Nails to be Driven by a Nailing Machine.
Year: 1885

page_text: Nails to be Driven by a Nailing Machine.
I, WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co Patent Agents
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature
of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MECHANISM CHIEFLY DESIGNED FOR
ARRANGING NAILS TO BE DRIVEN BY A NAILING MACHINE :-
The improved nail-arranging apparatus herein described is intended more
especially for filling channelled nail-magazines used in connection with automatic
nail-driving devices. Said apparatus consists principally of a tray or receptacle
adapted to hold in its bottom, side by side, a series of nail magazines arranged
with the open sides of the channels therein uppermost, so that a quanity of nails
placed in bulk in the receptacle may, by agitating the latter, be caused to fall with
their points downward into said channels, whereby the magazines will be filled
with nails arranged side by side. For the purpose of sustaining the magazine
within the tray, I provide in the bottom of the latter a series of upwardly pro-
jecting fingers between which said magazines are held, and to prevent the loose
nails from falling into the spaces between the magazines, the latter are provided
with laterally movable tops or covers adapted to be closed over the nail-channels
to prevent the escape of nails therefrom when the magazines are removed from the
tray, and to be moved and held outwardly, so as to open the channels, and at the
same time, to close the spaces between the magazines when the.latter are in
the tray. As a preferred construction in the magazines, they are each provided
with two nail-channels and with two separate, outwardly movable covers, each of
which is adapted to extend over half the space between the magazines, so that the
covers of two adjacent magazines will meet and close the space between said
magazines. I preferably make the magazines of sheet metal, bent to form two
parallel nail channels and suitable ledges for supporting the heads of the nails, and
attach the movable covers to the magazines by springs attached to the outer parts
of the covers and to the sides of the magazines near the bottom of the latter, said
springs being adapted to hold the covers over the magazines except when forced
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page_text: and held outwardly against the action of the springs. Said covers also, are
preferably provided with projecting parts arranged to engage the fingers upon the
tray, in such manner that the covers may be held open by said fingers when the
magazines are within the tray, the said projections upon the covers, and the fingers
upon the tray being desirably provided with inclined faces adapted to engage
each other and to thereby cause the covers to be automatically opened in placing
the magazines within the tray.
In order to enable the magazines to be readily started or lifted in taking them
out of the tray, a movable rod is preferably located beneath the magazines said rod
having an upwardly extending part located at one side of the said magazines
whereby the rod may be grasped and drawn upwardly so as to release the
magazines from the fingers.
The tray above mentioned is preferably made considerably deeper than the
magazines which are placed therein so that a shallow receptacle for the nails is
formed above the upper surface of the magazines; and the said tray is preferably
provided in one of its side-walls, with a hinged flap or door opening upon a level
with the tops of the magazines, whereby, after the magazines have been filled, any
surplus nails may be discharged from the tray.
Said tray also, is desirably provided with a removable top or cover for closing it
when not in use, said cover being detachably secured to the tray, and provided
with an inwardly projecting part resting transversely across the tops of the
magazines when the cover is secured in place so as to hold said magazines from
displacement in handling or transporting the tray.
As a further improvement in a nail-arranging device of the character above
mentioned, I make the magazines of less length than the distance between the
side-walls of the tray perpendicular thereto, and I form in the space between the
ends of the magazines and the side walls of the tray at one side of the latter, a
series of nail-channels arranged in alignment with the nail-channels of the maga-
zines when the latter are secured in position within the tray; the said fixed nail-
channels enabling the filling of the magazines to be more expeditiously performed,
inasmuch as when the channels of the magazines and the fixed channels are
partially filled, the nails in the fixed channels may by inclining the tray, be
caused to slide into the channels of the magazines, so as to completely fill the
latter.

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Nails to be Driven by a Nailing Machine.
I, WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co, Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be par-
ticularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
.
The improved nail-arranging apparatus herein described is intended more
especially for filling channelled nail-magazines used in connection with automatic
nail-driving devices. Said apparatus, consists principally of a tray or receptacle
adapted to hold in its bottom, side by side, a series of said nail magazines, in such
manner that a quantity of nails placed in bulk in the receptacle may, by agitating
the latter be caused to fall with their points downward into the channels of the
magazines, as will hereinafter fully appear. The invention may be more readily
understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which;
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the charging-device with a portion of the nail-
magazines in place therein.
Figure 2 is a vertical, central section of the same taken on a plane transverse to
the magazines.
Figure 3 is a like section, but on a line at right angles to the line on which
Figure 2 is taken.
Figure 4 is a fragmentary, vertical cross-section of the same, taken upon
line of Figure 3, showing the construction of the stationary nail-channels
used to ensure the filling of the magazines.
Figure 5 is an enlarged view in perspective of one of the magazines removed
from the filling-case.
Figure 6 is a detail, transverse section of the same.
Figure 7 is an end elevation of the same.
Figure 8 is a detail, perspective view of a plate connecting the movable
magazine-top with the spring supporting the same.
Figure 9 is a fragmentary, vertical cross-section showing one side only of a
magazine, illustrating the operation of the devices by which the top of the
magazine is moved laterally to uncover the channel of the magazine when the
latter is inserted into the filling-case or tray.
A is an open-topped case or tray which is adapted to hold a series of channelled.
nail-magazines B, said tray being provided in its bottom with a series of upwardly-
projecting, vertical fingers a between which the ends of the magazines are placed
and by which the said magazines are held in position within the tray. The side
walls of the tray are preferably of such heighth that they come flush with the
upper surfaces of the magazines when the latter are inserted therein; and the said
tray is provided with a movable frame A' adapted for attachment upon the side
walls of the tray so as to increase the heighth of the said side walls and to form
with the filled tray a shallow receptacle in which nails are placed in bulk. The
magazines are, in the construction of the device herein shown, arranged parallel
with each other, but said magazines are made of considerable less. length than the
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page_text: distance between the side walls of the tray which are perpendicular thereto; the
space between their ends and the adjacent side walls at one side of the tray being
filled by a series of fixed channels C equal in number to, and corresponding in
position and alignment with the channels of the magazines B when the latter are
in place within the tray. By this construction, it is obvious that when the
magazines are inserted in the tray a series of parallel channels are formed
extending over the entire area of the tray, and which are adapted to be filled
with nails placed in bulk in the receptacle formed by the frame A when the latter
is attached to the tray, by shaking or agitating the tray so as to cause the nails to
fall, point downward, into the said parallel channels.
The loose nails may be prevented from falling into the spaces between the
magazines by any suitably formed cross-bars attached to the frame A¹ and adapted
to deflect the nails into the channels of said magazines and similar devices may be
used to prevent the nails falling between the fixed channels arranged as above
described. Preferably however, the spaces between the fixed channels C are filled
by solid blocks, or are otherwise suitably closed by stationary pieces attached to
the tray; and the nail magazines are provided with laterally movable tops or
covers B¹ which are adapted to be closed over the nail-channels to prevent the
escape of nails therefrom when the magazines are removed from the tray, and to be
moved outwardly and held in contact with the similar covers of the adjacent
magazines when the latter are in place within the tray so as to close the spaces
between the magazines and to thereby prevent the entrance of nails to the said
Брасев.
In the particular form of the magazines herein shown and illustrated more
clearly in Figures 5, 6, 7 8 and 9, the said magazines are formed with two nail-
channels and with separate, movable covers B¹ arranged over each of said channels.
The said magazines are preferably made of stiff sheet metal bent to form two
parallel channels, as clearly shown in Figures 6 and 7, the adjacent or inner walls
of the channels being made of proper distance apart to form between them a hori-
zontal ledge or surface b¹ upon which rest the inner sides of the heads of the nails
held, in the channels, this ledge or surface being of sufficient width to prevent the
nail-heads in the channels from coming in contact with each other and thereby
interfering with the independent movement of the nails in the channels.
metal at the upper edge of the outer walls of the channels is, as shown, bent
outwardly in the same plane with the ledge b¹ so as to form similar ledges 62 for
the outer sides of the heads, the metal also being preferably bent upwardly at the
outer edges of said ledges 62 so as to form outer longitudinal flanges to give
additional stiffness to the upper edges of the magazine.
The
The caps B¹ before mentioned are, as herein shown composed of sheet metal
formed with downwardly-projecting flanges 63 upon their outer edges, whereby
the requisite stiffness is given to the covers; the said flanges, when the covers are
secured to the magazines being located outside of and adjacent to the upturned
flanges of the magazine. The covers or caps B¹ are, as herein shown, placed at a
sufficient distance above the ledges 61 62 to be free from contact with the nail-
heads and to thereby allow the nails to move freely through the channels by
the action of gravity toward a nail driving apparatus to which the magazine is
attached. The caps B¹ are attached to the magazines by means of springs B³ which
are preferably made of U-shape and secured at their central portions to the bottom
of the magazine by straps b b soldered or otherwise attached to the sheet-metal
composing the latter so as to extend upwardly at the sides of the magazine, the
upper or free ends of the springs being connected with the vertical side flanges b³
of the caps B¹. In the particular construction herein shown, the springs are
connected with the cap by means of plates B³ riveted or soldered to the caps, and
to which the ends of the springs are riveted. The said plates B³ are provided
with downwardly and outwardly curved or inclined projections or prongs b³
adjacent to the point of connection of the springs B* therewith, for a purpose
hereinafter described.

page_text: The springs B' are arranged, when in their normal position, to hold the caps
over the channels band are adapted to yield so as to allow the caps to be moved
outwardly from over the channels for the purpose of admitting the nails thereto.
For the purpose of holding the said caps outwardly so as to leave the channels
open when the magazines are in the tray, the fingers a are preferably provided at
their upper ends with downwardly and outwardly inclined faces a¹ adapted to
engage the prongs b³ of the plates B³ when the magazine is inserted in the tray,
and to thereby move the fingers outwardly so as to uncover the channels b. The
outer surfaces a' of the fingers a below the inclined faces a¹ are preferably made
vertical, and are so arranged that when the magazine is pressed downwardly
between the fingers the said projections are carried below the inclines a² and rest
upon the said vertical sides a² of the fingers so as to hold the caps open, as seen in
Figure 9. When the magazines are lifted from between the fingers, the springs B¹
will obviously cause the caps 61 to resume their normal position over the
channels b.
The channels b of the magazine are closed at their outer ends by a cap or end
piece B herein shown as provided with a horizontal rib 6° adapted to aid in
securing the magazine to a nail-driving apparatus, and the ends of the channels at
the opposite or inner end of the magazine are left open and a U-shaped reinforcing
piece B³ of metal is fastened to the ends of the sheet metal composing the magazine
to give the necessary stiffness to adapt the magazine to fit accurately the holding-
device of said nail-driving apparatus.
In the particular construction of the stationary nail channels C herein shown,
said channels are formed of sheet metal plates, each of which is bent to form two
parallel channels cc of the same form and distance apart as the channels b of the
magazines, the plates thus bent being supported upon blocks C¹ attached to the
tray between each adjacent pair of channels. The out-turned edges of the metal
composing the channels are, as shown in Figure 4, extended over and secured to
the upper surface of the said blocks, the strips or bars C hereinafter described,
being, when present, conveniently fitted upon said edge portions of these metal
plates. In the construction herein illustrated, filling or spacing blocks c are
inserted into the spaces between the adjacent walls of each pair of channels but
said spacing pieces are obviously not essential.
To the upper surfaces of the blocks C¹ between the channels C, are preferably
secured a series of strips C² desirably made of metal and provided with rounded
or inclined upper surfaces, said strips operating to facilitate the entrance of the
nails to the channels.
The caps B¹ at the end of the magazine upon which the re-inforcing piece B* is
secured, and which is adjacent to the stationary guide-channels when inserted in
the tray, are made somewhat shorter than the channels b so as to enable the
magazines to be properly secured in the nail-holding devices. By reason of the
caps being short at this end of the magazine as above described, spaces will
obviously be left between the ends of the magazines and the stationary channels,
which will be uncovered when the caps B are spread apart to cover the spaces
between the said magazines; and in order to prevent the entrance of nails to these
spaces, the strips Cs are extended beyond the channels C to a point adjacent to
the ends of the caps (Figure 3), the said strips, as shown at c³ Figure 3, usually
being made slightly narrower at their ends than the spaces between the
magazines so that the latter may be lifted upwardly without coming in contact
with the projecting ends of the said strips.
The fingers a are, as herein shown, formed by means of notches in metal
plates A A³ fixed in the tray parallel with the sides of the latter, as shown in
Figures 1, 2 and 3. The frame A¹ is detachably secured to the tray, as herein
shown, by means of dowel-pins in the adjacent faces of the frame and tray, and the
latter is fastened upon the tray by means of a sliding bolt or catch a' on each side
thereof, as shown in Figures 1, 2, and 3. The said frame A¹ is also preferably
provided with a door or discharge-opening A³ forming part of one of the side pieces

page_text: of said frame and extending the entire length at one side of the latter at its lower
edge adjacent to the tray, as clearly shown in Figures 1 and 3; the said door being
as shown attached to the frame by hinges as and provided with a button a
whereby the door may be held closed. The frame is provided at its lower edge
adjacent to the door with a metal cross-bar as for the purpose of suitably connecting
the side pieces. The object of the said door is to enable the surplus nails to be
readily discharged from the tray after the magazines are filled, this being
accomplished by tilting the side of the tray opposite the door upwardly so as to
cause the loose nails to slide over the magazines and to fall through the said door.
In order to enable the magazines to be readily started or lifted in taking them
out of the tray, a bent rod D is provided which is located beneath the magazines,
as shown in Figure 3 and in dotted lines in Figure 2, and extends upwardly at one
side of the tray so that it may be grasped and lifted and the magazines thereby
raised into position to be readily taken out by the hand. In the particular
construction of the rod D. herein shown, said rod is formed with two arms d
extending beneath the magazines at opposite ends of the latter and provided with
upturned portions & located in contact with the inner face of one of the side walls
of the tray, said parts d¹ being connected at their upper ends by a horizontal
portion which serves as a handle by which the rod may be grasped. In the
operation of removing the magazines in the manner stated, the nail-channels of the
magazines will obviously be closed by the release of the caps from the upper ends of
the fingers as soon as the magazines have started from their places in the tray, so
that any liability of the escape of the nails from the said channels is obviated."
The receptacle comprising the tray A and the frame A¹ is desirably provided
with a cover or lid A', herein shown as provided at one side with lugs as adapted
to enter suitable apertures a³ in the inner vertical sides of the frame A¹ and at its
opposite side with a spring catch a¹0. The said cover is desirably provided with
an inwardly-projecting sheet-metal plate A5 adapted to bear at its lower edge upon
the top surfaces of the magazines D when the cover is secured to the receptacle, and
to thereby hold the said magazines in place when the entire apparatus, with the
magazines therein, is moved or carried from place to place. A handle A is shown
as attached at one side of the case or receptacle for convenience in transporting the
latter.
.
In the use of the apparatus constructed as above described in filling the
magazines, the magazines are first placed within the tray, the frame A² is secured
in place upon said tray, the door A³ is closed, and a quantity of loose nails some-
what greater than necessary to fill the magazines is then placed within the
receptacle upon the magazines and fixed channels C. The entire case is then
agitated or the nails are brushed back and forth by a scoop or otherwise in the
receptacle so as to cause the nails to fall into and accumulate both in the fixed
channels and the channels of the magazines. When the channels are filled to a
suitable extent, as will be readily ascertained by experiment, the side of the tray
at which fixed channels are located is elevated so as to cause the nails in the fixed
channels to gravitate into the magazines and to thereby completely fill the latter.
The door As is opened at the time the receptacle is tipped, or afterward, and the
surplus nails allowed to fall therefrom into a suitable receptacle, and the filled
magazines may then be released from the tray.
The important purpose of the fixed guide-channels C is to form a continuation of
the nail-channels of the magazine when the latter are in the tray, so as to give
longer channels within which the nails may be received and to thereby enable the f
magazines to be filled more quickly than would otherwise be possible.
It is obviously immaterial, so far as the operation of the fixed nail-channels is
concerned, whether said channels are formed as herein described or otherwise, and
my invention is not, therefore, limited to the particular means herein shown for
forming the said channels. The rounded or bevelled strips C³ between the pairs of 5
fixed channels may be dispensed with and advantageous results still obtained.
The said fixed channels may, also, obviously be used in connection with magazines

page_text: having a single nail-channel as well as in connection with the magazines having
two nail-channels herein described.
It is not important that the particular relation between the lengths of the fixed
channels and the magazines herein shown should be preserved, and the said fixed
channels may cover a greater part or less part of the bottom of the tray than
herein shown, or, they may cover the entire area of the tray, in which case suitable
holding-devices for the magazines will be provided upon the tray outside of the
latter for sustaining said magazines in position to receive the nails from the fixed
channels.
The particular construction herein shown whereby the frame A¹ is made
separate from the tray is obviously not essential to the operation of the device,
and the said tray and frame may be made in one piece with advantageous results.
It is usually intended that the fixed channels C shall remain permanently in the
tray A, but they may of course be made removable for repairs or other purposes,
inasmuch as their permanently fixed or removable character does not effect their
function in carrying out my invention, it only being necessary that said guides
shall be held in the tray in such manner that the magazines may be withdrawn
and replaced substantially in the manner set forth.
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;
1-In a device for charging magazines with nails, the combination, of a
receptacle provided with fixed nail-receiving channels, a series of movable nail-
magazines, and means substantially as described for holding the said magazines in
position to receive the nails from the said fixed channels, substantially as and for
the purpose set forth.
2 The combination, of a series of channeled nail-magazines provided with
laterally-movable caps, substantially as described, and a receptacle constructed to
support the magazines in its bottom, substantially as and for the purpose set
forth.
3;-The combination, with one or more nail-magazines each having two nail-
channels provided with two laterally and outwardly movable caps, substantially as
described, of a receptacle constructed to hold a number of said magazines side by
side, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
4; The combination, with a series of channeled nail-magazines and a receptacle
constructed to support said magazines in its bottom, of laterally movable caps
attached to the said magazines by spring connections tending to hold the caps over
the channels of the magazines, and means substantially as described upon the
receptacle and the magazines adapted to move the caps laterally when the
magazines are inserted therein, whereby the channels will remain open to receive
the nails when the magazines are in the receptacle and will be closed when the
magazines are removed therefrom, substantially as described.
5-The combination, with a series of channeled nail-magazines and a receptacle
constructed to receive and support said magazines, of laterally movable caps
5 attached to said magazines by spring connections tending to hold the caps over the
channels of the magazines and projections upon the receptacle provided with
inclined faces adapted to engage the caps or a part attached thereto so as to uncover
the nail-channels of the magazines when the latter are inserted in the receptacle,
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
6; The combination, with a series of channeled nail magazines, and a receptacle
adapted to receive and hold said magazines, of laterally movable caps attached to
the magazines by spring connections tending to hold the caps over the nail-
channels of the magazines, and supports upon the receptacle for the magazines,
each consisting of a plate provided with a series of upright fingers having inclined
5 faces adapted to engage the caps or parts attached thereto so as to uncover said
.

page_text: nail-channels when the magazines are inserted in the receptacle, substantially as
and for the purpose set forth.
7-The combination, with a receptacle provided with stationary nail-holding
channels and a series of channelled nail-magazines, of laterally-movable caps
attached to said magazines by springs and provided with curved prongs 6 and
fingers upon the receptacle provided with inclined faces adapted to engage said
prongs be substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
8; The combination, with a series of nail-magazines, a filling case or receptacle
substantially as described for charging said magazines having a door A³ for the
exit of surplus nails, substantially as described.
9; The combination, with a series of nail-magazines, of a receptacle constructed
to receive and hold said magazines in its bottom, and a rod D extending beneath
the magazines and adapted to lift the latter from their positions in the receptacle,
substantially as described.
10 The combination, with a series of nail-magazines, of a receptacle adapted to
receive and hold a series of said magazines in its bottom, and a cover A* adapted
for attachment to the said receptacle and provided with an inwardly projecting
plate or part A5 adapted to rest upon the upper faces of the magazines within the
receptacle, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 28th day of June 1906
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.