Improvements in and connected with Hooks and Eyes for Dresses.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL
SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Hooks and Eyes for Dresses.
I, AUGUST PRYM, of Stolberg near Aachen, in the Province of the Rhine,
German Empire, Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved means of attaching hooks and eyes to
strips of fabric, and consists in providing the latter with ears or loops formed upon
said strips of fabric before the hooks or eyes are placed thereon, and adapted to
take over the ears proper of the legs or feet of said hooks or eyes. The ears
or loops are therefore formed not by sewing the hook or eye on to the said strip
of fabric, but they are formed prior thereto so that the hook or eye may be
secured to the strip of fabric by simply putting the ears proper of the feet or legs
of the hook or ear through the said loops. There may be provided for each hook
one or two loops besides those afore mentioned, that is to say, there may be a loop
taking over the body or middle portion of the hook, and there may be another
loop taking also over said part, but being situated near to the portion at which
the body is bent rearwards so as to form the hook proper. In order to more easily
distinguish the various loops occuring in this specification, I will term the loops
first mentioned "feet loops," and the loops last mentioned "hook loops," whereas
the remaining loops, i.e. those that take over the middle part of the hook, will
be termed "middle loops." I prefer in this specification the term loop or loops
tear or cars because also the legs or feet of the hooks or eyes are provided with,
or terminate into, ears.
In the form of construction shown in Figs. 1 & 2 the strip of fabric consists of
two layers m m' that are united not by the folding edge me only, but by a seam m
Fig. 2. The hose-like space thus forined between the edge m and the seam m
may serve for the reception of a piece of steel-band, whale-bone or another material
of similar properties. The two layers of fabric m m' are further connected with
each other by the feet loops n, the middle-loop m' and the hook-loop n², but I wish
it to be understood, that said loops need not indispensably take through both layers
of the fabric, but may take, if desired, through only one of them. I do not restrict
myself to any special method of manufacturing said various loops, because they
may be made either separately, i.e. after the strip of fabric has been manufactured,
or they may be manufactured together with said strip of fabric; but in any case
they are to be produced prior to bringing the hook or eye unto the said strip of
fabric, irrespective of the latter having, perhaps, one layer only or perhaps two.
The feet loops n need not extend in the longitudinal direction of the strip of
fabric, but they may be arranged crosswise thereto, as shown as an example in
Figure 3. In this case the hook-loops n do not take into or through the cars o
of the hook o but each loop takes over the whole breadth of an ear; but I wish it
to be understood, that the loops n, if having the position shown in Figure 3, may
be as short as the loops shown in Figure 2, so that not the whole ear o' but only
the end portion o³ of the same takes through the loop in question.

page_text: All that has above been said with regard to hooks applies also eyes, and I
think it sufficient merely to refer to the Figures 4 & 5 without giving a special
description of these two figures. There is the only difference that the middle
loop is considerably longer than the loop of Figures 2 & 3, but that greater
length results, as a matter of course, merely from the greater breadth of the ear
proper o. I wish it, however, to be understood that in the case of hooks as well
as in the case of eyes I do not limit myself to the configurations of the feet or
legs shown in Figures 2, 3, 4 and 5, because the effect sought to be obtained may
be attained also with other configurations of the legs or feet of the hooks and eyes.
In order to give an example thereof, I refer to Figures 6 & 7, in which the
legs or feet have been formed into broad oblong ears that are passed through
cross loops taking over the whole breadth of said ears. In this form of construc-
tion the hook is provided with an elastic portion or spring of that is formed by
an end of the wire portions forming the ears o. Said wire portion takes between
the two middle or body portions of the hook, that is to say, between the portions
that connect the hook proper with the said cars. The spring is bent upwards
or crooked in the manner shown in Figure 7, and serves for retaining the eye
within the hook proper, or for hindering a spontaneous disconnection of the hook
and eye respectively. Instead of forming such a spring, the body, Figure 3, of
the hook, may be bent upwards or crooked, in such a manner, as shown in Figure 1,
in which designates the crooked body. The employment of either form, i.c. of
the crooked portion or of the spring is not dependant on any special configuration
of the legs, feet or ears of the hooks and eyes; and in order to give an example
thereof, I refer to Figure 8, in which the undulations of the legs or feet are
arranged in quite a different way. The wire portion of is that which forms the
springs (o, Fig. 7). There are in this form of construction two loops n for each
leg or foot, and said loops extend in the longitudinal direction of the strip of
fabric m, and are arranged in one line. To rytain the respective undulated por-
tions of the legs or feet within said loops ». I make use of a hook-loop
is situated very at to the bent portion between the body of the hook and the hook
proper. But may dispense with this (auxiliary) loop (2) if the end loops are
arranged in the manner shown in Figure 3, because in that case the hook cannot
get displaced to the right, and cannot, therefore, loose its proper hold.
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If I make use of a double strip of fabric, between the two layers, of which is
formed a hose-like space, I prefer to let said space be situated not at the
edge or rim of the strip, but at such a distance therefrom, as to obtain between
that hose-like space and the edge of the strip a rim of a breadth sufficient to receive
the hooks and eyes. The hose-like space in question is, therefore, to lay not
between the books or eyes and the edge of the fabric, but contrary thereto, or the
hooks and eyes, are to lay between the edge and the said hose-like space. The
latter serves in known manner for the reception of a piece of steel-band, whale-bone
or the like.
I have shown such a form of construction in Figure 9, in which designates
the edges of the two strips mm; said edges lay one close against the other.
m designate the two seams forming the hose-like spares an. If these spaces are
filled out with a steel-band or whale-bone or the like, the open cars of of the feet
of the hooks and eyes rest against that steel-band te, and the latter contributes
to the proper hold of the hooks and eyes. The hooks and eyes shown in Figure 9
are also furnished with legs or feet of a special configuration, and they are also
held by ear loops as well as by middle-loops. Each of said ear-loops gives
hold to two ears ', but I wish it to be understood, that there may be a special
ear-loop for each of said ears of of the hooks and eyes,
The hook-loops² (Figs 2 & 8), may, it desirel, be formed by means of a
cord r, Figure 6, that is passed through between the two layers m m' of the fabric.
Said cord leaves the spare between said layers shortly before each hook, passes
then over the body of the hook, and enters then again the space between the said
layers until it again leaves this space at the next hook. The portions that

page_text: extend through and beyond the uppur or outer layer of fabric represent thus the
hook loops, and I wish it to be understood, that these loops may, if desired, be
formed by steel-band or whale-bone: that is to say, the cord r may be replaced by
a piece of steel-band or whale-bone of corresponding length.
Dated this 20th day of July 1898
AUGUST PRYM,
By Geo. Thos. Hyde,
1 Broad Street, Buildings, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in and connected with Hooks and Eyes for Dresses.
I, AUGUST PRYM, of Stolberg, near Aachen, in the Province of the Rhine,
German Empire, Manufacturer 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 refers in general to strips of fabric that are provided with.
series of hooks or eyes, or hooks and eyes, and in particular to the means for hold-
ing said hooks or eyes, or hooks and eyes, upon said strips of fabric. My invention
resides in providing the said strips of fabric with loops that are formed upon the
strips prior to attaching the said hooks or eyes, or hooks and eyes, thereto. Said
loops may be arranged in a variety of manners. There may be loops taking
over the legs, feet or cars of the hooks or eyes, there may be other loops taking
over the middle portion or body of the hooks or eyes and in the case of hooks only
there may be a third sort of loops taking over the base-portions of the hooks
proper. The loops may be produced upon the strips in question in any desired
way, but they are formed in any case prior to attaching the hooks or eyes to said
strips. There may be an exception 'with regard to the loops that take over the
base-portions of the hooks proper. Said loops may be formed by portions of a
piece of cord, hand, steel-band, or whale-boue, that is located between two layers
of the fabric, and leaves the space between said two layers through apertures pro-
vided at or below each of said base-portions of the hooks proper. The cord, band,
steel-band, or whale-bone, may be put into the space between the layers of fabric,
and out through the apertures of the upper layer, and over the base-portions of
the hooks proper after the hooks have been attached to that strip of fabric.
If I make use of steel-band or whale-bone, I need not indispensably employ
it in the manner just mentioned, but I may insert the respective piece into a linse-
like space formed between the two layers of the fabric by means of two parallel
seams. One of said seams may, however, he replaced by the folding-edge of the
strip. If employing two seams for the formation of the hose-like space mentioned
I prefer to let the latter be located in such a distance from the edge of the strip
that there remains a rim of a breadth suflicient to receive the hooks or eyes.
In order to more easily distinguish the various loops occuring in this specifica-
tion, I will term the loops first mentioned feet-loops, and the loops last mentioned
hook-loops, whereas the remaining loops, i.e. those that take over the middle
portion or body of the hook will be termed middle loops. I prefer in this specifica-
tion the term loop or loops to ear or ears because also the legs or feet of the hooks
or eyes are provided with, or terminated into, ears.
Referring to the accompanying drawing, in which similar letters denote similar
parts throughout the different views,
Figure 1 is a side-view of a hook attached to a strip of fabric, section being
taken on line 10-11 of Figure 2.

page_text: Figure 2 is a plan of the parts shown in Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2, but having the feet-loops arranged cross-
wise to the strip instead of the longitudinal direction of the same.
Figure 4 is also a view similar to Figure 2, but showing an eye instead of a
hook.
Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 4, but having also the feet-loops arranged
crosswise to the strip instead of in the longitudinal direction of the same.
Figure 6 shows a piece of a strip of fabric baving the hooks held by ear-loops,
middle-loops and hook-loops, the latter being formed by portions of a cord.
Figure 7 is a section in line 12-13 of Figure 6.
Figure 8 is again a view similar to Figure 2, but having a hook of another
construction, and
Figure 9 shows pieces of two parallel strips of fabric that are connected by hooks
and eyes, the latter being located between the edges and the hose-like spaces
mentioned in the last part of the preamble.
In the form of construction shown in Figures 1 & 2 the strip of fabric
consists of two layers m m² that are united not by the folding edge me only, but by
a seam m³, Figure 2, too. The hose-like space thus formed between the edge m
and the seam m³ may serve for the reception of a piece of steel-band, whale-bone
or another material of similar properties. The two layers of fabric m m¹ are
further connected with each other by the feet loops n, the middle-loop n and the
hook-loop, but I wish it to be understood that said loops need not indispensably
take through both layers of the fabric, but may take, if desired, through only one
of them. I do not restrict myself to any special method of manufacturing said
various loops, because they may be made either separately, i.e. after the strip of
fabric has been manufactured, or they may be manufactured together with said
strip of fabric; but in any case they are to be produced prior to bringing the
hook or eye unto the said strip of fabric, irrespective of the latter having one layer
only, or perhaps two.
The feet loops n need not extend in the longitudinal direction of the strip of
fabric, but they may be arranged cross-wise thereto, as shown as an example in
Figure 3. In this case the hook loops do not take into or through the ear ol
of the hook o but each loop takes over the whole breadth of an ear; but I wish it
to be understood, that the loops n, if having the position shown in Figure 3, may
be as short as the loops shown in Figure 2, so that not the whole ear o' but only the
end portion of the same takes through the loop in question.
All that has above been said with regard to hooks applies also to eyes, and I
think it sufficient merely to refer to the Figures 4 & 5 without giving a special le-
scription of these two figures. There is the only difference that the middle loop n' is
considerably longer than the loop n of Figures 2 & 3, but the greater length
results, as a matter of course, merely from the greater breadth of the ear proper o*.
I wish it, however, to be understood that in the case of looks as well as in the
case of eyes I do not limit myself to the configurations of the feet or legs shown in
Figures 2, 3, 4 & 5, because the effect sought to be attained may be attained
also with other configurations of the legs or feet of the hooks and eyes.
In order to give an example thereof, I refer to Figures 6 & 7, in which the
legs or feet have been formed into broad oblong ears that are passed through
cross loops n taking over the whole breadth of said ears. In this form of con-
struction the hook is provided with an elastic portion or spring o" that is formed
by an end of the wire portions forming the ears . Said wire portion takes
between the two middle or body portions of the hook, that is to say, between the
portions that connect the hook proper o³ with the said ears. The spring o is
bent upwards or crooked in the manner shown in Figure 7, and serves for retaining
the eye within the hook proper, or for hindering a spontaneous disconnection of
the hook and eye respectively. Instead of forming such a spring, the body o
Figure 3, of the hook, may be bent upwards or crooked, in such a manner, as shown
in Figure 1, in which designates the crooked body The employment of either

page_text: form, i.e. of the crooked portion or of the spring is not dependant on any special
configuration of the legs, feet or ears of the hooks and eves, and in order to give an
example thereof, I refer to Figure 8, in which the undulations of the legs or feet
are arranged in quite a different way. The wire portion of is that which forms
the spring (, Figure 7). There are in this form of construction two loops n
for each leg or foot, and said loops extend in the longitudinal direction of the strip
of fabric m, and are arranged in one line. To retain the respective undulated por-
tions of the legs or feet within said loops ", I make use of a hook-loop n that is
situated very near to the bent portion between the body of the hook and the hook
proper. But I may dispense with this (auxiliary) hoop (n) if the end cords are
arranged in the manner shown in Figure 3. hecause in that case the hook cannot
get displaced to the right, and cannot, therefore, loose its proper hold.
If I make use of a double strip of fabric, between the two layers of which is
formed a hose-like space, I prefer to let said space be situated not at the
edge or rim of the strip, but at such a distance therefrom, as to obtain between that
hose-like snace and the edge of the strip a rim of a breadth sufficient to receive
the hooks and eyes. The hose-like space in question is, therefore, to lay not between
the hooks or eyes and the edge of the fabric, hut, in contrary thereto, or the hooks
and eyes are to lay between the edge and the said hose-like space. The latter
serves in known manner for the reception of a piece of steel-hand, whale-bone or
the like.
I have shown such a form of construction in Figure 9, in which we designates
the edges of the two strips m m: suid edges lay one close against the other.
designate the two seams forming the hose-like spaces m. It these spaces
are filled out with a steel-band or whale-bone or the like, the open ears of the
feet of the hooks and eves rest against that steel-band etc., and the latter con-
tributes to the proper hold of the hooks and eyes. The hooks and eyes shown in
Figure 9 are also furnished with legs or feet of a special configuration, and they
are also held by ear-loops n as well as by middle-loops . Each of said ear-loops
gives hold to two ears of, but I wish it to be understood, that there may be a special
car-loop for each of said ears ol of the hooks and eyes.
The hook-loops a (Figures 2 & 8) may, if desired, he formed by means of a
cord r. (Figure 6) that is passed through between the two layers m m of the fabric.
Said cord leaves the space between said layers shortly before each hook, passes
then over the body of the hook, and enters then again the space between the said
layers until it again leaves this space at the next hook. The portions that extend
through and beyond the upper or outer layer of fabric represent thus the hook
loops, and I wish it to be understood, that these loops may, if desired, be formed
by steel-hand or whale-hone: that is to say, the cord may be replaced by a piece
of steel-band or whale-bone of corresponding length.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. As a means for holding hooks or eyes, or hooks and eyes: a strip of fabric
having loops adapted to take over the legs of said hooks or eyes; said loops being
formed upon said strip prior to attaching the hooks or eyes thereto, for the purpose
as described.
2 As a mean for holding hooks or eyes, or hooks and eyes: a strip of fabric
having loops adapted to take over the legs of said honks or eyes: said loops extend-
ing in the longitudinal direction of said strip. and being formed upon the latter
prior to attaching the hooks or eyes thereto, for the purpose as described.
3. As a means for holding hooks or eyes, or hooks and eyes: a strip of fabric
having loops adapted to take over the end portions of the legs of said hooks or
eyes said loops being formed upon said strip prior to attaching the hooks or eyes
thereto, for the purpose as described.
4. As a means for holding hooks or eyes, or hook and eyes: a strip of fabric.

page_text: having loops adapted to take over and into the ears of said hooks or eyes; said
ears being open, and said loops being formed upon said strip prior to attaching
the hooks or eyes thereto, for the purpose as described.
5. As a means for holding hooks: a strip of fabric having loops adapted to take
over the legs, and other loops adapted to take over the middle-portions of said
hooks; said loops being formed upon said strip prior to attaching the hooks or eyes
thereto, for the purpose as described.
6. As a means for holding hooks: a strip of fabric having loops adapted to take
over the legs of said loops, and other loops adapted to take over the base-portions
of the hooks proper, said loops' being formed upon said strip prior to attaching
the hooks thereto; for the purpose as described.
7. As a means for holding hooks: a strip of fabric consisting of two layers,
and having loops adapted to take over the legs of said hooks, and other loops
adapted to take over the base-portions of the hooks proper said former loops
being formed upon said strip prior to attaching the hooks thereto, and said other
loops being formed by a piece of cord, band, steel-band, or whale-bone, arranged
within the space between said two layers, and leaving said space through apertures
provided in the upper of said layers, and being situated at said base-portions of
the hooks proper, for the purpose as described.
Dated this 15th day of Ammil 1907
AUGUST PRYM,
By Geo. Thos. Hyde,
1 Broad Street Buildings, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.