IMPROVEMENTS IN CROCHET HOOKS
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Zaccheus Shrimpton and John William Shrimpton, of
Redditch, in the County of Worcester, Manufacturers, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN CROCHET HOOKS."
Sealed the 22nd January 1878, and dated the 1st August 1877.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Zaccheus Shrimpton and
John William Shrimpton at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
1st August 1877.
ZACCHEUS SHRIMPTON and JOHN WILLIAM SHRIMPTON, of Redditch, in the County
of Worcester, Manufacturers. "IMPROVEMENTS IN CROCHET HOOKS."
This Invention relates to the securing the hook within the handle or case, and
also to modes of labelling or marking each article so that its size or number may be
readily distinguished. These improvements are shewn in the accompanying
Drawings.
In Figure 1 the hook (a) has a hole pierced at the top like the eye of a common
needle, and a rivet is passed through this eye and secures to the hook a piece of thin
metal (b) bent over at the top, as seen at (c); the hook is then put into the case
or handle (d), when the metal knib (b) is brought through a slot in the case and is
closed down, as seen at (e), thus securing the hook in the case or handle; a metal
cap covers the top of the handle, and upon this cap is stamped, embossed, or other-
wise marked, the number, character, or size of the hook, as seen at (1 A).
Figure 2 represents a modification of the above, in which a similar result is
obtained by bringing the knib (b) through and closing it down upon the cap, and in
Figure 3 the head of the hook is received between two prongs on the cap, and a
rivet secures all the parts together, as at (✓); the prongs on the cap are, in this
case, pushed into the handle, leaving the disc free for the number, as seen at
3 A

page_text: In Figure 4 the top of the hook, instead of being pierced, is furnished with a head
over which the number cap is closed, and it may then be inserted in any suitable
handle, and Figure 5 shews a number plate formed as a collar and clasping the case
or holder. Or, by another mode, the knib (b) may be enlarged to a sufficient size
to receive the number, and thus answer a double purpose.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Zaccheus Shrimpton and John William Shrimpton in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 28th January 1878.
ZACCHEUS SHRIMPTON and JOHN WILLIAM SHRIMPTON, of Redditch, in the County
of Worcester, Manufacturers. "IMPROVEMENTS IN CROCHET HOoks."
This Invention relates to the securing the hook within the handle or case, and
also to modes of labelling or marking each article so that its size or number may be
readily distinguished, which improvements are shewn in the accompanying
Drawings.
In Figure 1 the hook (a) has a hole pierced at the top like the eye of a common
needle, and a rivet is passed through this eye and secures to the hook a piece of thin
metal (b) bent over at the top, as seen at (c); the hook is then put into the case or
handle (d), when the metal knib (b) is brought through a slot in the case and is
closed down, as seen at (e), thus securing the hook in the case or handle. A metal
cap covers the top of the handle, and upon this cap is stamped, embossed, or other-
wise marked, the number, character, or size of the hook, as seen at (1ª).
In the group of Drawings represented under (Figure 2), the thin piece of metal
(b) is dispensed with and the hook is secured by a rivet passed through holes in the
handle and through the eye of the hook, and then closed down into the handle, and
in Figure 3 the hook itself has its upper end formed into a rivet, which is inserted in
the slot of the handle, and closed down upon it, and thus secured.
Figure 4 represents a modification of the above, in which a similar result is
obtained by bringing the knib (b) through and closing it down upon the cap, and in
Figure 5 the head of the hook is received between two prongs on the cap, and a
rivet secures all the parts together, as at (f). The prongs on the cap are in this
case pushed into the handle, leaving the disc free for the number, as seen at
(34).
In Figure 6 the top of the hook, instead of being pierced, is furnished with a head
over which the number cap is closed, and it may then be inserted in any suitable
handle, and Figure 7 shews a number plate formed as a collar and clasping the case
or holder. Or, by another method, the knib (b) may be enlarged to a sufficient size
to receive the number, and thus answer a double purpose.
Figures 8, 9, and 10 shew various modes of attaching the number label to skeleton
or loop-handled hooks. In Figure 8 the label piece passes through a hole in the
flattened head of the loop, and is then rivetted [to the hook. In Figure 9 the
arrangement is somewhat similar, but for a side label instead of a top one, and
Figure 10 is the reverse of Figure 8, the loop or handle passing through the label
piece. The small numbers within circles represent the size or label.

page_text: Having thus described the nature of our said Invention and the manner in which
the same is to be performed, we claim the several improvements in securing the
hooks within the cases or holders of crochet hooks, and also the modes of attaching
the labels or numbers, as herein more fully set forth and specified.
In witness whereof, we, the said Zaccheus Shrimpton and John William
Shrimpton, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Twenty-fourth day of
January, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
ht
ZACCHEUS SHRIMPTON.
(L.S.)
JOHN WILLIAM SHRIMPTON. (L.S.)