Improvements in Hooks and Eyes for Wearing Apparel.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Oct., 1894-Accepted, 10th Nov., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hooks and Eyes for Wearing Apparel.
We, ADOLF CLORIUS, of No. 36, Moislinger-Allec, and CARL SCHWARTZ, of
No. 62, Wahnstrasse, both in Lubeck, in the German Empire, 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 hooks and eyes for wearing apparel, more especially for
ladies' dresses, and it consists in so constructing the hooks and eyes as to enable
them to be far more securely fastened in position than they have been hitherto,
while preventing at the same time the material from shifting or shrinking back and
the eyes from becoming unhooked at inopportune times.
The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings
in which
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of one of the improved hooks in engagement with
its eye;
Fig. 2 is a side view of the hook, corresponding to Fig. 1 (the eye being however
omitted); and
Fig. 3 is a plan of the top of the eye, such as represented in Fig. 1.
It will be seen from Figs. 1 and 2. that the tongue or engaging portion b of the
hook is comparatively long. The body of the hook is provided, firstly, with the
usual loops 6 and 6; and in combination, at or near the bend, with two more
loops b', 62, which arrangement enables the hook to be stitched or secured to the
material not by means of two loops only, 53 6, as hitherto, but by four
loops 663 6. The provision of the two additional loops b 62 imparts such
firmness to the hook, when attached in position, and gives it such a hold on the
material, as effectually to prevent the material from being torn or shifted out of
place, while the hook itself is not, as it has been before, liable to become displaced
at that part where, in the improved construction, the extra loops bare situated.
Up to the present time it has been usual to fasten that portion of the hook with a
few loops of thread, stitched over it, which method of attachment, however, has
proved unreliable because of the thread, at that part, being particularly apt to
wear out and break, owing to the movements of the loop in hooking and unhooking.
The special fastening loops b' 62, provided at the free end of the hook, according
to this invention, permit the secure attachment of the bent portion of the hook and
obviate any shifting of that portion from its proper position in front of the eye.
The eye a, like the hook, in combination with the usual loops a³, a³, is fitted with
two extra loops a', a, situated as near as possible to the outer edge of the eye.
By this arrangement the eye also is prevented from becoming bent or shifted out
of position.
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In order to prevent the eye from becoming disengaged from the hook of its own
accord, that portion of it, into which the tongue of the hook is passed, is made as
flat as possible, so that it can be disengaged from the hook only when it is made
to assume an inclined position, at a certain angle to the hook. Failing this, the
fastening loops a a³, of the eye a would meet the bend of the hook b and
prevent its release. The provision of the four loops on the eye, as in the case
of the hook, thus effectually prevents any warping or bending of the eye out of
its proper shape, while at the same time ensuring the firm and reliable attachment
thereof to the wearing apparel...

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :
1. The hereinbefore described improvements in hooks and eyes for wearing
apparel, mainly consisting in the provision of four small fastening loops for the
hook and for the eye, respectively, and disposed as above specified, whereby the
means of attachment of both parts (the hook and the eye) are duplicated, for
the purpose of preventing any change of shape or position of either.
2. The construction and manufacture of hooks and eyes for wearing apparel,
substantially as and for the purposes hereinabove set forth.
Dated this 9th day of October 1894.
J. C. CHAPMAN,, C.P.A.,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Filing Agent...