Improved Construction and Form of Curl-ended Nails for Securing Wire Screens, Hurdles, and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 10th June, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 10th Mar., 1899-Accepted, 22nd Apr., 1899
Improved Construction and Form of Curl-ended Nails for Securing
Wire Screens, Hurdles, and the like.
I, WILLIAM CHARLES PAGE, of No 7, Artingworth Street, West Ham, in the
County of Essex, Wire Staple Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows.-
This invention relates to the manufacture of curl ended nails from sheet or
1od metal such as by stamping and making the curl from a side wing or by
bending a portion of a rod or thick wire back upon itself and then outwardly,
upwardly, and forwardly with the tail end looking rearwardly.
The wing and tail end constitute a kind of regular crook oi hook and a wire
screen, wire fencing, wire hurdles, and the like can be hung, or be otherwise
connected in series to posts or other timber struts into which the nails can be
driven, the nail if from sheet metal being provided with a head, and if from bar
or wire metal, it can be mechanically turned back to form a head to receive the
blows of the driving hammer or tool.
H GARDNER,
Patont Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said William Charles Page.
Improved Construction and Form of Curl-ended Nails for Securing
Wire Screens, Hurdles, and the like.
I, WILLIAM CHARLES PAGE, of No 7, Artingworth Street, West Ham, in the
County of Essex, Wire Staple Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner the same 18 to be performed to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to the manufacture of cuil ended nails from sheet or
rod metal such as by stamping and making the curl from a side wing, or by
bending a portion of a rod or thick wire back upon itself and then outwardly,
upwardly, and forwardly with the tail end looking rearwardly.
This invention is clearly shown on the annexed diawings Figure 1 side eleva-
tion of a stamped nail. Figure 2 side elevation of a nail such as can be pro-
duced from a rod of metal or stout wire. Figure 3 plan of nail made from sheet
metal Figure 4 Bide elevation of stamped or stout wire nail with a screw

page_text: thread at part of its stem to ensure a filme grip within the post than might
be possible by a plain stemmed nail, the sciewing in being accomplished after
the nail has been driven in
Figure 5 front elevation of nail as it appears from the face of a post, and with
a strained fencing wire looped in the curl of the head
A, 18 the stem of taper form, as at Figure 1, or parallel, as at Figures 2, 3,
and 4 B, the projecting head by which the nail can be driven into the post C
by a hammer without injuring the shape 1), the wing with outwardly formed
purt of the cuil from the head' portion E, the upwardly curled part F, the
forwardly formed part of said curl, and G the rearwardly formed part of the
curl, the several parts of the cuil constituting a perfect lock to the strained
fencing wue H when looped in by a slight side pressure to pass it over the tail
end G, said tail end being arranged as close to the post C as 18 possible to pre-
vent, say, the wool of sheep becoming torn if the appliances be used around a
sheep fold, and also to prevent injury to cattle, or other animals when rubbing
themselves against a post
As will be seen, the wing and tail end constitute a kind of irregular crook
01 hook and a wire screen, wie fencing, we hurdles, and the like can be hung,
or be otherwise connected in series to posts or other timber struts into which
the nails can be driven, the nail if from sheet metal being provided with a head,
and if from bar or wire metal, it can be mechanically turned back to form a
head to receive the blows of the duving hammer or tool
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is.-
The construction of headed nails as shown by stamping, forging, or bending
metal, within the cuil of which, of the shape shown, strained wire fencing can
be looped when such, wires are employed as screens, hurdles, and the hike for
the purposes set forth.
101
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1000
The 10th day of March 1999
H GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said William Charles Page.