Improvements in or relating to Spring Hooks for Fastening Capes, Cloaks, and other Garments.
Year: 1893

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Spring Hooks for Fastening Capes,
Cloaks, and other Garments.
1, CHARLES CROWTHER, of 30 Dale Street, Manchester in the County of
Lancaster, Manufacturer's Agent, 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 to spring hooks such as are employed in combination with
eyes for fastening capes, cloaks, and other garments; the object of this invention
is to facilitate the work of attaching said spring hooks to the garment. I attain
this object by the means hereinafter described, reference being made to the
accompanying sheet of drawings, which represents spring hooks of various patterns
with our invention applied: In the several views therein shown, similar letters refer
to similar parts.
In the construction of a spring hook such as is represented in Fig. 1, I stamp or
press out during the process of manufacture, the piece c, which I bend back so as
to lie near the underside of the hook a; this turned back portion is intended to
be inserted in the fabric d as shown in Fig. 2, which is an edge view of the same
hook; the hook is then further secured by stitching through the holes e in the
ordinary manner.
Fig. 3 represents a spring hook in which the aforesaid piece c is stamped or
pressed out entirely, thereby forming an opening h, enabling the needle employed
for stitching said hook to the garment, to be passed straight through the hole f,
the thread g being carried through said hole, and over the end of and through the
slot has often as may be required.
Fig. 4, represents a spring hook in which the holes e, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3,
are dispensed with, one end of said hook having the piece c turned back as
described in Fig. 1, and the opposite end being formed with said piece stamped or
pressed out entirely, the hook being attached to the garment by the piece cas
described in Fig. 2, and by thread passed through the slot and the hole f as in
Fig. 3.
Fig. 5 is a back view and Fig. 6, a front view of a spring hook, with the piece c
stamped out at both ends, thereby enabling each end to be stitched to the garment
in the manner described in reference to the slot h in Fig. 3.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1st. In spring hooks such as are employed in combination with eyes, for fastening
capes, cloaks and other garments, the construction of said hooks with a piece such
as c on drawings, in the manner and for the purpose substantially as herein before
described.
2nd. In spring hooks such as are employed for fastening capes, cloaks and other
garments, the construction of said hooks with an opening h, in combination with a
hole f, for the purpose and in the manner substantially as herein before described.
Dated this 23rd day of October 1893.
THOMAS PRESCOTT,
53, Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicant.