An Improved Clip Hook and Sail Hank.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Nov., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 31st May, 1893-Accepted, 1st July, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Clip Hook and Sail Hank.
JOHN WILLIAM BLAKE and STANLEY JAMES BLAKE Ironmongers and
Manufacturers 115 High Street Gosport in the County of Southampton do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention for improvement in clip hooks and sail hanks has for its object to
provide a simple and efficient means whereby rigging tackle or the sails of a yacht
or ship may be more conveniently more safely, and more expeditiously fitted in or
removed from position.
In a clip hook constructed according to this invention the hook is made in two
parts connected with an hinge at the throat or top of the hook, the face of the two
parts are flush and the lower half is fitted with a web or thin rim, each half part
is cut at opposite or convenient sections to avoid detachment from the thimble of
rigging or the stay of a sail; to the throat or top of hook is fitted an eye and a
thimble, or other fitting.
In a sail hank the hook is made exactly similar to that described for a clip hook
but the throat or top part of the bank or hook is fitted with holes for the
convenience of fitting it to the sails of a yacht.
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1000
J. WM. BLAKE.
STANLEY J. BLAKE.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Clip Hook and Sail Hank.
We JOHN WILLIAM BLAKE and STANLEY JAMES BLAKE, Ironmongers and
Manufacturers of 115 High Street, Gosport, in the County of Southampton, 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 for improvements in clip hooks and sail hanks has for its object to
provide a simple and efficient means whereby rigging tackle or the sails of a yacht
or ship can be more conveniently, more safely, and more expeditiously fitted in or
removed from position.
In a clip hook constructed according to this invention the hook is made in two
parts the body part and the closing part formed with open links and hinged together
so as to fit one on the other and form a completely closed link, each part being
formed with a projection taking into the opening of the other part.
In the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings
Figure 1 is a plan of a hook constructed according to this invention and
Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same.
Figure 3 is a side elevation showing the closing part hinged up.
Figure 4 is a plan of the body part of the hook and
Figure 5 is a side elevation of the same.
Figure 6 is a plan of the closing part and
Figure 7 is a side elevation of the same.
The body part a of the hook is formed with a flange or web b following the contour
of the inner surface of the complete link and is provided with an opening c, a
projection d and an eye e or its equivalent for securing it in position. The closing
part is hinged to the body part at g at the end of the hook adjacent to the eye e

page_text: and is adapted to fit around the flange or web b and flush with it. The closing
part is formed with an opening / opposite or nearly so to the opening c on the
body part. The whole when hinged down thus forms a completely closed link.
A closed link can readily be introduced into the hook by folding up the closing
part as shown in Figure 3, inserting the closed link into the body part through
the opening c, and turning it so that the opening in the closing part will pass
over its upper side when folded down.
In a sail hank the hank is made exactly similar to that described for a clip hook
but the throat or top part of the bank or hook is filled with holes for the
convenience of fitting it to the sails of a yacht.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we leclare that what we
claim is :-
1. A clip hook or sail hank having its link formed of two similar open links
hinged together so as to fit one on the other and form a completely closed link
substantially as described.
2. The construction and arrangement of a clip hook or sail hank, substantially
as described with reference to the drawings.
Dated this 31st dow of Mar 1902
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.