An Improved Mooring Hook.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Mooring Hook.
I, JAMES BROWN, of No. 99, Commercial Road, South Shields, in the County
of Durham, Blacksmith, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
A T-shaped hook swelling or bulging out at foot for, and pierced with circular
hole or eye to receive a link, thimble, or, the like for the purpose of connecting
to other links or 'the like to be in turn 'connected with chains or wire-ropes, or ropes
of other material. The hook is bent over between the cross top-piece and the eye
or hole to allow of passing through the connecting link and turning to form a grip.
The hook and its connecting links or either of them may be made of wrought
iron or any wrought or cast metal or metals in combination with each other or
any other substance or material in combination with them or apart from them as
may be found desirable or expedient.
I, JAMES BROWN, of 99, Commercial Road, South Shields, in the County
of Durham, Blacksmith, 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:
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A T-shaped hook swelling or bulging out at foot and pierced with circular
hole or eye to receive a link thimble, or the like for the purpose of connecting
to other links or the like to be in turn connected with chains or wire-ropes or
ropes of other material. The hook is bent over between the cross top piece and
the eye or hole to allow of passing through the connecting link and turning to
form a grip. The hook and its connecting links or either of them may be made of
wrought iron or any wrought or cast metal or metals in combination with each
other or any other substance in combination with them or apart from them as
may be found desirable or expedient.
The principal advantages of my patent are, in the mooring and unmooring of vessels
one hook can be used with greater facility than by the ordinary method, dispensing
with the use of shackles and the like in the operation, it can also be used on
shipboard in the lowering of boats being much easier and quicker detached, and
at the same time much safer than the other gear as used for that purpose. It can

page_text: also be adapted in many other directions, either on shipboard or on shore in the
loading or discharging of cargo or any other sort of hoisting gear and the like.
It can be attached and detached quickly thus saving time in the working of
it, and also that when once connected-it.is-absolutely safe there being.no possibility
of its coming adrift thus reducing the chance of accidents to a minimum in the
various operations to which it can be applied.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is .
1. The manufacture and use of, a new kind of mooring hook such as is herein
described, in which on the connecting link being passed over the hook the grip
is formed as herein before described and represented by the accompanying
drawings.
2. The combination of one or more hooks and.in conjunction with one or more
connecting links of suitable construction for use in the mooring of ships, lowering,
& highering boats etc. such as is herein before described.
3. The absolute safety of hook & link from coming adrift, without handling
purposely, due to the particular form of grip which is a distinctive feature of the
hook, such as is hereinbefore described, and represented on accompanying
drawing.
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ted this Turonty eighth day of Anril 1898