Improvements in Hooks or Hangers.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Jan., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 17th Oct., 1892-Accepted, 19th Nov., 1892
PROVISIONAI. SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hooks or Hangers.
I, RICHARD EDMONDSON, of 21 North Beach Road, Madras, India, Merchant
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide a convenient hook or equivalent for use
especially upon doors, though it may be otherwise employed, and which may
be conveniently fastened without the employment of screws as is now usually
the case.
In carrying out this invention I prefer to employ a flat strip of steel or other
suitable metal formed into or carrying at one end the hook or books, and at the
other bent back with two right angles so that the end portion would be parallel
with the main body of the hook. The flat end and if desired the back of the
body may be provided with one or more spikes or equivalent and the hook would
be applied as follows.
The door would be opened and the hook placed in the required position the
return bends fitting conveniently over the door to the size of which they would be
suitably adapted. The door would then be closed pressing in the spike or spikes of
the bends and thus securing the hook the weight of the hook and the articles
suspended upon it being carried by the door instead of by screws as in the usual
manner. If desired either screws or nails may be employed in addition to the
above means for securing the hook but even then the weight of the hook and
articles would be borne by the door and not by the screws or nails.
Any required number of these hooks may be used upon a door and when done
with they can casily be removed.
Instead of employing the return bend above described the end of the hook body
may if desired be merely bent at a right angle to the body so as to hold on to the
top edge of the door or other support, spikes or the like being preferably employed
to secure it.
If the book proper is formed directly out of the flat back or body it may be
corrugated wired or otherwise strengthened as required, as also may the body
portion.
Dated this 21st day of January 1892.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hooks or Hangers.
I, RICHARD EDMONDSON, of 21 North Beach Road, Madras, India, Merchant,
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:-
The object of this invention is to provide a convenient hook or equivalent for use
especially upon doors, though it may be otherwise employed, and which may be
conveniently fastened without the employment of screws as is now usually the case.
In carrying out this invention I prefer to employ a flat strip of steel or other
suitable metal formed into or carrying at one end the hook or hooks, and at the
other bent back with two right angles so that the end portion would be parallel
with the main body of the hook. The flat end and, if desired, the back of the body
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page_text: may be provided with one or more spikes or equivalent and the hook would be
applied as follows.
The door would be opened and the hook placed in the required position the
return bends fitting conveniently over the door to the size of which they would be
suitably adapted. The door would then be closed pressing in the spike or spikes of
the bends and thus securing the hook, the weight of the hook and the articles
suspended upon it being carried by the door instead of by screws as in the usual
manner. If desired either screws or nails may be employed in addition to the
above means for securing the hook but even then the weight of the hook and
articles would be borne by the door and not by the screws or nails.
Any required number of these hooks may be used upon a door and when done
with they can easily be removed.
Instead of employing the return bend above described the end of the hook body
may if desired be merely bent at a right angle to the body so as to hold on to the
top edge of the door or other support, spikes or the like being preferably employed
to secure it.
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If the hook proper is formed directly out of the flat back or body it may be
corrugated, wired. or otherwise strengthened as required, as also may the body
portion..
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 shows the hook applied to the door.
Fig. 2 is a similar view of the hook not applied to the door.
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Fig. 3'shows the same hook in a condition suitable for packing for carriage."
Fig. 4 shows a double hook for use on both sides of a door, and
Fig. 5 shows a portion of the hook modified so as to adapt it for double purposes,
as for a hat, and coat.
Like letters indicate 'like parts throughout the drawings.
Referring to Fig. 3. A represents a flat plate adapted to be bent. at two.
parts AA, Fig. 1, so as to fit over the door. The hook portion of this plate is
suitably shaped and has the edges bent over at B for strength and also for
appearance and, to present a smooth edge; the breadth of the plate narrows as it
approaches the end of the hook C and may there be curled or turned over-as
indicated in the drawings. This hook may be made out of a flat blank, stamped
out of a strip or band of any suitable metal, say brass, and curved and finished as
indicated.. The plate portion A is preferably in the first instance left flat, as
indicated in Fig. 3, for convenience in packing, but it may be provided with.the
first bend A or with both ends A' A' if desired, conveniently the first bend Ab
may be made and the second bend A left for the purchaser to make, so that he
may adapt it to the width of the door as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1,
which represent the door. Fig. 2 shows the hook provided with the first bend A'
and the second bend not made in this form it packs sufficiently close for most
purposes.
Figure 4 is the same as the previous figures, but the plate A carries two hooks
adapted to fit one on each side of the door. In this form also at least one of the
bends A¹ A² is omitted until the hook is to be applied.
In Figure 5 the plate arrangement A is the same as in the former figures and it
may carry hooks on one or both sides of the door but, as the form 'shown in Fig. 5
is intended to provide two hooks on each side, say to accommodate a coat and hat,
and the continued flat plate would hardly be strong enough to provide the two,
hooks, wires D are rivetted or otherwise firmly connected to the plate A and
twisted into the required form, as clearly appears in the drawing.
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It will be seen that this hook need only be placed on top of the door and ca
then be used without any fastening as it could hardly slip off, especially when the
door is closed; if however it be desired to fasten it in any way this may be done by
a small nail or equivalent passed through the plate A in any required part, and for
which if desired, a hole may be provided when the hook is made. Another means
of fastening the hook is to provide one or more projections or pins sucli, as E,

page_text: Fig. 1, in any convenient part of the plate A. but preferably on top so as not to
disfigure the door when the hook is taken off. The pins may be brazed, rivetted,
screwed or otherwise secured to the plate and the projections may be formed by a
blow frem a punch or chisel.
The above described hook, it will be understood, does not require to be fastened
by screws or nails in the ordinary manner.
It is desirable where this can conveniently be done to make the first bend A'
when the hook is made as it is likely to be sharper and cleaner than if made by the
purchaser.
Although this hook is primarily intended for use upon doors, it will be seen that
it may be used upon other supports of a like nature, as for example, it could be
placed upon the top of a wall, beam or the like.
A special feature of this invention is the flat plate adapted to fit over a door or
the like without taking up any important amount of room and it will be seen that.
to this plate the hook proper, if not formed of an extension of the plate itself, may
be connected whether the hook proper consist of twisted wires, as illustrated in
Fig. 5, or of a single wire or piece of metal formed into the shape of a hook.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said iuven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is,
1. A hook made entirely from a flat strip of metal and cousisting of two portions
the hook proper and the flat plate which fits over the top of the door substantially
as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2. A door-hook adapted to clamp on to the door without any special fastening
such as nails, screws or the like substantially as described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
3. A hook consisting of a flat plate adapted to fit over the top of a door and two
depending hooks one for each side of the door substantially as described and
illustrated in Figure 4 of the accompanying drawings.
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4. A flat plate hook such as described adapted to fit over the top of a door and
provided with pins or projections such as E adapted to enter the door substantially
as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
5. The method of securing a hook to a door or similar support by extending or
clamping it over the top substantially as described.
6. A hook consisting of a plate such as A A' A' and two wires connected
therewith and twisted together to form the hook substantially as described and
illustrated in Figure 5 of the accompanying drawings.
7. A hook consisting of a flat plate adapted to fit over the top of a door and
having two wires extending from each end each pair of wires being twisted together
to form the books proper substantially as described.
8. In a door or similar hook the combination with a plate such as A A' A' of
one or more hooks substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 17th day of October 1892.