Improvements in Spring Hooks, Catches, or Fastenings for Dress and other Purposes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Mar., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Dec., 1894-Accepted, 5th Jan..
1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Spring Hooks, Catches, or Fastenings for Dress
and other Purposes.
I, MARY ALLIS KEELING of Ashford Lodge, Charlwood Road, Putney in the
County of Surrey, Married, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates more particularly to that class of hooks for ladies' dresses,
which have a spring guard intended to prevent the eye from coming off the hook
when the dress is in use, but the invention is equally applicable to ordinary hooks
for dresses and other purposes, and also to spring hooks generally, or to shackles,
or swivels, or clips, with or without a spring-controlled guard.
Dress hooks of the class mentioned are usually stamped out from a sheet of thin
metal, with a perforated enlargement at or near the centre of its length, to receive
the thread by which the hook is secured to the dress, the ends being bent over, so
as to overlap, one end serving as the hook, and being outside, and the other end as
the spring guard inside the hook, the whole forming an endless link or hook, which
it is intended should not become unfastened accidentally.
The eye can be readily placed on the hook, but to get it off, it is necessary to
depress the spring guard with the thumb and finger of one hand and withdraw
the eye.
The objections to this form of hook are, the difficulty of hooking on and releasing
the eye; the liability for the hook and guard to change the relative positions of the
overlap, due to the springing of the hook from undue tension, and that in a short
time, with constant use, the spring portion loses its resiliency, and gapes, leaving the
eye free to unhook. The sharp corners of the metal are also liable to cut through
or ravel the eyes, when these are not of metal.
Now the object of this invention is to so form the fastening device, that the
depression of the spring, to release the eye, will be unnecessary, and yet the eye
will be prevented from becoming unhooked automatically.
In carrying out this invention, I form on the ends of the metal blank, rounded
bosses, projections, or knobs (one on the back and the other on the front), which,
when the parts are bent over, will come together, and practically interlock.
By this means, the eye, when pulled, will pass readily out of the loop, being
guided by the rounded portions.
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Or I may form the rounded portions on the same side of the blank, that on the
guard being inside, and extending, in effect, across the loop, and so prevent the eye
passing to the head of the loop. Or I may have a boss on one part and an eye on
the other, the boss resting normally in the eye.
The bosses, projections, or knobs, may be cup shaped, and struck up from the
blank, when the blank is stamped out, or they may be formed by rolling over once
or more times the ends of the blank; or in any other convenient manner.
For ordinary hooks, I propose to form the hook portion with a boss, projection,
knob, or other enlargement, and I may also make a similar projection on the
sbank.
It will be obvious that the hooks, instead of being stamped from sheet metal,
mav he made from wire

page_text: In the same way, I propose to make hooks, clips, swivels, or shackles, for other
purposes, the essential feature of my invention being, a rounded boss, projection,
knob, or other enlargement to the hook, guard, or body, by the use of which,
the eye or other holding device will be prevented from coming off the hook, and
when a spring is used, the necessity for constantly depressing the guard to unhook
the eye, whereby the resiliency of the spring is likely to be impaired, will be
obviated.
Deted this lot dow of Mouch 1901
Improvements in Spring Hooks, Catches, or Fastenings for Dress
and other Purposes.
IMARY ALLIS KEELING of Ashford Lodge, Charlwood Road, Putney in the
County of Surrey, Married, 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 more particularly to that class of hooks for ladies' dresses
which have a spring guard intended to prevent the eye from coming off the hook
when the dress is in use, but the invention is equally applicable to ordinary hooks
for dresses and other purposes, and also to spring hooks generally, or to shackles
or swivels or clips, with or without a spring-controlled guard.
Dress-hooks of the class mentioned are usually stamped out from a sheet of thin
metal, with a perforated enlargement at or near the centre of its length, to receive
the thread by which the hook is secured to the dress, the ends being bent over so
as to overlap, one end serving as the hook, and being outside, and the other end as
the spring guard, inside the hook, the whole forming an endless link or hook, which
it is intended should not become unfastened accidentally.
In hooks of this class, the eye can be readily placed on the hook, but to get it
off, it is necessary to depress the spring guard with the thumb and finger of one
hand, and wituuraw the eye.
The objections to this form of hook are, the difficulty of releasing the eye, the
liability, from various causes, for the hook and guard to change the relative
positions of the overlap, and that in a short time, with constant use, the spring
portion loses its resiliency and gapes, leaving the eye free to unhook. The sharp
corners of the metal are also liable to cut through or ravel the eyes, when these
are not of metal.
Now the object of this invention is to so form the fastening device, that the
depression of the spring, to release the eye, will be unnecessary, and yet the eye will
be prevented from becoming unhooked automatically.
In carrying out this invention, I form on the ends of the metal blank, rounded
bosses, projections, or knobs (one on the back and the other on the front), which,
when the parts are bent over, will come together, or may practically interlock.
By this means, the eye, when pulled, will pass readily out of the loop, being
guided by the rounded portions.
Or I may form the projections on the same side of the blank, that on the guard
being inside, and extending, in effect, across the loop, and so prevent the eye
passing to the end of the loop; or I may have a boss on one part and an eye on
the other, the boss resting normally in the eye; or I may make the guard part of
greater length than usual, and bend it back on itself to form a spring, with or
without a boss or projection.
The bosses, projections, or knobs, may be cup-shaped, and struck up from the
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page_text: blank, when the blank is stamped out, or they may be formed by rolling over
once or more times the ends of the blank, or in any other convenient manner.
For ordinary hooks, I propose to form the hook portion with a boss projection,
knob, or other enlargement, and I may also make a similar projection on the
shank.
In the same way, I propose to make hooks, clips, swivels, or shackles, for
other purposes, the essential feature of my invention being a rounded boss, pro-
jection, knob, or other enlargement to the hook and guard, or both, by the use
of which the eye or other holding device will be prevented from coming off the
hook, and, when a spring is used, the necessity for constantly depressing the
guard, to unlock the eye, whereby the resiliency of the spring is likely to be
impaired, will be obviated.
In the accompanying drawing, I have shown several plans for carrying out my
invention, Figs. 1, 2, and 3 representing the simplest form.
Fig. 1 is the blank displayed, and consists of the strip a, which is stamped out
from a sheet of metal, with the enlargement b, provided with holes by which the
book is to be sewn to the garment, and the bosses or cups c, which are struck up'
from opposite sides of the metal blank at the time the blank is stamped.
Fig. 2 is an edge view, and Fig. 3 a plan view of the formed hook, showing the
position of the bosses, the part a' of the strip a forming the guard.
Fig. 4 is an edge view, showing a slight change in the position of the bosses.
Fig. 5 is a perspective view, showing that the bosses, projections, or knobs, may
be formed by turning in the ends of the metal blank, the turned-in end of the
metal guard a extending to the back of the hook.
Fig. 6 is a blank extended, and Fig. 7 is the formed hook, with a boss c on the
gnard, and a recess or perforation d on the bill of the hook, into which the boss c
partially enters.
Fig. 8 is a blauk, extended, of a modified form of hook; and
Fig. 9 is the completed hook.
In this arrangement, the strip is longer than in the other forms; a boss c is
formed at one end, and the enlargement 6 at the other end. The guard portion a¹
is turned back upon itself, so as to form a spring a³, at the end of which is the
enlargement b, by which the hook is secured to the garment. Or this enlargement
may be in the usual place, as shown in the modification Fig. 10, the part a acting
as a spring only. The last-named hook would also serve as a swivel hook, by
rivetting an eye bolt to the hook at the bottom bend.
Figs. 11, 12, and 13, show forms of single hook made according to my
invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I would here remark that I do
uot intend to limit myself to the forms of boss, projection, or knob, shown in the
drawing, as these may be varied, without departing from the nature of my
invention; neither is it necessary to form both the bill and the guard of the hook
with the before mentioned bosses, projections, or knobs, but I declare that what I
claim is :-
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1. Providing metal hooks, catches, or fastenings, for dress and other purposes,
with bosses, projections, or knobs, as herein shown and described, and for the
purpose set forth.
2. Producing spring or guard hooks for dress and other purposes in the manner
herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 2nd day of
L 1004
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.