Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Apr., 1886.
Complete Left, 29th Jan., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 1st Mar., 1887.
We, TOM LASTER of Stile Common Huddersfield, Yorkshire, Picture Dealer and
DYSON LISTER of Chapel Hill, Huddersfield, aforesaid, Picture Dealer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention has reference to a new or improved detachable hook or device for
suspending pictures, or other like objects from the walls of rooms, or buildings.
In order to carry out our invention we employ a piece of metal of any suitable
size and shape, and which may have a hook cast or otherwise secured on one side
thereof. On another side of this piece of this piece of metal we cut or otherwise
form a groove, slot, or recess, for purposes hereinafter described.
In fixing this device for suspending pictures or other like objects, the cord or wire
generally used for that purpose is placed into the groove, slot, or recess, and when the
picture is placed in proper position on the wall, the cord or wire is made secure in the
groove or recess by means of a screw wedge, lever or other equivalent for gripping,
wedgeing, or clutching the cord against the face or sides of the groove or recess.
In this manner and by the means described the suspending or removal of pictures
from the wall is greatly facilitated; the pictures can also be raised or lowered with
ease, and without one disturbing another, and one, or a series of pictures arranged
one above the other may be hung or suspended by a single cord, whereas by the
present arrangement a separate cord is required for every picture which in some cases
when requiring the removal of one picture necessitates the removal of the whole
number, or if one is removed without disturbing the remainder, an unsightly blank
space is left on the wall.

page_text: When suspending one, or a series of pictures one above another; it is not essential
that the cord should be arranged to hang from a nail in the ordinary A shape, as such
cord may be hung in a vertical position-or two cords may be arranged vertically a
little distance from each other-and the detachable hooks moved to any height thereon
as may be required.
In some cases it may be required to suspend a picture by the detachable hook or
device being hung or secured on a nail, or on the rail or moulding which runs round
the top of the room, in which case we place a ring or hook on the top of the grooved
piece of metal for that purpose, the cord or wire suspending the picture passing
through the groove or recess as previously explained.
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Market Place, Huddersfield,
Agents.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Hook or Device for Suspending Pictures and
other like Objects.
We, TOM LISTER, of Stile Common, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, Picture Dealer, and
DYSON LISTER, of Chapel Hill, Huddersfield, aforesaid Picture Dealer, 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 :—
Our invention has reference to a new or improved detachable hook or device for
suspending pictures or other like objects from the walls of rooms or buildings.
In order to carry out our invention we employ a piece of metal of any suitable size
and shape and which may have a hook cast, or otherwise secured on one side thereof.
On another side of this piece of metal we cut or otherwise form a groove, slot, or recess
for purposes hereinafter explained. In fixing this device for suspending pictures or other
like objects, the cord or wire generally used for that purpose is placed into the groove,
slot, or recess and when the picture is placed in proper position on the wall, the cord
or wire is made secure in the groove or recess by means of a screw, wedge, lever or
other equivalent for gripping, wedging or holding the cord against the face or sides of
the groove.
In order that our invention may be more fully understood we herein make reference
to the accompanying sheet of Drawings illustrative thereof.
Figs. 1 and 2 are side elevations, and Fig. 3. cross section of one form of our
improved hook or device which consists of a piece of metal a having a hook & cast or
otherwise secured on one side thereof, and on another side of the said piece of metal a
we cut or form a groove, slot or recess which is pierced through at part d and
provided with a screw thread for receiving the thumb screw e
When fixing the hook or device, we place the card or wire f (which is suspended
from the wall in the ordinary way) into the groove e as shewn in Fig. 1. The rings
attached to the picture frame having been placed onto the hooks and the picture
adjusted in proper position on the wall, the thumb screwe is inserted into the part d
of the groove e and screwed against the cord or wire as shewn in Figs. 2 and 3
whereby such cord or wire is firmly clamped or held between the face of the groove
and the end of the thumb screw.
In Figs. 4, 5 and 6, side and back elevations respectively, we show a modified and
lighter construction of our improved hook or device.
The
In this case we dispense with the screwed part d in the groove or recess and instead
thereof we rivett or otherwise secure a screwed stud i to the piece of metal a.
cord or wire is placed between the screw i and the side of the groove or recess e as
shewn in Fig. 4, and afterwards secured therein by the thumb screw k being placed
on to the screwed stud as shewn in Figs. 5 and 6. At Fig. 7 we show a further
modification in the hook or device, where it will be seen that the screw i and thumb

page_text: screw are placed nearer to the hook than in the previous cases. We prefer this
latter construction, as the leverage between the cord or wire and the weight of the
picture is considerably reduced and thus prevents the bending of the cord or wire.
When it is desired to suspend a picture by the detachable hook or device being
suspended on the rail or moulding which usually runs around the top of the room, we
cast or otherwise attach a hook m on the top of the piece of metal a which hook fits
onto the rail or moulding n as shewn in Fig. 8, or instead of a hook, an eyelet or
ring o may be employed by which means the device can be suspended from the nail
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as shewn in Fig. 9, the cord or wire in both cases, being made secure by the thumb
screw as previously shewn and described.
In the manner and by the means described the suspending or removal of pictures
from the walls of rooms or buildings is greatly facilitated: the pictures can also be
raised or lowered with ease and without one disturbing another, and one or a series of
pictures arranged one above the other may be hung or suspended by a single cord,
whereas by the present arrangement a separate cord is required for every picture,
which in some cases, when requiring the removal of one picture necessitates the
removal of the whole number, or if one is removed, without re-arranging the remainder,
an unsightly blank space is left on the wall.
When suspending one or a series of pictures one above another; it is not
essential that the cord should be arranged to hang from the wall in the ordinary A
shape, as such cord may be hung in a vertical position, or two cords may be hung
vertically a little distance from each other and the detachable hooks moved to any
height thereon as may be required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our invention
and the manner in which the same is to be performed we declare that what wo
claim is -
The use and employment of a detachable hook or device for suspending pictures and
other like objects such said hook being made substantially as is herein described and
shewn in various Figures.
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Halifax, Agents.