An Improved Hand-hook for Handling Cargo and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Apr., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 28th Nov., 1898-Accepted, 11th Feb., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Hand-hook for Handling Cargo and the like.
I, HARRY BELLINGHAM HOWARD SMITHI, Director of William Howard Smith
and Sons Proprietary Limited, of No. 35, Market Street, Melbourne, in the Colony
of Victoria, Ship Owners, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows;-
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This invention relates to that class of tools or implements which are used for
handling cargo, cases, bales and other packages and are commonly known as dog
hooks or bale hooks.
Heretofore the shanks of said hooks have terminated in a single point, which
owing to the small bearing surface often rips up and otherwise damages the cases
and cargo, besides being liable to break off when in use.
The object therefore of my invention is to prevent this damage and to provide
a stronger and more reliable tool. This I accomplish by constructing such hooks
with a single shank at the end of which are three or more, (but preferably three)
teeth which grip or bite the case or other package. These teeth distribute the
tearing strain, and at the same time afford a much more secure grip.
Dated this Eleventh day of March One thousand eight hundred and
ninety-eight.
I, HARRY BELLINGHAM HOWARD SMITH, Director of William Howard Smith
and Sons Proprietary Limited, of No. 35, Market Street, Melbourne, in the Colony
of Victoria, Ship Owners, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to that class of tools or implements which are used for
handling cargo, cases, bales, and other packages and are commonly known as dog
hooks or bale hooks.
Heretofore the shanks of said hooks have terminated in a single point, which

page_text: owing to the small bearing surface often rips up and otherwise damages the cases
and cargo, besides being liable to break off when in use.
The object therefore of my invention is to prevent this damage and to provide
a stronger and more reliable tool. This I accomplish by constructing hand hooks
with three or more (but preferably three) claws or teeth which grip or bite the
case or other package.
These teeth distribute the tearing strain, and at the same time afford a much
more secure grip as will be readily understood on reference to the accompanying
drawings, in which:-
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hand-hook constructed according to this
invention.
Figure 2 is an elevation of the end of the shank of said hook.
Figure 3 is a perspective view of a hand-hook constructed according to my
invention.
In these figures A represents the shank of a hand-hook and B the usual handle
thereof, whilst C C represent the claws or teeth (preferably three in number) with
which the end of said shank is provided instead of being simply pointed at its
end as is usually the case.
· Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
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An improved hand-hook for handling cargo and the like having three or more
teeth at the end of the shank in order to distribute the tearing strain and at the
same time afford a more secure grip substantially as herein described and explained
and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 28th day of November One thousand eight hundred and
ninety-eight.
HARRIS & MILLS,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for H. B. Howard Smith.