings.
3rd. In an improved device or apparatus for suspending curtains and the like,
the combination of a pair of plates A and B, formed integrally with each other and
bent at a point e, grasping a hook such as C, the lower ends of A and B being
constructed to grip a curtain or the like by the action of a lever such as K as at
Fig. 4, or by the means of a sliding loop such as L as at Fig. 5, for the purposes
illustrated by Fig. 6, substantially as herein described and shewn.
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GEO. THOS. HYDE,
1, Broad Street Buildings, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.