Improvements in Hat and Coat or other similar Hooks.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 15th July, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Oct., 1890-Accepted, 22nd N.v., 1850:
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hat and Coat or other similar Hooks.
I HENRY TUDOR OWENS of 12 Bath Street Birmingham in the County of Warwick
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows.:-
This invention relates to the manufacture of hat, coat, and other similar hooks, and
consists in the combination therewith of number or name plates after the following
manner.
Hitherto it has been the custom to secure adjacent to the said hooks, number or
name plates for cloak room purposes, or other identification, but in this my invention
I provide that the said hooks shall be so made, as to receive, and retain therewith a
detachable or non detachable number or name plate, so that one fixing of the hook,
serves for the said hook and the plate.
Generally the base or plate part of the hook is made somewhat larger than usual,
and a central oblong or other shaped recess is formed therein, to receive a plate.
This plate may be of metal having thereon stamped, cast, painted; engraved, or
enamelled &c. a number or name, or it may be of glass, china, or other suitable
substance.
When made of metal, holes or perforations may be provided in the hook base or
frame, and corresponding pieces provided upon the number &c. plate which shall take
thereinto, and which are then turned back, or rivetted or soldered, so that the two are
then permanently combined.
Or in some cases the rear part of the said base is made recessed, so that the plate
may be placed therein, or slid therein.
Such plates may be attached to the hooks, either at the centre, upon the top, side,
or bottom of the base part, according to convenience, or the required exposure to
view.
Dated this 14th das of Iul 1900
CHARLES T. POWELL,
Applicant's Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hat and Coat or other similar Hooks.
I HENRY TUDOR OWENS, of 12 Bath Street Birmingham in the County of Warwick
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 the manufacture of hat, coat and other similar hooks, and
consists in the combination therewith, of number or name plates, after the following
manner.
Hitherto it has been the custom to secure adjacent to the said hooks, number or
name plates, for cloak room, or other identification purposes, but in this my invention,
I provide that the said hooks shall be so made, as to receive combine and retain there-
with a detachable or non detachable number or name plate, so that one fixing of the
book, serves for the said hook and the plate.
Generally the base or plate part of the hook is made somewhat larger than usual,
and a central oblong or other shaped recess is formed therein, to receive a plate.
This plate may be of metal having thereon stamped, cast, painted, engraved, or
enamelled &c. a number or name, or it may be of glass china, or other suitable
substance.

page_text: When made of metal, holes or perforations may be provided in the hook base or
frame, and corresponding pieces provided upon the number &c. plate, which shall
take thereinto, and which are then turned back, or rivetted, or soldered, so that the
two are then permanently combined.
Or, in some cases the rear part of the said base is made recessed, so that the plate
may be placed therein, or slid therein.
:
Such plates may be attached to the hooks, either at the centre, upon the top, side or
bottom of the base part, according to convenience, or the required exposure to view.
As before intimated, this my invention admits of considerable variation in detail
without departing from its nature, and in order to more clearly explain how it is to be
performed, I have appended hereunto illustrative sheets of drawings upon which are
figured views and letters of reference, similar letters of reference referring throughout
the several views to the same thing or part, and in which :-
Fig. 1 is a side, and Fig. 2 a front view of a hat and coat hook, prepared to receive
one form of name or number plate, according to this my invention.
Fig. 3 is a front, and Fig. 4 a plan view of the plate, for hook Fig. 1.
Fig. 5 is a sectional view at A, B, and Fig. 6 a sectional view at C, D, both upon
Fig. 3; while Fig. 7 is a rear view of the plate.
Fig. 8 is a side view and Fig. 9 a front view of the hook &c., when completed.
Figs. 10 to 15 inclusive illustrate the application of this my invention to a hook
made of wire.
Figs. 16 to 19 inclusive show a modification of this my invention in its application
to a wire hook.
Figs. 20 to 23 inclusive show a further modification of this my invention, wherein
the name or number plate is carried below, or, above the base or plate of the hook.
Figs. 24 and 25, show a further modification, wherein the name or number plate is
affixed to the upper part of the hook itself.
Figs. 26 and 27 show a further modification of this my invention in which the
name or number plate is securely affixed to the hook in a depending fashion.
Figs. 28 to 31 further show a modification in which a loose or separate, plate or
block, of wood, metal, glass &c. may be secured to the hook.
In Figs. 1 to 9, a is the cast hook having projections b, b, and central hole c provided
thereon. d is a plate having figures or letters cast thereon, and provided with screw
holes e, e.
At upon the rear part of the plate d, is formed a pin, which, when the
said plate is passed on to the hook, takes into the central hole c, and is then rivetted
over, securing the two parts together. The rear part of the plate d is recessed or
shaped so that the hook fits or embeds itself thereinto, as seen in Figs. 8 and 9, the
projections b, b, fitting in recesses ff.
In Figs. 10 to 15, g is a hook made of wire and of usual construction, to which is
fitted the name or number plate h, (Figs. 12 and 13). As before, the rear part of the
plate is recessed to receive the hook g, to which it is rivetted also as before, by means
of the pin i.
In Figs. 16 to 19, I have shown the name or number plate j, as made of stamped
metal, Fig. 18 being the blank, having ears k, k, k, k, which when the plate is placed
upon the hook, are turned over as seen in section in Fig. 19, thus securing the plate
firmly thereto. Upon this plate; the name or number may be stamped, painted, or
enamelled &c., as may be desired.
In Figs. 20 to 23, I form and attach the said name or number plate by an exten-
sion of the binding plate m; Fig. 22 being a view of the blank, before being attached
to the hook; nn being those parts which are turned over to secure it, as seen in
Fig. 23. Instead of this plate 7 being thus carried below the hook, it will be readily
seen that it may in a similar manner be carried above, or at the side of the said hook
if desired; o, o, are the screw down holes, of which more may be used if required.
In Figs. 24 and 25, I have shown a plate p (similar to j in Fig. 18,) attached to the
upper part of the hook where it assumes a very prominent position, and is readily
seen.
In Figs. 26 and 27, I have shown a further modified arrangement whereby the

page_text: plate 9, is suspended from the hook by means of the link r or its equivalent, in such a
manner as not to be removable therefrom.
In Figs. 28 to 31, I have illustrated a further modification of this my invention
wherein at the base part of the hook an enlarged oblong or other shaped recess s is
provided in which may be placed, a block t of china, wood, glass metal, or other suit-
able material, having thereon the desired number or marks.
This is then covered and secured in position by means of the plate u, which is
rivetted or otherwise secured to the hook, by the rivets v.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
1. The combination with hat and coat or other similar hooks, of a name, mark, or
number plate, substantially as herein described and illustrated.
2. The combination with hat and coat or other similar hooks of the plate d, sub-
stantially as described and shown in Figs. 1 to 9, and for the purposes specified.
3. The modified combination with hat and coat or other similar hooks of the plate h,
substantially as described and shown in Figs. 10 to 15, and for the purposes specified.
4. The modified combination with hat and coat or other similar hooks of the platej,
substantially as described and shown in Figs. 16 to 19, and for the purposes specified.
5. The modified combination with hat and coat or other similar hooks of the
plate 7, substantially as described and shown in Figs. 20 to 23, and for the purposes
specified.
6. The modified combination with hat and coat or other similar hooks of the
plate p, substantially as described and shown in Figs. 24 and 25, and for the purposes
specified.
7. The modified combination with hat and coat or other similar looks of the
plate g, substantially as described as shown in Figs. 26 and 27, and for the purposes
specified.
8. The modified combination with bat and coat or other similar hooks of the recess
part s, block t and plate u, substantially as described and shown in Figs. 28 to 31, and
for the purposes specified.
Dated this 21st day of October 1890
CHARLES T. POWELL,
Applicant's Agent.