Improvements in Tent Pegs.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date claimed for Patent under Sect. 103 OF ACT,
being date of first Foreign Application (in 25th July, 1892
United States of America),
Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 17th Feb., 1893
Complete Specification Left. 17th Feb. 1893-Accepted. 20th May, 1893
United States of America),
.Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 17th Feb., 1893
Complete Specification Left. 17th Feb., 1893-Accepted. 20th May, 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tent Pegs.
I, ALPHONSO SPRAGUE COMSTOCK, a citizen of Evanston, in the County of
Cook and State of Illinois, United States of America, Manufacturer, 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:-
The object of the present invention is to provide a tent-peg that will be as light
as possible, while possessing the requisite strength; and to this end the invention.
consists in certain features of novelty hereinafter referred to.
In the accompanying drawing,
Figures 1, 2 and 3 are elevations from different positions of a tent-peg embodying
my invention and,
Figures 4 and 5 show transverse sections thereof on lincs 4-4 and 5-5,.
respectively.
The body portion A of the peg is of angular cross-section, and may have any
desired number of flanges a. The drawings show three, joined at right angles,
giving a T-shaped cross-section which is the preferred form for the reason that it-
gives a broad back b for resisting the lateral displacement of the pin by the strain
that comes upon it while in use. The surface of this back is provided with a
number of depressions b', which serve the double purpose of lightening the peg
and increasing the friction when it is driven into the ground. The lower ends of
all of the flanges are tapered off to a common centre, so as to give the lower end of
the peg a point.
From the head C of the pin projects a spur D, which is preferably inclined
slightly downward, and below this spur the throat is rounded as at c so as to
avoid sharp corners, and form such a bearing as will not cut or chafe the guy-rope.
At a' the flanges taper and merge with the surface of the throat, and the throat
itself has a tapering extension c¹, which merges with the surface of the flanges,
resulting in the avoidance of sharp angles at the junction of the throat and the
body of the pin, and in the giving of adequate strength at this point.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
:-
1. A tent-peg having a body A, with radiating flanges, a head C, a spur D,.
projecting laterally therefrom, and a rounded throat c located below said spur,
substantially as set forth.
2. A tent-peg having a body A of angular cross-section, a head C, a spur D,.
projecting laterally therefrom, and a rounded throat c, located below said spur and
having the tapering extension c¹ merging with the surface of the body of the peg,
substantially as set forth.
3. A tent-peg having the body portion A of angular shape in cross-section, the

page_text: head C, having the spur D, projecting laterally therefrom, the rounded throat c
located below said spur, and the tapering extension c¹, merging with the surface of
the body of the peg, the flanges of said body being tapered at a', merging with
the surface of the throat, substantially as set forth.
4. A tent-peg having a body A of T shape in cross-section, forming a broad
back b, a head C, a spur D, projecting laterally from said head, and a rounded
throat c, located below said spur, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 17th day of February 1893.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.