Year: 1886

page_text: I HENRY MUNSLOU of 229 Ladywood Road Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Brass Founder do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows -
This invention consists in utilizing an ordinary wood screw or an ordinary nail
in the make up or manufacture of brackets, cup hooks, hat and coat hooks and
other articles and is particularly adapted to be utilized where one screw or nail
will support the article.
I provide an ordinary wood screw or a nail and by preference form it with a
square shoulder, I provide a hole in a suitable part of the article corresponding
with the configuration of the shoulder of the screw, or the shoulder of the nail.
1 pass the point of the screw or nail through the hole provided in the article until
the shoulder rests in the hole. I then secure the screw or the nail to the article
by either of the following methods.-In some cases I should take the article to a
press or stamp, and provide a bottom die to receive the shank of the screw or
the nail and then by blows on the head of the screw or nail expand it tightly
into the hole, thus amalgamating the substance of the article with the screw or
the nail.
In other cases I provide a hole in the article to which I wish to secure the
screw, or nail, corresponding with the neck of the screw or the nail; I pass
the screw or nail through the hole until the square neck fills the hole provided
to receive it; I next pass a washer over the point of the screw or nail until it
rests against the article; I then by means of suitable tools, compress the washer
on to the screw or nail and onto the article; the article would thus be compressed
between the head of the screw or nail and the washer.
In other cases I provide a hole in the article corresponding to the neck of the
screw or nail. I next pass the screw or nail through the hole so provided to
receive it. I next provide a die with a passage to receive the shank of the screw
or nail, this passage would be somewhat smaller than the shank of the screw or
nail. I place the point of the screw or nail over the passage provided in the
aforesaid die and then by means of a stamp, press or other suitable mechanical

page_text: appliance, force the concavity of the die over the shank of the screw or nail and
thus skim or shave off a portion of the shank of the screw or nail; this shaved off
portion will by the action of the press or other appliance be forced up against the
under side of the article and will answer the same purpose as that of the loose
washer herein before described.
In other cases I secure the screw or nail in position by passing the article
into a bath of tin, spelter or other molten metal. In other cases I should secure
the screw or nail in position by means of solder or by brazing. Instead of a
square neck to my screw or nail I can provide any other convenient sectional
configuration.
The object of my invention is to provide in the manufacture of brackets cup
hooks, hat and coat hooks and other articles which are fixable by means of one
screw or nail a cheap and ready way of securing this one central screw or nail to
the article.
ALFRED WILLIAM TURNER,
Cobden Buildings,
Corporation Street, Birmingham,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Articles.
HENRY MUNSLOU of 229 Ladywood Road Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Brass Founder 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 consists in utilizing an ordinary wood screw or an ordinary nail
in the make up or manufacture of brackets, cup hooks, hat and coat hooks and
other articles, and is adapted to be utilized where one screw or nail will support
the article.
I provide an ordinary wood screw or nail, and by preference form it with a
square shoulder, I provide a hole in a suitable part of the article corresponding
with the configuration of the shoulder of the screw or the shoulder of the nail.
I pass the point of the screw or nail through the hole provided in the article until
the shoulder rests in the hole. I then secure the screw or nail to the article by
either of the following methods-In some cases I should take the article to a
press or stamp and provide a die to receive the shank of the screw or the nail,
and then by blows on the head of the screw or nail expand it tightly into the hole,
thus amalgamating the substance of the article with the screw or the nail.
In other cases I provide a hole in the article to which I wish to secure the screw
or nail corresponding with the neck of the screw or the nail: I pass the screw or
nail through the hole until the square neck fills the hole provided to receive it: I next
pass a washer over the point of the screw or nail until it rests against the article:
I then by means of suitable tools compress the washer on to the screw or nail and
on to the article; the article would thus be compressed between the head of the
screw or nail and the washer.
In other cases I provide a hole in the article corresponding to the neck of the
screw or nail-I next pass the screw or nail through the hole so provided to
receive it. I next provide a die with passage to receive the shank of the screw
or nail, this passage would be somewhat smaller than the shank of the screw or
nail. I place the point of the screw or nail over the passage provided in the afore-
said die, and then by means of a stamp, press or other suitable mechanical appliance,
force the concavity of the die over the shank of the screw or nail and thus skim or
shave off a portion of the shank of the screw or nail; this shaved off portion will
by the action of the press or other appliance be forced up against the under side
of the article, and will answer the same purpose as that of the loose washer herein-
before described.
In other cases I secure the screw or nail in position by passing the article
into a bath of tin, spelter or other molten metal. In other cases I should secure
the screw or nail in position by means of solder or by brazing. Instead of a
square neck to my screw or nail I can provide any other convenient sectional
configuration.

page_text: The object of my invention is to provide in the manufacture of brackets, cup
hooks, hat and coat hooks and other articles which are fixable by means of one
screw or nail a cheap and ready way of securing this one central screw or nail to
the article.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying drawings, the
manner in which my invention is carried out.
Figure 1 represents a hat and coat hook shewing an ordinary wood screw
secured in position by means of expanding the metal of the hook onto the screw.
Figure 2 is a plan of figure 1.
Figure 3 is a section of brass or other metal ready to close on the head of
a screw.
Figure 4 is a section of a nail provided with a covered head and secured to an
ornamental flange.
Figure 5 is a plan of figure 4.
Figure 6 is a plan of the flange part of figure 4.
Figure 7 is a section shewing a nail secured to a bracket or other article.
Figure 8 is a plan of figure 7.
Figure 9 represents a pair of top and bottom dies in action.
Figure 10 represents a round headed screw secured to a flange.
Figure 11 represents a round headed covered screw secured to a flange.
Figure 12 is a plan of figure 11.
Figure 13 represents in section a die suitable for forming the skimmed off
portion shewn at figure 9 into a washer.
In carrying out my invention I provide any ordinary cup or coat hook which
may be of the configuration shewn at figures 1 and 2 or which may be of any
other configuration, so long as some portion of the article presents a surface suitable
to receive a screw or nail.
The screw as represented at figure 1 may be of the usual cylindrical shape at the
neck, or it may be square or of other configuration. In fastening the screw shewn
at figures 1 and 2 or the nail shewn at figure 7, I should pass a round washer a
over the end of the screw or nail until it bedded on the substance of the hook or
other article.
I should next expand the washer a until it fitted tightly on to the screw or
nail, and in addittion also expand the metal immediately surrounding the neck of
the screw or nail, at the same time bedding against the surface of the hook or other
article. Instead of fastening the screw or nail by means of a loose washer (, I can
make the screw or nail pass through the hook or other article, and by means of a
pair of dies represented at figure 9 force the die on to the screw or nail, thereby
skimming off a portion of the screw or nail as represented at b figure 9: in such
cases I should afterwards provide a die as represented at figure 13, and pass this
die over the shank of the screw or nail until the part e came in contact with the
curled skimmed off part of the screw or nail b, gathering it up and forming it into
a washer similar to a. In some cases I cover the head of my screw or nail with
brass or other covering metal.
.
I provide a cap of covering metal as represented in section at figure 3 and place
it over the head of the nail; the covering metal would then be pressed into the
shape represented at figure 4. I sometimes pass the nail through an ornamented
flange as represented at figure 4. The covered headed nail passed through the
flange in the manner represented at figure 4 can be secured to the flange by means
of a washer similar to a figure 1 or by means of shaved off metal afterwards
pressed into a washer as herein before described. In either case I can use my nail
so secured to an ornamental flange for any purpose for which such a combination
may be useful or applicable.
.
In some cases I pass an ordinary round headed screw through a flange and
secure it there by means of a. washer or by means of shaved off metal pressed into
a washer.

page_text: In other cases I cover the head of the screw with metal as illustrated at figure 11
and secure the screw to the flange in either of the methods hereinbefore described
in reference to figure 10.
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 utilization of an ordinary wood screw or an ordinary nail in the make
up or manufacture of brackets, cup hooks, hat and coat hooks, and other such
like articles and the securing of the same thereto in the manner illustrated and
described.
2nd. The utilization of a screw or nail either with a metal head covering in
combination with an ornament flange as illustrated and described in reference to
figures 3, 4, 10 and 11.
ALFRED WILLIAM TURNER,
Cobden Buildings,
Corporation Street, Birmingham,
Agent for the Applicant.