An Improved Hook for Securing Barbed Wire.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Apr., 1891
Complete Specification Lef., 27th Nov., 1891-Accepted. 2nd Jan. 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Hook for Securing Barbed Wire.
I, NORMAN EDWARD PARR of The Chase, Ulceby, Lincolnshire, Gentleman
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists of an improved hook for securing barbed wire so that it
can be easily secured and as easily removed without having to cut the wire. The
head of my improved hook is bent round in a curve in such a manner that after it
is inserted into the wood of the fence the wire is placed in the curve of the hook
and by a half turn either way the wire is made fast. I may form a screw thread
upon my improved hooks so that they may be screwed or driven into the wood-work
which receives them.
Dated this 13th day of April 1891
RAYNER & CASSELL,
37, Chancery Lane, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Hook for Securing Barbed Wire.
I, NORMAN EDWARD PARR, The Chase, Ulceby, Lincolnshire, 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:-
The
My invention consists of an improved hook for securing barbed wire so that it
can be easily secured and as easily removed without having to cut the wire.
head of the improved hook is bent round in a curve in such a manner that after it
is secured to the post of the fence, the wire is placed on the curved round hook and
by a part turn in the required direction, the wire is forced forward and becomes
engaged in the eye of the hook and is thus made fast within the same.
I may form
a screw thread upon my improved hooks so that they may be screwed or driven
into the woodwork which receives them, or fixed by nuts, etc. to the iron posts where
iron is used.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings, the hock is shown in four different forms,
which may be used as found convenient.
Figures 1. 3. 5 and 7 show the hook in the position taken before the wire is
fixed, the hook a being in a horizontal position and the wire b placed as shown in
section.
Figures 2. 4. 6 and 8 show the hook turned into the fixed position, having been
given a quarter turn, so that the wire is held by the hook, the end of the hook
pushing the wire into the proper position. The hook is formed with a shank c on
which is formed a screw thread, by means of which it can be fixed to the posts.
Figures 1 and 2 show a form suitable for wooden posts, in which the shank is
simply screwed into the wood to the required distance.
Figures 3 and 4 are provided with two muts d by means of which the hook can
be fixed to iron posts, the shank passing through a hole in the post, and the nuts
are then tightened on each side.
Figures 5 to 8 inclusive show modifications of this hook. In Figures 5 and 6,
instead of employing two nuts, the one nearest the book in replaced by a bent part e
in the shank, so that it abuts against the side of the post.
Figures 7 and 8 show a somewhat similar arrangement, in which the shank c is
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page_text: provided with a shoulder which serves to retain the hook in the same manner as
the bent part in Figures 5 and 6.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
"A hook having a shank adapted for fastening to the posts of a fence and a
curved bent round head so formed that a quarter turn will secure a barbed wire
within the head or eye and a quarter reverse turn will release the same all as
before described in this Specification and illustrated by the accompanying
drawings."
Dated this 27th day of November 1891.
RAYNER & CASSELL,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.