Improvements in Hooks for use in Wardrobes and other similar Furniture, and in the Manufacture of the same.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Aug., 1893-Accepted, 16th Sept. 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hooks for use in Wardrobes and other similar
Furniture, and in the Manufacture of the same.
I, JOHN JESSE JAMES, of the Firm of Dutson & Co. of 11 Whittall Street,
Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to
be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention has for its object improvements in hooks for use in wardrobes and
other similar furniture and in the manufacture of the same by which I obtain a
stamped swivel hook which is much lighter, cheaper, and effective, than those
hitherto used.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood & more easily carried
into practice I have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings upon
which I have fully illustrated the nature of my said invention and the mode of
carrying the same into effect.
Figure 1, is a general elevation of one of my hooks having four arms.
Figure 2, is a similar elevation showing a hook with two arms.
Figure 3, is a plan of the blank from which my hooks are stamped.
Figure 4, is a plan of a hook after being stamped but prior to the pivot screw
being inserted.
Figure 5, is a section on line 1-2 Figure 4 showing the mode of inserting the
pivot screw.
Figure 6, is an elevation of the pivot screw.
Figure 7, is a section through the pivot of the hook when complete.
In carrying my invention into effect I cut out a blank A such as shown by
Figure 3 which I stainp into the form such as shown by Figure 2 which may be
thus formed from either sheet steel bronzed or colored or from brass or other
suitable material and in the top a' of the hook I form the hole aand two three or
more slits a therefrom as shown by Figure 5 so as to allow of the metal being
turned up sufficiently for the insertion of the screw pivot B after which the metal
is again stamped or pressed down until the edge of the hole a' becomes inserted
around the groove or recess which has been previously formed in the shank of
the screw pivot B. By these means the hook A has perfect liberty to revolve
upon the screw B and the pivot or swivel thus formed: also by means of the
screw & notched head forms a satisfactory means for attachment to the
wood work of the wardrobe or other furniture. To prevent the screw from becoming
jammed upon the pivot by reason of the screw being screwed too far home I provide
the collar E which may either be attached to the screw by having slits formed in
it as before described the points of which are raised to allow the screw to be
inserted after which the edges are pressed down into the groove b* formed into the
shank of the screw to receive it or the hole in the collar or washer E may be
formed slightly smaller than the shank of the screw and may be pressed into its
required position without the necessity of a groove in the shank and would remain
in that position by reason of the screw increasing slightly in thickness near the
head. Of course I do not confine myself to the exact shape of the hook shown
and I may use it with only two arms as shown at Figure 2 or I may use two
stampings having four arms as shown by Figure 1 in which case the lower hook
would be wedged between the head 63 of the screw and the top a' of the top hook
which would be slit and inserted in the groove or recess of the screw as before
described or both stampings may be slit and inserted in the one recess.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1st. The improvements in hooks for use in wardrobes and other similar furniture
and in the manufacture of the same substantially as & for the purpose herein set
forth & shown upon the accompanying drawings.
2nd. In hooks for wardrobes and other similar furniture the screw B having a
grooved neck and the particular mode of inserting the same substantially as & for
the purpose herein set forth and shown.
Dated him oth do of A noust 1902
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.