Pictures, and for other such like Purposes.
Year: 1888

page_text: Pictures, and for other such like Purposes.
CHARLES FREDERICK GRIMMETT & JOSEPH COOK both of Legge Lane Graham
Street Birmingham in the County of Warwick Manufacturers, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows :—
The object of the invention are improved Hooks which are suitable for suspending
Hats Lamps & Cups & indeed the hooks are of very general application for a variety
purposes.
&
cup
We will now describe that part of the invention relating in particular to the
We take a piece
Lamp hooks but which may be used for other such like purposes.
of Iron wire of suitable thickness cut to the desired length which is then perfectly
straight & is then screwd on one end, a piece of thin Brass or other metal tubing is
then drawn to size to fit upon the Iron wire & cut into such lengths, that will cover
that portion of the Iron wire which is required for the purpose of forming the Hook.
We then attach to the one end of the tube an ornament or metal rosette of various
design, the other end being nicked V shape in four equal distant points of its
circumference. The tube then is slipped over the Iron wire, the four V shape points
are then closed over the one end, the other end forming a shoulder as well as an
ornament, we then by suitable tools bend it into the desired shape.
The Hat hook is produced precicely in the same manner varying only in the
formation or finish of the hook-Viz.: The Iron wire extends beyond the tube, which
is not shape as previously described, but is cut off at right angles to its length &
forms a shoulder for the Brass or other metal cup, which is shaped to receive a china
ball or knob, the end of the Iron wire which protudes above the china knob being
screwd to receive a metal nut which seccures the china to the Hook, then being
complete.
The picture or Screw Ring as we will call it is an ordinary Iron shank screwed part
of its length, the other end being flattened out & forming a half-round or circular top

page_text: large enough to admit of a hole of such dimensions that will allow a suitable size
metal ring to work freely through it, we then take a metal blank of suitable shape &
close over the same, by which process we produce a metal head or cap, a hole then is
made through, & the Brass or other metal ring is then threaded through the cap &
flattened portion of the Iron wire & is then soldered.
Pictures, and for other such like Purposes.
We CHARLES FREDERICK GRIMMETT & ANN COOK Administratrix of the late
Joseph Cook both of Legge Lane Graham Street Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to he particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement:—
The object of the Invention are improved hooks which are suitable for Hats Lamps
& Pictures & indeed the hooks are of very general application for a variety of
purposes.
We will now describe that part of the Invention relating in particular to the cup,
lamp & cupboard hooks.
We take a piece of iron wire of suitable thickness cut to the desired length which is
then perfectly straight screwed on one end & rounded on the other as at Fig. 1. A
piece of Brass or other metal tubing is then drawn to size to fit upon the iron wire &
cut into such length that will cover that portion of the wire which is required for the
purposes of forming the hook F as at Fig. 3. and 4. We then raise the flange or
ridge A, near the one end Fig. 2, and notch out the other end as at B in four equal
parts. We then close upon the tube against the flange A, Fig. 2, a metal rosette of
various designs as at Fig. 5 or a plain disc as Fig. 6. The tube C Fig. 2 together
with the rosette closed upon it as D. Fig. 3, is then slipped over the iron shank Fig. 1
and bent into the desired shape as Fig. 3, and 4, the iron blank E. Fig. 7, is then
closed in the rose as shown in section Fig. 3.
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The Hat hook as in section Fig. 8 is produced precisely in the same manner varying
slightly in detail. The iron wire extending beyond the brass tube which is not
notched out like Fig. 2 but cut off at right angles to its length & forms the

page_text: shoulder G for the Brass or other metal cup H which is shaped to receive a china
Brass or other metal knob, I. The end of the iron wire which protudes above the
china knob being screwed to receive the metal nut, J, to secure the knob.
The picture hook or screw rings we produce in the following manner which makes
it very much stronger & more durable than any yet produced.
We just take an ordinary iron shank as Fig. 1, which we flattened out & pierce a
hole through as Fig. 9. A metal blank is then cut out & raised into the cup, K, as
shown in section Fig. 10, & 11. A small iron or other metal blank M is closed in
tightly by the cap K, Fig. 10, & 11. A corresponding hole with that in the iron
shank is then made through the cap to admit of a suitable size ring of wire Fig. 10 & 12,
which after being threaded through the head as in section Fig. 10, we solder together
the joints. We are aware that ordinary screwed shanks are covered with metal caps
similar to those illustrated herein, but our iron shank so formed Fig. 9, greatly adds
to the strength, & they may be used with or without a cap & only the ring in
combination with the wire shank Fig. 9.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of our said Inven-
tion & in what manner the same is to be performed, wo declare what we claim is :-
The simple method of covering screwed shanks as Fig. 1, for the purpose herein set
forth & as illustrated by Figs. 3, 4, 8.
Seccond the screwed shank Fig. 9, with & without the metal cap K, as illustrated
in Fig. 11, 12, 10, & for the purpose herein set forth.
Dated this 10th day of Decambar 1000