An Improved Clamp for Suspending or Holding Clothes and other articles, and also designed for use in connection with Boot and Shoe Horns or Lifts.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Feb., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Nov., 1892-Accepted, 21st Jan., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Clamp for Suspending or Holding Clothes and other
articles, and also designed for use in connection with Boot and
Shoe Horns or Lifts.
I, LOUIS HELLER, of Minden, Westphalia, in the Empire of Germany, Lock-
smith, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved clamp which is designed for suspending or
holding clothes and other articles, and also for use in connection with boot and
shoe horns or lifts.
When using this improved clamp for the latter purpose I arrange it upon the
rear side of a metal plate having the shape of the well-known boot and shoe horns
or lifts so that when putting on the boot or shoe it will seize the leather heel-piece.
This clamp comprises a lever pivoted to a lug or projection which is provided on
the rear side of the said plate, one end of this lever carrying a clamping disc or
similar device, whilst to the other end is pivoted a lever provided with an eccentric.
By turning this lever the eccentric causes the clamping disc to press against the shoe
heel-piece, so that the latter will be firmly seized. When putting on the boot or
shoe a pull may be exerted upon its heel-piece, in order to facilitate the slipping
of the foot into the same. For this purpose the upper end of the eccentric lever is
preferably bent round or provided with a handle.
On turning back the eccentric lever the clamping disc will also move back,
which is facilitated by a spring acting upon the upper extremity of the clamping
lever, which is then held in the open position by the said spring.
A horn or lift provided with the clamp may be used for putting on shoes, half
boots and jack-boots in lieu of the loops or straps. For putting on long boots I
use a horn or lift on each side, thus dispensing with the loops or straps which are
often inconvenient.
When the improved clamp is to be used for suspending or holding clothes or for
similar purposes, I arrange a knob on the metallic plate and a hook on the clamp-
ing lever. In this case the plate is made straight, in order to enable it to be
fixed to the wall. The clamping disc is adapted to press against the said knob.
If the article to be suspended has no strap to it, or if this strap is not to be used,
the article is clamped between the knob and the clamping disc.
Dated this 23rd day of February 1892.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Clamp for Suspending or Holding Clothes and other
articles, and also designed for use in connection with Boot and
Shoe Horns or Lifts.
I, LOUIS HELLER, of Minden, Westphalia, in the Empire of Germany, Lock-
smith, 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 an improved clamp which is designed for suspending or
holding clothes and other articles, and also for use in connection with boot and
shoe home or lifte

page_text: In the accompanying drawing I have shown how my said invention may be
conveniently and advantageously carried into practice.
Figure 1 represents the clamping device as used in connection with a shoe horn
or boot horn in its open position.
Figure 2 is a similar view showing the same closed.
Figure 3 is a side elevation, and
Figure 4 a front elevation showing the application of the device as a clothes
holder or as a means for suspending covers, carpets and the like.
When using this improved clamp in connection with a boot and shoe horn as
shown in Figures 1 and 2, I arrange it upon the rear side of a metal plate p having
the shape of the well-known boot and shoe horns or lifts so that when putting on
the boot or shoe it will seize the leather of the said shoe. This clamp comprises
a lever h pivoted to a lug bor projection which is provided on the rear side of the
said plate, one end of this lever being provided with a clamping disc or roller y
or similar device, whilst to the other end is pivoted a lever provided with an
eccentric e. By turning this lever f from the position shown in Figure 1 to the
position shown in Figure 2 the eccentric e causes the clamping disc to press against
the upper part of the shoe so that the latter will be firmly seized. When putting
on the boot or shoe a pull may be exerted upon the said boot or shoe in order to
facilitate the slipping of the foot into the same. For this purpose the upper end
of the eccentric lever fas represented is preferably bent round or provided with a
handle.
On turning back the eccentric lever f the clamping disc or roller g will also
move back, which is facilitated by a spring a acting upon the upper extremity of
the clamping lever h, which is then held in the open position by the said spring as
shown in Figure 1.
A horn or lift provided with the clamp may be used for putting on shoes, half
boots and jack-boots in lieu of the loops or straps. For putting on long boots I
use a horn or lift on each side, thus dispensing with the loops or straps, which are
often inconvenient.
When the improved clamp is to be used for suspending or holding clothes or for
similar purposes, as shown in Figures 3 and 4 I arrange a knob k on the metallic
plate p and a hook on the clamping lever. In this case the plate is made
straight, in order to enable it to be fixed to the wall. The clamping disc or
roller is adapted to press against the said knob k. If the article to be suspended
has no strap to it, or if this strap is not to be used, the article is clamped between
the knob k and the clamping disc or roller 9.
g
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 :-
First. A clamp for suspending or holding clothes and other articles, especially
for use in connection with boot and shoe horns or lifts characterized by a lever (1)
pivoted to the plate (p) and one arm of which can be lifted by means of au
eccentric (e), in order to press the other lever arm by means of a clamping disc or
the like against the plate and to firmly hold the article.
Second. The arrangement of the knob k, against which the clamping disc or
roller gpresses, for the purpose of utilizing the clamp to hold fabrics and clothes.
Third. The arrangement of the hook ' on the lever has described with reference
to Figures 3 and 4 of the drawing.
Dated this 23rd day of November 1892.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.