An Appliance for use in Fastening Strings for Training Hops.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Feb., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 15th Nov., 1893-Accepted, 30th Dec., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Appliance for use in Fastening Strings for Training Hops.
I, THOMAS TOMKINS GALLIERS, of Wistaston, near Weobley, in the County
of Hereford, Hop Grower, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
:
My invention relates to the attachment or fastening of strings and the like for
training hops, and it consists essentially in the employment of pieces of metal,
wood or other suitable material having V-shaped openings so that when the string
or other material is placed in the said opening and pulled towards its narrow end
it becomes so firmly wedged between the inclined surfaces that tying is unnecessary
to secure it.
My invention is especially applicable to the attachment of strings to horizontal
wires for training hops and for this purpose I provide the horizontal wires with
V-shaped hooks so that when the strings are placed in the said hooks and pulled
tight they will not slip but will be securely held without tying, knotting or any
other action being necessary.
Dated this 16th day of February 1893.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Appliance for use in Fastening Strings for Training Hops.
I, THOMAS TOMKINS GALLIERS, of Wistaston, near Weobley, in the County
of Hereford, Hop Grower, 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:-
My invention relates to the attachment or fastening of strings for training hops,
and it consists essentially in the employment of pieces of metal, or other suitable
material having V-shaped openings so that when the string is placed in the said
opening and pulled towards its narrow end it becomes so firmly wedged between
the inclined surfaces that tying is unnecessary to secure it.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe how it can be
carried into practice by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which :-
Figures 1 and 2 are respectively a front view and a side view of my appliance
for fastening strings for training hops the said figures representing the appliance
adapted to a horizontal wire for securing the upper ends of the said strings.
Figures 3 and 4 are elevations shewing the appliance adapted to secure the
lower ends of the said strings.
Figure 5 is a plan of Figure 4.
Figure 6 is a view illustrating the use of a number of the appliances shewn in
Figures 1 to 4 for holding or securing lengths of string.
Figures 7 and 8 are elevations at right angles to each other of a modified form
of my appliance.
Similar letters of reference indicate similar or corresponding parts throughout
the drawings.
a is the appliance, which consists of wire bent so as to form a V-shaped
opening b.

page_text: By placing the string c or the like within the opening band pulling it towards
the narrow end thereof it becomes firmly wedged as clearly indicated in Figures 1
to 4, thereby rendering tying unnecessary to secure it.
d, Figures 1, 2 and 6 is the horizontal wire to which my appliances a can be
adapted for securing 'the upper ends of the strings c the said appliances being
attached to and suspended from the said horizontal wire d, by means of an eye e
formed thereon.
The appliances a are advantageously formed with extensions a' forming guards
for preventing bill hooks or the like from entering the openings and injuring the
appliances.
Figures 3, 4, 5 and 6 shew my appliances a adapted for securing the lower ends
of the strings c the said appliances being formed with a plain stem as in Figure 3
which is pressed into the ground or with a stem having a coiled end has in
Figures 4 and 5 which is placed in a hole in the ground made to receive it, the hole
being then covered in with earth:
The wire d, having a number of the appliances a Figures 1 and 2 thereon is
as shewn in Figure 6 supported on poles i, i stayed in any suitable manner such
for instance as by stays,, and the proper number of appliances a, Figures 3, 4
and 5, are driven or fixed in the ground.
The stringing is effected by engaging the ends of strings c with the upper and
lower appliances a as shewn, thereby producing a number of separate supports or
strings c for the hops to climb.
Instead of forming my appliances with an eye e to enable them to be supported
on a horizontal wire, I can form them as indicated either by the dotted lines 7 or m
in Figure 2, so that they can be driven into suitable supports or holders.
Figures 7 and 8 show how my appliances a can be applied to a peg intended to
be driven into the ground in order to secure the lower end of the string c the
said appliances being attached to the pegs by means of staples f¹ in which eyes e
formed on the appliances a are engaged.
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. An appliance for use in fastening strings for training hops consisting of a piece
of metal, or other suitable material having a V-shaped opening so that when the
string is placed in the said opening and pulled towards its narrow end it becomes
so firmly wedged between the inclined surfaces that tying is unnecessary, substan-
tially as hereinbefore described.
2. The manufacture and use of the improved appliances for fastening strings
for training hops, hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
Dated the 15th dow of Naamhan 1000
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.