Improvements in Fancy Nails and in the Mode of Manufacturing the same.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Oct., 1889-Accepted, 23rd Nov., 1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fancy Nails and in the Mode of Manufacturing
the same.
I JOHN JESSE JAMES, of 11 Whitall Street Birmingham in the County of Warwick
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
My invention has for its object improvements in fancy nails and in the mode of
manufacturing the same by which I am able both to produce a much stronger nail
and also a greater variety of patterns and both are accomplished without the use of
solder which is always objectionable. The usual mode of manufacturing fancy nails
is to attach the fancy head by solder to the pin or stem.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried into
practical effect I have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings upon which
is illustrated the several parts which constitute my new "compound fancy nail" as
also the mode of manufacturing the same with several examples of the variations in
designs which may be made and from which others will be able to extend the
principal to other designs without departing from the essence of the invention.
Figure 1. represents the pin part A of a fancy nail pointed and headed ready for
attachment to the fancy head part.
Figure 2 represents the cap part B formed into shape ready for attachment to A.
Figure 3. represents the head ready for attachment to the portion B.
Figure 4 represents the ornamental washer D ready for attachment to B and C.
Figure 5 is a sectional elevation through the parts A, B, C and D when brought
together into their relative positions ready for closing up under a press or stamp but
for the sake of clearness the parts on the drawing are shewn a looser fit than they
would be in practice.
Figures 6 and 7 are sectional elevation and plan of the nail after parts are closed
up under the press shewing approximately its finished condition in section and in
plan on the surface.
Figures 8, 9, and 10 are alternate illustrations of examples of various patterns
which may be produced according to my new plan but they are only examples of the
many other variations possible. Figure 10 having two washers D.
It will be seen that the part A is enlarged or formed into a head at a¹. The cap B
is dished or countersunk out at 61. These two parts A and B so come together that
when placed under the press or stamp that the under edge of the conical part b¹ is
turned under the enlargement a' of the shank or pin A and the upper part of the cap
is at the same time so compressed as to form a shoulder above the top a² of the
enlargement and thus the enlargement of the shank is practically enclosed in the
cap B which becomes the central part of the ornamentation of the fancy nail head and
the part the hammer or mallet would strike in driving it home. At the same time
as A and B are thus united together the parts C and D are also united to the cap B
immediately above the largest part a³ of the shank enlargement a¹ and in such a
manner that the edges are pinched into the metal of the cap B so as to secure the
pieces tightly together.
There is however little or no strain upon the parts C and D in driving, the object
of these parts being ornamentation but the cap B forms a useful medium by which the
junction of the several parts may be formed. It would of course be possible to form
a very good nail without the part D and this I sometimes do, and again I may use
more than one washer D for instance as seen at Figure 10 where I wish to obtain a
bigh class effect; for these washers may be of various colours and either bright or
dull and the cap B may be made from various metal and either bright or dull

page_text: so that the two three or more parts constituting the ornamental head which is
seen affords great scope as a compound head and nail for large variations in effect as
regards colour and finish apart altogether from design. When however both facilities
are combined there is no end to the range of effect possible without departing from
the nature of my invention. I may press the cap B down upon the parts C & D until
the circular part of the cap comes in contact with the top a² of the shank which
may be rounded so as to form a solid surface against which the circular part of the
cap would bed.
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 improvements in fancy nails and in the mode of manufacturing the same in
which the parts A B and C or A. B. C. and D are formed and locked together under
pressure substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth & shewn on the
drawings.
Dotad this 22nd day of October 1889
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.