Improvements in Rick Pins.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Aug., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 17th Sept., 1889-Accepted, 26th Oct., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Rick Pins.
We, JOHN DAVIES and WILLIAM ALLAN LLOYD-DAVIES, both of 30 Snow Hill,
Wolverhampton in the County of Stafford, Surgeons, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the pins or pegs commonly known as
"Rick Pins," which are inserted into the material of a rick or stack and to the
outer ends of which are secured the cords, wires or other connectors by which tar-
paulins, galvanized sheets, or such like coverings are fixed or held upon the rick or
stack; and has for its object the construction and employment of a pin which may
be easily inserted and withdrawn but which when in actual use has such a firm hold
within the rick or stack that it is impossible for it to be drawn out by any strain to
which it may be subjected in such use, such for instance as is due to the action of the
wind on the covering.
The above object is attained, according to this invention, by constructing the pin
in parts each of which may be separately pushed into the rick or stack in such a
manner that while the outer or butt ends of the separate parts are brought together
their inner ends branch out from one another, and by so forming their outer ends
and fixing them together after the forward ends of the parts have been inserted
into the rick or stack, as to maintain them in their relative position with one another.
The outward branching of the parts of the pin within the rick or stack securely
prevents the pin from being drawn out until the parts are unfastened from one
another when they may be drawn out separately.
One of
According to a convenient method of carrying out the invention the pin is con-
structed in halves (or otherwise in two parts) divided longitudinally, and each part
curves outward from or from near its butt to its pointed or forward end.
the parts carries a guide or keep through which the other may be readily pushed
endways so as to bring the two butts together back to back, with the forward ends
of the parts branching out from one another in opposite directions, and the parts may
be fixed together in such position by means of a screw-pin passing through one
butt and screwed into the other, and such screw pin has a ring or eye to which the
cord, wire or other connector of the covering is attached.
A rick pin constructed in this manner is fixed in place by first pushing the part
which carries the guide into the rick or stack and then pushing the other part, back
to back with the part inserted, through the guide and into the rick or stack, and
finally fixing the two parts together by the screw pin. The parts of the pin
within the rick or stack thus branch out from one another and hold firmly
therein.
Dated this 3rd day of August 1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Rick Pins.
We, JOHN DAVIES and WILLIAM ALLAN LLOYD-DAVIES, both of 30 Snow Hill,
Wolverhampton in the County of Stafford, Surgeons, 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 improvements in the pins or pegs commonly known as
rick pins" which are inserted into the material of a rick or stack for the purpose

page_text: of retaining tarpaulins, galvanized sheets or such like coverings upon the rick or
stack; and has for its object the construction and employment of a pin which can
be easily inserted and withdrawn but which when in actual use has such a firm hold
within the rick or stack that it is impossible for it to be drawn out by any strain to
which it may be subjected in use, such for instance as is due to the action of the wind
on the covering.
The above object is attained, according to this invention, by constructing the pin
in parts each of which may be separately or individually pushed into the rick or
stack in such a manner that while the outer or butt ends of the separate or
individual parts are brought together their inner ends branch out from one another,
and by providing suitable means by which their outer or butt ends may be securoly
fixed together after the forward or inner ends have been inserted into the rick or
stack. The outward branching of the parts of the pin within the rick or stack securely
prevents the pin from being drawn out until the parts are unfastened from one
another, when they may be drawn out separately.
A rick pin constructed according to this invention is illustrated by the drawings
on sheet 1 herewith, of which figure 1 is a side elevation of such pin, figure 2 a plan,
figure 3 an end elevation, and figure 4 a section, to an enlarged scale, on line a
of figure 1. The pin is formed of two separate parts A A¹ each of which curves
outwards from, or from near, its butt a or a¹ to its inner or forward end b or b¹.
One of these parts (in the illustration the part A') carries a guide or keep B through
which the other part A may be readily pushed endways so as to bring the two
butts a a back to back, as shewn, with the forward ends branching out from one
another in opposite directions. When in this piston the parts are fixed together by
means of a screw-pin c passing through one butt and screwed into the other, or by
other suitable means.
This rick pin is fixed in place by first pushing the part which carries the guide
into the rick or stack and then pushing the other part, back to back with the part
inserted, through the guide and into the rick or stack, and finally fixing the two
parts together by means of the screw pin or in other convenient manner.
The parts
of the pin within ahe rick or stack thus branch out from one another and hold firmly
therein. The butts are, preferably, formed with V'd niches d d in their sides, for
convenience in pulling the parts A A' out of the rick or stack.
It is not essential to employ a guide B, though such is very much preferred as it
facilitates the insertion of the part A in proper position in a stack in relation to
the part A and also helps to keep the parts together when in place.
The guide
as shewn, and which answers the purpose perfectly well, is a plain strap bent over
so as to be fastened at each side of the part A' by means of rivets or pins passing
therethrough and through the sides of the strap and so as to leave a plain opening
through which the part A may be guided.
Different methods of employing the pin are shewn by sheet 2.
Figure 5 shews
the pin as employed for bolding down the end of one of the cords, wires or other
connectors by which the tarpaulins or galvanized sheets or such like coverings are
fixed or held upon the rick or stack. In this case the screw pin c is formed with
a ring (as shewn also by the drawings on sheet 1) to which the end of the cord
or other connector is fastened as shewn. Figure 6 shews the pins as passed down
through holes in the covering and into the body of the rick. In this case the
guide forms a stop upon the surface of the sheet-iron or other covering and thus
securely holds it down. The upper pins shewn in this view pass through the sheets
immediately below the ridge capping and are in position at right angles to the
plane of the lower pins and are also slanted at an angle with the covering as by
these means a better hold is secured in the material of the rick or stack at the
top than if the pins were in the position in which the lower one is shewn to be.
The lower pins may of course be fixed in this manner also, if desired. Figure 7
shews the holes in position through the sheets for receiving the pins. Figure 8
shews a pin passed through the lap formed by the lower edge of one sheet and
the upper edge of another, as in the arrangement of sheets shown by figure 9.

page_text: It will be obvious that a guide may be used also with a rick pin made of more
than two separate or individual parts of the character of the parts A A'. In such
case the guide is fixed to one of such parts, and is suitably formed to receive and
guide the other parts. In either case however the guide may be loose if desired,
and formed so that it may be slipped over one of the parts and the other part or parts
be slipped therethrough.
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 :-
1. A rick pin formed in parts which may be separately or individually pushed
into the rick or stack with their inner ends branching outwards from one another
and which may be securely fixed to one another at their outer ends, substantially as
described.
2. A rick pin formed in parts curved from, or from near, their butt ends towards
their points or inner ends and which may be separately or individually pushed into
the rick or stack with their inner ends branching outwards from one another and
be securely fixed to one another at their outer or butt ends, substantially as
described.
8. A rick pin formed in two parts which may he fixed to one another at their butt
ends and which when so fixed branch out from one another towards their points,
substantially as described.
4. In a rick pin formed of parts which may be fixed together at their butt ends
and which when so fixed branch outwards from one another towards their points, a
guide fixed to or passed around or on to one of such parts and through which the
other or others of such parts may be guided in inserting it or them into a rick or
stack, substantially as described.
5. A rick pin substantially as shewn by the drawings herewith.
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