Improvements in Hooks for Trek Tow Chains, and for other like purposes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Aug., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 15th May, 1896-Accepted, 20th June, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by ROBERT SYMONS, of King Williams Town,
Cape Colony.]
Improvements in Hooks for Trek Tow Chains, and for other
like purposes.
I, FREDERICK KEEP, of the Firm of Keep Brothers of 11, Broad Street,
Birmingham, in the County of Warwick Merchant, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in hooks for trek tow chains and
for other like purposes, my object being to so construct such hooks that they
shall be more convenient and effective for service than those at present in
general use.
In carrying my invention into effect, I forge or produce the hook in the usual
manner from wrought iron, malleable cast iron, or other suitable metal, preferably
forming an eye at one end for the admission of the chain end link or hook. The
opposite or free end of the hook I twist or shape to the form of a ram's horn, and
thus give to the complete hook a spiral configuration, providing sufficient space
between the twisted end and the body of the hook to permit of ready attachment.
When the hook is attached to the required part, the peculiar form of its free and
open end prevents accidental detachment, but it may be readily withdrawn or
detached when required.
I modify the precise form of my improved spiral hook to suit the particular
service for which it is required, without departing from the essential features of my
invention.
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MARKS & CLERK,
18 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13 Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in, Hooks for Trek Tow Chains, and for other
like purposes.
I, FREDERICK KEEP, of the Firm of Keep Brothers, of 11, Broad Street,
in the City of Birmingham, Merchants, 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 improvements in hooks for trek tow chains and
for other like purposes, my object being to so construct such hooks that they
shall be more convenient and effective for service than those at present in
general use.
In the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings to be hereinafter
referred to:-
Figure 1 is an elevation and Figure 2 a plan representing a single hook, and

page_text: Figures 3 and 4 are similar views of a double hook, both constructed in accordance
with my invention.
In carrying my invention into effect, I forge or produce the hook in the usual
manner from wrought iron, malleable cast iron, or other suitable metal, preferably
forming an eye such as A at one end as shown at Figures 1 and 2 for the admission
of the chain end link or hook. The opposite or free end of the hook I twist or
shape to the form of a ram's horn or to a spiral configuration as illustrated,
providing sufficient space between the twisted end and the body of the hook to
permit of ready attachment. When the hook is attached to the required part, the
peculiar form of its free and open end prevents accidental detachment, but it may
be readily withdrawn or detached when required.
I modify the precise form of my improved spiral hook to suit the particular
service for which it is required, without departing from the essential features of my
invention.
When making a double hook I bend or shape each end to a ram's horn or spiral
configuration as illustrated at Figures 3 and 4.
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 :-
1. The improved method of preventing the accidental detachment of a hook
consisting in the formation of its end or ends to a ram's horn, spiral, or like
configuration, substantially as described.
2. The improved hooks for trek tow chains and for other purposes sub-
stantially as hereinbefore described and as illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
MARKS & CLERK,
18 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13 Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.