US1514478A - Cant hook - Google Patents

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Nov. 1924. 1,514,478

' CANT Hook- Filed Oct. 28. m2]

Patented Nov. 4, 1924.

UNlTED STATES HALLIE D. SWAIN, MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI.

CANT 'HOOK.1

1 Application filed October 28, 1921. Serial No. 511,163.

T 0 all who-m it may concern:

Be it known that I, HALLIE D. SWAIN, a

citizen of the UnitedStates of America,

and resident of Meridian, in the county of Lauderdale and State of Mississipphhavc" invented certain new and useful Improvev ments in Cant Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cant hooks, and I it has for an object the provision of novel means whereby the cant hook may be manipulated to more effectually move logs and the like, and in which provision is made for bracing action of the hook during the manipulation of the stock; and furthermore in the provision of novel means for insuring a firm anchorage of the nose of the stock as it engages the log to be moved. It is a still further object of this invention to provide a cant hook having a mounting to which the hook is pivotally connected and by which the oscillation of the hook is limited, in order that it may be held and caused to stand at a proper angle with relation to the stock.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, the inventionv consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this application wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 illustrates a View in elevation of a cant hook embodying the invention;

Figure 2 illustrates a sectional View on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 with parts omitted;

Figure 3 illustrates a perspective view of the hook clip Figure .1 illustrates a detailed view on the line 4 r of Fig. 1:

Figures 5 illustrates a sectional view on the line 55 of Fig. 1; and

Figure 6 illustrates a view in elevation on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

In these drawings 10 denotes a stock: which may be of ordinary type, and 11 a nose on the end of the stock which may be held thereon by friction and by fastenings 12, such as screws or the like, the said nose having lips 13 and 14 oppositely disposed with relation to each other.

V The edges of the lips-* are recessed or logs or timber.

serrated to form anchoringpoints which insure a firm hold of the nose or the lip of the nose when it is pressed into engagement with the log. The lip 13 is also provided with recesses forming the engaging points 15 and itis to be used to hold the stock in proper position while turning A clip or split band 16 is anchored on the stock by a fastening 17 such as a'screw, and the said clip has apertured ears or lugs 18 at its edges, the apertures of the said lugs being intended to receive the pivot 19 by which the shank 20 of the book A is oscillatably mounted with relation to the stock. The inner surfaces of the lugs are provided with shoulders 21 which are engaged by the hook to limit the oscillation of the hook in one direction, in order that it may always be held distended and in position where the spur 22 may be in position to impinge the anchorage.

The spur 20 extends from the hook between the point of the hook end the angle of the hook and shank, and the said angle forms a fulcrum which will cause the spur to be disengaged from its anchorage when the handle is properly manipulated. The hook and spur render it possible for an operator to push or pull. by simple manipulation of the handle in either direction, and, as stated, the spur can be readily disengaged by reason of the fulcrum afforded by theangular portion.

As shown, the spur is recessed as at 22 to form the two prongs 23 and 24:, a condition which forms a firm anchorage and, to a great extent, prevents a tendency of the stock to oscillate laterally. The notch in is the spur also prevents the spur from seating too deeply in the timber and this prevents damage to the timber and allows it to be released without undue efiort. On ac count of the width and angle of the spur, I

it will be prevented from slipping, and this is an added feature of advantage for this construction.

The spur is shown as in a direct line latably mounted, and it will engage in any wooden surface without strain on the spur.

with the pivot on which the hook is oscil- It will be observed that the cant hook stock as a lever.

sides of a logo]? timber or any: ()Cld ShwPQtt above, as= the' lip could hemade i to raise object that lies fiat on floor or ra nin the object andlc'ssen the'fi'ictionr when the hook is used as a. fulcrum with the This relation of parts prevents the end of the stock from slippin on the object to he moved. the lips are recessed or serrated, as has been stated. which, when placed at an angle to the objcct to be moved, will insure a firm hold" when the stock is used as a lever on the the person using: the device" without the necessity of employing a hook on either end. If the nose Were placed ufnde-r'an' oh ject tdhe moved, the spur will engage the side of the object to move' it, as described The edges of to for-in anchoring points I. claim: 1

In a-cant-h0ok;-a-stoek. a shank pivotal mounted on the stock, a hook on the outer end of the shank extending inwardly, a spur projecting from the face of the hook a nd extending outwardly approximately opposite to the direction of the hook, a nose-piece 0n the end ofthe' stock below the pivot ofthe sha-nlq anchoringelements projecting fi-o1n opposi'tsids 'ofth'e stock at anangle with relationto the axis-of the stock, one of said anchoring el'ements'be in'g positioned to extend toward the hook and the other anchoringelement being 10 cated on the opposite side of said stock" andextending aWafv from the said hook.

HAIZLIE D. SVVAIN

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