IMPROVEMENTS IN CLICKOUTS OR TOOLS FOR DRAWING NAILS, SPIKES, AND PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Nicholes Taylor, of North Shields, in the
County of Northumberland, Blacksmith, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN CLICKOUTS OR TOOLS FOR DRAWING NAILS, SPIKES, AND
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Nicholes Taylor at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his l'etition, on
the 31st March 1870.
I, JOHN NICHOLES TAYLOR, of North Shields, in the County of
Northumberland, Blacksmith, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CLICKOUTS OR TOOLS FOR DRAWING NAILS,
SPIKES, AND BOLTS OUT OF TIMBER OR OTHER MATERIALS," to be as follows:-
I construct my clickout or tool of iron and steel, and hardened in the
parts subject to wear, either as a heel nip clickout or cam nip clickout.
The first form, or heel nip clickout, consists of a long lever with a
chisel shaped end and a bolt hole near the said end; this lever may be
bent to any suitable form; also a triangular shaped clip rounded at the

page_text: corners and formed with two cheeks so as to admit the lever between
them; each cheek of the aforesaid clip has a hole through it to admit a
screw bolt to pass through same and the lever. The clip is flat on the
under side for a short distance behind the centre of the bolt, giving
resistance to the lever in griping the nail or spike, and causing the clip
to remain at rest until the resistance of the nail or spike in the wood is
overcome, when it is effectually drawn out of the wood. The clip can
also bo reversed by taking out the bolt, two of its sides being alike,
except the griping face, which is at right angles to one of its sides; this
allows a larger nail or spike to be taken in by the clip on the one side
than on the other. The second form or cam nip clickout consists of a
long lever bent to any suitable form with a cam-shaped or eccentric
shaped end, and a bolt hole through the said end and a short steel lever
supported on the bolt, also a clip which is flat (or nearly so) on the
under side and curved to any suitable form, on its upper side the said
clip is formed with two cheeks so as to admit two levers between them
and also two screw bolts the upper end of one (a short lever) is for the
purpose of being acted on by the other lever in opening the space to
admit the nail or spike.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Nicholes Taylor in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 30th September 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
NICHOLES TAYLOR, of North Shields, in the County of Northumberland,
Blacksmith, send grecting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Thirty-first day of March, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the thirty-third
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said John Nicholes Taylor, Her special licence that
I, the said John Nicholes Taylor, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said John Nicholes Taylor, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein oxpressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and

page_text: vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
CLICHOUTS OR TOOLS FOR DRAWING NAILS, SPIKES, AND BOLTS OUT OF TIMBER OR
OTHER MATERIALS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
John Nicholes Taylor, my executors or administrators, by an instrument
in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and
in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to
be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next
and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Nicholes Taylor, 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 :—
The object of my said Invention is to construct clickouts or tools for
the purpose of pulling or drawing nails, spikes, and bolts out of timber,
woodwork, or other substances whereby the drawing power and gripping
power in such tools is rendered more effectual than in the old con-
structions, the clickouts or tool of my present Invention not being
dependent on the head of the nail, spike, or bolt for holding as it will
grip sufficiently in any other part to effect extraction.
The nature of and the details of the means whereby I effectuate my
said Invention will be best understood by reference to Drawings, and I
will therefore proceed to describe my Invention by reference to the
Drawings accompanying these Presents.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1, view partly in section of the heel nip clickout through the
line R, R, of plan of clip, Fig. 2; Fig. 3, view partly in section of the
cam nip clickout through the line S, S, of plan of clip, Fig. 4.
I construct my clickout or tool of iron and steel and hardened in the
parts subject to wear either as what I term a heel nip clickout or what
I term a cam nip clickout. The first form or heel nip clickout consists
of a long lever A (Fig. 1) with a chisel-shaped end B, and a bolt hole C
near the said end. This lever may be bent of any suitable form; also a
triangular shaped clip D, rounded at the corners and formed with two
checks E, E, (Fig. 2) so as to admit the lever A between them. Each
check of the aforesaid clip (D) has a hole through it to admit a screw

page_text: bolt C to pass through the same and the lever A. The clip D is flat on
the under side for a short distance behind the centre of the bolt C, giving
resistance to the lever A in gripping the nail or spike, and causing the
clip D to remain at rest until the resistance of the nail or spike in the
wood is overcome, when it is effectually drawn out of the wood. The
clip D can also be reversed by taking out the bolt C, two of its sides
being alike except the gripping face G which is at right angles to one of
its sides which allows a larger nail or spike to be taken in by the clip
on the one side than on the other side, as shown by the dotted curved
line F. In using the aforesaid form of clickout or tool the clip D is
placed over the nail or spike to be drawn out, the clip being straight, or
nearly so, on the under side for a short distance behind the centre of
the bolt O, which gives resistance to the lever A in gripping the nail or
spike O, and also causes the clip D to remain at rest when the whole of
the force applied to the upper end of the lever A is brought (multiplied)
to bear in gripping the nail or spike, until the resistance of the nail or
spike in the wood is overcome, when the clip turns on the part or heel
at H and the rail or spike is effectually drawn out of the wood. The
second form of clickout or tool, which I have termed the cam nip
clickout, consists of a long lever I (Fig. 3) bent to any suitable form with
a cam shaped or eccentric shaped end J and a bolt hole K through the
said end and a short steel lever L supported on the bolt M, also a clip N
which is flat (or nearly so) on the under side and curved to any suitable
form on its upper side. The said clip is formed with two cheeks P, P,
(Fig. 4) so as to admit two levers I, L, Fig. 3, between them and also
two screw bolts K, M. The upper end of the short lover L is for the
purpose of being acted on by the other lever I in opening the space to
admit the nail or spike. In using this second form of clickout or tool
the clip N is placed over the nail or spike O, which is to be drawn out
and the whole of the force applied to the upper end of the lever I is
brought (multiplied) to bear in gripping the nail or spike through the
cam of the lever I by pressing the short lever L forward against the nail
or spike until the resistance of the nail or spike in the wood is overcome,
when the clip turns on the part T and the nail or spike is effectually
drawn out of the wood. The long lever shown in cach Figure should be
twenty-four inches long, and would then be in just proportion to the
sizes of the clips as shown in the Drawings.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed I

page_text: hereby declare that I claim the "Improvements in Clickouts or Tools
for Drawing Nails, Spikes, and Bolts out of Timber or other Materials,"
as the same is herein-before set forth and described and illustrated by
the accompanying Drawings, it being understood that the mere details
of construction are not claimed, except as constituent parts of the
clickouts or tool described.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Nicholes Taylor, have here-
unto set my hand and scal, this Twenty-seventh day of
September, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
and serente.
Witness,
JAMES ROBSON,
85, Church Way,
North Shields.
JOHN NICHOLES TAYLOR. (L.S.)