US1109568A - Conductor-hook. - Google Patents

Description

G. FLAGGE.

GONDUGTOB, HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED APR.19, 1012.

Milwaukee` in the county or NHLWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR,

BY MESNE ASSGNMIENTS,

TO ILWAU CORRUGANG CGMPANY, OF 'MILWAUKEE WISCONSXN, A. CORPO'- messes.,

Specification or Letters Patent.

atented Sept. i 1914i,

.application filed April 19, 1912. Serial No. 651,774.

To all 'whomy I11' may concern: l Be 1t known that l, Geenen lLAuon, a andresident oit' citizen oi the United States Milwaukee and State ot Wisconsin, have invented new an useztul improvements in Conductor-Hooks, oi which the tollovving is description., reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are a lpart of this specidcation.

rlhis invention relates to conductor hooks and has for its object to provide a conductor hook which can be s'rnply and easily constructed ot Wire as in the manufacture o Wire nails and the like.

Another object of the invention is to provide a conductor hook which may be driven into the building Without being bent or splitting the Wood into which it is driven.

"With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the conductor Ahook as herein claimed and all equivalents.

Referring to the accompanying dravvings in which' like characters ot reference indilcate the saine parts in the diiierent views:

Figure l is a side view of a conductor hook constructed in accordance with this invention; and, lFig. 2 is an end viewy thereof.

ln these drawings 10 indicates the stem or shank of the conductor hook which is sharpened or pointed at its end ll and has ay reverse bend 12 at its other endforming a driving head or shoulder to be struck by the hammer when driving the conductor hook in place. The driving head 19; which is formed by bending the Wire of which the device is made at approximately right angles to the shank or stem portion 1l yand then bending it back upon itself and con-v tinuing it beyond the line of the shank or stern portion and then bending it in the opposite direction to the stem portion ai t'ords a driving surface to be engaged by the hammer directly in line with the stem portion so that in driving the hoolr in place there is no tendency to twist or rack the device. On lea-ving; the driving shoulder or head 12 the Wire is bent to a curve to torni the hook portion 13 of the device and this portion Ais preferably flattened to extend its bearing surface on the conductor and is depressed along a medial line to orin an outstanding rib 14 for strength- 'erung and stiffening it. The flattening of the hook portion may be gradual so that it becomes thinner and Wider as the end is approached as shown or the dattening may be unifo'rn` throughout the bent portion. rvl`he fornrshovvn presents a neater appearance' and gives greater strength to the hook portion near the driving shoulder or head thereof.

By means of this invention a conductor hook is provided which is capable of use Without injury to the support into which it is driven, its sharp pointed Wire nail-like stem or shank being capable' of penetrating the wooden or other support Without exerting a material wedging or splitting action thereon and the construction is such that -the driving head being directly in alinement with the stem portion has no tendency to distortion or other injury as with the driving heads of other conductor hooks. rlhe hook portion presents a Wide bearing surface for the conductor and is suiiiciently stiiandsunyielding to securely `hold the conductorA in place and the entire device being made of a' heavy malleable Wire is easily constructed and cheaply manufactured. l l

What claini as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A conductor hoolrformed of a length ot wire sharpened at one end to form a pointed stein and bent at right angles to the stein and then reversely upon itself also at right angles to the stein and continuing for a greater length than the iirst mentioned lbent portionV to form a straight driving head with, the reversely bent por` tions in engagement with each other, the end of the Wire then bending in a direction opposite the stern portion and terminating in 'a curved hook portion with the end thereof connected with. he driving head odset laterally with relation to the stem.

Q. A conductor hook formed integrally` with a straight tapered driving stem and a curved hook and having a reverse bend n testimony whereof, 'I aix my signa at `h@ :Imation of the stein and hook formture, in presence of two Witnesses.

'fino' a driving head disposed transversely x n tobthe stem and extending both outwardly GEORGE FLAGJE' 5 and inwadly beyond its axis, the stem be- `vVi'nesses: I

ing offset outwardly from the adjoining KATHERINE Hom.

end of'the hook. CLARA B'IUEHLBACTH.

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