Improvements in Hooks and Eyes.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 11th May, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 9th Feb., 1900-Accepted, 24th Mar.,
1900
INVOVIDIONAL DELICATI
Improvements in Hooks and Eyes.
I, LUCY MARTINEAU BURSTALL, of 59, Clarendon Road, Seacombe, in the
County of Chester, Inventor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
My invention relates to hooks and eyes such as are used to fasten garments.
My hook has its main portion or shank crimped or corrugated so that when
attached to the fabric said shank may be securely fastened down by cross
stitches, and these, meshing with the indentations, will be less likely to slip or
bunch up than is the case with plain shanks.
A great disadvantage with hooks hitherto used on garments that require to be
washed is that when said garments are passed through a wringing machine or
mangle, the bill of the hook is frequently broken, owing to the strain at the
bend, caused by the pressure. According to my invention I place immediately
within said bend a solid packing of metal so that the strain instead of being
localised at the extreme end thereof is somewhat distributed, and the bill is
prevented from sudden and complete closing at that point. The metal packing
may consist of a separate strip of wire clinched around the bend, or some portion
of the wire of which the hook is composed may be continued around or beneath
the bill at the place above mentioned.
To prevent the limbs of the hook becoming twisted so as to overlap each other
when the garment is mangled, I purpose to clamp a small piece around them
near their free ends. An eye made in accordance with my invention has some-
what the shape of a letter "D," and in use the flat portion is sewn on to the
fabric. It may be made in one piece from an annulus of wire or other sub-
stance, or there may be a joint, and in the latter case I prefer the join to be in
the flat portion. The eye may be covered or wrapped with thread for the sake of
good appearance.
I do not confine myself to the precise contour above described as parts of the
eye may be arched, corrugated or shaped to determine the central position of
the hook when in use, and to facilitate attachment. .
This 10th day of Nov 1800
CHARLES COVENTRY,
Patent Expert, Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hooks and Eyes.
I, LUCY MARTINEAU BURSTALL, of 59, Clarendon Road, Seacombe, in the
County of Chester, Inventor, 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 hooks and eyes such as are used to fasten garments.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hooks and Eyes.
I, LUCY MARTINEAU BURSTALL, of 59, Clarendon Road, Seaconibe, in the
County of Chester, Inventor, 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 hooks and eyes such as are used to fasten garments.
In the drawings,
Fig. 1 is a view of a hook formed according to my invention.
Fig. 2 is a similar view showing a modification, but the bill of the hook is,
for the sake of clearness, shown as though bent back or opened.

page_text: The remaining figs. show my improved eye.
A great disadvantage in hooks hitherto used on garments that require to be
washed is that when said garments are passed through a wringing machine or
mangle, the bill of the hook is frequently broken owing to the strain at the
bend caused by pressure. According to my invention I place immediately within
said bend a solid packing of metal so that the strain instead of being localised at
the extreme end thereof. is somewhat distributed and the bill is prevented from
sudden and complete closing at that point.
In Figs. 1 and 2, A, A¹, show the loops of the hook by which it may be
attached to the fabric by sewing in the usual manner. B is the bill of the
hook and C the wires forming the stem. D is the metal packing placed around
the bend of the bill. In Fig. 1 this packing is shown as a separate piece of
wire clinched onto the wires C. In Fig. 2 one of the wire C is prolonged after being
bent to form the loop A¹, and the prolongation lies (as shown as E) between said
wires C as far as the bend. At this point it is bent over sideways and clinched
around the bend, the packing D being formed by its final portion. The bill B
in the finished hook is bent over and occupies a similar position to that shown
in Fig. 1.
Referring now to Figs. 3 to 7 which show several modifications of my im-
proved eye.
My improved eye comprises a base F and arch G. It may be made in one
piece from an annulus of wire or other substance or there may be a joint, and in
the latter case I prefer the join to be in the base. .The eye may be covered or
wrapped with thread for the sake of good appearance.
In Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7 the arch G has a corrugated portion at its centre, and
in use, the bill of the hook rests in this. The eye is attached to the fabric by
sewing it down thereto along the base F, and I find in practice it is very con-
venient, one of its advantages being that the base F being attached along its
whole length to the fabric, the latter is not so liable to crease or bunch up as
is the case with eyes that are attached at two points only. The base F serves.
also as a pivot upon which the rest of the eye may be raised so as to facilitate the
entrance of the hook thereinto.
In using eyes as hitherto employed the fabric is very apt to become torn or
frayed where the bill of the hook strikes against it in being applied, but with
my eye the base F' protects the fabric.
Figs. 5 and show similar eye to Fig. 3, but the base F is more rectangular
at its corners, while in Fig. 6 the base is curved, the last being a very suitable
shape to make by means of machinery.
In Fig. 7 the adjacent ends are curved inwards.
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:-
1. A hook which has the bend of its bill packed or reinforced in such manner
as to offer additional resistance to crushing at that place, substantially as
described, and with reference to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings.
2. An improved eye for use in fastening garments, having a base and an
arch, the former whereof is adapted to be fastened to the fabric by sewing,
substantially as described.
3. The various forms of eye, substantially as described and shown.
Dated this 8th day of Falow
CHAS. COVENTRY, C.E.,
Patent Expert, Agent for the Applicant.