Improvements in Hooks and Eyes, and the Manner of Fixing the same.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Oct., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 22nd July, 1896-Accepted, 19th Sept., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hooks and Eyes, and the Manner of Fixing the
same.
I, WILHELM HÖRNER, of Barmen-Wupperfeld, Sternstrasse 37, Rhenish
Prussia Germany, Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:
This invention relates to peculiarly shaped hooks and eyes and the manner of
fixing the same to a woven fabric, especially to a ribbon or strip, to form a
so-called "dress fastener" with or without an elastic stiffening strip therein. I use
hooks and eyes made of wire, the fastening eyelets of which are spread further
apart than usually made, and they are fastened to the fabric by ☐ shaped metal
fasteners and oblong, narrow counter-plates of sheet metal on the rear side of the
stuff, which latter plates have two holes at their enlarged ends corresponding in
distance to those of the fastening eyelets of the hooks and the eyes on the front
side, so that the shaped metal fasteners or clips can be stuck through the two
eyelets of each hook or eye, the woven fabric and the counterplate and then the
hooks and eyes are fastened to the fabric by bending the ends of the clips over the
counterplate at the rear side and pressing the whole tightly, so that the clip
bends round the thickness of the wire eyelet close down to the woven strip in the
eyelets as well as between the two, and in this way secures a solid hold by friction
and by the ends of the clip being bent flat over the counterplate, by a stamp or
other suitable tool.
When used for dress fasteners, a hose-like or hollow part may be woven in the
textile strip to take up an elastic stiffening strip of whalebone or spring-steel or
such like material.
Dated this 20th day of October 1805
WILHELM HORNER,
Per Karl J. Mayer,
Agent.
COMPLETE DIECITICATION
Improvements in Hooks and Eyes, and the Manner of Fixing the
same.
I, WILHELM HÖRNER of Barmen-Wupperfeld, Sternstrasse 37, Rhenish
Prussia, Germany, 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 to peculiarly shaped hooks and eyes and the manner of
fixing the same to a woven fabric, especially to a ribbon or strip to form a
so-called "dress-fastener" with or without an elastic stay therein. I use hooks
and eyes made of wire, the fastening eyelets of which are spread wide apart in
order to get a large bearing surface and therefore better hold; they are fastened
to the woven fabric by U shaped metal cramps or fasteners and oblong narrow
counterplates of sheet-metal on the rear side of the stuff; these counterplates
have two holes at their ends, corresponding to the distance of the legs of the
fastening cramps and to that of the fastening eyelets of the hooks and the eyes

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on the front side, so that these cramps can be stuck through the two fastening
eyelets of each hook and eye, and through the woven fabric and the counterplate
and then the hooks and eyes are fastened to the fabric by bending the ends of the
cramps flat over the counterplate at the rear side and pressing the whole tightly,
so that the fastening cramp bends round and embraces the thickness of the wire of
the eyelet on the front side, going close down to the woven strip between the
eyelets of the hooks and eyes, and in this way secures a solid hold of the latter on
the woven strip by friction.
When used for dress-fasteners the textile strips fitted with said hooks and eyes
may have a hose like or hollow woven part along the closing edges to take up an
elastic stay of whalebone or flat spring-steel or such like material in order to keep
the closing edges straight and smooth without gaps or folds.
The accompanying drawing illustrates a pair of textile strips fitted with the
new style of hooks and eyes and cramps with counterplates, and
Fig. 1 shows a front view partly with closed hooks and eyes and partly in
separated state.
Fig. 2 shows a rear side view of a closed pair of textile strips corresponding to
the lower part of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a cross-section of Fig. 1, lower part.
Fig. 4 is a part of a longitudinal section of Fig. 1 along line I--I.
The woven textile strips D are shown with a hollow-woven or hose-like border G
containing each an elastic stay G of whalebone or steel, along which on the front
face of the strips are standing in regular intervals or distances either alternately
hooks A and eyes B as shown, or on one strip only hooks and on the opposite one
only eyes.
These hooks and eyes have each their eyelets for fixing them C, standing
equally wide-spread and not as commonly used in contact or close to one another,
so that a certain size of cramp H is fit to be stuck through the two eyelets of any
hook or eye of this shape, with its two ends, and, passing through the woven strip,
to appear on the rear side of it. A counterplate of oblong shape F of suitable
thin metal has punched into its ends at a distance from each other equal to that of
the legs of the cramp H suitable holes for slipping it over the ends of said legs
and down to the woven strip, after which the ends of the cramps are bent down
flat inwardly over the counterplate F and the middle part is also pressed down, as
shown in Fig. 4, close to the woven strip, pressing the whole tightly together.
Fastened in this way the hooks and eyes will keep their position steadily without
tendency to deviate sideways, so that their centre-lines are always exactly at the
same distance one from the other, securing so an exact and safe meeting of
hooks and eyes on the two flaps of garments on which they are employed as
fasteners.
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:
In closing devices for ladies dresses or dress-fasteners the use of hooks A and
eyes B having widely spread fastening eyelets C and fixing them to the ribbon of
the dress-fastener or to the edge of the dress by means of metal cramps H on
one side and counterplates F on the other side, both being held together and the
stuff between them, by closely pressing the cramps upon the and partly round the
eyes or hooks and sticking their ends through. the counterplates and pressing them
down flat upon the plates, the whole as set forth and as specified.
Dated this 21st of 1000
WILHELM HÖRNER,
Per Karl J. Mayer,
Agent.