Year: 1886

page_text: I HENRY MUNSLOW of 229 Ladywood Road Birmingham in the County, of
Warwick Brassfounder do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has for its object constructing the picture nail so as to prevent
the picture cord from pressing upon the head of the nail and pulling it off.
I construct the shank of the nail with its end turned up into a loop which loop
is tapped to receive the screwed back piece of the rose or head so that the pressure
of the picture cord would be upon the shank where turned up instead of upon the
back of the rose.
Another form is constructing the shank with its end screwed in the ordinary
way to hold the rose or head and having at a short distance behind the rose &
projecting piece welded or otherwise attached to the shank so that when hanging
a picture the cord is placed behind this projecting piece and kept well back from
the rose which has the advantage of obviating the danger of tearing off the rose
and in consequence of keeping the cord well back overcomes the tendency to pull
the nail out of the wall.
It will be obvious that either of these constructions of nails are especially
adaptable for placing under heavy pictures requiring rests when hanging.
Dated thin 00nd dow of T1000
PAYNE & TALBOT,
4 & 5, Arcade Chambers,
Corporation Street, Birmingham,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: In some cases I prefer to fix the nail permamently in the centre of the rose either
by compressing between dies, or soldering or other suitable means.
In using the modification shewn at figures 14, 15, 16 and 17 I form the nail
figure 16 with a groove k on its periphery and the rose figure 15 with a corre-
sponding projecting flange inside the tube, the tube end of the rose being pressed
onto the end g¹ of the nail, the split tube would expand until the flange passed
over the groove k, the tube would then contract, and the flange sink into the
groove k as represented at figure 17, the picture cord would rest against the back
face of rose at e³.
In using the modification as represented at figures 18, 19, 20 and 21 I provide a
nail with a shoulder similar to e figure 3 but with the front end formed into a
globular shape as shewn at 1, the rose head is formed into a diaphragmic box and
may be made of steel or other suitable springing material, on pressing the rose
against the bulbous part the walls m would spring inwards to allow the large
part to pass inside the box, the parts m would then spring back to their normal
position and clip the groove as represented at figure 21. I should make the nails
preferably out of metal but I do not confine myself to metal when wood or other
material is.found suitable-I make my rose heads out of metal preferably-but in
some cases I use papier maché, china or other suitable material, and in other cases
I prefer to make the rose head partly of metal and partly of other suitable
material.
Instead of having a tapered driving end, as shewn in figures 3, 5, 8, 12 and 16,
the said figures 3, 5, 8, 12 and 16 could be provided with a wormed end corre-
sponding to the wormed end shewn at figure 22: in such cases one of my improved
nails could be driven through the plaster surface of a partition wall until it came
in contact with a lath or other woodwork, it could then be rotated round its
longitudinal axis and thus forced into and secured to the wood work.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1st. The making of picture nails in the manner illustrated and described.
2nd. In a picture nail, a solid collar, or a branch or other equivalent, to receive
the cord, thereby allowing the rose head to be moveable.
3rd. In a picture nail a hooked end provided with a screw hole to receive a
rose head..
4th. In a picture nail the combination of a rose head provided with a short
tubular part passing on to the nail so that the rose head will press against and
cover the fractured plaster.
5th. In a picture nail the combination of a grooved nail head with a flanged
socketed rose head.
6th. In a picture nail the combination of a diaphragmic rose head with the
bulbous end of the picture nail.
7th. In a picture nail a screwed point that will pass through plaster and thence
into wood work beyond plaster.
Dated thin oth
1000