Improvements in Stair Eyes or Holdfasts for Stair Rods and the like.
Year: 1898

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Improvements in Stair Eyes or Holdfasts for Stair Rods and the like.
I, GEORGE FISHER, of Willis's Rooms, King Street, St. James', London, S.W.,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to stair eyes or holdfasts for securing stair rods or the
like in position, and my improvements consist in stamping and forming the eyes
or holdfasts from one piece or strip of metal, as follows:-A strip of metal
of required width and length is stamped out with longitudinal cuts or slits of
suitable length intermediate of its ends or extremities but terminating at short
distances therefrom. One end of said strip is pointed or spiked and this pointed
or spiked end is bent or turned down at right angles, while the opposite half of
the remaing portion of the strip is bent or turned up at right angles to adapt the
eye or holdfast to fit against the tread and rise of the stairs or against similarly
placed surfaces. The piece or pieces of metal lying between the longitudinal
slits or cuts, or on each outer side, or on one side only of same, is or are curved
or bent forward into the angle of the strip to form a curved or angular eyelet or
opening to receive the stair rod or other object, the said eyelet preferably conform-
ing in shape to the stair rod, though not necessarily so. This construction of
eyelet or holdfast in one piece of metal gives considerable strength and firmness
thereto, and they can be produced very cheaply.
The stair eye or holdfast, in fixing it in position, is first secured by forcing
the spiked or pointed turned down end into the stair tread, or one part of the
surface to which it is being applied, and then securing the other end by a nail,
screw or like means, driven through a corresponding hole formed therein; or
spikes or sharp points may be provided at both ends of the stair eye or holdfast.
Dated this 3rd day of December 1898.
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Huddersfield. Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stair Eyes or Holdfacts for Stair Rods and the like
I, GEORGE FISHER, of Willis's Rooms, King Street, St. James', London, S.W.,
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 to stair eves or holdfasts for securing stair rode and
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I, GEORGE FISHER, of Willis's Rooms, King Street, St. James', London, S.W.,
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 to stair eves or holdfasts for securing stain rods and

page_text: the like in position, and my improvements consist in stamping and forming the
eyes or holdfasts from one piece or strip of metal, as follows:-
A strip of metal of required width and length is stamped out with longitudinal
cuts or slits of suitable length intermediate of its ends or extremities but terminat-
ing at short distances therefrom. One end of said strip is pointed or spiked and
this pointed or spiked end is bent down at right angles, while the opposite
half of the remaining portion of the strip is bent or turned up at right angles to
adapt such strip to fit against the tread and rise of the stairs or similarly placed
surfaces. The piece or pieces of metal lying between the longitudinal slits or
cuts, or on each outer side, or on one side of a single longitudinal slit or cut, is or
are curved or bent forward into the angle of the strip to form a curved or angular
eyelet or opening to receive and hold the stair rod or other object, the said eyelet
preferably conforming in shape to the stair rod-though not necessarily so.
This construction of stair eyes or hold fasts in one piece of metal gives
considerable strength and firmness thereto, and they can be produced very cheaply.
The stair eye or holdfast, in fixing it in position, is first secured by forcing or
driving the spiked or pointed turned down end into the stair tread and then
securing the other end to the rise of the step by nail, screw or the like driven
through a hole formed therein; or spiked or sharp points may be formed at both
ends of the stair eye or holdfast.
Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification:-
Fig. 1 is plan of a strip or flat piece of metal stamped out of the solid to the
shape and size required to form a stair eye or holdfast in accordance with my
invention; and
Fig. 2 illustrates the finished stair eye or holdfast formed therefrom.
Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate modification hereafter referred to.
The stamped out strip, lettered a, is composed of brass or other flexible metal
suited to the purpose, and, in stamping it out of the sheet two longitudinal cuts or
slits are made, these being spaced at a suitable distance apart and terminating
within short distance of each end of the strip a, leaving space at one end for a
hole or opening c to be stamped out, while the opposite end is cut to a V to form a
spike or pointed end d.
In forming the stair eye or holdfast from the aforesaid strip, the spike or
pointed end is turned or bent down at right angles, and the opposite end, to the
extent of half the remaining portion of the strip, or thereabouts, is turned or bent
up at right angles, thus adapting said bent strip a to fit against the tread and rise.
of the stairs, or against similarly placed surfaces. The piece of metal or tongue e
lying between the slits or cuts bb, is curved or bent forward into the angle of the
bent strip to form a curved or angular opening or eyelet f to receive and hold the
stair rod, or other object, the said tongue e preferably being bent to the shape
of the stair rod, though not necessarily so.
In fixing in position the stair eye or holdfast formed out of one piece of metal
as above set forth, it is first secured by forcing or driving the spike or pointed
turned down end d into the stair tread, or one part of the surface to which it is
being applied, and then securing the other end by a nail, screw, or the like driven
through the hole c into the rise of the step, or other part of the surface to which it is
being applied.
Spikes or sharp points may be formed at both ends of the stair eye or holdfast if
desired.
The construction of stair eyes or holdfasts from one piece of metal as described
and shewn, gives considerable strength and firmness thereto, and they can be
produced very cheaply.
In the modification shewn at Fig. 3, the pieces of metal on the outer sides of the
slits or cuts bb form the tongues e e, and are bent into the angle of the bent strip a,
as shewn, to form the eyelet f.
In Fig. 4 only one cut or slit b is made in the strip a, this being either central of
said strip or more to one side than the other, one side portion e being bent into
the angle of the bent strip a to form the eyelet f as shewn,

page_text: 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:
A stair eye or holdfast, for stair rods and the like, stamped out of one solid piece
of sheet metal in the form of a strip of requisite size and shape, which said
strip is slit or cut longitudinally in one or more places for a portion of the length
thereof and terminating within a short distance of each end or extremity, the
strip being bent to fit against the tread and rise of the stairs, or similarly placed
surfaces, and the metal on one side of the longitudinal slit or cut, or between, or
on each outer side of the slits or cuts, being forced into the angle of the bent strip
to form an eyelet for receiving and holding the stair rod or like object, and a spike
or pointed end or ends integral with the bent strip for securing one or both ends
of same, substantially as herein shewn and described.
Total L 1
Pa
1000
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Patent Agents, Huddersfield, Agents for Applicant.
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Patent Agents, Huddersfield, Agents for Applicant.