Improvements in Hooks for Wearing Apparel, Window Curtains, Watch Chains, or whatever they are Applicable to.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Mar., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 21st Dec., 1889-Accepted, 15th Feb., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hooks for Wearing Apparel, Window Curtains,
Watch Chains, or whatever they are Applicable to.
HENRY HUTCHINSON 59 Campbell Street Newcastle upon Tyne, Engineer and
FRANK MADGIN, 109 Addison Road, Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne Engincer do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention consists of an improved spring safety hook as shewn on the accompany-
ing drawing, Fig. 1 is a plan and Fig. 2 is an elevation, the hook is an ordinary hook A
with part of the body of the material forming the hook so constructed that it acts as a
spring B, the end portion of which comes in contact with the end of the point. C of
the hook A, the spring B has a recess D which comes below the level of the inside of
the point of the hook A, the point of hook A comes to the outside edge of the
recess D, the end or tongue E of the spring B after contact with the point of the
hook A is then bent inwards at a suitable angle and is of a sufficient length to allow
the hook to open when the spring is pressed, the recess D and the tongue E are to
facilitate the hooking and unbooking of eyes, rings etc.
Dated this 21st day March 1880
HENRY HUTCHINSON.
FRANK MADGIN.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hooks for Wearing Apparel, Window Curtains,
Watch Chains, or whatever they are Applicable to.
I HENRY HUTCHINSON of 59 Campbell Street, Newcastle on Tyne, Engineer, and
FRANK MADGIN of 109 Addison Road, Heaton, Newcastle on Tyne Engineer 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:
Whereas spring hooks now in use for looping up ladies dresses, securing garments,
or anything they are applicable to, are so constructed that there is great difficulty in
hooking and unhooking them; moreover such hooks are liable to break easily when
the spring is over pressed.
Now the object of our invention is to remedy these defects. In order to afford
easy hooking, unhooking, and no liability to break, we provide a depression or dent,
and a tongue, the depression or dent is for easy hooking, the tongue is for easy
unhooking also a safeguard against breakage, as the hook cannot be opened more than
is required to admit of the eye passing on.
In order that our said invention may be particularly described and ascertained,
reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of
reference indicate corresponding parts:
In the said drawings, Fig. 1 shews the hook flattened, and in an unfinished state.
Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 shew the hooks in a finished state.
The hook is an ordinary hook (a) with part of the material forming the hook, so
constructed that it acts as a spring (b), the end portion of which comes in contact
with the point (c) of the hook (a), the spring (b) has a depression or dent (d) which
comes below the level of the point (c) of the hook (a). The point (c) of the hook (a)
comes to the edge of the depression (d), the end or tongue (e) of the spring (b) after
contact with the point (c) of the hook (a) is then bent inwards at a suitable angle,
and is of a sufficient length to allow the hook to open when the spring is pressed.
Fig. 1 is a front view of an unfinished hook, (f) is a slot or opening for the passage

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of the tongue (e) when the hook is in use, when this hook is finished it assumes the
form shewn in front view as in Fig. 2, and in side view as in Figs. 3, 4, 5, or 6, the
shank (6) acts as a spring and is in contact with the point (c)' of the hook, and prevents
the eye passing the said point (c); unless some degree of force is used. The depression
or dent (d) allows the eye to get fairly under the point (c) of the hook when hooking.
The tongue (e) on the end of the spring (b) forms a suitable angle with the point (c)
of the hook (to allow the eye by its wedge like action to unhook itself when
sufficient force is applied. The tongues (e) of the spring (b) may pass through the
slot (in hook-body as shewn in Fig. 6.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
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1. The improved. hook having a depression (d) in the spring, substantially as
described.
2. The improved hook having depression (d) in spring in combination with a bent
tongue (e), and slot (f) in body of hook, substantially as described.
3. The improved hook having a tongue (e) on the end of spring in combination with
slot (in body of hook, substantially as described.
4. The improved hook having a bent tongue (e) on end of, spring, substantially as
described.
Dated this 20th day of December 1889.
HENKY HUTCHINSON.
FRANK MADGIN.