Improvements in or connected with Hat and Coat Hooks or Brackets.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Sept., 1892
Complete Specification Loft, 17th Nov 1892 Accepted, 31st Don, 1809
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Hat and Coat Hooks or
Brackets.
HENRY EABORN & GEORGE HONOUR trading as Eaborn & Honour Electro
Plate Manufacturers 63 Hatton Garden London E.C. do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of our invention is to render hat & coat hooks or brackets applicable
for illuminating purposes.
One or more of the arms of a hat or coat hook, bracket, are connected to a gas
supply pipe and are fitted with taps & burners like an ordinary gas bracket, or one
or more of the arms are adapted to serve as brackets for electric lamps or candles.
An ornamental cap or other device may be detachably fitted on any of the arms
provided for lighting purposes to enable the gas &c. brackets to be used as hat or
coat hooks.
Dated this 29th day of September 1892.
HENRY EABORN.
GEORGE HONOUR.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Hat and Coat Hooks or
Brackets.
We HENRY EABORN & GEORGE HONOUR trading as Eaborn & Honour
Electro Plate Manufacturers 63 Hatton Garden London E.C. 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 object of our invention is to render hat & coat hooks or brackets applicable
for illuminating purposes.
Where gas is used as an illuminant one or more of the arms of a hat or coat hook or
bracket are connected to a gas supply pipe and are fitted with taps & burners like
an ordinary gas bracket.
Where electricity is the illuminating agent one or more of the arms of a hat or
coat hook or bracket are adapted to serve as brackets for holding incandescent lamps,
and where candles are to be used one or more of the arms of a hat or coat hook &c.
are used as candle brackets or holders.
An ornamental cap or other device may be detachably fitted on any or all of the
arms provided for lighting purposes, to enable the gas &c. brackets to be used as
hat or coat hooks &c.
Our invention is equally applicable to a single bracket or to a number of brackets
arranged in any manner whatsoever.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a hat & coat hook bracket, showing the application
of the invention to gas, electric lamps and candle illumination: although as a rule
each bracket would only be fitted for one kind of illuminant.
Fig. 2 shows in section one arrangement of connecting a hat &c. hook to a gas
supply pipe.
Fig. 3 shows a cap or cover for screwing on the end of a gas bracket or on a hat
&c. hook fitted for lighting by gas in accordance with our invention to enable the
gas bracket to be used as a hat hook &c.
Fig. 4 shows a candle holder for attaching to the ends of hat &c. hooks to enable
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page_text: them to be used as supports for candles. A number of arms or brackets A. B. are
fixed to a ball C which may be attached to a wall or other object as shown
in Fig. 2. The centre arm is provided with a gas burner and a gas tap D and is
in communication with a gas supply pipe J.
The gas communication may be effected directly as shown in Fig. 2 or in any
other manner.
A detachable knob or cover E may be employed to cover the burner when
it is not in use, and when the burner is in use this knob may be placed or
screwed on to an extension of the tap D as shown in Fig. 1. Loose knobs may be
fitted on all the hat &c. hooks A but they are not required for the coat hooks B.
As will be readily understood an electric lamp G or a candle holder F may be
attached to any of the brackets whether or not they are connected up to
a gas pipe. When electric lamps are used the wires may pass through or outside
the brackets.
Any number of brackets may project from a single support and any one or more
of them may be modified in accordance with our invention.
If only one of the brackets is to be connected to a gas supply pipe J the bracket A.
passes through the ball and is fixed in a nipple H attached to the ball. A block I
screws on to the gas pipe and is firmly attached to the wall by screws &c. K.
Complete connection is made by screwing the nipple into the block I.
A cover
plate L encloses the block &c. and hides the gas connection, at the same time
putting a finish to the hat &c. bracket. If there are several gas pipe brackets they
may be fixed in the ball C and the gas then enters the whole of the ball.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and the manner in which the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is,
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Claim 1. The combination of hat & coat hooks and the like with gas fittings
substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described.
Claim 2. The combination of hat & coat hooks & the like with supports
efor electric lamps substantially as and for the purpose herein before described.
Claim 3. The combination of hat & coat hooks and the like with candle sconces
or holders substantially as and for the purpose herein before described.
Claim 4. The manufacture and use of caps or covers for fitting over the burners
of gas brackets, to enable them to be used as hat & coat hooks and the like
substantially as hereinbefore described.
Claim 5. The manufacture and use of candle sockets or holders for fitting on the
ends of hat & coat hooks and the like to enable them to be used as supports
for candles substantially as hereinbefore described.
NA
when 16th 1900
HENRY EABORN.
GEO. HONOUR.