Improvements in Metal Hooks applicable for Suspending Clothes, Hats, and Picture Frames.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Nov., 1893
Complete Specification Left. 17th July, 1894-Accepted, 18th Aug., 1894
Improvements in Metal Hooks applicable for Suspending Clothes,
Hats, and Picture Frames.
I FREDERICK WILLIAM GOLBY of 36 Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention as
communicated to me by Heinrich Prinz, of Holthausen, near Plettenberg,
Westphalia, in the Empire of Germany, Manufacturer of Hardware, to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to metal hooks applicable for suspending clothes, hats,
picture frames and other objects, on walls, in wardrobes etc., which hooks are made
from one piece of wire.
One end of the wire from which the hook is made is formed like a nail or a
screw; the wire is curved into the desired shape and turned back on itself until
the commencement of the screw or nail where the free end of the wire is twisted
into a spiral boss at right angles to the axis of the nail or screw.
Dated this 24th day of November 1893.
F. W. GOLBY,
36, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Metal Hooks_applicable for Suspending Clothes,
Hats, and Picture Frames.
I FREDERICK WILLIAM GOLBY of 36 Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention as
communicated to me by Heinrich Prinz of Holthausen, near Plettenberg,
Westphalia, in the Empire of Germany, Manufacturer of Hardware, 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 metal hooks applicable for suspending clothes, hats,
picture frames and the like on walls, in wardrobes etc., these hooks being made
from one piece of wire. The invention will be described with reference to the
annexed drawing.
Figures 1 to 3 shew one modification; Figure 1 being partly a front view and
partly a cross section, Figure 2 a longitudinal section, and Figure 3 a plan.
In this case the hook is represented as fixed to a block of wood a.
Figures 4 to 6 are perspective views, shewing modifications of the shape of
the hook.
As will be seen from Figures 1 to 3 the hook forming the subject of this invention
is provided with a point c, which is preferably screwed. This point forms one end
of the wire which is turned back on itself so as to form the hook proper. The
other end 6 of the wire is turned spirally so as to form a disc, the disc being at
right angles to the axis of the above mentioned point c. In this manner is formed a
broad fillet or boss which prevents the point from passing too far into the wall or
the other body to which the hook is to be fixed. The broad fillet or boss further
affords a point of resistance to the driving hammer and prevents the shaft of the
hook from being bent downwardly.
The hook proper may be of any convenient shape.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
A hook for suspending clothes, picture frames and the like made from one piece
of wire turned back on itself, the two branches of which are arranged so as to form
the hook proper, the end of one of these branches being tapered and preferably
screwed, the end of the other branch being wound up spirally so as to form a disc
or boss perpendicular to the point substantially as described and shewn in the
accompanying drawings.
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F. W. GOLBY,
36, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.
F. W. GOLBY,
36, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.