IMPROVED PIN FOR FASTENING DOWN CARPETS OR THE LIKE to be as follows
Year: 1884

page_text: We JAMES HILLYARD of Oaklea in the County of Durham and WILLIAM KNIBB
HILLYARD of the Town and County of Newcastle on Tyne, Tea Dealers, do hereby
declare the nature of said Invention for "IMPROVED PIN FOR FASTENING DOWN
CARPETS OR THE LIKE to be as follows:-
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Our Invention has for its object to provide pins for fastening down Carpets or
the like (known as "drugget pins") obviating many of the defects of the said pins
as at present constructed which are liable to bend in inserting or withdrawing
the pins, and if they become bent the head is very liable to be broken off in
re-straightening the pin. Moreover the head is very liable to come off in
extracting the pin. The large size of the head which is necessary in pins of this
kind is the reason of these defects in pins as at present constructed.
According to our Invention we make the stalk, or stem part, or pin proper
separate from the head and with an enlarged part or small head and we make a
hole in the centre of the disc forming the separate large head through which hole
the stalk stem or pin proper is passed. The aid small head of the pin proper and
the hole in the separate or large head may if desired be countersunk, inclined, or
conical so that the said small head will be flush, or nearly flush with the upper
surface of the large head or the underside of the said small head may simply rest
upon the upper side of the said large head.
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page_text: We, JAMES HILLYARD of Oaklea in the County of Durham and WILLIAM KNIBB
HILLYARD of the Town and County of Newcastle-on-Tyne, Tea Dealers do hereby
declare the nature of said invention for "IMPROVED PIN FOR FASTENING DOWN
CARPETS OR THE LIKE" and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
Our said Invention has for its object to provide pins for fastening down Carpets
or the like (known as "drugget pins") obviating many of the defects of the said
pins as at present constructed which latter are liable to bend in inserting or
withdrawing them and if they become bent the head is very liable to be broken
off in attempting to restraighten the pin. Moreover the head is very liable to
come off in extracting the pin The large size of the head which is necessary in
pins of this kind is the reason of these defects in pins as at present constructed.
According to our Invention which we will now proceed to describe with
reference to the accompanying drawings we make the stalk or stem part a or pin
proper, separate from the head band with an enlarged part or small head c which
may be of a conical form as shewn in Figure 1 or it may be provided with a
shoulder as shewn in Figure 2, and we make a hole b2 in the centre of a disk b
Figure 3, which forms a separate large head, the said hole 62 being of a conical or
tapered form corresponding to the upper end of the stalk or stem a or the small
head c of the same. Through the said hole the said stalk stem or in proper (a) is
passed. When the small head c of the pin proper is of a tapered or conical form as
in figure 1 it is countersunk in the separate or large head b so that when the pin
is driven into the flooring the small head c will lie flush or nearly flush with the
upper surface of the large head b as shewn in Figure 4. When the small head
projects outside the stem a so as to form a shoulder as shewn in Figure 2 the
underside of the said small head will simply rest upon the upperside of the said
large head as shewn in Figure 5 or it may be slightly recessed thereinto.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is.—
Pins (for fastening down Carpets and the like) made in two separate parts
combined together when in use substantially in the manner herein before described
with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated uns day of Septemb 100.
Witness,
SUSANNA HILLYARD
(Spinster),
Putney Heath.
M. R. NOLAN
(Spinster).
JAS. HILLYARD.
W. K. HILLYARD.