US1064075A - Grab-hook. - Google Patents

Description

L. P. KING.

GRAB'HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. so, 1912.

Patented June 10, 1913.

attoznnja LEE PERKINS KING, OF ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI.

GRAB-HOOK.

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Application led November 30, 1912.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 10, 1913.

sel-iai No. 734,266.

To all wlw/m 'it may concern Be it. known that l, LI-:n P. KING, a citi- Zen ot the United States, residing at St. Joseph, in the county1 oit Buchanan and State oi' Missouri, have invented a new and usetul Gralvl'look; and fl do hereby declare the it`ollowing lto be a tull, clear, and enact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled `in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

rlhis invention relates to a new and uset'ul grappling device.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide an improved grappling device for removing 'foreign matter and articles from wells or cisterns.

Another object ot the invention is the provision of a ring having a series ot hooks adapted to be held substantially vertically when entering a well or cistern, but when the ring contacts `with the bottom ot the well, the series of hooks are automatically released, so as to tall to substantially horizontal positions, in order to reach all foreign matter at the bottom of the well. llhen the ring' is raised, the hooks close below the ring, so as to grapple the 't'oreign matter or like in the well.

The invention comprises further features and eombinationot parts, as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings Figure l is a view in perspective of the improved grappling device, showing the same entering the well. Fig. 2 is a view showing the grappling device at the bottom of the well, also illustrating in dotted lines the positions ot the hooks, when the device is being raised. Fig. 3 is a detail view.

Referring to the drawings 1 designates the cable or rope having a knot Q at its lower end, which supports the ring 3. The cable or rope l passes through a sleeve 4L, the same being supported by a knot 5 of the rope, when the grappling device is in the act of entering the well or cistern G. A series of bars 7 is provided. Each bar terminates at one end in an eye or loop 8, which receives the round portion ot' the ring 3, as shown in the drawings. ln this manner the bars 7 are pivotally swung` on the ring'. The sleeve t at its lower cnd is ln'ovided with a series ot prongs t), while the end portions 10 of the bars T terminate in hooks I1 l, there being cl ains 19 passing through the hooks. These chains ,12 ar` adapted to engage the prongs S), so as to hold the bars 7 substantially vertical, when entering a well or cistern, as shown in Fig. l. lVhen the ring 8 contacts with the bottom oil the well or eistern, the rope or cable between the knots l and 5 becomes slack or Falls loose, owing to the tact that the sleeve ft becomes nearer the ring 3, and when such is the case the loops of the chains 12 discngage the prongs t), thus allowing' the hooks 11 to spread in order to gather the refuse 'from thc bottom ot the well or cistern. Subsequently as the rope or cable is `raised the hooked bars 'i' assume positions as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, so that any foreign matter or articles may be grappled in order to be extracted or removed Ytroni the well.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and useilul is:-

ln combination, a rope having a knot at its extreme end and provided `with a second knot spaced from the fn'st knot, a ring on the rope supported by the l'irst knot, a series ot hooked bars pivotally swung on the ring, a sleeve arranged telescopically on the rope and supported by the second knot and provided with a series ot prongs, and chains connected to the hooked ends oit said bars and having their upper end portions loosely connected to said prongs. so as to become disengaged when the ring contacts with the bottom o'tl a well.

Tn testimony whereof I ha ve signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEE PERKINS KING.

lVit/nesses L. BAKER, R. H. DUMONT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of latents,

Washington, 1D. C.

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