US310035A

US310035A - Snap-hook

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Publication number: US310035A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1884-12-30
Anticipated expiration: 1901-12-30

Description

(No Model.)

J. H. EASTON.

SNAP HOOK. No. 310,035. Patented Dec. 30, 1884.

WITNESSES y INvENToR JIZ/Zsfiw, Qw ES 7 ATTORN EYS JAMES H. EASTON, OF ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA.

SNAP-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,035, dated December 30, 1884.

Application filed May 23,1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES H. EASTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Itocir ester, in the county of Olmsted and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Snapflooks; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view of my snap-hook, and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same.

This invention has relation to snap-hooks; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts, as hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter a designates the curved body of the snap,which is made broad on the inside and at the bearing-point b, so that it will afford a sufficient engagement for the end of the tongue, and

that there will be no slipping of the tongue past the bearing. At its base the body a is grooved on the inside at c in proper form to receive the fiat curved spring 61, one end of which is seated in the groove 0. The spring (I is broad and flat, and its bend or convexity e is downward. The tension of this spring is strong, so that it will act promptly and firmly.

g represents the tongue, which is pivoted to the body at h. Its inside wall is grooved at k to receive the long arm or branchlof the flat spring d. The outer face of the tongue is raised to form a knuckle or prominence, at, having angular edges v, easily recognized by the touch, so that the snap can be easily opened with glooves or mittens on the hands, even when the tongue is frozen to the hook. It

also facilitates the manipulation of the snap in the dark. This prominence on the tongue also acts for a guide in introducing a ring into the snap, and forms an important feature in JAMES H. EASTON.

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