Year: 1888

page_text: I FREDERICK EDWARD VERNEY TAYLOR of Normanton Cottage Old Normanton in
the County of Derby Capt. in the 95th Regiment do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows :-
My invention relates to the construction of an improved nail or fastener, whereby
on a nail so made being driven into a packing case or the like, baving a lid or formed
in parts, the lid or parts can be removed without extracting the nail.
The nail body is shouldered and the extension produced from the shoulder,
screwed.
Over the extension screws a nicked head which bears on the lid or part to be
secured.
The nail is driven in the usual way securing the parts together.
To release the lid or parts the nicked head is unscrewed by a screw driver.
If desired the screwed extension may be grooved and the screw thread only screwed
at certain parts whereby the nicked head can be adjusted by sliding it on and giving
it one or more turns.
Dated this 24th day of March 1800
POPPLEWELL, COLTON & Co.,
17 & 18, Southampton Buildings, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I FREDERICK EDWARD VERNEY TAYLOR of Normanton Cottage, Old Normanton
Derby in the County of Derby Captain in the 95th Regiment, do hereby declare the
nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention relates to the construction of an improved nail or fastener whereby
on a nail or the like so made being driven into say a packing case or any article
having a lid or formed in parts the lid or parts can be removed without extracting
the nail.
On the accompanying sheet of drawing I have shewn three figures intended to
exemplify my invention.
In said drawings Figure 1 shows a nail or fastener in section. Figure 2 shows the
same in elevation. Figure 3 is a side elevation of a nail or fastener with a long
tapered point. A is the nail body carrying the point B and screwed internally at C.
The plug D carrying the nicked head E screws into the nail body A, thus locking
both parts together.
The nail so formed can be driven in the usual manner, say through the lid of a
packing case. To remove such lid or parts the plug D can be unscrewed or detached
from the nail body leaving such in the wood or other material and the lid or part be
so removed.
In place of the female thread being on the nail body A the latter may be tapped
to form a male thread and the female thread be formed on the plug D.
In Figure 3 I have shewn the plug D short owing to the increased length of the
nail body A as compared to Figures 1 and 2, the length of this plug also varies with
the thickness of lid or part that it is driven through. If desired I may groove the
male screw and only screw it at intervals whereby I can fit the plug by sliding it
down and giving it one or more turns.
I can adapt my invention to bolts so that nuts on the plug D can be screwed on
flush with the woodwork and have a shoulder formed to bear upon so that such bolts
can be driven home without injuring the thread.
Such nails fasteners or bolts can be used for a variety of purposes, such as packing
cases, carpentry, dogs for sleepers, in ship building, wall pegs, and for any purpose
where the parts may require to be separated without damaging the woodwork or
materials united by such fasteners.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what
I claim is :-
FirstA nail bolt or fastener made in two portions, the one screwing wholly or
partly into the other and both capable of being driven as a whole, so that the upper
portion can be detached from the nail or fastener body at will in order to release one.
portion of the structure from the other substantially as described.
Second-The improved construction of nails bolts or fasteners, substantially as
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.