US1401008A - Ice-hook - Google Patents

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I. R. STOGNER.

ICE HOOK.

APPLICATION HLED ocT. 8, 1920.

- 1,401,008. Patented Dec. 20, 1921.

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ICE HOOK..

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 8| 1920- 1,401,008. Patented Deo. 20, 1921.

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Patentedj Eee. 20, 1921.

`A1Jp1ioat02n filed Dtober 8, 1920. Serial NO. 115,681.

i State of South Carolina, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Ice-Hooks, of which'the following is a specification.

My present invention has reference to an ice tong.

My primary object is to 'produce an imi plement of this Character which shall be of a foldable nature vso that the-same can be conveniently carried either' in the hand or in the pocket of the owner without danger of infiicting injury to the owner or to the ownerls clothes, and also one which, when in set up position is adjustable for engaging' varying Sizes of blocks of ice and is effectively braced in its last mentioned positionl to positively withstand any strain to lwhich it may be subjected.

A further object is the production of a collapsible ice hook which shall be of a simple nature, cheaply manufactured, and readily set up in engazing position and quickly and easily collapsed when being conveyed and when not required for use.

The foregoing, and other objects which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, may be accomplished by a construction, combination and operative assemblage of parts, such as is disclosed by the drawingrs which accompany and which form part of this application.

In the drawingsz- Figure 1 is a front elevation showing the hook in its folded condition.

Fig. 2 is a similar viewshowin,` the hook in its spread or operative position.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view approximately on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Fig'. 4 is a sectional view approximately on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, two oppositely arranged comparatively short plates, 1, respectively, are connected, adjacent to their ends by pivots 2. These pivots also pass through arched or curved upper portions of arms 3. The arms 3 are preferably in .the nature of cross sectionally round rods. The straight lower ends of the arms 3 have secured to their opposite sides comparatively short plates 4. These plates project inwardly of the arms and form therebetween pockets. In the pockets of each pair of plates there is pivoted, adjacent the upper and innercorners of the said plates 4, the arm portions of hooks 5; The

hooks are of course, designed to engage with the blocks of ice, and the pivota-l connectiou between the hooks and the pockets is such as to permit of the said hooks being' swung to bring the beaks thereof against the inner edgeg of the arms 3. Also the plates that' constitute the'pockets are designed to exei't a pressure lagainst each other so as to bind against the opposite sides of the arm portions of the hooks and thus effectively retain the same in parallelism with the arms. i

The numeral 6 designates the handle of the' device. The handle is in the nature of a U-shaped'bail and is centrally formed with a depending shank 7 that passes between the plates 1 and the ends of the arms, 3. The shank is constructed of two Sections, the said sections at the sides of their confronting ends being preferably reduced and in these reduced portions there are arranged links 8 that are pivoted, as at 9 to the respective Sections of the shank. This, it will be noted., provides a hinn'ed joint between the shank sections. The lower section of the shank, which is indicated for distinction by the numeral 10 has a laterally extending head portion at the free end thereof. This head is indicated by the numeral 11, and passing through openings in the ends of the said head are pivots 12. Each of the pivots secures to the head a link 13. The links are, of course, directed oppositely from the head and from the shank and each of the said links is pivoted, as at 14 to one of the arms 8.

When the device is in operative position, the handle 6 will rest against the upper i edges of the plates 1. The links 13 are arranged at an angle with respect to the arms 3, and the arms of the hooks are swung through the pockets a in alinement with the arms 3. The upward pull on the handle 6 will draw the shank upwardly between the plates 1, moving the links 13 to close the arms and hooks. The ygreater the pull upon thel handle, the nearer the hooks are brought together, and when a block of ice is engag'ed by the hooks, the links 13 are disposed at an upward angle between the arms 3. When the device is to be collapsed, as when not required for use or when designed to be conveyed either in the hand or pocket of the owner, the shank is moved outwardly between the plates 1, and this canses the arms' to be drawn toward each othen VThe hooks are swung` upon their pivotsoutward of their respective pocke'ts,so that the beaks thereof are brought against or betweenv the arms. The outer section of the shankwhieh carries the handle is then swnng upon its shank constructed 'of sections which are JLingedly connected, plates disposed over the opposite faces of the shank, arms plvoted between the plates adja-cent to the edges of the shank, pivoted ,links between the end of theshank and the arms, pockets on the inner face of the arms at the free ends thereof, Vand hooks having arm members designed to bereceived in the pockets and pivoted therein.

2. In an ice tongs, ahandle having a shank constructed of SectionsV which are hingedly connected, plates disposed over the opposite faces of the shank, arms pivoted betweenthe plates adjacent to the edges of the shank, pivoted linksibetween the end of the 'shank and the arms, pockets on the inner face of the arms at the free' ends 'thereof, and ho'oks having arrn members designed to be received in the pockets and pivoted'" therein,V said pockets comprising spring :plates whlehexert a tension toward each other whereby, when the arms of the hooks are arranged therebetween to bind thereaga-inst and hold the same in alinement with the first mentioned arms. i

3, A device of the class described comsprising a pair of curved arms, a pair of relatively short plates pivotally secured to one end ofsaid arms, plates secured to the opposite ends of said arms, hooks pivotally secnred to said plates, a handle. having a sectional shank exten'ding between the first Vmentioned plates and provided with a laterally extending head,,and a pair of links pivotallysecured to said arms and to the head of said sectional shank.V

i In testimony whereof I' afiix my signature. i

' JOHN BOY STOGNER.

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