Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Nov., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 7th Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 26th Oct., 1888
I, FRANK FLAVELL of 201, Albert Road, Aston, in the County of Warwickshire
Clerk,"
," do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
-
I make an ordinary Flat Picture Hook of Sheet or Cast Metal in the body of
The said slot is made wide
which I form an elongated or key-hole shaped slot.
enough at one of the ends to allow of it being passed over the head of an ordinary
wire or Brass Headed Nail. The narrow part of the slot is then drawn over the body
of the nail. The said portion of the slot while being sufficiently wide to allow of the
hook being pushed either up or down the body of the nail, is not wide enough to allow
of the head of the nail passing through, thereby preventing the hook from falling off
the nail when placed thereon.
For the purpose of retaining the hook in position when on the nail, and whilst the
picture is being hung, I form or attach a spoon or other shaped spring or catch, which
retains the hook in its proper position on the nail.
By this method I am enabled to insert the nail in the wall before placing the hook
thereon.
In place of a hook, I sometimes make the head of a Picture Nail with a key hole or
elongated shaped slot, and spring or catch as before described, by which means I am
enabled to attach the said Picture Nail Head to an ordinary wire nail, after the said
nail has been driven into the wall.
It is obvious that the elongated or keyhole shaped slot, may be used without the
spring when thought necessary, the said spring or catch being used for retaining the
article in position.
ديم
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page_text: Improvements in Picture Hooks and Nails.
I FRANK FLAVELL of 201 Albert Road, Aston near Birmingham, in the county of
Warwick, Clerk, 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 :-
My Invention has reference to hooks and nails for hanging pictures and such like
articles. In carrying my invention into practice I make an ordinary flat picture hook
of sheet or cast metal, in the back or body of which I form a slot. The said slot is
made of such a shape so as to allow one end of it to be passed over the head of an
ordinary wire or brass headed nail. In order that my invention may be clearly
understood I have annexed the accompanying sheet of drawings illustrative thereof.
Figs. 1 and 2 are front elevations of different forms or shapes of my improved picture
hook. Fig. 3 is sectional side view of Fig. 1. and Fig. 4 is side view of Fig. 2. A is
the back or body of the hook in which I form a slot B. This slot is made wide
enough at its lower end so as to allow the hook to be passed over the head of an
ordinary wire or brass headed nail C. After the hook has been passed over the head
of the nail it is drawn down allowing the stem or body of the nail to pass up the
narrow part of the slot B. For the purpose of retaining the hook in position when
on the nail form or attach a spoon or other shaped spring D at the back or front of
the said hook which effectually retains the hook in its proper position on the nail.
Fig. 5 is back elevation of a modification of my improved hook. In this case I
dispense with the spoon shaped spring and use instead thereof a catch E or its
equivalent which I rivit or otherwise fasten to the back or front of the body A. To
insert the head of the nail in the slot the catch E is moved upwards as indicated in
dotted lines. The nail is then moved up the slot as previously described and the said
catch E is drawn down again to its normal position thereby effectually preventing the
hook from slipping off the nail. If necessary I may employ a flat spring to force the
catch E down after the nail has passed up the slot B. Fig. 6 is front elevation of
another modification of my improved hook. In this case I use a catch a which moves
on a pivot. This catch a is weighted at its lower end so that when it is moved in either
direction to insert the head of the nail the weighted part will cause it to swing back
again to its normal position.
Fig. 7 is front elevation; Fig. 8 end elevation and Fig. 9 back elevation of another
modification. In place of a hook I make the head of a picture nail A with a slot B as

page_text: before, into which I insert the head of an ordinary wire nail which is held in position
by means of the spoon shaped spring D.
Although I have described my invention as applied to picture hooks it is equally.
applicable to hooks 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:-
In a hook and nail head the combination of a slot and spring or catch for the
purpose substantially as herein shewn and described.