US1919813A - Rug hook - Google Patents

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July 25, 1933. p TlBBUTT 1,919,813

RUG noox Filed July 5, 1952 Ficr. 4

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BY Q/KQCSZM ATTORNEY.

' a hook mechanism Patented July 25, 1 933 I {JOHN PLTIBBUT'I', or BLAcKwEnnoKLAHoi m RUG Application filed July 5,

in a rug hook. I

The object of my invention to provide operative from the fin ished face of the rug".

A further object of, my invention is to provide a hook mechanism that will receive the yarn in its open position whereby the usual method of threading an eye 01" slot is avoided. v

A still further object of my invention is to provide a hook mechanism having a pair execution by filling in of arms pivotally connected and a hook on the outervend of feachthat seat together terminating into. one ous penetration of woven fabric. I

. These and other objects will hereinafter be more fully explained, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which like characters will apply to like parts in the different Views. Y Referring tothejdrawing: i

Fig; l is a side View of the hook mechanism in operative position engaged with the fabric .fragmentarily'shown; Fig. 2 is a transverse view of Fig. .l, the fabric illustration being omitted- Fig. 3 is a side. H anism drawing 'a loopthrough the fabric. Fig. {L is a diagrammatic drawing of a rectangular portion of woven fabric having a design stamped thereon preparatory for with yarn or the like with the rug hook..

My. invention hereinjdisclosed consists off.

a rug hookcomprising an arm 1 having. a

hook'Q on the extreme outer end, thereof and an arm 3 having a hook 4; on the outer end likewise.

The'other end of each arm' has a looped handle portion 1 and 3 integral therewith. The said handles with of which seats in a their respective as at 5 by which 7 through manipulation of the looped handles are moved to andffrom each other. 7

As a means to automatically move thesa'id" hooks from each other I have placed a spring element 6 between the handles, each end groove 7 on' the inner relates to an. improvement point for simultane view of .the hook mech arms are pivotally connected; means the hook elements 1932. Serial No. 620,779. r

pective'handles, and beingso arranged the said sp side of each of their; res

ring is easily removed and replaced, At t epivot point 5the arm andhandle portions are'halved together as shown in Fig. 2'byjwhich ar-v rangement shoulders A; and B will; contact when the hooks are moved 'toI-theinextremfl ity from each other. When the said arms are brought to a closed position as shown in Fig. v3, the point of hook 4 will seat 0 within the barbed portion ofhook 2 as c shown at C, surface aligning the same by Y i which means the saidpoints willpenetrate" through fabric without, interruption and being so arrangedthesaid armsl and 8j are spaced apartforming an elongated slot I in which the yarn is positioned as means to drawthesame in looped formv D as drawn through the woven fabric E. It will be I Y understood that the barbed portion" of each hook is the catch to carry the yarn through the fabricto an extent desired and will re lease the same when the said hooks are moved. from each other. 'While I have shown and describedyarn' as the pile jconstructing element, I do notwish to have it '-understood that" such alone maybe em ployed as other strands such asstrips of cloth or otherfabrication may be employed inlike manner.

The method of operation is as follows: In ,hookinga rug I take a piece of burlap or other fabric placing the same well tensioned within-a frame and mark or stamp a design thereon, as shown in Fig. 4 for example. It is possible however, to obtain 'such fabric stampedwith ornamentation. To perform the j work I engage the loops of thehandle with the thumb and preferably the "forefinger, as means to move the arms and when closed the points are inserted throughthe. fabric to the extent approximately as shown" in Fig.1, and permit the arms and their respective points to move from each other by actuation of spring 6, 1 I then place therebetweenthe yarn as shown at D insa'id figure, and closing the arms as previously'described, the said yarn is retained and .carried'by the said hooks up ward through'the fabric to the extent de-ll toward each other i i eration of hooking sired as a pile for the rug that is being hooked. It will be understood that the yarn is guided to engagement with the hooks on the under side of the fabric by the other hand and by which art of performanceda signs may be carefully followed with one color of yarn and filled in there around with another color as a field or background for the ornamentation, and at all times the opis performed from the face of the rug or the like and the fingers not engaged for the manipulation of the rug hook mechanism may remain in contact on the rug as the said mechanism is inserted and retracted through the fabric reciprocatingly While the other hand is engaged with the yarn to position thelsame Within the control ofthe hook arrangement.

Such modifications maybe employed as lie within the scope ofthe appended claims. Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Lett e'rs Patent is:

lpln a rug hook mechanism, a pair of arms pivotally connected, each arm having a looped handle and a spring positioned between the handles to rock thesame ontwarc,

a pointed and seated hook element on the other end of oneof the arms and a. pointed hook element on the other end of the other arm, the said'hook portions directedtowa rd each other and adapted to engage and space the said arms apart in parallelism when rocked to a closed position for the purpose specified. I

2.=In a rug hook mechanism a pair of arms having a handle integral with each, and a hook on'the other end of each arm, the barbed portions thereof being directed toward each other; a seat on one hook to 'receive the point of the other hook in surface alignment, the barbs to function as means to space the arms apart. I

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