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Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 11th May 1899
Complete Specification Left, 12th Oct., 1899-Accepted, 17th Mar., 1900
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Complete Specification Left, 12th Oct., 1899-Accepted, 17th Mar.,
1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
mprovements in Locking-hooks for Securing Hats, Coats, and other
We, HERMAN DAREWSKI,
Articles.
of Percy House; Randolph Road, Maida Vale,
London, W., Gentleman, and EDWARD JOSHUA EDWARDES, of 73, Springfield Road,
St. John's Wood, London, N.W., Doctor of Medicine, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
Our contrivance is such that after a hat and coat or other articles have been
hung upon it, their removal is prevented, except by the use of a special key, which
key cannot be withdrawn when the holder is unlocked, but only when it is locked.
The holder consists of a wall-piece, to the lower part of which is attached a
fixed horizontal arm, while the upper part supports a moveable arm furnished at
its further end with a curved plate. The end of this moveable arm next the wall
piece is furnished with a collar which slides on a fixed vertical stem. This stem
is attached above to the wall-piece, and below to the fixed horizontal arm.
The lower (or fixed) horizontal arm supports a hook on which coats and the
like may be hung, and it ends in another hook furnished with a curved plate
adapted to the curved plate aforesaid on the upper arm, for securing hats and
the like. This lower arm is also hollow in part, and this hollow part expands
below into a semicircular expansion immediately above the coat-hook; into this
expanded portion the key is inserted.
The upper arm is moveable up and down the guiding stem by its sliding collar
at one end, while the other end is bent vertically downwards so that its extremity
is vertically over the hat-hook. To the horizontal part of the upper arm is attached
a stem directed vertically downwards, the lower end of which stem passes through
This stem works in a spiral spring contained in a tube
a hole in the lower arm.
attached to the lower arm. This spring presses above against a stop in the vertical
At the lower part of the said vertical
stem and below against the lower arm.
stem is a handle for pulling down the stem, and with it the upper arm.
The action is as follows. When the upper arm is drawn down after a coat and
hat have been hung on their respective hooks, the end of the stem just described
passes into a hole at the end of the coat-hook, while at the same time the end of
the upper arm is lowered so that the hat is clasped close to its rim by the curved
plates; also a hole in the vertical stem comes opposite the bolt of the lock in the
lower arm. The bolt is pressed into this hole by a spring behind it attached to
the wall-piece; thus the action of drawing down the stem locks the apparatus.
To secure the action of the bolt, the stem is flattened on the side next the bolt,
5 which bears against it. The holder is unlocked by a key which can be inserted,
only when the holder is locked, between two projections on the bolt. When the
key is turned it withdraws the bolt from the hole in the stem, which at once rises
Thus both coat and hat
owing to the spring, carrying with it the upper arm.

page_text: are released. But the key cannot be withdrawn till the stem is again pulled
down, which locks the holder and frees the key.
This holder may be adapted to secure bicycles, parcels, umbrellas and other
things.
Dated this Oth dox of Vor 1900
HERMAN DAREWSKI,
EDWARD J. EDWARDES.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Locking-hooks for Securing Hats, Coats, and other
Articles.
We, HERMAN DAREWSKI, of Percy House, Randolph Road, Maida Vale,
London, W., of no occupation, and EDWARD JOSHUA EDWARDES, of 73, Springfield
Road, St. John's Wood, London, N.W., Doctor of Medicine, 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:-
Our invention is such that after a hat and coat, or either singly, or other articles
have been placed on it, or attached to it in the proper manner, their removal is
prevented except by the use of a special key, which key cannot be withdrawn when
the holder is unlocked, but only when it is locked.
The accompanying drawings illustrate one way in which our invention may
be utilized. Figure 1 represents, partly in section, a side view of the holder when
open, and Fig. 2 shows the holder, also in side-view, when closed. Figs. 3, 4,
and 5 represent separate parts of the holder. The same parts in the different
drawings are indicated by the same letters.
The holder consists of a wall-piece A, (see drawings) to the lower part of which
is attached a fixed horizontal arm B, while the upper part supports a moveable
arm C, furnished at its further end with a curved plate I₁. The end of this move-
able arm next the wall-piece is furnished with a collar Y, which slides on a fixed
vertical stem G. This stem is attached above to the wall-piece A, and below to
the fixed horizontal arm B. The latter has a hook D attached to it, on which
coats and other articles may be hung, and it ends in another hook E, which is
furnished with a curved plate I, adapted to the curved plate I, aforesaid on the
moveable arm, for securing hats and the like. This fixed arm, B, is also hollow
in part, and this hollow part expands below into a semi-circular expansion F
immediately above the coat-hook; into this expanded portion the key is inserted.
The upper arm C is moveable up and down the guiding stem G by its sliding
collar at one end, while the other end M is bent vertically downwards so that
its extremity is vertically over the hat-hook E.
To the horizontal part of the upper arm is attached a stem H directed vertically
downwards, the lower end of which stem passes through a hole in the lower arm.
This stem H works in a spiral spring N contained in a tube K; this spring
presses above against a stop Z, (see Fig. 5) in the vertical stem H; and below
against the lower horizontal arm, when the holder is closed. At the lower end of
the said vertical stem is a handle W, Fig. 5, for pulling down the stem, and with
it the upper arm, as shown in Fig. 2.
The action is as follows:-When the upper arm C is drawn down, after a coat
and hat or other articles have been attached to their respective hooks, a pro-
jection J at the end of the vertical stem H passes into a hole L at the end of the
coat-hook D, while at the same time the end of the upper arm C is lowered so
that the hat on the hook E is secured close to its rim by the curved plates afore-
said, one of which is inside the hat, and the other outside; also a hole O, Fig. 5,

page_text: the vertical stem H comes opposite a bolt P contained within the lower arm D.
he bolt is pressed into this hole by a spring T behind it attached to the wall-
iece; thus the action of drawing down the stem locks the apparatus. To secure
he action of the bolt, the stem H is furnished with a slot on the side or aspect
pposite the bolt, which bears against it, (see Fig. 5, Q.)
The holder is unlocked by means of a key S, which can be inserted-only when
he holder is locked-into the key-hole U. the end of the key coming between
wo projections R₁, R₁, on the bolt P. When the key is turned it withdraws
the bolt from the hole in the stem H, which latter at once rises owing to the spring
Thus both coat and
n the enveloping tube K, carrying with it the upper arm.
hat and the like are simultaneously released. But now the key cannot be with-
drawn, till the stem H is again pulled down, which action locks the apparatus
and frees the key so that it can now be removed.
Besides coats and hats and the like, our invention may also by suitable
adaptation be utilized for securing bicycles, umbrellas, parcels, documents, and
other articles.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
1. A locking holder for coats, hats, bicycles, papers, and the like, having an
arm containing a bolt which is acted on by a spring, the said arm being provided
with two separate hooks, for coats and hats and other articles and having also a
moveable arm so arranged that when it is pulled down the articles attached to the
apparatus cannot be released except by the use of a special key, substantially as
described.
2. A lock and key so constructed that the key can be inserted or withdrawn
only when the holder is closed; substantially as described.
3. The combination of parts substantially as described.
11 Jave of October 1899
HERMAN DAREWSKI,
EDWARD J. EDWARDES.