Improvements in Spring Hooks and Eyes.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd May, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Feb., 1893—Accepted, 4th Mar., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Spring Hooks and Eyes.
I, JAMES CLEMENT NEWEY, of 105 to 109 Brearley Street, Birmingham, in
the County of Warwick, Hook and Eye Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of my said invention to be as follows :-
The object of my invention is to effect improvements in the construction of
spring hooks, for use with eyes, as fastenings for dresses and analogous articles; by
the use of which improved hooks the accidental separation of the hook from the
eye, when in use, is prevented.
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My invention consists in flattening out, and thereby spreading, laterally,
bottom of the bill or beak of the hook, by pressing or otherwise shaping the same.
This part of the hook, when so shaped, acts as a spring, and causes the bill of the
hook to press against the indentation at the back of the hook, sufficiently to allow
the eye to pass into the hook with a gentle pressure, and at the same time prevents
the eye becoming accidentally unfastened.
The hooks may be made of wire or sheet metal, and the indentation may be
either on the bill or at the back of the hook.
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GEO.
DOWNING,
. 8, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Spring Hooks and Eyes.
I, JAMES CLEMENT NEWEY, of 105 to 109 Brearley Street, Birmingham, in
the County of Warwick, Hook and Eye Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of my said 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 my invention is to effect improvements in the construction of
spring hooks, for use with eyes, as fastenings for dresses and analogous articles; by
the use of which improved hooks the accidental separation of the hook from the
eye, when in use, is prevented. Hooks for the above purpose, as heretofore made,
have either been made too stiff and rigid, and therefore troublesome in use, or they
have been made too thin and light, and therefore unserviceable.
In the construction of my improved spring hooks, I combine bent projections,
which act as checks against accidental unfastening: and flattened springs, which
afford the necessary elasticity, without injuriously weakening the hook.
The hooks may be made of wire or sheet metal, and the indentation or projection
may be either on the bill or at the back of the hook, or indentations may be made
on both.
And in order that my 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.
Fig. 1 is a front view, and Figs. 2, 3 and 4, are side views, showing different
methods of carrying out my invention.
a a are the portions of the metal which are spread out by pressure or other
suitable means, and whereby the thickness is reduced where it is so spread out. The
fibres of the metal are thereby compressed, and the elasticity is increased. b is the
bill of the hook.
In Figs. 1 and 2 one indentation c is made in the back of the hook, and the upper

page_text: part of the bill is made straight. This form allows the hook to pass downwards
with great facility.
In Fig. 3 indentations are shown at c in the back of the hook, and also at b¹ in
the bill, the two indentations touching each other, or nearly so; in Fig. 4 the upper
part of the back of the hook is shown straight, and an indentation is made in
the bill only.
The flattened spring portions a a may be formed on both the back and the bill,
as shown in the drawings, or on one only, and may be made longer or shorter, as
also shown.
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. In spring hooks as aforesaid, the combination of one or more flattened out
portion or portions of compressed metal, with one or more indentation or indenta-
tions, substantially as and for the purposes herein before described and illustrated
by the drawings.
2. The general construction, combination and arrangement of the several and
respective parts, together forming my invention of improvements in spring hooks
and eyes, substantially as herein before described and illustrated by the drawings.
Dated 2nd February 1893.
GEO.
DOWNING,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent,