An Improvement in Tree or other Combination Wall Nails, and in the Manufacture of the same.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 8th June, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 8th Mar., 1894-Accepted, 2nd June, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Tree or other Combination Wall Nails, and in
the Manufacture of the same.
CHARLES VIVIAN HOWITT The Croft, Hampton in Arden in the County of
Warwick, Mattress Manufacturer I do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
I take an ordinary pattern nail with its head sufficiently large to admit of a
piece of flat wire passing through its head, or any other section than flat-these
wires are laid through the mould and the nail cast on, with their ends standing at
right angles from the head. I claim this as an improvement insomuch that I can
cast in the ordinary method in sand. I do not confine myself to any particular
metal the wire may be composed of, but soft iron preferred protected by tinned,
galvanized, brassed, or a deposit of any metal.
Dated this 3rd day of June.
CHARLES VIVIAN HOWITT.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Tree or other Combination Wall Nails, and in
the Manufacture of the same.
I, CHARLES VIVIAN HOWITT, of The Croft, Hampton in Arden, in the County
of Warwick, Mattress Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to the construction of that class of tree or wall nail,
consisting of a hard metal spike, having a strip or piece of softer metal attached
to its head, the said spike being driven into a wall and the said strip being then
bent around the branch or other object requiring support.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings, forming part of this Specification,
Fig. 1 is a perspective elevation, and
Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of a nail constructed in accordance with my
invention.
Fig. 3 is a perspective elevation, shewing a modified form of the said nail.
Similar letters of reference denote similar parts throughout the drawings.
In Figs. 1 and 2, A is a cast iron nail or spike of the ordinary garden pattern,
and B is a flat wire, or strip of soft iron or steel, having the end C secured within
the head D of the said nail.
In manufacturing the article, the said wire or strip B is laid in the mould, and
the nail A cast on to it, by this means the nails can be cast in the ordinary
method in sand.
The wire or strip B is placed in such position in the mould, that when the
article is finished, the said wire stands at right angles, or thereabouts, to the nail.
The said head D is of sufficient size to admit the wire and leave an ample
amount of metal around it, and the end of the wire goes quite through the head as
shewn clearly in Fig. 2.
In the modified form shewn in Fig. 3, the head D of the nail is cast on the
centre of the wire or strip B, leaving a projecting piece on each side.

page_text: In use, the nail A is driven into a wall or other support and the wire B beut
around the branch or other object requiring to be secured.
In the pattern shewn in Fig. 3 two branches, or other objects can be secured,
one on each side of the nail, such form being particularly useful in gas fitting or
electrical wiring, when two pipes or wires have to be secured side by side.
Although the nail A is shewn of the ordinary garden pattern, any other suitable
shape may be employed, and though the wire B is preferably made of soft iron or
steel, any other suitable metal may be used, provided such metal is of a nature
which will not melt when brought into contact in the mould with the molten metal
forming the spike A, and the said wire may be of any suitable form in cross-section,
other than that shewn.
The article, when taken from the mould, is annealed in the usual manner.
The said wire and also the nail, may be tinned, galvanised, or have copper,
brass or other suitable metal deposited thereon to protect them or either of them.
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. In the manufacture of a nail of the class described, placing a suitable soft
metal wire or strip B in a mould and casting a hard metal spike A therein, so that
the head D of the said spike encloses and holds the end C of the said wire,
substantially as and for the purpose described, with reference to Figs. 1 and 2 of
the accompanying drawings.
2. In the manufacture of a nail of the class described, placing a suitable soft
metal wire or strip B in a mould and casting a hard metal spike A therein, so that
the head D of the said spike surrounds and holds the centre of the said wire,
substantially as and for the purpose described, with reference to Fig. 3 of the
accompanying drawings.
3. The improved combination nail, consisting of a soft metal wire or strip B
and a hard cast metal spike A, and manufactured in the manner herein set forth.
Dated this 8th day of March 1894.
AMBROSE MYALL,
2, Lancaster Place, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.