New or Improved Devices or Means for Securing Carpets and Floor Cloths onto Floors and Steps.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Jan., 1892
*Complete Specification Left, 12th Oct., 1892-Accepted, 26th Nov., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Devices or Means for Securing Carpets and Floor
Cloths onto Floors and Steps.
I, JOHN GARRARD ACKROYD, of Glenfield, Sowerby Bridge, in the County of
York, Decorator, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows::
"My invention has reference to means to be employed for fastening or securing
carpets onto floors and steps.
In carrying out my invention I make use of a ferrule or plug having a hole in
the centre which may have a screw thread formed in it or otherwise. This plug is
driven into the floor or steps so that it is flush and level with the floor. A. nail or
screw is inserted into the hole of the plug to which nail, an eyelet or loop secured
to a carpet is, passed over the said nail which is thereby fastened or held down.
*When the carpet is taken up the head of the nail gravitates into a cavity formed
in the top of the bush so that the head of the nail does not stand up above the
floor, and interfere with nor hurt the bands of any person who may be cleaning the
*floor.
'When using this plug and nail for the purpose of securing carpets on steps I
employ a slotted .eyelet which holds the stairs-rod in position but by means of the
slot the eyelet can be raised and turned sideways to permit the stairs-rod and carpet
.being removed.
Dated this, 14th day of January 1892.
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Halifax, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Devices or Means for Securing Carpets and Floor
*Cloths onto Floors and Steps.
I, JOHN GARRARD ACKROYD, of Glenfield, Sowerby Bridge, in the County of
York, Decorator, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
inand by the following statement:—
My invention has reference to means to be employed for fastening or securing
carpets onto'floors and steps, and consists of a ferrule or plug secured in the floor
and a removable nail or screw adapted to enter or screw into same. The eyelet or
ring secured to the underside of the carpet is passed over the head of the nail-or
screw, and the latter, being pushed down into the plug, holds the carpet in position.
For securing stair rods and carpets a slotted eyelet or holdfast is employed in
addition to the screw or plug which is adjustable up or down to suit various sizes
of rods and can be turned sideways to permit the stair rod to be, withdrawn.
My invention will be more fully understood by reference to the accompanying
sheet of, drawings, wherein
"Fig. 1 shews my improved means for securing carpets-onto floors;
Fig. 2 is enlarged plan of plug and removeable-nail-or.screw;

page_text: Fig. 3 shews a vertical section and plan view of plug and eyelet slightly
modified;
Figs. 4 and 5 are details hereinafter referred to ;
Fig. 6 shews my improvements for securing stair rods and carpets, and
Fig. 7 is enlarged front elevation, and Fig. 8 side elevation, partly in section, of
same.
Fig. 9 shews a modification of Fig. 8.
Referring to Figs. 1 to 5, a denotes the ferrule or plug driven or screwed into the
floor band provided centrally with a hole or socket c into which enters a nail or
screw d.
When laying down the carpet e, the eyelet stitched thereto at fis
passed over the head of the nail or screw which is drawn partly out of the hole c
for this purpose or it may be drawn out completely. When the nail is forced
"home," the eyelet f is held between the head of the nail and the face of the
plug a thereby securing or holding the carpet onto the floor.
In Fig. 3 the eyelet f is dished or concaved to receive the head of the nail and
is adapted to rest in a correspondingly shaped cavity c¹ in the plug, this being
designed to reduce as much as possible the elevation of the carpet at the parts
where it is screwed to the floor.
When the carpet is taken up, the head of the nail gravitates into a cavity c¹
formed in the top of the plug a and is thus flush with or below the level of the
floor and will not interfere with or be liable to injure the hands when washing or
cleaning the floor, and neither dust nor dirt accumulates under the head of the nail
as is the case when the head of the nail projects above the floor.
A recess (see Fig. 2) formed at the top of the plug admits of the end of a
man's finger being inserted so as to draw the nail out of the hole when relaying the
carpet.
Where screws are employed instead of nails, I prefer that they have only one
or two threads so that a turn of the finger will be sufficient to secure them in the
plugs. The screw threads may be fine or coarse as shewn at Fig. 4.
Fig. 5 shews a modified form of eyelet f which may be used in place of a ring
as shewn in Fig. 2.
Referring to Figs. 6 to 8, letter g denotes a plug or ferrule driven or screwed
into the back or rise of the step, and provided with a central hole g¹ having a
screw thread formed therein to receive a screw k.. m is an eyelet or holdfast
having a slot m¹ therein, through which the screw is passed and screwed into the
hole guntil the boss on the head of the screw k engages with the face of the
slot and binds the holdfast m tightly against the back or rise of the step. The lower
end of the holdfast is curved or bent outwards at me and holds the stair rod n
against the back of the step. The slot m' allows the holdfast to be adjusted up or
down so as to adapt itself to different sizes of stair rods, either round or angular,
and instead of part m² being curved, it may be made at an angle as shewn at Fig. 9.
When securing or taking up the stair carpet, the screw k is partly unscrewed from
the hole g and the hold fast turned round to a horizontal position which permits the
rods n to be placed in position or withdrawn.
Instead of a plug ga plate having a nipple o therein (see Fig. 9) may be secured
to the back or rise of the steps by screws p, a hole being bored through the nipple
and tapped to receive the screw k, and a more simple form of stairs rod fastener is
shewn in Fig. 10 where in this case the stud k is screwed or otherwise fastened into
the plate r.
In this case the holder m is made with a hole or slotted as at m¹ to
permit of its being raised and turned partially around as in the case of that already
described to enable the stairs rod n to be placed in or out of position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
:-
Firstly. The several means, devices or appliances substantially as herein shewn
and described for securing carpets to floors.

page_text: Secondly. The several means, devices or appliances substantially as herein shewn
and described for securing stairs rods and carpets to steps.
Dated this
day of October 1892.
JOHN GARRARD ACKROYD.
Tasker & Crossley,
Halifax, Agents.