Improvements in Hooкs and yes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 20. mar., 19
Complete Specification Left, 10th Dec., 1895-Accepted, 11th Jan., 1896
1, ABRAHAM JACOBS, of 307 Gratiot Avenue, of the City of Detroit, Michigan,
United States of America, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
The invention consists in the construction of a hook or an eye, and particularly
in the construction of the securing portion thereof.
At the present time such hocks and eyes are secured by sewing by hand, the
threads passing over side bars or through loops formed in the securing portion of
the same.
My invention enables me to secure such hooks and eyes without hand sewing.
To this end 1 construct a hook or eye with two bars, which are adapted to be
forced through the cloth of the garment leaving the hook or the eye portion on the
outside, and then connect these side bars by means of a cross bar having means at
its ends for detachably engaging the side bars. A loop of tape or cloth is then
engaged with the cross bar, and when the operator is sewing a cross seam, the ends
of the loop are sewed in position, which thus secures the hook or eye in proper
position.
I also provide means, such as bends or shoulders in the side bars, to prevent the
cloth from being pushed up the bars to expose the same.
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March 1905
ABRAHAM JACOBS.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Hooкs and yes.
I, ABRAHAM JACOBS, of 307 Gratiot Avenue, of the City of Detroit, Michigan,
United States of America, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The invention consists in the construction of a hook and eye, and particularly in
the construction of the means for securing the hook or the eye member to a
garment.
The invention in detail consists in the construction of a securing frame, having
a cross bar, the frame being so constructed that it may be opened, as by turning or
removing the cross bar, to enable the cross bar to be engaged in a loop of cloth
secured to the garment.
The invention further consists in the construction, arrangement and combination
of the various parts, all as more fully hereinafter described.
In the drawings,
Fig. 1 is an elevation of a hook and eye secured upon the meeting edges of a
garment, the two members illustrating slightly modified constructions.

page_text: Fig. 2 is a diagram section through a garment showing my hook and eye attached
and connected as in use.
Figs. 3 and 4 are perspective views of hooks embodying my invention.
Fig. 5 is a perspective view of an eye.
Fig. 6 is a perspective view illustrating the construction of the joint between
the cross bar and one of the sides of the securing frame of the hook or eye.
Fig. 7 is a sectional elevation of the cross bar and the ends of the sides of the
securing frame.
Fig. 8 is a similar section showing a slightly modified form of cross bar.
In the prior state of the art such hooks and eyes have been made, with a hook at
one end and a securing frame or loops at the other end. These securing frames or
loops have been so constructed as to require that the hook and eye be sewed on by
hand, as sewing machines could not sew over the metallic bars.
My invention enables the operator making pants, cloaks and other garments to
use the sewing machine in attaching the hooks which are attached to a cloth or
other textile loop easily sewed to the garment.
A is a hook (Fig. 3) B is an eye therefor (Fig. 5). As the only part of my
invention relates to the securing means, I will describe the hook member, which
description will apply equally as well to the eye member, except to the eye portion.
thereof.,
:
The hook I preferably form from a single piece of wire bent into the hook
portion a, the ends being bent under the hook, into the parallel legs or side bars b
forming the sides of what I call the securing frame.
.
The ends c of these side bars are pointed, as shown, and near the ends they are
connected by the cross bar d. These sides and cross bar are so constructed that
the securing frame formed thereby may be opened, to engage the cross bar with a
flexible loop C sewed by the seams D to the garment, not far from the edge.
I have shown various ways of effecting this open of the frame, and other ways
may be devised to come within the spirit of my invention.
In Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, I have shown. the legs or sides provided with notched
bearings e, and the ends of the cross bar provided with the bifurcations and
notches on the outer face, to engage with and be locked upon the sides, as plainly
shown in Fig. 7. The cross bar in this construction is slightly longer than the
normal distance between the two legs of the frame, so that when the parts are
engaged together, as shown in Fig. 7, the spring action of the legs of the frame
will hold then from accidental displacement.
In applying this device in the manufacture of pants, and other garments, the
operator forces the pointed ends of the sides of the frame through the cloth at the
point where a hook is to be located and then engages the cross bar with the notched
bar, the bar passing through the loops C, which is sewed as described to the
garment in proper relation to hold the hook (or eye) in the desired position.
When this is thus secured in position it is evident that the garment may be
finished up and thus the hook or the eye be secured in position without any hand
sewing as usually required.
I deem it desirable to prevent the cloth from being forced up to expose the sides
of the securing frame. This may be done in any desired manner. In case the
straight sides are used, as shown in Fig. 3, and at the right hand in Fig. 1, I may
form an arm k integral with the cross-bar which will extend to the beginning of
the hook and act as a stop for the cloth, to prevent its being shoved up on the sides,
but I prefer to form this shoulder or stop integral with the sides by making inward
bends or loops 1, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the shoulder m thereof acting as the
stop for the purpose described.
In Fig. 4 I have shown a hook of the construction designed to engage with a
button. In Fig. 8 I have shown the cross-bar d hinged to one end of one of the
side bars. Other modifications may be used to effect the same purpose without
departing from the spirit of my invention.

page_text: 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 :
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. The herein described hook and eye.
2. The herein described means for detachably securing a hook or eye to. a
garment.
Dated this 10th day of December 1895.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.