US712085A - Safety-hook. - Google Patents

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No. 7| 2,085. rammed Oct. 28', I902.

A. m. J. NOVELLA.

SAFETY- HOOK.

(Application filed May 24, 1901.)

(No Model.)-

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDRE MARIE JOSEPH NOVELLA, OF GRENOBLE, FRANCE.

SAFETY-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 712,085, dated October 28, 1902.

Application filed May 24, 1901.

To all whom it m/zty concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDRE MARIE JOSEPH NOVELLA, a citizen of the French Republic, residing at Grenoble, Isere,'France, have invented a certain new and useful Improved Safety-Hook, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved safetyhook adapted for tethering or coupling animals and for other purposes, the object being to provide a simple device which can expeditiously be engaged with the part desired.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in WlllCl1 Figurel is a side View of the hook, the ring being in section. Fig. 2 is a front view. Fig. 3 shows the position adopted by the parts in the operation of attaching a tether couplingstrap, bridle, or the like to the hook. Fig. 4 represents the hook with the strap attached thereto. Fig. 5 shows the movable tongue and ring of the hook before being bent into position around the supporting-staple or the like. V r

The improved device consists of a hook or curved tongue a, which is movable and is suspended by an eye a from a staple b, which may be embedded in a wall or fastened to any suitable support. The eye a is preferably formed as shown in Fig. 5 and bent to shape around the staple. The tongue a is provided with a hole a below the eye ct, in which hole is loosely suspended a ring 0 of less diameter than the distance between the hole and the free end 01. of. the tongue, so that in the nor mal position of the parts the ring rests against the under side of the tongue to at a point a and the tongue or hook cannot at any time pass through said ring.

The manner of using the safety-hook for securing a bridle, for example, is as follows: The movable hook is first raised vertically, as shown in Fig. 3, and after lifting the ring 0 into a nearly horizontal position the loop Serial No. 61,772. (No model.)

formed by the bridle is passed through the ring from below upward and moved in the direction 2, so as to pass over the end a of raise the hook, and passthe said part a; of the bridle under the book. The bridle being then released will naturally escape from the ring.

From these particulars the diiferent uses to which the improved device .can be applied will be readily apparent. It may, for example, be used for tethering animals'by the aid of cords, bridles, or chains and will afiord a con venieht and reliable means for supporting wires, cables, and the like, as well as serving as a coupling-hook for harness.

WVhat I claim is- The combination with the staple and the curved tongue pivotally suspended at its upper end therefrom, of the ring loosely connected to the tongue below said upper end and of less diameter than the distance to its freejend, whereby the-curved portion of the tongue will normally extend rearwardly through the ring and engage the lower side thereof, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALEXANDRE MARIE JOSEPH NOVELLA.

Witnesses:

ALEXIS- GAVARD, VICTOR GOUILLARDAS.

The same course is followed when it is desired to fasten to the hook the end link of 'a. chain.

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