Improvements relating to Meat-hooks.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Feb., 1893-Accepted, 18th Mar., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Meat-hooks.
We, FREDERICK BARKER HILL, of 30 Glengall Road, Old Kent Road,
Engineer, and ROBERT DANIEL BRETT, of 4 Trafalgar Road, Old Kent Road,
Engineer, both in the County of Surrey, 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 :-
Our invention relates to hooks chiefly designed to be used for holding or
sustaining joints of meat or the like in butchers' shops or stalls, or in cooling
chambers, larders or pantries.
The chief object of our invention is to facilitate the cleaning of such hooks and
the insertion of the same into joints of meat or the like.
For this purpose we provide a bracket or other suitable support or holder for
the hook, and we construct this support or holder and the hook in such a manner
that the said hook can be readily attached to and detached from its support or
holder; and we provide a movable or adjustable stop or catch whereby the said
hook will be rigidly held in place in the said support and accidental displacement
of the said hook thus effectually prevented.
In the accompanying drawing we have shown how our said invention may be
conveniently and advantageously carried into practice.
Figure 1 is a front elevation of one form of our improved device.
Figure 2 is a section on the line, x, Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a front elevation, and
Figure 4 a section on the line ¹, ¹, Figure 3, showing another form or modifi-
cation of our improved device, and
Figures 5 and 6 are vertical transverse sections, illustrating further modifications
of our invention.
a is the hook; b is the support or holder therefor; c is a movable or adjustable
stop or catch for retaining the hook in its support or holder.
The support b is either made in the form of a bracket adapted to be secured to
a wall, partition or the like, as shown for example in Figures 1 and 2, or in the
form of a clip or slotted piece adapted to slide on a bar d as shown in Figures 3, 4,
5 and 6, which clip or slotted piece is, in some instances, provided with a set-
screw e for securing it in any desired position on the said bar.
In the arrangement shown in Figures 1 and 2, the support b is made with a
groove or recess b₁ in the back thereof to receive the part a¹ of the hook; the
support or holder 6 is also provided with projections 6 in front thereof, between
which the hook can slide freely into its place and which serve to prevent lateral
movement or displacement of the hook. The stop or catch c is pivoted at c' to the
wall, partition or the like to which the bracket bis attached.
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When the hook is inserted in the support and the catch c is in the position shown
by full lines in Figures 1 and 2, the said hook will be firmly retained in the said
support. To detach or remove the hook from the support, it is only necessary to
turn the catch c about its pivot c¹ into the position indicated by the dotted lines in
Figure 1, and then to raise the hook so as to lift the part a' thereof out of the
recess 6 of the support.
In the arrangement shown in Figures 3 and 4, the support b is formed with a
hole 6 to receive the part a' of the hook, instead of with a recess as shown in
Figures 1 and 2; and the catch c is pivoted to a lug b* extending upward from the
support b.
We sometimes make the support b so that it entirely surrounds the bar d as
shown in Figure 5. In other instances, we provide for retaining the support b

page_text: upon the bar & by means of a pin f fixed in the said support, as shown in Figure 6.
By changing the position of the pin f, the support b can be adapted for bars of
different depth.
It is evident that, when the hook is removed from its support, it can be very
easily cleaned by washing in hot water or otherwise; and the said hook can be
very readily inserted in a joint of meat or the like, which can then be held up
while the part a¹ of the hook is being inserted in the support b, thus avoiding the
troublesome operation of holding the meat up and forcing it on to the hook while
the latter is in its place.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
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First. The combination of a meat-hook, a support or holder adapted to receive
the said hook, and a movable catch for retaining the hook in the said support or
holder, substantially as described and for the purposes specified.
Second. The combination of a meat-hook, a support or holder adapted to receive
the said hook and to slide upon a supporting bar (with or without means for
securing it in position on the said bar) and a movable catch for retaining the hook
in the said support or holder, substantially as described with reference to Figures 3
and 4, or to Figure 5 or Figure 6 of the drawing and for the purposes specified.
Dated the 14th day of February 1893.
D. Young & Co.,
F. B. HILL.
R. D. BRETT.
11 & 12, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.