Improvements in Swivel Fittings for Hanging and Attaching Razor Strops and other Articles to their Temporary Supporting Means.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in Swivel Fittings for Hanging and Attaching Razor
Strops and other Articles to their Temporary Supporting Means.
I, THOMAS ALFRED SMITH, Manufacturer, of Charles Street Works, Walsall,
in the County of Stafford, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows;-
This invention relates to swivel fittings for attaching razor strops and other
articles to supports, and consists in certain improvements which allow of the
more universal attachment to different articles than hitherto.
In existing fittings, as enumerated, the attachment part consists simply of a
ring swivelly connected to the D or other shaped loop carrying the razor strop
or other article. This ring will only allow of the fitting's attachment to certain
supports such as a hook, or a knob, and it is frequently found difficult to obtain
a sufficiently rigid suitable support to stand the stropping action of a razor.
According to this invention the attachment limit of the swivel fitting to
general articles is considerably extended; the same being accomplished by con-
structing the attachment ring thereof in the form of two hook-like parts jointedly
connected to each other, and fashioned so that their free terminations overlap
each other side by side and extend clear of a line taken centrally through the
diameter of the ring from the joint of the hook-like parts. These two hook-like
parts form a complete ring when closed, but they open out claw-like, or like the
nose of a pair of pincers, and leave a space between their tips, through which
can be introduced a rod, bar, or its equivalent. When closed upon the said rod
or bar, so long as a pull is exerted, the hook-like parts cannot again be opened,
as the curved parts of their extremities overlap each other and seat themselves
upon the circular exterior of the rod or bar.
Thus is combined a ring and clip for the attachment of the article connected
to the fitting, which, in the case of a razor strop, will allow of support upon a
bedstead rail, knob, hook, bracket, and in an eye or a hole, or other similar
contrivance.
If necessary, the hook-like parts may be fitted with a spring to close them,
and their inner edges faced with rubber or felt to prevent scratching of a rail
or rod upon which they clip.
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page_text: Improvements in Swivel Fittings for Hanging and Attaching Razor
Strops and other Articles to their Temporary Supporting Means.
I, THOMAS ALFRED SMITH, Manufacturer, of Charles Street Works, Walsall,
in the County of Stafford, 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 swivel fittings for attaching razor strops and similar
articles to supports, and consists in certain improvements, hereinafter fully
described, which will allow the said articles a more universal attachment than
hitherto to parts constituting their supports while being used.
In existing fittings as enumerated, the attachment part consists simply of a
solid ring swivelly connected to a D or other shaped loop carrying the razor
strop or other article. This ring will only allow the fitting's attachment to
certain supports such as a hook, or a knob, and it is frequently found difficult
to obtain a sufficiently rigid and suitable support to stand the stropping action
of a razor.
According to this invention the attachment limit of the swivel fitting to
general articles is considerably extended, the same being accomplished by con-
structing the attachment ring thereof in the form of two hook-like parts, jointedly
connected to each other and fashioned so that their free terminations overlap
each other side by side and extend clear of a line taken centrally through the
diameter of the ring from the joint of the hook-like parts. These two hook-
like parts form a complete ring when closed, but they open out claw-like, or like
the nose of a pair of pincers, and leave a space between their tips through which
can be introduced a rod, bar, or its equivalent.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings a razor strop fitting constructed
according to this invention is shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4, the said fitting in
Figs. 1, 2 and 3 being drawn full size and showing, respectively, a part sectional
elevation in its closed position, an edge view, and an elevation in its open position,
Fig. 4 being a view on a reduced scale showing a full length razor strop and
fitting suspended upon a rod or tube.
In the said figs. the ring a² of the fitting a is built up of two hook-like
parts c, c², which are jointedly connected at 3 to each other and to a swivel or
shank, c, working within an eye formed in the crown of the D-shaped loop
or fitting frame d. The free terminations or ends e, e², of the respective hook-
like parts c, c³, overlap each other side by side so as to extend clear of a broken
line, e, taken centrally through the diameter of the ring a from the hook-like
parts' joint, so that when the said ring is closed upon a rod or tube, as shown in
Fig. 4, the pull exerted on the razor strop will not open the said parts; their
extremities overlapping each other and seating themselves upon the circular
exterior of the rod or bar. The hook-like parts c, c², can be opened as in Fig. 3
for engaging any support which cannot be threaded through the eye of the attach-
ment ring a.
Thus is combined a ring and clip for the attachment of the article connected
to the fitting which, in the case of a razor strop as shown, will allow of support
upon any part of a bedstead rail, upon a knob, or a hook, or a bracket, and in an
eye or a hole, or other similar contrivance.
If necessary the hook-like parts c, c², may be fitted with a spring to close them.
and their inner edges faced with rubber or felt to prevent scratching of a rail
or rod around which they fasten.

page_text: As a modification, only one of the hook-like parts of the attachment ring a
may be jointedly connected to the part c, the other hook-like part being made
rigid with the said part c*.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
First. In swivel fittings of the kind set forth, constructing and forming the
attachment ring a of two hook-like parts, c, c, which are connected to a swivel
part, c, carrying them, so that one or both can hinge away, and which are so
constructed that their terminations overlap when closed, for the purpose sub-
stantially as described and set forth.
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
11, Burlington Chambers, New Street, Birmingham,
Also of Liverpool, London and Manchester,
Patent Agents for the Applicant.