IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR SUSPENDING PICTURES AND FOR OTHER ANALOGOUS PURPOSES to be as follows:
Year: 1884

page_text: I FREDERICK SAMUEL HAWKE, of St Germans, in the county of Cornwall do
hereby declare the nature of the said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR
APPARATUS FOR SUSPENDING PICTURES AND FOR OTHER ANALOGOUS PURPOSES
to be as follows:-
"
This invention relates to a simple method of or arrangement for suspending
pictures, which is neat in appearance, simple in construction and easily made and
fixed in position, and the invention consists in the combination with a slotted
moulding or band of a metal hook provided with a projection sliding in the said
groove.
In carrying out my invention I employ lengths of moulding or plain strips or
bands of suitable material such as wood or metal which may be adapted to a
cornice or architrave and I form the same with a shaped slot throughout the
whole length of each length, strip or band; or the said slot may in some cases be
made in the moulding of the cornice or architrave itself. I provide a number of
hooks, the upper or shank ends of which are each provided at the back with a
T shaped projection and a small roller adapted to fit and slide in the above named
groove, the said roller serving to lessen the friction; the width of the said projec-
tion is such, that, when the hook is placed in a horizontal direction, the said
projection. will pass into the front of the groove and the hook being then moved
into a vertical position, the projection will freely slide in the said groove but
cannot come out of the same while in the vertical position.
The cords, rings or their equivalents attached to the pictures are placed over the
improved sliding hooks and when it is required to remove the pictures or alter
their position the cords or rings have simply to be lifted from off the hooks, or the
hooks slid in their grooves to the required position.
My improved apparatus can be fixed to a wall without injury to the latter, and
when in use there is no danger of the hooks slipping out of their places and
falling on the pictures when being hung or while being adjusted into proper
position.
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FOLL 1
1001
G. F. REDFERN,
Agent for the Applicant.

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I FREDERICK SAMUEL HAWKE of St Germans in the County of Cornwall do
hereby declare the nature of the said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR
APPARATUS FOR SUSPENDING PICTURES AND FOR OTHER ANALOGOUS PURPOSES
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 a simple method of or arrangement for suspending
pictures, which is neat in appearance, simple in construction and easily made and
fixed in position, and the invention consists in the combination with a slotted
I moulding or band, of a metal hook provided with a projection sliding in the said
groove.
In carrying out my invention I employ lengths of moulding or plain strips or
bands of suitable material such as wood or metal which may be adapted to a
moulding, cornice, or architrave and I form the same with a shaped slot
throughout the whole length of each length, strip, or band; or the said slot
may in some cases be made in the moulding of the cornice or architrave itself.
I provide a number. of hooks, the upper or shank ends of which are each provided
at the back with a T shaped projection adapted to fit and slide in the above named
groove.
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In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I will proceed to
describe the same by reference to the accompanying drawing in which figure 1
represents a front elevation of an apparatus for suspending pictures constructed
according to my invention and applied to the ceiling moulding of a room or like
place or wall under the said moulding; figure 2, is a vertical transverse section
of the same; figures 3, 4 and 5 are a front elevation, a side elevation and a plan
respectively of the sliding hooks for the same. Similar letters in all the figures
represent similar parts.
a is a portion of one of the strips or moulding which I employ and which I have
shewn as made of sheet metal but which may be of wood or other suitable material;
shews a piece of ordinary ceiling moulding to or underneath which the apparatus
may be adapted; c is the shaped slot or groove with which each length or strip
is formed; d, are the hooks the upper or shank ends of which are provided at the
back with a T shaped projection e, adapted to fit and slide in the slot or groove c;
the width of the said projection e is such that when the hook is placed in a
horizontal position as shewn by one of the hooks in figure 1 the projection will
pass into the front of the groove c and the book being moved into a vertical
position as shewn in figures 1 and 2 the projection e, will freely slide in the said
groove. but cannot come out of the same while in the vertical position; ff are the
screws by which the lengths or strips are secured to the moulding b, or wall (or
other suitable means may be employed for securing them).
For greater convenience of fixing the apparatus. I have shewn it reversible that
is to say either of its edges may be uppermost without interfering with the inser-
tion or the working of the hooks.
To make use of my improved apparatus the cords rings or their equivalents
attached to the pictures are placed over the improved sliding hooks d and when it
is required to remove the pictures or alter their position the cords or rings have
simply to be lifted from off the hooks d, or the hooks slid in their grooves e to the
required position.
My improved apparatus can be fixed to a wall partition or other suitable place
without injury thereto, and, when in use, there is no danger of the books slipping

page_text: out of their places and falling on the pictures when being bung or while being
adjusted into proper position.
I have described my improvements as applicable for suspending pictures but it
will be evident that they are equally applicable for suspending curtains or china
or plates or for like purposes.
If required I may provide the projections e of the hooks d with small rollers
running in the groove c, and serving to lessen the friction.
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.) The combination with the slotted or grooved moulding or band a of the
metal hook d, having a projection sliding in the said slot substantially as and
for the purposes hereinbefore described and represented in the accompanying
drawing.
(2.) The improved hooks constructed and operating substantially as hereinbefore
described and represented in the accompanying drawing.
(3.) The improved apparatus for suspending pictures or for other analogous
purposes substantially as hereinbefore described and represented in the accompanying
drawing.