Improvements in Hooks and their Attachments.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 24th May, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 24th Feb., 1890-Accepted, 29th Mar., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hooks and their Attachments.
I SAMUEL WARD of 36 Church Lane, Smethwick, in the County of Staffordshire,
Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows
:-
My invention has for its object to make a suspended hook for carrying meat or
any domestic article, such as a kettle, saucepan or boiling pot, in such a manner
that while it is perfectly safe and easily attached, it is completely adjustable in every
position.
That is to say: The object upon the hook may be raised or lowered or swung round
with ease and safety.
In carrying my invention into effect I construct a hanger or central support for a
pot hook by forming the main or central stem as a series of cones or circular steps ;
while the top or attaching portion of the hanger I form with a bent or spiral end
which while admitting of its easy application to a rod or bar is yet perfectly safe and
secure when applied to it by reason of the peculiarly formed end embracing the
supporting rod or bar and not simply hanging upon its upper surface as is the case
with the ordinary hook.
To the central stepped or coned stem I attach a hook with a bow formed end,
which while passing freely up and down the stem will rest upon the projection
formed by the smaller diameter of one cone meeting the large diameter of the next
cone beneath it.
Upon this projection or neck one side of the bow end of the hook will rest, while
the opposite upper side of the bow end will press against the upper surface of the
cone, and thus the hook will be suspended upon any particular cone that may be
desired.
The bow end will also turn freely upon the central cone stem thereby swinging
round the hook in a complete circle. The bow end of the hook may be raised or
lowered upon any cone or stem with ease thus making with the turning motion a
complete adjustment.
when making a hook
circular or flat spiral,
embraced by it; the
I sometimes dispense with the central stepped or coned stem
to attach to a plain circular or flat bar by forming one end as a
so that the bar is not simply hung upon by the hook but is
end being formed so that it may be under as well as over the supporting bar.
By this latter arrangement I make an easy and safe attachment to any kind or form
of bar with equal advantage.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hooks and their Attachments.
I, SAMUEL WARD of 36, Church Lane, Smethwick in the County of Stafford,
Mechanical Engineer 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 has for its object to make a suspended hook for carrying meat

page_text: or any domestic article such as a kettle, saucepan or boiling pot, in such a manner,
that while it is perfectly safe and easily attached, it is completely adjustable in every
position.
That is to say-The object upon the hook may be raised or lowered or. swung
round with ease and safety.
In carrying my invention into effect I construct a hanger or central support for a
pot hook, by forming the main or central stem as a series of cones or circular steps;
while the top or attaching portion of the hanger I form with a bent or spiral end,
which, while admitting of its easy application to a rod or bar is yet perfectly safe
and secure when applied to it by reason of the peculiarly formed end embracing the
supporting rod or bar, and not simply hanging upon its upper surface as is the case
with the ordinary hook.
To the central stepped or coned stem I attach a hook with a bow formed end,
which, while passing freely up and down the stem will rest upon the projection
formed by the smaller diameter of one cone meeting the large diameter of the next
cone beneath it.
Upon the projection or neck, one side of the bow end of the hook will rest,
while the opposite upper side of the bow end will press against the upper surface
of the cone, and thus the hook will be suspended upon any particular cone that
may be desired.
The bow end will also turn freely upon the central cone stem, thereby swinging
round the hook in a complete circle.
The bow end of the hook may be raised or lowered upon any cone or stem with
ease, thus making with the turning motion a complete adjustment.
I sometimes dispense with the central stepped or coned stem when making a
hook to attach to a plain circular, or flat bar by forming one end as a circular or
flat spiral so that the bar is not simply hung upon by the hook; but is embraced by
it, the end being formed so that it may be under as well as over the supporting
bar.
By this latter arrangement I make an easy and safe attachment to any kind or
form of bar with equal advantage.
In order that my invention may be properly understood and readily carried
into effect, I append hereunto one sheet of explanatory drawings to be hereinafter
referred to.
Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved safety hook and hanger having the
stem or body portion A formed as a series of steps or ledges A¹ upon which the
supporting hook C can freely slide, the shoulders A¹ serving as supports for the bow
or ring end C of my improved hook. The end or upper portion B of the hanger
I form as a spirally curved hook B₁ to attach to any bar or rod in a manner which,
while being easy of adaptation is yet secure and perfectly safe when in position I
construct the hanger body A preferably of cast iron with the upper portion B of
wrought iron, the hook C I also prefer to construct out of malleable or toughened
cast iron, although other suitable metals and material may be employed.
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
claim is :-
I. The construction of a hanger for supporting and carrying pots and other like
articles, having steps for admitting of the rise and fall of the suspended article ;
and which also admits of such article being freely turned round upon the hook,
substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawing.
a spiral for
II. The construction of a safety hook having its end formed as
engaging with the supporting pin, rod, or bar for the purposes hereinbefore described,
and substantially as illustrated in the accompanying drawing,

page_text: III. The construction of a sliding hook formed with a bow or ring end for the
purpose herein before described, and as illustrated by the parts lettered C and C¹ in
the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 22nd day of February 1890
MARKS & CLERK,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for Applicant.