Improvements in, or Additions to, Picture and like Suspenders.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in, or Additions to, Picture and like Suspenders.
I, JOHN JESSE JAMES, trading as Dutson and Company, of 11, Whittall Street,
in the City of Birmingham, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates particularly to hooked suspenders for pictures and the
like,, known in commerce as moulding hooks and wall hooks, but is also applicable
to other types of picture suspenders, and has for its object, to lock the picture-cord
in its required position, and so prevent the running of the same after adjustment.
The said invention consists in employing within the inside of the hook termina-
tion of a picture or like suspender, a friction clip or cleat having free-ended spring
arms with the returned end parts brought together, so as to constitute, as it were,
spring-forked sides arranged in the figure of a letter V, and between which the
cord is nipped and held or prevented from running after adjustment, so that pic-
tures or the like so suspended are always kept square.
In carrying out my invention in connection with a moulding hook, I provide the
inside of the hook part of the suspending end with a V-shaped clip, whose returned
and bearing part passes or extends through a piercing or hole in the bottom of the
hook, and is free within certain limits, to admit of the opening and closing of the
arms, the entrance to which is somewhat spread, and the free end of one branch
impinges against the inside of the hook, whilst the other branch is connected, by
an ear or otherwise, to, and is suspended from, the back walls of the hook.
The inner presented middle part of one of the arms, at the contraction, is brought
forward, whilst the opposite part of the other arm, which constitutes, as it were,
a tongue piece, is set back, so that the cord, at the point where it is nipped, is made
to take a slight undulatory or bent course, and is thereby prevented from running
in a straight line, hence a more efficient grip.
Instead of the grip piece being made separate and attached within the hook,
it may be made from out of the metal of the hook itself by stamping, and shaping,
the grip, which is now in the form of a spring tongue shaped into the figure of a
letter V, with the nip of the one part coming opposite the piercing of the other
so that the cord, which enters the grip by a lead, is bent at the point where it is
held and thus direct running of the same is prevented.
In applying my invention to wall hooks, I make the suspender up of a wall plate
and a hook part, the latter being fitted with a cord-holding grip as described.
The application of my invention to other picture and like suspenders differs in no
essential respect from its application to moulding hooks and wall hooks as herein-
before described.

page_text: Improvements in, or Additions to, Picture and like Suspenders.
I, JOHN JESSE JAMES, trading as Dutson and Company, of 11, Whittall Street,
in the City of Birmingham, Manufacturer, 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:-
This invention relates particularly to hooked suspenders for pictures and the
like, known in commerce as moulding hooks and wall hooks, but is also applicable
to other types of picture and like suspenders, and has for its object, to lock the
picture cord in its required position, and so prevent the running of the same after
adjustment.
The said invention consists in employing within the inside of the hook termina-
tion of a picture or like suspender, a friction cord-grip, clip or cleat having free-
ended spring arms with opposite parts, adjacent to the returned end gathered in or
brought together, so as to constitute as it were, spring sides, arranged in the
figure of a letter V, and between which the cord is nipped and held or prevented
from running after adjustment, so that pictures or the like so suspended are always
kept square.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a front elevation of a picture
suspender of the type known as moulding hooks, fitted with a cord grip attachment
in accordance with one form of my invention.
Figure 2 is a topside plan of the same and Figure 3 a side elevation.
Figure 4 is a vertical section of the said hook, upon the dotted line a, Figure 2.
Figure 5 is a vertical section of the body part of the hook only, the cord-grip
attachment having been removed.
and
Figure 6 is a side elevation of the cord-grip attachment separately.
Figure 7 shows a plan of the sheet metal blank from which the said grip is made,
Figure 8 represents the said blank partly fashioned, and before being bent upon
itself into the V-shaped grip.
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Figure 9 represents a plan of the sheet metal blank from which the body of the
moulding hook is made.
Figure 10 shows the blank after being ornamented and pierced at parts for the
cord grip attachment to be passed through.
Figure 11 is a front elevation of the body blank after the hook round which the
cord passes has been fashioned, and
Figure 12 is a front elevation of the finished body of the suspender.
The same letters of reference indicato corresponding parts in the said Figures 1
to 12 of the drawing.
In carrying out this form of my invention in connection with a moulding hook a,
I provide the inside of the lower hook suspending end a¹, over which a picture cord
passes, with a V-shaped clip or cord gripping attachment b, whose returned or
lower end part 61, passes or extends through a piercing or hole a², in the bottom
of the said hook a¹, the clearance being sufficient to admit of the slight opening
and closing of the opposite arms 62, 63, of the attachment, the entrance 6, to which
is somewhat spread, and the free end 65, of one branch or arm 62, impinges against
the inside of the hook, whilst the other branch 63, is connected to, and is suspended
from the back walls of the hook by an end ear 66, being passed through a hole a³,
in and clenched over behind the same.
The inner presented middle part of the arm 63, adjacent to the throttling or
contraction 67, is brought forward at 68, whilst the opposite part of the other arm 6³,

page_text: which constitutes, as it were, a tongue piece, is set back at 69, so that the cord c, at
the point where it is nipped, is made to take a slightly undulatory or bent course,
(see Figure 2) is thereby prevented from running in a straight line, hence a more
efficient grip as is the top hook of the suspender, which takes over a moulding or
like projection from which a picture or the like is to be hung, although the suspen-
sion device may be secured to a wall or surface by nails or pins passed through
holes in an attachment plate, as represented in the wall hook shown in front
elevation in Figure 13 and edge view in Figure 14, in which a¹ is the cord suspend-
ing hook, 6 the cord grip (which is of the same construction as in the preceding
arrangement) and as the attachment plate of the article.
Figure 15 represents a front elevation of another form of my invention.
Figure 16 is a side elevation thereof and Figure 17 a vertical section upon the
dotted line x¹.
Figure 18 is a plan of the blank, from which this form of moulding hook, having
the cord-grip formed integrally with it, is made.
In this arrangement, instead of the grip piece b, being made separate and
attached within the hook, as in the preceding forms, it is made from out of the
metal of the hook a', itself by piercing the blank as shown in Figure 18, so as to
make a spring tongue 1, shaped into the figure of a letter V, whilst the nipping
part 63 is returned back or bent upwards and comes opposite the piercing or gap
between the branches of the tongue, so that the cord, which enters the grip by a
lead at 63, is bent at the point where it is held and thus direct running of the same
is prevented. Or a single gripping tongue of suitable shape may be cut out of the
metal of either side of the hook.
Figure 19 represents in vertical section, another modification of my invention.
in which the cord link part of the suspender is made of such a form as also, in
itself, to constitute a cord grip. Figure 20 is a cross section of the same.
a is the lower or cord hook, the front and back walls of which are brought
sufficiently close together to constitute a friction or spring cord grip, having an
entrance lead at a³, whilst the opposite parts a, a, are corrugated so as to make
that part of the cord resting on the hook take a curved or undulatory figure thus
forming an additional security against the same shifting from its adjusted position.
The application of my invention to other picture and like suspenders differs in
no essential respect from its application to moulding hooks and wall hooks ag
hereinbefore described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
First: A moulding hook, wall hook or other picture or like suspender, having,
or being provided with a friction or spring cord-cleat, clamp, or clip for the purpose
of holding the cord after adjustment and preventing it from running.
Secondly: In moulding hooks, wall hooks and other picture and like suspenders,
providing or fitting within the hook,, a spring-sided cord-gripping attachment,
substantially as described and set forth in Figures 1 to 14.
Thirdly: In moulding hooks, wall hooks and other picture and like suspenders
having friction or spring cord grips, making the sides or arms of the said grip out
of the metal of the body of the hook, substantially as described and set forth in
Figures 15 to 20.