An Improved Hook for Suspending Poultry, Game, and the like.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Dec., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 30th July, 1890-Accepted, 13th Sept., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Hook for Suspending Poultry, Game, and the like.
I, ALBERT ZILLWOOD, of The Abbey Flour Mills, Romsey, in the County of Hants,
Miller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object to provide an improved hook for suspending
poultry, game, and the like in shops and other places.
According to this invention, I take a flat or other shaped piece of iron or other
Suitable metal to form a crossbar or connection and to each end thereof I attach or
make a hook or loop of any suitable shape, or I form slots by cutting the ends of the
metal longitudinally, the said hooks, loops or slots being intended to take the necks of
the birds, and thus form a means of more quickly hanging them for show, and also
serving to keep a brace of birds apart from each other, thus allowing the air to
circulate around them, and so keep or preserve them in condition for a longer time
than heretofore.
To suspend this double hook or loop, in the shop or other place, I provide a hook
which can be passed over the ordinary supports used in poulterers' shops etc. This
hook may be affixed to the crossbar or connection between the hooks, slots or loops,
by means of a swivel or pivot, or it may be loose thereon as desired.
Dated this 18th day of December 1880
CASTLE SMITH,
Per F. W. Golby,
"Invention" Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Hook for Suspending Poultry, Game, and the like.
I, ALBERT ZILLWOOD, of The Abbey Flour Milis, Romsey, in the County of Hants,
Miller, 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:
This invention has for its object to provide an improved hook for suspending
poultry, game, and the like in shops and other places.
According to this invention I take a flat or other shaped piece of iron or other
suitable metal to form a crossbar or connection and to each end thereof I attach or
make a hook or loop of any suitable shape, or I form slots by cutting the ends of the
metal longitudinally, the said hooks, loops, or slots being intended to take the necks of
the birds, and thus form a means of more quickly hanging them for show, and also
serving to keep a brace of birds apart from each other, thus allowing the air to
circulate around them, and so keep or preserve them in condition for a longer time
than heretofore.
To suspend this double hook or loop in the shop or other place, I provide a hook
which can be passed over the ordinary supports used in poulterers' shops etc. This
hook may be affixed to the crossbar or connection between the hooks, slots, or loops
by means of a swivel or pivot, or it may be loose or rigid thereon as desired.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood and carried into
practice I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying
drawings in which similar letters are used to indicate corresponding parts throughout.
In Figures 1 to 3 of the accompanying drawings I have shewn a hook constructed
in accordance with my invention adapted for holding and suspending four birds, hares,
and the like.

page_text: Figures 1 and 2 are respectively elevation and plan, and
Figure 3 shews an elevation of the hook with two birds suspended therein ready for
hanging to a beam or other support.
Figure 4,shews a detached plan view of one of the bifurcated crossbars or
connections A.
In this form of my invention, the ends of the plate, crossbar, or connection A are
cut away or forked as shewn, the forked ends being then turned or curved upwards so
as to form a forked hook, or slot B, into which the head or other part of the bird,
hare, or the like may be placed, the slot or forked end B being made large enough to
hold the head or other part of the animal without allowing it to slip through.
Instead of forming the ends of the plate, or crossbar A into the hook B as shewn,
hooks, loops, or slotted pieces may if desired be made separately and riveted, brazed,
soldered, or otherwise rigidly affixed to the said crossbar.
A central circular hole or aperture C is formed in the crossbar or plate A, through
which is placed the hanger or hook D, having a boss or stud E at its lower extremity
to form a seating on which the crossbar rests as shewn in Figures 1 and 3. The
shank F of the hanger D is made circular in cross section, so that the crossbar A is
loosely pivoted on the shank of the hanger D) and may be turned round or swivelled
thereon when desired. The shank D may also if desired be made square or other
shape in cross section, the hole or aperture C being of corresponding shape, so that
when in position, the crossbar cannot turn on the hanger, or the hanger and crossbar
may be made in one or rigidly affixed to each other, according to requirements. The
other crossbar A, when two are used as shewn in the drawings, is similarly loosely
pivoted, placed or affixed on the shank of the hanger D, and simply rests upon the
top or upper side of the under crossbar A.
In Figure 5 I have shewn a hook made entirely of stout wire bent to the desired
shape. A wire of the required length is first bent at its centre so as to form the hook
or hanger G, the two ends are then turned over at right angles to the shank F and
produced in opposite directions to HH; they are then turned over again at right
angles so that they lie in parallel vertical planes H J, the points being turned over to
form the tapering hooks J K into which the necks or other parts of the animals are
inserted.
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) A hook for suspending poultry, game, and the like, consisting of a hanger D
on which is pivoted or affixed a crossbar or crossbars A having forked ends, hooks,
loops, or slots, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth and illustrated
in the accompanying drawings.
(2) The modified form of my invention consisting of a hook for suspending poultry,
game, and the like, made entirely of stout wire bent to the shape shewn or substantially
as shewn and described with reference to Figure 5 of the accompanying drawings and
for the purpose stated.
Dated this 30th day of July 1890.
61
CASTLE SMITH,
Per F. W. Golby,
Invention" Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.