A Device for Holding Nails whilst they are being Driven in and for Stretching Material through which they are Driven.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Dec., 1907
Complete Specification Left, 12th Sept., 1898-Accepted, 15th Oct., 1898
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Complete Specification Left, 12th Sept., 1898-Accepted, 15th Oct., 1898
A Device for Holding Nails whilst they are being Driven in and for
Stretching Material through which they are Driven.
I, LIONEL SIMONS, of Holly Lodge, Bromley, in the County of Kent, Gentleman,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a device for holding nails whilst they are being driven
in and for stretching material through which they are driven.
According to the invention I provide a pair of arms bent to an elongated Z-shape
and pivoted together at the bottom limb of the Z so as to form at the lower
part jaws between which the nail can be gripped and at its upper part handles
for manipulating the instrument. The jaws are provided on their inner working
surfaces with a rubber or other insertion so that the nail can be gripped but yet
not be prevented from being driven home by a hammer.
In connection with the above nail holding device, I employ an arrangement
whereby the material, for instance, cloth which the nail is intended to hold, can
be stretched simultaneously with the placing of the nail in position.
The
arrangement consists of a bent Z-shaped strip, that is to say, a strip bent to
correspond with the shape of the nail holder but with its lower arm shorter than
the jaws of the said nail holder. The said bent strip is attached to the upright
portion of the nail holder in such a manner that it has play. To stretch the
material, the end thereof is placed between the lower end of the strip and the
holder so that by pressing the upper part of the strip against the handles of the nail
holder, the lower part thereof is pressed against the nail holder so as to grip
the material which can then be stretched to the required extent.
Dated this 11th day of December 1897
A Device for Holding Nails whilst they are being Driven in and for
Stretching Material through which they are Driven.
I, LIONEL SIMONS, of Holly Lodge, Bromley, in the County of Kent, Gentleman,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention relates to a device for holding nails whilst they are being driven
in and for stretching material through which they are driven.
According to the invention I provide a pair of arms bent to an elongated Z-shape
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page_text: handles at the upper part in combination with a correspondingly shaped strip
pivoted to the holder in such a manner that its arm or arms can be pressed against
the underside of the arms of the holder, substantially as, and for the purpose,
herein before described.
2. The combination and arrangement of parts forming the device herein before
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 12th day of Sentember 1898.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.