Improvements in or relating to' Hooks and Eyes."
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION."
Improvements in or relating to' Hooks and Eyes."
We, JOSEPH FRANK SCHOEPPL, Tailor, and WILLIAM HEEREN, Manufacturing
Jeweller, both of Penn Avenue and Eighth Street, City of Pittsburg, County of
Allegheny, and State of Pennsylvania, United States of America, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
"
This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in hooks and eyes,
and relates more particularly to that class of hook and eye connections that may
be readily applied to garments without the necessity of stitching.
The invention has for its further object. the provision of novel means whereby the
hook and eye connection when inserted in the garment will assume a rigid and fixed
relation thereto; furthermore to so construct the above referred to parts that will
effectually prevent the cloth from becoming worn at the points of insertion of the.
hook and eye connection.
The invention further aims to securely lodge the hook and eye members within the
fabric and prevent any lateral movement of the device; furthermore, to design a
hook and eye connection of the above referred to class, that will be extremely
simple in its construction, strong, durable, and comparatively inexpensive to
manufacture..
According to this invention the hook portion proper is connected by a neck to the
body portion. The body portion has wings arranged at its sides, and suitably
connected therewith. The lower part of the device carries a frame, having a cut
away portion, and centrally arranged at the lower extremity of the cut away portion
is provided an upwardly extending barb. The interior sides of the frame near its
base carry inwardly projecting shoulders, and centrally located at the lower extremity
of the frame is arranged an eyelet. Or the hook may be provided with a tongue
arranged to the neck portion and provided with a hump or indent. Eyelets may be
also arranged at the lower, extremity of the frame and the barb. If desired the
wings may extend almost the length of the frame and may be provided with eyelets
or with barbs; the hody portion is also provided with a downwardly extending
tongue. The hook portion may also be provided with a tongue, and the wings with
barbs.
The eye connection may be arranged with a cross bar, provided with connecting
strips, said strips connecting the cross bars and downwardly extending wings,
provided at their upper extremity with shoulders. These wings may be formed with
a single eyelet or with a series of holes, or with barbs: Or the cross bar may be
provided at the ends with shoulders projecting on each side, or the 'downwardly
extending shoulders may be extended if desired, or the cross bar may be constructed
..with downwardly extending shoulders which converge towards the wings.
The hook connection is inserted in the fabric as follows:-
One of the wings is inserted in the fabric, thus allowing the operator to exert a
greater amount of force than is the case where it is necessary to insert both wings
simultaneously, and the opposite wing is then forced into the fabric. In order to
accurately guage and insert the barb of the frame in the fabric in its proper position,
the fabric is marked at the point corresponding with the eyelet, this point is, then
brought in contact with the barb, the latter being forced through the fabric at this

page_text: point, the shoulders formed on the frame serving to hold the goods in a perfectly
smooth condition, between the shoulders and the sides of the frame. When the
underlining of the garment or the goods are composed of a delicate material, we
have found it advantageous to apply a band or tape through the barb, which will
serve to divide the strain of the fabric. When the hook connection is in the position
as above described, a slot is cut in the piece of goods to form the covering for the
front of the hook; this slot should be eut less in width than the hook, and is
then slipped over the latter; by this operation, the fabric will slightly expand
as it passes over the hook proper and will retract when the slot cut in the goods
reaches the narrow neck, the fabric being securely lodged between the shoulders of
the wings and body portion of the hook and prevented from moving in either
direction.
The hook may also be lodged in the fabric by inserting both wings in the fabric
simultaneously, the tongue forming a clamp, the latter being oppositely curved to
that of the wings, thereby serving to securely clamp the fabric between the tongue
and the wings. The tongue forming the clamp extends centrally from the body
portion beyond the wings, thereby protecting the latter and preventing the points
from wearing through the fabric.
The eye connection carrying shoulders, near the wings serve to prevent any lateral
movement of the fabric and retains the eye connection firmly in position; the
eye connection is placed in the fabric in the same manner as the hook connection.
It will be noted that various changes may be made in the details of construction,
combination and arrangement of parts without departing from the general spirit of
our invention.
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FRANK SCHOEPPL,
WILLIAM HEEREN,
By W. Fairburn-Hart,
Agent.
Improvements in or relating to Hooks and Eyes.
We, JOSEPH FRANK SCHOEPPL, Tailor, and WILLIAM HEEREN, Manufacturing
Jeweller, both of Penn Avenue and Eighth Street, City of Pittsburg, County of
Allegheny, and State of Pennsylvania, United States of America, 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 certain new and useful improvements in hooks and eyes,
and relates more particularly to that class of hook and eye connections that may be
readily applied to garments without the necessity of stitching.
The invention has for its further object the provision of novel means whereby the
hook and eye connection when inserted in the garment will assume a rigid and fixed
relation thereto; furthermore to so construct the above referred to parts that will
effectually prevent the cloth from becoming worn at the points of insertion of the
hook and eye connection.
The invention further aims to securely lodge the hook and eye members within
the fabric and prevent any lateral movement of the device; furthermore, to design
a hook and eye connection of the above referred to class, that will be extremely
simple in its construction, strong, durable, and comparatively inexpensive to
manufacture.
With the above and other objects in view, the invention finally consists in. the

page_text: novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more
particularly described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.
In describing the invention in detail, reference is had to the accompanying
drawings forming a part of this specification, and wherein like numerals of reference
indicate similar parts throughout the several views, in which :-
Fig. 1, is a view of a portion of a garment with our improved hook and eye
connection attached thereto.
Fig. 2, is a front view showing one form of a hook member.
Fig. 3, is a rear view of the same.
Fig. 4, is a rear view of another form of hook member.
Fig. 5, is a rear view of a modified form of hook member.
Fig. 6, is a front view of a different form.
Fig. 7. is a rear view of one form of hook member, and
Fig. 8, is a front view of the same.
Fig. 9, is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of the hook member shown in
Fig. 4.
Fig. 10, is a similar view of the hook shown in Figs. 5 and 6.
Fig. 11, is a front view of the hook member shown in Fig. 4, showing the same
lodged in the fabric.
Fig. 12, is a similar view of the hook shown in Fig. 2, showing a different mode
of fastening, and
Fig. 13, is a similar view of the hook shown in Fig. 2, showing the same lodged
in the fabric.
Fig. 14, is a plan view of one form of the eye connection, and
Figs. 15 & 16, are similar views of modified forms.
Fig. 17, is a vertical sectional view of the same.
Fig. 18, is a plan view of the same as it appears when inserted in the fabric.
Fig. 19, is a similar view of a modified form of eye.
Fig. 20, is a rear view of the same.
Fig. 21, is a vertical sectional view of the form of eye shown in Figs. 23 & 28.
Fig. 22, is a top view of Fig. 19.
Fig. 23, is a plan view of a different form of eye.
Fig. 24. is a front view of one form of hook, as it appears lodged in the fabric.
Fig. 25, is a rear view of the same.
Fig. 26, is a plan view of a modified form of
Fig. 27, is an end view of the same, and
eye.
Fig. 28, is a modified forin showing how shoulders may be lengthened at their
lower extremities.
In these drawings, 1, represents the hook portion proper, 2, the neck of the same
forming the connection between the part 1, and the body portion 3.
The reference numerals 4, 4, represents wings arranged at the side of the body
portion, said wings being provided at their upper extremities with shoulders 5, 5;
the reference numerals 6; 6, represents the points of connection between' the wings
and body portion. The lower part of the device carries a frame "7, having a cut
away portion 8; and centrally arranged at the lower extremity of the cut away
portion is provided an upwardly extending barb 9. The interior sides of the frame
near its base carry inwardly projecting shoulders 10, 10, and centrally located at the
lower extremity of the frame is arranged an eyelet 11. Referring to the 'modified
form of hook, the numeral 12, represents a tongue arranged to the neck portion and
provided with a hump 13; we have also shown in this view, eyelets 11, 11, 11,
arranged at the lower extremity of the frame and the barb, 9, is omitted. In
Figs. 5 and 6, we have shown a modified form in which the wings 4, 4, extend
almost the entire length of the frame and are shown in one view as provided with
eyelets 14, 14, and in the other view with barbs 15, 15; the body portion is
provided with a downwardly extending tongue 16. In Figs. 7 and 8, the hook
portion 2, is provided with the tongue 16, and the wings with the barbs 15, 15.
Referring to the eye connection, 19, represents the cross bar, provided with

page_text: connecting strips 20, 20, said strips connecting the cross bar and downwardly
extending wings 21, provided at their upper extremity with shoulders 22, 22.
These wings may be formed with the single eyelet 23, as shown in Fig. 14, with a
series of holes 24, 24, as shown in Fig. 15, or with the barbs 25, as shown in Fig. 16
In Figs. 19 and 20; we have shown the cross bar provided at the ends with
shoulders 26, projecting on each side, and in Fig. 28, we have illustrated the manner
in which the downwardly extending shoulders may be extended if desired, and in
Fig. 23, the cross bar is constructed with downwardly extending shoulders 27, which
converge towards the wings 21.
The hook connection is inserted in the fabric as follows:-
One of the wings is inserted in the fabric, thus allowing the operator to exert a
greater amount of force than is the case where it is necessary to insert both wings
simultaneously, and the opposite wing is then forced into the fabric. In order to
accurately guage and insert the barb 9, of the frame in the fabric in its proper
position, when the form of construction shown in Figs. 2 and 3, is employed, the
fabric is marked at the point corresponding with the eyelet 11, this point is then
brought in contact with the barb, the latter being forced through the fabric at this
point, the shoulders formed on the frame serving to hold the goods in a perfectly
smooth condition, between the shoulders and the sides of the frame. When the
underlining of the garment is bias, or the goods are composed of a delicate material,
we have found it advantageous to apply a band or tape through the barb 9, as shown
in Fig. 12, of the drawings, which will serve to divide the strain on the fabric.
When the hook connection is in the position as above described, a slot is cut in the
piece of goods to form the covering for the front of the hook; this slot should be
cut less in width than the hook, and is then slipped over the' latter; by this operation,
the fabric will slightly expand as it passes over the hook proper and will retract when
the slot cut in the goods reaches the narrow neck, the fabric being securely lodged
between the shoulders of the wings and body portion of the hook and prevented
from moving in either direction. The hook as shown in 'Figs. 5, 6, 7 and 8 of the
drawings is lodged in the fabric by inserting both wings in the fabric simultaneously,
"the tongue forming a clamp, the latter' being oppositely curved to that of the wings
as shown in Fig. 10, thereby serving to securely clamp the fabric between the
tongue and the wings. The tongue forming the clamp extends centrally from the
body portion beyond the wings, thereby protecting the latter and preventing
the points from wearing through the fabric.
The eye connection carrying the shoulders 26; 26, near the wings serve to prevent
any lateral movement of the fabric and retains the eye connection firmly in position;
the eye connection is placed in the fabric in the same manner as the hook
connection.
It will be noted that various changes may be made in the details of construction,
combination and arrangement of. parts without departing from the general spirit of
our invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that we
are aware that previous to the date of this application hooks have been provided:
with humps, and we make no claim to the same except when formed and arranged
in the manner herein before described, and what we claim is :-
1. A hook and eye connecting device formed of a body portion and frame carrying
downwardly extending wings, in combination with an upwardly extending barb,
substantially as described.
2. A hook and eye connecting device formed of a body portion and frame carrying
downwardly extending wings, said frame being provided with inwardly projecting
shoulders, in combination with an upwardly extending barb arranged centrally to
the lower portion of the frame, substantially as described.
3. A hook and eye connecting device formed of a body portion and frame carrying:
wings, said frame being provided with inwardly projecting shoulders and an
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page_text: upwardly extending barb, in combination with an eyelet centrally arranged below
said barb, substantially as described.
4. A hook and eye connecting device formed of a body portion and frame carrying
downwardly extending wings, said frame carrying an upwardly extending barb and
eyelet, substantially as described.
5. A hook and eye connecting device formed of a body portion, a contracted.
neck connecting said body portion and hook proper, substantially as described.
6. A hook and eye connecting device formed of a body portion, a contracted
neck connecting said body portion and hook proper, in combination with down--
wardly extending wings, substantially as described.
7. A hook and eye connecting device formed of a body portion, a contracted neck
connecting said body portion and hook proper, in combination with downwardly
extending wings and a frame carrying inwardly projecting shoulders, an upwardly
extending barb, and an eyelet arranged at the lower extremity of said frame, all.
parts being constructed substantially as shown and for the purpose set forth.
8. An eye connecting device having a cross bar, a connecting strip arranged
between the cross bar and wings, substantially as described.
9. An eye connecting device having a cross bar, connecting strips arranged to.
said cross bar, and carrying wings and upwardly extending shoulders on said
wings, substantially as described.
10. A hook and eye connecting device formed of a body portion and frame,.
carrying a downwardly extending tongue arranged to the body portion thereof,
substantially as described.
11. A hook and eye connecting device formed of a body portion and frame,.
provided with eyelets to lower extremity thereof, in combination with the tongue
arranged centrally and extending downwardly from the body portion thereof,-
substantially as described.
12. A hook and eye connecting device formed of a body portion and frame carrying
wings in combination with the tongue arranged centrally to the body portion and.
extending beyond said wings, substantially as shown and described.
13. A hook and eye connecting device formed of a body portion having a hook
member extending from one side thereof, wings projecting from the ends of a.
clamp member extending centrally from the body portion between and beyond.
said wings, substantially as described.
14. A hook and eye connecting device formed of a body portion having a hook
member extending from one side thereof, wings on the body and a clamp, said wings.
and clamp being oppositely curved for the purpose described.
15. An eye connecting device provided with wings, a cross bar connecting the
wings and means on the cross bar for preventing lateral movement of the fabric.
16. An eye connecting device having a cross bar carrying wings converging
towards each other, in combination with shoulders arranged on the cross bar near-
said wings, substantially as described.
17. An eye connecting device provided with extended wings and shoulders
arranged on the cross bar, substantially as described.
18. An eye connecting device having a cross bar carrying extended wings-
converging towards each other, and shoulders upon said cross har adapted to-
retain the fabric in position, substantially as described.
19. An eye connecting device having shoulders extending above and below the-
cross bar in combination with the downwardly extending wings substantially as
described.
Dated this Thirteenth day of January 1897
JOSEPH FRANK SCHOEPPL,
WILLIAM HEEREN,
By W. Fairburn-Hart,
Agent.