IMPROVEMENTS IN CURTAIN HOOKS AND CLIPS FOR SUSPENDING OR SECURING HANGINGS, GAR
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Walker, of Birmingham, in the County.
of Warwick, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
CURTAIN HOOKS AND CLIPS FOR SUSPENDING OR SECURING HANGINGS, GAR-
Scaled the 7th July 1874, and dated the 10th January 1874.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Walker at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
10th January 1874.
I, GEORGE WALKER, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CURTAIN HOOKS AND CLIPS FOR SUSPENDING OR SECURING
HANGINGS, GARMENTS, HATS, AND VARIOUS OTHER ARTICLES," to be as follows,
that is to say :-
I take a blank of metal suitably shaped to form when bent or doubled
a pair of spring jaws or grippers, the bent or doubled end having an eye
to receive a swivel, hook, ring, link, or other means for connection, and

page_text: over the spring jaws or grippers I pass a slotted sliding plate to tighten
the spring jaws or grippers when required, and I indent the sides of the
spring jaws or grippers for the slotted sliding plate to take into, so as to
prevent displacement of the plate when it is adjusted for the holding or
suspending purpose.
To secure a curtain or other article the slotted sliding plate is pulled
back to allow of the distension of the spring jaws or grippers, the article
is then passed between them and the slotted plate, being slid forward
into the indent when the curtain or other article will be securely held,
and the swivel, hook, or other connection may be attached to the eye of
the curtain ring or other means of suspension, and in some cases I
dispense with the addition of the swivel or hook by suspending the
improved hook from the eye end already described.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said George Walker in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 10th July 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
WALKER, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Tenth day of January, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the
thirty-seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said George Walker, Her special
license that I, the said George Walker, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said George Walker, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CURTAIN
HOOKS AND CLIPS FOR SUSPENDING OR SECURING HANGINGS, GARMENTS, HATS, AND
VARIOUS OTHER ARTICLES," upon the condition (amongst others) that

page_text: I, the said George Walker, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and
seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Walker, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement, reference being had to the Drawings
hereunto annexed, and to the letters and figures marked thereupon, that
is to say:
I take a blank of metal, Fig. 1, and suitably shape it as in Fig. 2 to
form when bent or doubled a pair of spring jaws or grippers Fig. 3, the
bent or doubled end having an eye (a) to receive, as shewn in Figs. 4
and 5, a swivel, hook, ring, link, or other means for connection, and over
the spring jaws or grippers I pass a slotted sliding plate (6) seen in the
blank and finished forms in Fig. 6 to tighten the spring jaws or grippers
when required, and I indent or shoulder the sides of the spring jaws or
grippers for the slotted sliding plate (6) to take into, so as to prevent
displacement of the plate when it is adjusted for the holding or
suspending purpose.
To secure a curtain or other article the slotted sliding plate (6) is
pulled back to allow of the distension of the spring jaws or grippers, the
article is then passed between them, the slotted plate (6) being slid
forward into the indents, when the curtain or other article will be
securely held, and the swivel, hook, or other connection may be attached
to the eye of the curtain ring or other means of suspension, and in some
cases I dispense with the addition of the swivel or hook by suspending
the improved hook from the eye end (a) already described.
The meeting edges of the spring jaws or grippers may be either made
as in the plan (c) of Fig. 4, with plain edges, or as in the plan (d) of
Fig. 5, with serrated or roughened edges or teeth.
Having thus described the object and nature of my said Invention,
and the manner in which the same is to be carried into effect, I claim,

page_text: without limiting myself to these precise details, the improvements in
curtain hooks and clips for suspending or securing hangings, garments,
hats, and various other articles, substantially in manner as herein more
fully set forth and specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Walker, have hereunto set 5
my hand and seal, this Eighth day of July, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Walker, have hereunto set 5
hand and seal, this Eighth day of July, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.
my
GEORGE WALKER. (L.S.)