Improvements connected with Hooks for Supporting Hammocks, and for other Uses.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 6th June, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 6th Mar., 1896-Accepted, 11th Apr., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements connected with Hooks for Supporting Hammocks,
and for other Uses.
I, EDWARD WILLSON, of 106 Hind Street, Poplar, in the County of Middlesex,
Shipwright, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The invention relates to a simple construction of combined hook and clip for
supporting hammocks and for other uses.
Heretofore hammock hooks have been screwed into woodwork secured to the.
deck beams; they have also been formed in two parts, one of which forms a clip.
jaw combined with the hook, whilst the other is simply a clip jaw having a stem
which, by screws or bolts, is fixed to the stem of the other clip jaw, thereby
forcing the two clip jaws against the deck beam and enclosing the bulb of such
beam between them. In both these arrangements the hook extends downwards.
from below the deck beam, but according to my invention the hook may be entirely
above the lower surface of the deck beam bulb, the thickness of the clip alone
being below such bulb.
.
I form a clip of a single piece of metal having a vertical jaw and a jaw with its.
edge turned inwards, and the space between the two jaws large enough to pass easily
over the bulb of the deck beam; through the vertical jaw I form a tapped hole to
receive the screw threaded stem of the hook, which, on being screwed through the:
tapped hole firmly against the deck beam, is secured in position.
If desired a hook can also be screwed or otherwise fastened to the inturned jaw
of the clip, and, again, two hooks may be screwed through the vertical jaw.
It will be evident that hooks thus secured to a supporting beam can be used for
other purposes.
Dated this 6th day of June 1895
HARRIS & MILLS,
23 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.
Improvements connected with Hooks for Supporting Hammocks,
and for other Uses.
I, EDWARD WILLSON, of 106 Hind Street Poplar, in the County of Middlesex,.
Shipwright, 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 invention relates to a simple construction of combined hook and clip for
supporting hammocks and for other uses.
Heretofore hammock hooks have been screwed into woodwork secured to the
deck beams; they have also been formed in two parts, one of which forms a clip
jaw combined with the hook whilst the other is simply a clip jaw having a stemn
which, by screws or bolts, is fixed to the stem of the other clip jaw, thereby
forcing the two clip jaws against the deck beam and enclosing the bulb of such
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page_text: beam between them. In both these arrangements the hook extends downwards
from below the deck beam, but according to my invention the hook may be entirely
above the lower surface of the deck beam bulb, the thickness of the clip alone
being below such bulb.,
The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is an
end view of the combined hook and clip, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same
applied to a ship's iron deck beam and showing by the broken lines how an
additional hook can, if desired be provided on the bent or turned in jaw of the
clip jaw.
In practice I form a clip a of a single piece of flat iron or other suitable material
of the requisite length by bending it, so as to fit around the outer or downward end
of the bulb of the beam and form a vertical jaw at one end and a jaw c having
its edge bent or turned inwards at the other end. I leave the space or opening
between the two jaws large enough to enable the clip to pass easily over the
bulb g of the deck beam g. The vertical jaw bis provided with a tapped hole to
receive the screw threaded stem d' of the hook d.
It will be clearly understood from the drawing Fig. 2 that by screwing the
stem d of the hook d through the tapped hole in the vertical jaw b of the clip
tightly against the web of the deck beam, the clip and hook are secured to the
deck beam 9 whilst by the reverse action they can be readily removed therefrom
and it may be mentioned that the same can be applied with equal facility at any
desired point of the deck beam. If desired a lock nut f shown by broken lines in
Fig. 2 may be employed to prevent any accidental unscrewing of the hook d.
In order to increase the utility of the apparatus the clip jaw b may be made
wider than that shown and two or more hooks may be screwed into the same side
by side at a sufficient distance apart to allow of turning the hooks in their tapped
holes. Or the clip may be formed to receive two screwed hooks standing opposite
one another but in that case the jaws b and c would be made alike.
As a slight modification I may provide the bent or turned in jaw c with a
permanent hook e shown in broken lines at Fig. 2, whose connection with the ja vs
is so formed as not to interfere with the operation of attaching or detaching the
clip to the deck beam; the other end of the clip being provided with a screwed
hook d of the form hereinbefore described.
Although the main purpose of the combined hook and clip is to temporarily or
permanently support hammocks in ships it will be obvious that it may be used for
other purposes.
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 combined hook and clip, consisting of the clip a adapted to fit
as nearly as possible the outer surface of the bulb of ships deck beams and
provided with a vertical jaw b with one or more screw threaded hooks d and a bent
or inwardly turned jaw c substantially as shown and described and for the purpose
stated.
2. The combined hook and clip wherein both jaws (b and c) are provided with
hooks, substantially as and for the purpose described.
Dated March 6th 1896.
HARRIS & MILLS,
23 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.