Improvements in and relating to Tacks and Nails, and in Apparatus for Withdrawing them.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Dec, 1889-Accepted, 1.th Jan., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Tacks and Nails, and in Apparatus
for Withdrawing them.
I, CHARLES COOPER, of 246 Cambden Street, Newark, in the County of Essex, and
State of New Jersey, United States of America, Boot maker, 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 my invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in tacks and
nails, and in apparatus for withdrawing them, and which invention has for its object,
to provide tacks or nails capable of being readily withdrawn, also to provide means
whereby ordinary tacks or nails may be likewise easily drawn without injury to the
carpet, oilcloth, or other material which has been tacked or nailed down.
My invention also provides a lever apparatus whereby the tacks and nails can be
withdrawn in a neat, simple, and expeditious manner as hereinafter set forth.
I now proceed to describe my said invention, reference being had to the accom-
panying drawings and to the figures and letters marked thereon, like letters referring
to like parts throughout.
Fig. 1. is a side elevation of the apparatus for withdrawing the tacks. Fig. 2. is a
part front elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is an elevation showing how the tacks or nails are
removed. Fig. 4 shows a plan and sectional elevation taken on line x x of a washer
which is used in combination with ordinary tacks in accordance with this invention.
Fig. 5. is a sectional elevation showing a tack or nail capable of being readily with-
drawn. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the top of the nail or tack.
The apparatus for withdrawing the tacks or nails consists of a hand lever composed
of a piece of metal A of the shape shown, formed with a point B, a shank Gupon
which is fitted a wooden or other handle F. The piece of metal A is pivoted by a
pin D to the upwardly bent portions C of the piece of metal or shoe H.
The shoe H
is preferably turned up in front to prevent its catching in the carpet or other material
when being moved into position for withdrawing a tack or nail, and is made with a
slot I to allow the point B to be lowered as far as necessary.
In Fig. 4 I have shown a washer, one of which is placed over each ordinary tack J
before it is driven in, see Fig. 3, in which K represents the carpet, oil-cloth or other
material, and L the flooring or portion of any other article in which the tack is
inserted. These washers are formed with a slot or nitch M as shown.
In Figs. 5 and 6 I have shown a tack or nail specially made of any kind of
metal, having a rounded head and formed with a nitch N. These nails or tacks
can be inserted-as shown-without a washer being previously placed over them.
The manner in which a tack is withdrawn is as follows:-The withdrawing apparatus
is placed in position (see Fig. 3) so that the point B of the lever enters the slot M of
the washer and comes beneath the head of the tack J. When the lever is depressed,
the tack will be lifted and drawn out, as shown by the dotted lines. The manner of
withdrawing the tack or nail shown in Figs. 5 and 6 is the same, except that the point
of the lever enters the slot or nitch N.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
ion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1) The means hereinbefore described for enabling an ordinary tack to be with-
rawn, as herein set forth, and consisting of a washer provided with a nitch or slot,
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page_text: 2) Nails or tacks having round heads and formed with a nitch or slot in the
periphery of said heads, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set
forth.
3) An apparatus for withdrawing tacks, consisting of a lever as shown and described,
and pivoted by a pin D to a shoe H, all substanially as and for the purposes hereinbefore
set forth.
Doted thin 14th dose of Dramban 1000
CHARLES COOPER.
By his Agents,
Horn & Son.