An Improved Lacing Hook.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 1st July, 1890
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Complete Specification Left, 25th Mar., 1891-Accepted, 25th Apr., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Lacing Hook.
I, LOUIS JOSEPH EMILE GOURDÉ, of 30, Rue Moret, Paris, in the Republic
of France, Button Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
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The metallic hooks heretofore used for lacing boots are liable to soon become
unsightly by the wearing off of the varnish from the metal head of the hook; and the
object of this invention is to remedy this defect which is accomplished by the com-
bination, with the metal hook, of a head made of paper or papier-maché which offers
a good adhering surface for the varnish, the paper head being fixed to the metal
hook by any suitable means as hereafter specified.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this
Specification, wherein
Figure 1 represents a part sectional elevation and plan of the improved lacing
hook provided with a paper head secured bezel.
Figure 2 is a part sectional elevation and underside plan of a similar hook, the
paper head being secured by tangs.
Figure 3 is a part sectional elevation of a similar hook, the paper head being
secured by tangs and a button shank combined.
Referring to Figure 1, the metallic hook is constructed in the ordinary way with
an eyelet whereby it is secured to the boot and with a head a which, for the
purpose of
my invention, is not made convex as usual but is stamped flat to form a
base plate for the paper head c and with an upwardly turned rim or bezel around
its edge which is cramped or burred down around the edge of the paper head c,
introduced within it as shewn, whereby the head c is securely fixed.
In Figure 2 instead of a bezel 6 two upwardly turned tangs d are partly punched
out of the metal part a of the head of the hook, said tangs engaging in notches in
the underside of the head c and becoming splayed in opposite directions and
embedded in the substance of the head by subjecting the two parts. to pressure
between dies whereby the shape of the head is preserved and the parts are securely
united.
In Figure 3, the paper head c is provided with a wire loop like that of an ordinary
button-shank through which is passed one of two tangs fg partly punched out of
the plate a of the hook the other tang being driven into the substance of the head
and the two tangs being splayed in opposite directions by pressure in dies as in the
last mentioned case.
Dated this 1st day of July 1800
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Lacing Hook.
I, LOUIS JOSEPH EMILE GOURDE, of 30, Rue Moret, Paris, in the Republic
of France, Button Manufacturer, 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 metallic hooks heretofore used for lacing boots are liable to soon become
unsightly by the wearing off of the varnish from the metal head of the hook; and
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page_text: the object of this invention is to remedy this defect which is accomplished by the
combination, with the metal hook, of a head made of paper or papier-maché which
offers a good adhering surface for the varnish, the paper head being fixed to the
metal hook by any suitable means as hereafter specified.
Reference is to be had to the drawings accompanying my Provisional Specifi-
cation, wherein
Figure 1 represents a part sectional elevation and plan of the improved lacing
hook provided with a paper head secured by a bezel.
Figure 2 is a part sectional elevation and underside plan of a similar hook, the
paper head being secured by tangs.
Figure 3 is a part sectional elevation of a similar hook, the paper head being
secured by tangs and a button shank combined.
Referring to Figure 1, the metallic hook is constructed in the ordinary way with
an eyelet whereby it is secured to the boot and with a head a which, for the purpose
of my invention, is not made convex as usual but is stamped flat to form a base plate
for the paper head and with an upwardly turned rim or bezel b around its edge
which is cramped or burred down around the edge of the paper head C, introduced
within it as shewn, whereby the head c is securely fixed.
C
In Figure 2 instead of a bezel b two upwardly turned tangs d are partly punched
out of the metal part a of the head of the hook, said tangs engaging in notches in
the underside of the head c and becoming splayed in opposite directions and
embedded in the substance of the head by subjecting the two parts to pressure
between dies whereby the shape of the head is preserved and the parts are
securely united.
In Figure 3, the paper head cis provided with a wire loop like that of an ordinary
button-shank through which is passed one of two tangs fg partly punched out of
the plate a of the hook the other tang being driven into the substance of the head
and the two tangs being splayed in opposite directions by pressure in dies, as in the
last mentioned case.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
1. The means of fixing a head of compressed paper, paper pulp, or equivalent
plastic material, to a metallic lacing hook consisting of a looped wire shank on the
head and a hole in the head in combination with diverging tangs punched out
of the metal of the hook, the union being effected by compression in dies, as
specified.
2. The means of fixing a head of compressed paper or paper pulp to a metal
lacing hook by a circumferential bezel or rim, substantially as specified.
3. The means of fixing a head of compressed paper or paper pulp to a metal
lacing hook by diverging tangs punched out of the plate of the hook entering
holes in, and driven into, the paper head by compression in dies, as specified.
Dated this 20th day of March 1891.
Dated this Zoon day of maren 1091.
L. J. E. GOURDE.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Patent Agents.