Improvements in Hooks and Eyes for Dresses.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Apr., 1892-Accepted, 14th May. 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hooks and Eyes for Dresses.
I, AUGUST PRYM, of Stolberg, in the Province of the Rhine, German Empire,
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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in hooks and eyes for dresses, which are
distinguished from the usual construction by placing the eyes used for securing the
hooks to the fabric farther away from the middle part of the hooks than hitherto,
and by bending the part of the wire between the said middle part and the before
mentioned fastening-eyes once or more, whereby it is easier to secure the hooks or
eyes in a perfectly firm manner without exerting any pull on the fabric. The
hooks or eyes are thus sewed to the latter not only at the fastening-eyes, but also
along the above mentioned bends. Another advantage of my improved construction
is, that it is not necessary to ascertain by measurement the exact place where each
hook or eye is to be sewed, but the said hooks or eyes are simply placed one beside
the other with their fastening-eyes in contact with each other. My invention does
therefore reside especially in the formation of the above mentioned bends and in
the particular location of the fastening-eyes, but the form of the eye or hook itself
forms no material part of my invention and the hooks or eyes proper may have any
of the usual shapes.
I have also constructed as an additional improvement a hook having a nose of
such form, that it will allow the corresponding eye to pass only upon using a
certain pressure and thus I prevent the eyes from slipping out of the hooks by
themselves.
In order to make my meaning clear, I have appended hereunto a sheet of
drawings, of which:
Fig. 1 is an upper view of my improved hook, and
Fig. 2 a similar view of my improved eye;
Figs. 3 & 4 are side-elevations of Figures 1 & 2 respectively.
The hook proper a a' has a nose a² formed by bending the under arm a¹, the
ends ee of the arm a¹ are bent about at right angles, forming hereafter undula-
tions e²e and provided at their free ends with the usual fastening-eyes ees. The
nose a² may of course, without departing from the nature of my invention, be
formed by bending the upper arm a, the under arm a' remaining straight.
The eye proper bis bent in the same manner at c c c c³, having at its ends the
fastening-eyes cc.
When sewing a series of hooks or eyes to a dress the same are placed so that the
fastening-eye e or e¹ of the one touches the fastening-eye or c of the next, thus
the hooks a or eyes e are placed at regular intervals. The stitches are not only
made at the fastening-eyes et ecc, but also at the bends e to e³ and to c³, thus
the hooks and eyes are very firmly secured to the fabric. The eyes 6 are inserted
between the parts a a¹ of the corresponding hooks and it requires a certain
pressure to force the eye b past the nose a². But when the eye has been drawn
behind the nose a³, it is not possible for the said eye to disengage itself from the
hook, unless it be drawn out intentionally.
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. Hooks and eyes for dresses, provided with one or several bends (e to e³ or
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respectivalul and the main part of

page_text: the hook or eye, substantially as shewn and described with reference to the accom-
panying drawing.
2. A hook for dresses provided with a nose (a²) formed by bending one of its
arms (a or a¹), for the purpose as described.
Dated this 11th day of April 1892.
AUGUST PRYM,
By Geo. H. Rayner,
Agent for the Applicant.