US545992A - Tie-hook - Google Patents

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TIE HOOK.

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DAWVALT FISHER WEISS, OF BLOOMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

TIE-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 545,992, dated September 10, 1895.

Application filed January 19, 1895- Serial No, 535,535. (No d l) To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DAWALT FISHER WEISS,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Bloomsburg, in the county of Columbia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Tie-Hook, of which the following is a specification.

This invention contemplates the production of a device which will be capable of more effectively tying cords or ropes, and it is adapted for use in connection with bags, hammocks, tents, or halters, or, indeed, for any device which embodies a cord or rope that is to be tied at any time.

The class to which my'invention is related is that wherein alength of wire is bent to form a loop for permanent attachment to one end of the cord, and to form coils or similar portions between which the free end of the cord may be passed and by these means connected thereto. My invention embodies this broad principle, and also certain features of construction, all of which will be fully described hereinafter, and finally embodied in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the tie constructed after the manner of my invention; Fig. 2, a similar view showing a slight modification'in the formation of the coils; Fig. 3, aview illustrating one method of operating the tie; Fig. 4, a view illustrating a second method of operating the tie.

Referring particularly to Fig. 1, the tie is constructed of an integral piece of wire of the necessary gage and bent into the requisite form. This form comprises the eye 1, formed at one end of the wire. Directly below the eye 1 the coil 2 is formed, and this coil is a complete circle and comprises that portion of the wire which lies between the dotted lines a and Z). From the dotted line b the wire continues in a circular direction, to form the coil 3, which is also a complete circle, and which comprises that portion of the wire lying between the dotted lines b and c. The lower portion of the coil 3 extends directly under the lower portion of the coil 2, from which point the wire composing the coil 3 proceeds upwardly and on the side of the eye 1, which side is opposite the side occupied by the upper terminal of the coil 2.

The dotted line 0 is located at the upper portion of the two coils 2 and 3, and from this point the wire continues to form an extension 4, running parallel with the beginning of the coil 2 or that portion which is directly adj acent to the eye 1. This extension proceeds to the lower portion of the coils 2 and 3, where it is bent diagonally to form the open hook 5, which open hook is located to one side of the perpendicular line of the tie, and which projects upwardly and outwardly at an angle of about forty-five degrees from a base-line.

The form of hook illustrated by Fig. 2 differs from that of Fig. 1 in the following particulars: The lower portion of the coil 2, instead of passing over the corresponding portion of the coil 3, passes under the same.

Also, the hook 5 is located directly below the eye 1 or on the perpendicular line of the device, and projects in the line of the base-line, as distinguished from extending diagonally therefrom. These changes in the tie are changes of form merely, and have no relation to the substance of the device, as will be apparent.

Figs. 3 and 4: illustrate the method of using the tie; and referring to Fig. 3, the tie here shown is that adapted for use in connection with tent, hammock, and halter ropes, and in this connection the rope or cord 6 is first fastened midway or between its ends to the eye 1, and the connection with the tie proper is effected by first passing the cord into the space left between the upper end or terminal of the wire composing the coil2 and the point on the Wire designated by the letter I), after which the cord is passed downwardly and into the hook 5. From the hook 5 the cord extends away to compose the remaining end of the cord, as will be understood. It will be observed that this arrangement of the cord will result in leaving a loop in the cord, which is effected to make the same longer or shorter, as the conditions may require. Thus, in tent- Work the tension of the tent or guy ropes may be regulated and secured by varying the size of this loop, all of which is well understood in the art and will require no further description.

The tie of Fig. 4 is particularly adapted for bags, hay, or fodder, and in this case the cord is passed first through the hook 5, thence up between the point on the wire designated by the numeral d and the upper portion of the wire composing the coil 2, after which it is passed back through the hook 5, as will be readily understood by reference to the drawwas.

By means of my invention the cord or rope is held immovably in place, and the disconnection thereof made an impossibility. It may be manipulated quickly and readily, and will not become accidentally detached when once secured. The modified form of Fig. 2 may be used as illustrated by Figs. 3 and 4, as Well as the form of Fig. 1. Hence, no additional description of this part is necessary.

Having described the invention, I claim- A tie hook composed of an integral piece of wire bent to comprise an eye 1, a coil 2 formed directly adjacent to the eye, a coil 3 directly contiguous to the coil 2, and a hook 5 formed at the remaining terminal of the wire and directly contiguous to the coil 3, one of the coils being passed at its'lower side under the corresponding side of the remaining coil; so that one-half of the first coil will lie on one side of the remaining coil and the other half on the opposite of the remaining coil, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in 0 the presence of two witnesses.

DAVVALT FISHER WEISS.

Witnesses:

T. J. VANELUSLIOE, FREEZE QUICK.

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