Improvements in Nails, Spikes, Rivets, and Staples.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Feb., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Nov., 1894-Accepted, 22nd Dec., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Nails, Spikes, Rivets, and Staples.
1, HENRI BIANCHI, of 50 Gresham Street, City of London, Smith, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Nails, spikes, rivets, and staples at present formed, or made have a blunt, a
wedge, or a chisel shaped end, or they have rounded shoulders terminating in a
All the
flat, a chisel, a wedge, or a round point merging from a round shoulder.
foregoing are of such nature that the nail, spike, rivet, or staple, bends, twists, or
turns in the wood into which they are being driven by successive blows of a
hammer and it is only by chance, except the hole be first drilled, that a nail can be
sent straight in.
Now the object of my invention is to so make nails, spikes, rivets, or staples that
it is next to an impossibility to drive them other than straight.
For this purpose, I make the point sharp and truly axial with the length of the
nail; spike, rivet, or staple, and from the point of the shoulder of whatever kind,
the nail, spike, rivet, or staple may be, I form say three equal sided angled faces,
which when the point is first tapped into a piece of wood follow with an equal
pressure of all three faces with the successive blows of a hammer with no inclination
to bend, twist, or turn, consequently the thinnest piece, or pieces of wood can be
nailed together without the liability of the point turning outwards, or inwards, as
with the present make of nail, spike, rivet, or staple.
I prefer to use my form of three faced and centrally pointed nail, spike, rivet,
or staple with triangular, square, or like bodied, nails or spikes, whether such nails
be headed or not, especially for the nails used by box and packing case makers who
employ the self feeding and nail driving machinery.
I HENRI BIANCHI of 50 Gresham Street, City of London, Smith 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 :-
Nails, spikes, rivets and staples at present formed or made have a blunt, a
wedge, or a chisel shaped end; or they have rounded shoulders terminating in a
flat, a chisel, a wedge or a round point merging from a round shoulder. All the
foregoing are of such a nature that the nails, spikes, rivets or staples bend, twist
or turn in the wood into which they are being driven by successive blows of a
hammer, and it is only by chance, except the hole be first drilled, that a nail can be
sent straight in.

page_text: Now, the object of my invention is to so make nails, spikes, rivets or staples that
it is next to an impossibility to drive them other than straight.
For this purpose I make the point sharp and truly axial with the length of the
nail, spike, rivet or staple, and from the point of the shoulder of whatever kind,
the nail, spike, rivet or staple may be, I form three sided angled faces, which when
the point is first tapped into a piece of wood follow with an equal pressure of all
three faces with the successive blows of a hammer with no inclination to bend,
twist or turn, consequently the thinnest piece or pieces of wood can be nailed
together without the liability of the point turning outwards or inwards as with the
present make of nail, spike, rivet or staple.
I prefer to use my form of three faced and centrally pointed nail, spike, rivet or
staple with triangular, square or like bodied nails or spikes whether such nails be
headed or not, especially for the nails used by box and packing case makers who
employ the self feeding and nail driving machinery.
My invention will be clearly understood from an inspection of the annexed
drawings.
Figure 1 is a view of a common nail. Figure 2 a view of a spike. Figure 3, a
view of a rivet. Figure 4 a view of a staple all having my triangular or three
sided shaped ends with the points or terminals truly axial with the length of the
article.
Figures 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are point end views of various forms of nails or
the like.
I am aware that nails, spikes, rivets staples and like articles have been pointed
axially with the centres of their lengths, but they two or four inclines from the
thick or body parts to such points therefore I make no claim to centrally or axially
pointing them in a broad sense but it is novel to form three inclines and centrally
or axially to point them with the object and purpose before explained.
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 :-
The pointing of nails, spikes, rivets and staples from three inclined surfaces as
herein before described, the point being truly axially with the length as set forth.
.and as shown on the annexed drawings.
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H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said H. Bianchi.