Improvements in Hooks and Eyes.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Feb., 1888
Complete Left, 23rd May, 1888
Complete Accepted, 29th June, 1888
Improvements in Hooks and Eyes.
I, JAMES CLEMENT NEWEY, of 105 to 109 Brearley Street, Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, Hook and Eye Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature
of my said invention to be as follows:-
Whereas ordinary hooks and eyes, for looping up ladies' dresses, securing
garments, or articles of wearing apparel and analogous purposes, are so constructed
that the sewing is confined to the head only, leaving the remainder comparatively
insecure and loose; moreover such hooks and eyes are liable to become detached
from each other, when in use. Now the object of my invention is to remedy
these defects.
In order to afford greater security and firmness to the hooks and eyes, when
attached to the garments, 1 provide additional openings or spaces for the passage of
the thread by which they are sewn to the garments. These additional openings are
made at the back of the hook, and between the head and the bend of the hook. The
eye may also be provided with such additional openings, or it may be of the ordinary
form.
In order to prevent the accidental separation of the hook from the eye, when in
use, I form an indentation or bend in the hook, which projects, to some extent, across
the opening for the reception of the eye. This indentation may be made either in
the shank or at or near the end of the bill, so as to effectually bar the accidental rise
of the eye beyond the bill, and the consequent detachment that would arise therefrom.
My said improvements may be used either together or separately, as required.
My invention is especially applicable to my Swan bill, Pelican, Zebra, Mantle,
Mantle clasp, and spring hooks and eyes.
Dated 27th February 1888.

page_text: 1, JAMES CLEMENT NEWEY, of 105 to 109 Brearley Street, Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, Hook and Eye Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of
my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
Whereas ordinary hooks and eyes, for looping up ladies' dresses, securing garments,
or articles of wearing apparel and analogous purposes, are so constructed that the
sewing is confined to the head only, leaving the remainder comparatively insecure and
loose; moreover such hooks and eyes are liable to become detached from each other,
when in use. Now the object of my Invention is to remedy these defects.
In order to afford greater security and firmness to the hooks and eyes, when
attached to the garments, I provide additional openings or spaces for the passage of
the thread by which they are sewn to the garments. These additional openings are
made at the back of the hook, and between the head and the bend of the hook. The
eye may also be provided with such additional openings, or it may be of the ordinary form.
when in
In order to prevent the accidental separation of the hook from the eye,
use, I form an indentation, bend, or its or their equivalent, in the hook, projecting, to
some extent, across the opening for the reception of the eye. This projection may be
made either in the shank or at or near the end of the bill, so as to effectually bar the
accidental rise of the eye beyond the bill, and the consequent detachment that would
arise therefrom.
My said improvements may be used either together or separately, as required.
This Invention is especially applicable to my swan bill, pelican, zebra, mantle, mantle
clasp, and spring hooks and eyes.
In order that my said invention may be particularly described and ascertained
reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of
reference indicate corresponding parts:
In the said drawings, Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, are intended to illustrate the methods
of making the hooks, those figures shewing the hooks in an unfinished state. Figs. ?,
8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15, shew the hooks in a finished state; and Figs. 16, 17
and 18 shew forms of eyes most suitable for the improved hooks herein described.
Referring to Figs. 1 and 2: Fig. 1 is a front view, and Fig. 2 a side view of an
unfinished hook. a is the projection for preventing accidental unfastening, when in
use.
b is the additional opening for receiving the sewing cotton, in addition to the
ordinary needle holes for thread e e. When this hook is finished it assumes the form
shown in front view in Fig. 7, and, in side view, in Fig. 8. The bill d acts as a
spring, and prevents the hook passing the projection a, without a reasonable amount
of force.
In Fig. 3 is shewn another method of forming the additional needle holes b¹ b¹.
The projection a may be formed either between the head e and the needle holes b,
as shewn in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 8 and 9, or between the needle holes b, and the end of the

page_text: bill d, as shewn in Fig. 10. The bill d is also sometimes bent inwards, as shewn in
Fig. 9.
Either of the forms shewn in Figs. 4 and 5 may be bent as shewn in Figs. 10, 11,
12 or 13. Figs. 8, 9, 10 and 15, shew spring hooks with projections, or their
equivalents, to prevent accidental unfastening, and Figs. 11 and 12 shew the same
without such projections.
Fig. 6 is a front view, shewing a hook formed of sheet steel or other metal, having
a spring stamped out and projecting from the body of the hook, forming a guard.
9999 are four holes for the sewing thread. A front view of this hook, when
finished, is shewn in Fig. 14, and a side view in Fig. 15.
Figs. 16, 17 and 18 shew my improved forms of eyes, for use with the said hooks,
but ordinary forms of eyes may be used therewith.
I am aware that projections or indentations, such as those shewn at a in the
drawings, are old, and I do not claim such projections separately and apart from my
improved forms having openings bb' and y; but what I claim as new and constituting
my Invention is:-
1. The improved hook having a projection a, in combination with an opening 6 for
receiving sewing thread, in addition to the ordinary holes e e, substantially as
described.
2. The improved hook having a projection a, in combination with holes 6¹ b¹ for
receiving sewing thread, substantially as described.
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3. The improved hook having a bent bill end e in combination with an opening b
or holes b' substantially as described.
4. The improved hook formed of sheet steel or other metal, having a spring fand
holes
9 g substantially as described.
5. The improved hook having a bent bill c¹ in combination with an opening &
substantially as described.
6. The construction of eyes substantially as described.