Improvements in Picture Hooks and the like.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application. 11th Jan., 1395-Accepted, 23rd Feb., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Picture Hooks and the like.
I, JOSEPH SKEGG, of Oldfield Road, Salford, in the County of Lancaster,
Painter and Decorator, 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 refers to hooks or appliances for attachment to walls or the like
for supporting or retaining pictures in position when suspended by cords or the
like therefrom, and is designed to provide an appliance which will not cut or fray
the cord at the point of contact therewith.
It consists essentially in constructing the appliance with a movable or pivoted pulley
or hook or both to receive the cord in conjunction with a fixed wall plate to be
secured to the wall the movable part being such that it will accomodate itself to
the position of the cord and prevent cutting or fraying of the same.
The invention will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
in which several modifications of the invention are shown.
Referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 3 which show front elevation, side elevation and
sectional elevation respectively, the wall plate A is provided at its lower end with
a hook B in which is mounted on a pivot c a pulley or runner C with a groove to
receive the cord. The wall plate A is provided with a number of holes a to receive
small nails or pins for securing it firmly to the wall and with one or more large
holes a' for receiving a larger nail if desired. The wall plate A may be of any
convenient contour or design. The pulley C is free to rotate on its pivot and the
cord D can be easily adjusted thereon without any rubbing or scraping over a sharp
or uneven surface likely to fray or cut it.
Referring to Figs. 4 and 5 the wall plate A extends the whole length of the
appliance to make a firmer fixture to the wall and the hook B is hinged or
pivoted thereto by the pin b. The pulley C is carried in the hinged or pivoted
hook on the pin c upon which it is free to rotate. The pivoting or hinging of
the hook B allows it to assume any angle to the wall corresponding to the pull of
the cord so that the cord will lie flat in the groove of the pulley and no undue
leverage be exerted on the appliance, either to remove it from the wall or to bend
the hook out of position.
Referring to Figs. 6 and 7 the hook B is hinged to the lower edge of the wall
plate A on the pin or pivot b, and the pulley C is carried therein on the pivot c.
Referring to Figs. 8 and 9 the hook B is hinged or pivoted at or near the upper
edge of the wall plate A, the pulley C being pivoted therein as before on the
pin c.
Referring to Figs. 10 and 11 the wall plate A extends at all sides of the pulley C
and the pulley is supported on the stud or pin c riveted or secured by one end to
the plate A.
Referring to Figs. 12 to 16 the pivoted hook B is illustrated without the pulley (
as such form of hook will be very suitable and applicable for light pictures, and the
hook is shown hinged to the wall plate A at the centre (Figs. 12 and 13) at the
bottom edge (Fig. 14) and at the top edge (Figs. 15 and 16). The pivoted hook
as before described adjusts itself to the direction of pull of the cord.

page_text: 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 :-
1. In a hook or appliance for hanging or supporting pictures or the like, the
combination with the wall plate A to be securely affixed to the wall, of the pivoted
pulley C to receive the cord substantially as described.
2. In a hook or appliance for hanging or supporting pictures the combination with
the wall plate of a hinged or pivoted hook with or without a pulley such as C
substantially as and for the purpose described.
3. A hook or appliance for hanging pictures constructed substantially as described
and shown with reference to either of the figs. of the drawings.
Dated this 9th day of January 1895.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents..