Hook lock and method
AssigneeCustom Fabricating & Supplies
InventorBrian P. Asik
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Abstract
A hook lock and method are provided for retaining a workpiece on a hook of an industrial rack. The hook includes a shank having a cross-sectional width, defining a bend for receiving the workpiece thereon, and terminating at a terminal end. The hook lock includes a block having a passageway extending along an axis between first and second outer surfaces of the block. The passageway has a cross-sectional width less than or equal to the cross-sectional width of the shank. In operation, the hook is inserted through the workpiece, and thereafter, through the passageway in the block such that the block is frictionally retained on the shank of the hook. The block prevents the workpiece from being disengaged from the hook as the workpiece is transported along a line.
Claims15
A method for retaining a workpiece on a hook of an industrial rack, the hook including a shank having a cross-sectional width and terminating at a terminal end, the method comprising the steps of:
- inserting the terminal end of the hook through the workpiece;
- and
- inserting the terminal end of the hook through a passageway extending through a block, the passageway having a cross-sectional width less than or equal to the cross-sectional width of the shank such that the block is frictionally retained on the shank of the hook.
A method for maintaining a workpiece on a hook of an industrial rack as the workpiece travels along a line during industrial coating process, the hook including a shank having a cross-sectional width and terminating at a terminal end, the method comprising the steps of:
- inserting the terminal end of the hook through the workpiece;
- inserting the terminal end of the hook through a passageway extending through a block, the passageway having a cross-sectional width less than or equal to the cross-sectional width of the shank such that the block is frictionally retained on the shank of the hook;
- preventing the workpiece from being disengaged from the hook with the block as the workpiece is transported along the line;
- removing the block from the shank of the hook;
- and
- removing the workpiece from the hook.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.