IMPROVEMENTS IN TENTER HOOKS AND OTHER LIKE HOOKS
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edwin Walker, of Batley, in the County of York;
Plumber, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN TENTER HOOKS AND OTHER
LIKE HOOKS."
Sealed the 1st August 1879, and dated the 6th February 1879.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edwin Walker at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 6th February 1879.
EDWIN WALKER, of Batley, in the County of York, Plumber.
IN TENTER HOOKS AND OTHER LIKE HOOKS."
"IMPROVEMENTS
The object of this my said Invention is the manufacture of hooks in such manner
as to resist the action of moisture and sulphur, and so prevent the formation of
rust, which is especially desirable in hooks used for suspending and stretching
blankets and other fabrics, and for meat hooks and other uses.
I employ in the manufacture of hooks, according to this my said Invention, a
mixture of tin and zinc of about the proportions three parts tin and one of zinc ;
this I cast, roll, or stamp to the form of hook required; or a like combination of
metals may be run or cast upon and around a core, hook of iron, or other metal.
I construct hooks, as aforesaid, when to be used in contact with sulphur (in the
storing of blankets and other uses) of a combination of antimony and tin in about
the proportion of one ounce of antimony to one pound of tin. In some cases I cast
or stamp the hooks wholly of tin.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Edwin Walker in the Great-Seal Patent Office on the 5th August
1879.
EDWIN WALKER, of Batley, in the County of York, Plumber. “IMPROVEMENTS
IN TENTER HOOKS AND OTHER LIKE Hooks."
The object of this my said Invention is the manufacture of hooks and pegs in
such manner as to resist the action of moisture and sulphur, and so prevent the
formation of rust, which is especially desirable in hooks and pegs used for suspending
and stretching blankets and other fabrics, and for meat hooks and other uses.
I employ in the manufacture of hooks and pegs, according to this my said
Invention, an admixture of tin and zinc of about the proportions three parts tin
and one part zinc; this I cast, roll, or stamp to the form of hook or peg required;
or a like combination of metals may be run or cast upon and around a core, hook
of iron, or other metal.
I construct hooks and pegs, as aforesaid, when to be used in contact with sulphur
(in the stoving and drying of blankets and other uses) of a combination of antimony
and tin in about the proportion of one part of antimony to five parts of tin.
Or I employ hard white metal in about the proportions of one of the latter to
four parts of tin.
The proportions of metals described will of necessity be varied according to the
quality thereof, but in all cases there must be a sufficient proportion of antimony or
white metal to secure the hardening of the tin.
Having thus fully described the nature and particulars of this my said Invention,
together with the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or
carried into practical effect, I would have it understood that in the manufacture of
hooks or pegs, as distinguished from the washing of such with tin,
I claim as my Invention,-
The manufacture and use of hooks or pegs for purposes aforesaid of composite
metals, as herein set forth, or any mere variation of such composition of metals for
purpose described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edwin Walker, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Second day of August, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and seventy nine.
Witness,
ST. GEO KERR, M.A.,.
Vicar of Staincliffe,
near Dewsbury.
EDWIN WALKER. (L.S.)