Improvements in Fasteners or Fastening or Connecting and Disengaging Devices.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Dec., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 17th Sept., 1891-Accepted, 17th Dec., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fasteners or Fastening or Connecting and
Disengaging Devices.
I, HENRY JOHN SIMPSON, of Beach House, Hoylake, in the County of Chester,
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The devices in connection with which the improvements according to this inven-
tion are intended mainly to be used, are devices in which a ready means of
disengaging is desirable, for example, amongst others I will mention, carpet
fasteners, hooks for carriage window straps, buttons for boots and other like articles,
hooks for suspending articles generally, bollards or hooks for towing or mooring
purposes, hooks for limbering and unlimbering field artillery, coupling and
uncoupling railway carriages and waggons, fasteners for securing and releasing
tipping carts, waggons and the like.
According to this invention I make the hook or engaging, part of the device
separate from the base or securing part of the device, and so that it will or may be
turned thereon, and I form the back of the engaging hook inclined in such a manner
that when the hook is turned round the article held by the hook will automatically
disengage itself from the hook.
The hook and its base may be provided with means such as a projection an
notch, a spring, or a pin, whereby they may be locked or held together when
required or until it is required to disengage the article supported or held by the
device. The hook may be so arranged in connection with its base, that it requires
a certain amount of force to turn it into a disengaging or engaging position, by
hand, or it may be arranged to be turned by means such as a handle, lever, cord or
chain or their equivalent.
In one arrangement under this invention, the hook is mounted to turn on its base,
the base being provided with means such as screws or nails for securing it. For
example, in the case of a carpet fastener, the base is secured to the floor, the hook
takes into the carpet ring and. to secure the carpet is turned so as to prevent the
ring from unhooking. To release the ring the hook is simply turned until the ring
will free itself by slipping over it.
The hook may be arranged on its base with its bearing edge either above, below,
or coincident with its axis.
Very much the same arrangement is employed in adapting this invention to other
purposes, such as those above set forth, namely, the base or socket is secured to a
part to which the device is used and the hook is free to be turned on such base into
a holding or releasing position.
Dated this 16th day of Dasomber 1800
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON,
15, Water Street, Liverpool, Applicant's Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fasteners or Fastening or Connecting and
Disengaging Devices.
I, HENRY JOHN SIMPSON, of Beach House, Hoylake, in the County of Chester,.
Merchant, 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 :-
The devices in connection with which the improvements according to this

page_text: invention are intended mainly to be used, are devices in which a ready means of
disengaging is desirable, for example, amongst others I will mention, carpet fasteners,
hooks for carriage window straps, buttons for boots, and other like articles, hooks
for suspending articles generally, bollards or hooks for towing or mooring purposes,
hooks for limbering and unlimbering field artillery, coupling and uncoupling
railway carriages and waggons, fasteners for securing and releasing tipping carts,
waggons and the like.
According to this invention I make the hook or engaging part of the device
separate from the base or securing part of the device, and so that it will or may be
turned thereon, and I form the back of the engaging hook inclined in such a manner
that when the hook is turned round the article held by the hook will automatically
disengage itself from the hook.
The hook and its base may be provided with means such as a projection and
notch, a spring, or a pin, whereby they may be locked or held together when
required or until it is required to disengage the article supported or held by the
device. The hook may be so arranged in connection with its base, that it requires
a certain amount of force to turn it into a disengaging or engaging position, by
hand, or it may be arranged to be turned by means-such as a handle, lever, cord or
chain or their equivalent.
In one arrangement under this invention, the hook is mounted to turn on its base,
the base being provided with means such as screws or nails for securing it. For
example, in the case of a carpet fastener, the base is secured to the floor, the hook
takes into the carpet ring and to secure the carpet is turned so as to prevent the
ring from unhooking. To release the ring the hook is simply turned until the ring
will free itself by slipping over it.
The hook may be arranged on its base with its bearing edge oither above,. below,
or coincident with its axis.
Very much the same arrangement is employed in adapting this invention to other
purposes, such as those above set forth, namely, the base or socket is secured to a
part to which the device is used and the hook is free to be turned on such base into
a holding or releasing position.
Having thus generally described the object, nature and effects of my invention, I
will now proceed, to describe it with reference to the annexed sheets of drawings
which illustrate- examples of how my invention may be practically applied, and
describe suitable forms of devices.
In the various figures of the drawings, the same or equivalent parts are
designated by the same letters and figures of reference and they correspond' with
-those-used-in-the-following-explanation.-
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DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a side elevation; and
Figure 2 is a plan of a fastener for carpets and like purposes.
Figure 3 shews a fastener for carriage window straps, and
Figure 4 shews the hook in its reverse position..
Figure 5 shews a fastener for boots; gaiters, and like purposes.
Figure 6 shews a modified fastener for boots, gaiters, gloves and like purposes.
Figure 7 shews a fastener for suspending articles generally.
Figure 8 shews the fastener in the form of a bollard for mooring or like
purposes.
Figure 9 shews the fastener in the forin of a hook applied as a suspender for meat
and like purposes.
Figure 10 shews a modified form of the hook-shewn at Figure 9.
Figure 11 is an elevation; and
Figure 12 is a part plan showing the hook applied as a limbering device.
Figure 13 is an elevation; and
Figure 14 is a plan shewing the fastener applied as a device for coupling railway
carriages and like purposes.

page_text: Figure 15 shews the fastener applied to a tipping cart.
Figure 16 shews the fastener applied as a towing hook.
All the above examples contain the ready means of disengaging according to
this invention.
With reference to the drawings, a designates the engaging hook of the fastener.
This, in all cases, is made with a round or sloping back a that will allow the part
that is passed over or secured to it to readily disengage when the hook a is turned
into a reverse position. The hook a is in all cases made separate from its basc or
carrier so that it will or may be turned thereon, and allow the article held to
automatically disengage from the hook.
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With regard to the carpet fastener (Figures 1 and 2) it will be seen that the
hook a is made with a reversed shank a' which is screwed into the base or floor b,
so that it can be turned round, e designates the ring on the carpet which, when the
hook a is in the position shewn in full lines, will readily slip over the rounded
back a¹ of the hook and disengage. To fasten the ring e the hook a is turned into
the position shewn in dotted lines:
With regard to the fastener for carriage window straps (Figures 3 and 4) it will
be seen that the hook a is made to turn on its base plate b, the shank a passing
through the base plate band having a head at the back of the plate b. The plate b
is secured by screws to the woodwork of the window frame so that the hook a can
be turned by hand into either of the positions shewn, namely to hold the strap the
hook is turned to the position shewn in Figure 3, and to release it is turned into the
position shewn at Figure 4.
With regard to the boot fastener shewn at Figure 5, the base plate is fastened
to one side of the boot leather and the other side of the boot leather is provided
with a button hole or loop which will ship over the hook a which is then turned and
secured; when the hook a is reversed the loop slips off.
In the modification shewn at Figure 6, the base b is provided with a catch &
which the end of the hook a engages with when fastened, as shewn in full lines.
With regard to the fastener or sliphook for general suspending purposes, shewn
in Figure 7, the base is secured to a wall or other place, and the article to be
suspended is caught over the hook a. The article is disengaged by turning the
hook a.
With regard to the bollard shewn at Figure 8, the base b is secured to the deck
or other place. e designates the rope to be secured, the loop of which is passed
over the slip hook a. as shown. designates a lever for turning the hook a into a
reverse position, so that the loop of the rope e will slip over the rounded back a¹
of the hook a and automatically disengage itself.
With regard to the meat or carcase suspender shewn at Figures 9 and 10, the
base is provided with a hook 6 which takes on a rail b. The slip hook a is either
provided with a lever hand rope h' for actuating it (as shewn at Figure 9), or with
a pulley and rope h', as shewn at Figure 10.
With regard to the limbering device for field artillery (shewn at Figures 11
and 12) the hole in the coupling piece g is made wide enough to allow the hook a
to be turned by the lever h so as to disengage the hook a from the coupling
piece g.
With regard to the railway carriage coupling shewn at Figures 13 and 14, the
slip hook a is provided with and actuated by the lever and the rod h¹. The
coupling piece g is hinged at g' and made to lift up so as to ship over the book a,
and when the hook is turned by the lever into the position shewn in dotted lines,
the coupling will automatically release itself.
The application of my invention to tipping carts will be seen upon reference to
Figure 15. In this case the slip hook is fixed to and made to turn on the shaft b.
The coupling piece is fixed on the cart and ships over the hook a, which, when
turned to the front, holds the parts together and when turned to the back allows
the parts to automatically disengage.
Figure 16 shews the application of my invention to a towing hook.
In this case

page_text: the lever his fitted to the shank a of the hook a and the lever is held by a catch 1.
by lifting which the hook a can be turned by the lever into a position in which
the towing hawser will automatically slip off.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
:-
1. A fastening or connecting and disengaging device, comprising a hook fitted in
a base in which it is free to be turned, and having its upper side or back so inclined
that the article or thing which it is adapted to be used in connection with will
automatically disengage when the hook is turned; substantially as set forth: also
the particular fastenings set forth with reference to the different figures of the
drawings; for the purposes specified.
Dated this 16th day of September 1891.
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON,
15, Water Street, Liverpool, Applicant's Patent Agents.