US1836545A - Freight hook - Google Patents

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Dec. 15, 1931. E. A. NORMAND FREIGHT HOOK Flled July 23, 1930 IN V EN TOR. RWEfiTA AWMAA/D- I. H15 A TTOR NE Y Patented Dec 15, 1931 s UNITED'STATES PATENT OFFICE v ERNEST A. N ORMAND, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA FIR-EIGHT HOOK Applicationiiled July 23,1930. Serial No. 470,013.

My invention relates to hand hooks for nates the necessity of the stevedore working handling packages of freight, and particuwith his arm in a bent position. larly to a device having a spatulate hook, In terms of greater detail the hook of my v An object of my invention is to provide invention comprises a plate formed into a a hook that will not injure paperboard curved spatulate engaging hook2 preferably cartons. made of a mild sheet steel and having the Another object is to provide such spatuteeth 3 disposed at intervals along its edge late hook adapted to be held directly in the to engage the freight or package to be 1 hand. handled.

The invention possesses other objects and To insure that the teeth will not sink too features of advantage, some of which, with far into the package a transverse guard the foregoing, will be set forth in the followfl ge l is provided along the edge of the in d cripti f y i ve tion, It i to b hook in line with the bases of the teeth. This understood that I do not limit myself to this flange is preferably formed as shown in Figdisclosure of species of my invention, as I ure 3 by having the teeth punched out of the may adopt variant embodiments thereof withflange as the latter is bent back. This rei th Scope f th l i quires a relatively expensive die, however,

Referring to the drawings: and an almost equally satisfactory structure Figure 1 is a longitudinal elevation of the can be obtained by slotting the edge and 20 b k f my i ti h i a ti of th bending back the portions 6 to form a disspatulate member cut away, as indicated by continuous flange as shown in Figure 4, while the line 11 of Figure 2. p v other portions are sharpened to form the Figure 2 is a front elevation of the spatuteeth as before. This latter construction is lat gin member l n less expensive if the hooks are manufactured Figure 3 is a perspective fragmentary de- 1 Small quantities.

tail view showing the preferred manner of he Spatulate hook-of my invention is forming the engaging edge. preferably adapted to be removably attached Figure 4 is a perspective fragmentary det0 a rdinary fr gh hook, such as that tail View showing an alternative form of shown in Figure 1, which comprises a curved engaging d hook 7, an intermediate curved shank 8, and

Figure 5 is a view of the spatulate engag- P e h ndgrip 9 fixed thereon. ing member being held directly in the hand. l l me s are provided for holding In tems of broad inclusion my invention the spatulate llOOk 2 On the CLll'VGd hOOk P comprises a comparatively wide patulate In preferred form Sl'lOVVn, means freight hook having a plurality of short Q p p 11 fixed 0n the b09112 n teeth along its engaging edge. A guard ChSPOSed to ehghge the hook 7 adlaceht t flange is provided along the edge of the hook P 5 and Ph Sleeve 12 fixed hook in line with the bases of the teeth to prevent gland adapted to engage the hook adlhceht the hook from penetrating a fragile package i i The loop. 11 be a Separate a such as a paperboard carton. Vhile such {3 2 ofg al lf i fixed Onto 5 mam 90 a hook may be formed integrally in the same 0 0 1e 2 i It may b a {fused or general Shape as the Ordinary pointed freight deformed portion if the hook 1s pressed or hook, I prefer to make the Spatul'ate f; a stamped out in a well known manner. The

sleeve 12 can be formed integrally with the 40 separate member adapted to be removably hOOkQ, or it can made Separately and assembled Q ah orchhary hook so that welded or otherwise fixed on the hook 2. In stevedore will not have to carry two handles al however it i l expensive to f A further advantage re des in the SGPZIIMC the sleeve integrally with hook 2 as the labor hook construction, in that it permits the hook of attaching a separate sleeve costs more to be used directly in the hand which elimithan the material thus saved. I I

5 ously impossible to move the hook 2 relative to the hook 7 in any direction lying in the plane of the paper except downward to slip the loop and sleeve along the hook 7. Unintentional movement in this direction is prev vented by the resilient grip exerted by the sleeve 12 on the hook; and movement in the opposite direction is limited by the dimension of the loop 11. Similiarly on referring to Figure 2 it can be seen that it would be impossible to rotate the hook 2 in either direction in the plane of the paper if the sleeve 1 and loop 11 were fixed in position.

-When handling relatively small packages it is somewhat easier for the stevedore to work with his arm in a straight or nearly straight position than it is to work with his arm bent or drawn in as it will be if he is using the ordinary hook. It is to shorten the reach and thus lighten the work that provision is made to use the spatulate hook directly in the hand, as shown in Figure 5.

To facilitate such employment the depressions 13 are preferably formed in the surface of the hook 2 to offer an engaging surface to the finger tips. The back end 14 of the sleeve 12 is suitably rounded 05 so that it will not injure the palm of the hand; and a strap 16 is inserted in a suitable loop 17 provided on the under side of sleeve 12 and is buckled about the hand. The depressions 13 are de sirable for steadiness, but are not essential as the force is outward against the finger tips and there is little tendency for the hook to slip. It will be noted also that the force exerted when the hook engages a package tends to pull the sleeve 12 away from the palm of the hand so that there is no particular discomfort caused by that member. I have found that the strap shown is the most convenient method of holding the hook on the hand since it can be removed and carried in the pocket comfortably and is not in the way when the hook 2 is used in conjunction with an ordinary freight hook.

I have found that the use of this hook of my invention reduces frei ht handling costs by speeding up the handling of paperboard and burlap wrapped packages, and that costs are further reduced by the decreased damage done the contents of such packages. This latter saving follows from the fact that the flange protected teeth on the hook of my invention cannot penetrate deeply into a pack age; and further, that less packages will be dropped if such a hook is used instead of the.

-' a transverse flange comprising a portion of the plate bent outwardly adjacent the base of the teeth.

2. A spatulate freight hook comprising a plate having teeth along an edge thereof, and a discontinuous transverse flange fixed along the edge of the plate adjacent the base of the teeth.

3. A spatulate freight hook comprisin a plate having teeth along an edge thereo a transverse flange fixed along the edge of the plate adjacent the base of the teeth, and

means for removably attaching the plate to a human hand.

4;. A spatulate freight hook comprising a plate having teeth along an edge thereof, a transverse flange fixed along the edge of the plate adjacent the base of the teeth, and resilient loops on the plate for remo-vably attaching the plate to an ordinary freight hook.

5. A spatulate freight hook comprising a plate having teeth along an edge thereof, and means for removably attaching the plate to a human hand, said plate extending beyond the ends of the fingers.

6. A spatulate freight hook comprising a plate having teeth along an edge thereof, means on the plate providing for its attachment to a human hand, and means on the plate providing for its attachment to an ordinary freight'hook.

7. A spatulate freight hook comprisin a plate having teeth along an edge thereo a transverse flange fixed along the edge of the plate adjacent the base of the teeth, means on the plate providing for its attachment to a human hand, and means on the plate provid ing for its attachment to an ordinary freight hook. f

8. A spatulate freight hook comprising a plate having teeth along an edge thereof, and a loop adapted to receive a hand strap fixed adjacent the opposite edge thereof.

9. A spatulate freight hook comprising a plate having teeth along an edge thereof, a transverse flange fixed along the edge of the plate adjacent the base of the teeth, a loop fixed on a face of the plate to receive the point of an ordinary freight hook, a sleeve fixed adjacent an edge of the plate opposite the teeth to receive said ordinary freight hook, and a second loop adapted to receive a hand strap fixed on the sleeve.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set may hand.

ERNEST A. NORMAND.

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