US1286940A - Support. - Google Patents

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F. W. CERNY.

SUPPORT.

APPLICATION HLED name, 1911.

1,286,940. Patented Dec. 10, 1918.

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FRANK W. GERNY, or MESA, ARIZONA.

SUPPORT.

Application filed December 6,1917. Serial No. 205,841.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK W. CERNY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mesa, in the county of Maricopa and State of Arizona, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Supports, of Which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to supports, and it relates more particularly to an improved form of duplex hook.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide means whereby a bag or the like may be supported while the liquid contents of the bag are drained therethrough into a receiving vessel.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a device of this character to which the bag may be quickly applied, and from which it may be quickly removed.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which is of such simple construction that its cost is reduced to the minimum.

Other objects and advantages may become apparent to persons who read the following details of description in connection with the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating my improved duplex hook in use.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation view and Fig. 3 is a somewhat enlarged sectional 1 view, the section being taken along the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring to these drawings, in which similar reference characters correspond with similar parts throughout the several views, the support A and bag B constitute no part of my invention. lhe invention consists broadly in ,an open hook 5, a normally closed hook 6 and a supplemental hook 7. This device is formed of a single length of somewhat resilient wire, and the'hook 5 is preferably formed of two parallel portions of the wire which is bent back upon itself at 8. These parallel portions, which are designated by the numeral 9, terminate at a point between the extreme ends of the hooks 5 and 6, and one end portion of the wire is coiled around a section of the wire at the base of the hook 6, as shown at 10. One end of the wire constitutes the free end of the hook 6, while the other end of the wire forms a supplemental hook 7 and engages the free end of the hook 6. However, the hook 7 is open sufliciently to allow the free end 11 of the hook 6 to be engaged and disengaged therewith at the will of the operator. The hook 6 is substantially vshaped when in its open position, and is preferably somewhat convergent toward its bight portion 12 when in the closed position shown in Fig. 1. However, because of its resiliency, the end portion 11 is primarily spaced a suflicient distance from the hook 7 to allow the neck of a bag to be passed between the elements 7 and 11; but upon moving the end 11 from its dotted line position to its full line position, it clamps the neck of the bag so as to prevent the same from slipping or becoming disengaged from the hook 6. However, in order to insure the security of the bag in the hook 6, the neck of the bag may be tied into a knot, as illustrated in Fig. 1 ,but preferably. the neck of the bag is not tied, but is passed only once around the free element or clamping jaw of the hook 6, in the form of a half hitch, which insures the security of the bag, and at the same time avoids the trouble and waste of time in tying and untying the bag. This feature is of great importance in the art of jelly making, and especially in factories where it is necessary to produce the jelly at the least possible expense.

In using this device in jelly making, the hooks may be applied to the bags as soon as the latter have been filled with the juicecontaining material. The line A is stretched over a juice-receiving trough or tank, and so, the jelly bags B may be suspended from the line A by my improved duplex hooks, so that the jelly juice falls between the fibers of the bags into the troug From the foregoing description, it will be seen that I have provided a very simple, comparatively inexpensive and thoroughly practical and effective device for use in the art of jelly making, and also for supporting bags and the like for other purposes.

Although I have described this embodiment of my invention minutely, it is to be understood that my invention is not limited to these exact details of construction, but I may make such ch.nges that do not constitute a departure from the inventive idea set forth in the appended claims.

What I claim is:

A hanger support, consisting of a single length of wire having an end portion folded upon itself to provide a loop, and having the opposite end portion doubled upon itself and bent to provide a suspending hook In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

FRANK W. GERNY.

and having the end of the doubled portion coiled about the main portion of the Wire and extended laterally therefrom and termi-' nating in a hook to detachably engage the free end of the folded portion of the Wire to secure and prevent the spreading of the members comprising the said 10 0p.

Witnesses:

CHAS. L. DIEHL, J ESSE F. KELLY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

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