INUYIDIONAL DE MUITIVATION Improvements in Fish Hook Cases.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 29th June, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Mar., 1895-Accepted, 4th May, 1895
INUYIDIONAL DE MUITIVATION
Improvements in Fish Hook Cases.
We, SAMUEL ALLCOCK, of Standard Works, Redditch, in the County of
Worcester, Manufacturer, and ALBERT STRATTON, of Bromsgrove Road,
Redditch aforesaid, Manager, do hereby declare the nature of our said invention
to be as follows :-
Our invention has for its object improvements in fish hook cases in groups in
such a manner and in such order that one or more may be removed from time to
time while the others remain fairly secured in the case in the following manner :-
We form longitudinal or other slots in cardboard or other hard or stiff material
for the purpose of receiving "ringed "flatted" "marked " or other similar
hooks. The rings or flats or marked shanks prevent the hooks from dropping out.
Or we may use a combination of slots and clean punched holes or in some cases we
may use rows of clean punched holes.
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Then for hooks having tapered or thinned shanks we use textile material capable
of being stretched or contracted. The hooks are first thrust through in two places
and the material is then either stretched or contracted which then holds the shanks
tight. Any kind of material other than textile material which has this quality
will answer the purpose. Webbing of fine wire may be used the shanks being put
through while the wires are loose the shanks being tightened by either stretching
or contracting the mesh. Then longitudinal wires only may be combined with
textile material or paper with similar effect and a slight spring may be placed upon
the wires which create a binding effect the shanks being run between or over and
under the said wires. Cardboard or stiff material may also be embossed with
swells or ridges between the parts where the shanks pass through which will exert
a certain amount of spring upon the shanks thus holding them tight. These
embossments may be straight or in curved lines or in circles or other figures.
Dated this 27th day of June 1894.
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicants.
Improvements in Fish Hook Cases.
We, SAMUEL ALLCOCK, of Standard Works, Redditch, in the County of
Worcester, Manufacturer, and ALBERT STRATTON, of Bromsgrove Road,
Redditch, aforesaid, Manager do hereby declare the nature of our said invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:—
Our invention has for its object improvements in fish hook cases by which such
hooks may be packed in groups in such a manner and in such order that one or
more may be readily removed from time to time while the others remain firmly
secured in position in the eases.

page_text: In order that our invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practise we have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings upon
which we have illustrated the nature of our said improvements together with the
mode of and means for carrying the same into effect.
Figure 1, is a view of one form of case for containing fish hooks.
Figure 2, is a section through Figure 1 on the line 1-2.
Figure 3, is a similar view to Figure 1 but showing another form of case.
Figure 4, is a section through Figure 3 on the line 3-4.
Figure 5, is a view also showing a modified form of fish hook cases.
Figure 6, is a section through Figure 5 on the line 5-6.
Figure 7, shows a modification in the mode of securing the hooks in the cases.
Figure also shows a modified mode of attaching the hooks in the cases.
In carrying my invention into effect we form our cases A of any convenient
shape such for instance as shown upon the drawing with side flaps a¹, bottom
flap a³, and covering flap as which is made to enter a slot at in the bottom flap
when closed; but although we may find this shape as most suited to our purpose,
we do not confine ourselves to it, as it may be varied to a considerable extent.
The fish hooks may be secured in the case in various ways to suit the variety
of "ringed," "flatted," "marked," or other kinds of hooks which it is desirous
for the case to contain. Figure 1 shows a stiff band B secured to the case by
the wire sewing b₁ so as to form a slot or opening between the case and the
band into which the shanks e¹ of the hooks E are inserted while the ringed
shanks e prevent the hooks from dropping out. The inside of the band and
face of the case are lined with woolley textile material which assist to retain
the shanks in position. Figure 3 shows a pad formed of any soft textile or
fibrous material which is kept in position by the projecting covering f¹ and into
which the points of the hooks are pressed or in cases where the shanks are
tapered the shanks are pressed through the paper covering into the textile or
fibrous padding contained within longitudinal wires K as shown by Figure 8
may be combined with the textile material or paper the shanks being run between
or over and under the said wires a slight spring may be formed in the wires
which creates a binding effect on the shanks e of the hooks E. In the case of
very fine or small. hooks or when unsuitable in shape for inserting separately we
may enclose them in the envelope G which would be placed within the band or
pocket B as shown in Figure 5 and these bands may be of textile material capable
of being stretched or contracted so as to hold the shanks or envelopes tight after
they have been inserted and the hooks may be first inserted in the textile material
and afterwards placed in the envelopes. Cardboard K or any suitable stiff material
may be embossed with swells or ridges k¹ and 2 as shown by Figure 7 the swells
or ridges being arranged as to exert a certain amount of spring upon the shanks
thus holding them tightly in position and of course these swells or embossments
may be varied in form and shape to any extent.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1st. The mode of and means for packing fish hooks in cases substantially such
as and for the purpose herein set forth and shown upon the accompanying
drawings.
2nd. The particular mode of putting up the ringed hooks with or without the
lining substantially as herein set forth and shown by Figures 1 and 2.
3rd. The particular mode of putting up the flatted or marked hooks in textile
or fibrous material substantially as herein set forth and shown by Figures 3, 4, 5
and 6.
4th. The particular mode of putting up fish hooks, substantially as shown and
described with regard to Figure 7.

page_text: 5th. The particular mode of mounting very small hooks in thin cases such as
shown by G Figure 5 and as particularly explained in regard thereto.
Dated this 22nd day of March 1895.
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicants.