An Improved Picture Suspender.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Picture Suspender.
1 ALFRED VICTOR INGALL of Broomfield, Gravelly Hill, Birmingham in the
County of Warwick, Architect and Surveyor do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
My invention has reference to the class of suspenders or hooks, which are employed
in connection with rods or rails fixed on the walls of rooms near the ceiling, such
suspenders being free to slide along the rails in any direction for the purpose of
altering and adjusting the position of the pictures upon the wall.
My invention consists of a suspender made of a single piece of wire, and is carried
out briefly in the following manner-I take a piece of wire of iron, steel, brass or
other suitable material about nine inches long and about one eighth of an inch in
diameter. I first bend this wire into an outline or figure which may roughly be
described as pear shaped, the two ends of the wire meeting at a point central to the
wider end of this figure, I then bend either end of this figure in opposite directions
forming a new figure roughly resembling a capital S. This forms my suspender, the
wider end being designed to hook over the rail or rod before referred to, and the
narrower end to hold the cord of the picture.
Two advantages claimed for the invention are
1st. That the round shape of the wire obviates the cutting of the picture cord as in
similar hooks made of sheet metal.
2nd. That the cheapness of manufacture would bring these suspenders within the
reach of all.
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ALFRED VICTOR INGALL,
Broomfield, Gravelly Hill, Birmingham
I, ALFRED VICTOR INGALL, of Broomfield, Gravelly Hill, Birmingham, Architect
and Surveyor, 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 improved picture suspender is one of that class of suspenders or hooks which
are employed in connection with rods or rails fixed on walls of rooms near the
ceilings, such suspenders being free to slide over the rails or rods in any direction
for the purpose of altering and adjusting the positions of the pictures upon the wall.
My invention consists of a suspencer made of a single piece of wire as I will
describe by referring to the accompanying drawing on which Fig. 1 is a front
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page_text: elevation and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of my said improved picture suspender and
Fig. 3 is a view shewing the piece of wire partly formed into the said picture hook or
suspender shewn by Figs. 1 and 2.
In carrying out my invention I take a piece of wire of iron steel brass or other
suitable metal or alloy say about nine inches in length and about one eighth of an
inch in diameter, but I do not limit myself to any particular length of wire as this
depends upon the size of the hook and the strength required. I first bend this
piece of wire into an outline or figure such as shewn by Fig. 3 which may roughly
be described as pear shaped the ends a' a2 of the wire meeting at a point near the
centre of the wider end of the figure. It will be seen that the piece of wire A is
bent centrally at a which forms the small end of the pear and then the figure widens
at the other end at and the end portions of the wire are bent abruptly so as to meet
together at the centre of the figure as stated above. I then bend either end of this
figure in opposite directions forming a new figure which when viewed at the side as
shewn in Fig. 2 roughly resembles the capital letter "S." This forms my suspender
the wider end a being designed to hook over the rail or rod which is indicated by
dotted lines and marked B and the narrower end a being made to hold the picture
cord.
By making the picture suspenders as above described the cost of manufacture is
small and the round shape of the wire obviates the cutting of the picture cord which
is a defect in similar hooks made from sheet metal.
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 :-
The herein described improved picture suspender for carrying a picture cord from
a picture rail or rod the said suspender being formed of a single piece of wire bent
to the form substantially as herein before described and shewn by Figs. 1 and 2 of the
accompanying drawing.
Dated this 12th day of February 1897