Improvements in Hooks and Eyes for use in Ships' Cabins.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in Hooks and Eyes for use in Ships' Cabins.
I, WILLIAM FROST, of 54, Union Street, Portsea, Portsmouth, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows;-
This invention relates to improvements in connection with hooks used in ships
cabins and refers especially to hooks employed for holding open the doors of such
cabins.
The said hook is of ordinary construction and preferably formed of brass but
it is pivoted to the door jamb by means of a universal joint consisting of a bracket
provided with a pin which passes through a hole in a plate fixed to the door jamb,
the said pin being provided with a ring or washer for keeping it in place. The
bracket is thus capable of being revolved on the said pin and its outer end is
formed so as to receive the rear end of the hook which is pivoted thereto by a
horizontal pin thus forming a knuckle joint. The eye fixed to the door for
receiving the hook is fitted on its inner circumference with a india-rubber ring
or cushion let into a dovetail recess in the said circumference, for the purpose of
receiving the point or tongue of the hook and gripping the same so as to prevent
its shifting or rattling. In order to prevent the hook rattling or vibrating when
not in use I provide a similarly constructed eye fixed to the door jamb and arranged
so as to receive the hook upon the latter being turned at right angles on its
revolving joint and downwards on its knuckle joint into engagement with the
said eye, the elastic ring or cushion fitted in the latter gripping the hook and
preventing its shifting.
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I WILLIAM FROST, of 54, Union Street, Portsea, Portsmouth, Gentleman,
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;-
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This invention relates to improvements in connection with hooks used in ships

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cabins and refers especially to hooks employed for holding open the doors of such
cabins.
The said hook is of ordinary construction and preferably formed of brass but
it is pivoted to the door jamb by means of a universal joint consisting of a bracket
provided with a pin which passes through a hole in a plate fixed to the door jamb,
the said pin being provided with a ring or washer for keeping it in place. The
bracket is thus capable of being revolved on the said pin and its outer end is
formed so as to receive the rear end of the hook which is pivoted thereto by a
horizontal pin thus forming a knuckle joint. The eye fixed to the door for
receiving the hook is fitted on its inner circumference with an india-rubber ring
or cushion let into a dovetail recess in the said circumference, for the purpose of
receiving the point or tongue of the hook and gripping the same so as to prevent
its shifting or rattling. In order to prevent the hook rattling or vibrating when
not in use I provide a similarly constructed eye fixed to the door jamb and arranged
so as to receive the hook upon the latter being turned at right angles on its
revolving joint and downwards on its knuckle joint into engagement with the
said eye, the elastic ring or cushion fitted in the latter, gripping the hook and
preventing its shifting.
In order to more fully describe this invention reference is had to the accom-
panying drawings in which Fig. 1 is an elevation of a device constructed accord-
ing to this invention and Fig. 2 is a plan showing the device applied in a slightly
different manner.
The hook a is pivoted at b to the link c and the link c is pivoted at d to the
link e.
The link e is fitted on the plate f which is screwed to the wall by means
of a pin el and washer e² and the circular portion e³ is adapted to fit in a recess
formed in the plate f so that the link e can turn relatively to it. The joints b d
are arranged to work in planes at right angles to one another and it will be seen
that movement of the hook a is permitted in all directions. The eye 9 is fitted
on the door and an india-rubber or other suitable ring his fitted therein for the
purpose of receiving the point or tongue of the hook a and gripping it so as to
prevent its shifting or rattling...
In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1 the plate f and eye g are in planes at an
angle to the hook a but in the Fig. 2 they are shown in planes parallel thereto,
the link e being at right angles to the link c and the hook a.
It will thus be seen that the device can be applied in various ways without
alteration and movement in all directions is permitted. Also by means of the
rubber ring noise is deadened.
In order to prevent the hook a rattling or vibrating when not in use I provide
an eye similar to the eye g and fixed to the door jamb and aranged so as to receive
the hook upon its being turned at right angles.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
(1) An improved door holding device for use in ships cabins, comprising a
hook, links pivoted to the hook and to each other by pivots at right angles the
last of said links being adapted to turn relatively to the plate by which it is
attached to the wall of the cabin so that movement in all directions is permitted,
and an eye secured on the door and having an india-rubber ring for receiving and
gripping the point of the hook substantially as described and for the purposes
specified.
(2) In an improved door holding device for use in ships cabins the combination
of hook a, pivoted link c, pivoted link e provided with pin el washer e³ and
circular portion e³, plate f, and eye g all arranged substantially as described with
reference to the drawings and for the purposes specified.
(3) In an improved door holding device for use in ships cabins as claimed in
Claims 1 and 2, an india-rubber or other ring h arranged in the eye g with which

page_text: the hook a engages for the purpose of gripping the same and preventing rattling
substantially as described.
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Dated this 28th day of April. 1898..
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.