An Improved Nail.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Jan., 1890.
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Oct., 1890-Accepted, 8th Nov., 1890
An Improved Nail.
I ROBERT BROWN of Molyneux Place Dunstan Road Tunbridge Wells in the
County of Kent Builder do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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The object of my invention is to provide a nail for the purpose chiefly of securing
battens and other articles to walls very safely without the intervention or use of
wooden plugs as is usual at present.
To carry out this object I make the nail of iron or steel or other suitable material
with any desired head and the shank of this nail is of the same dimensions throughout
instead of being tapered as is usual and on the end of this shank a suitable point is or
may be formed. The shank in cross section may be of any desired shape for example
it may be square or oblong or triangular or otherwise or it may be of a T shape or of
an H shape or of a V shape or otherwise in all cases as is aforesaid being of the same
dimensions and shape throughout whereby when this nail is driven into even a wall it
will hold and be retained very tightly and securely as is desired.
Dated this 9th day of January 1890.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Nail.
I ROBERT BROWN of Molyneux Place Dunstan Road Tunbridge Wells in the
County of Kent Builder 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 this my invention is to provide an extremely convenient and efficient
nail for the purpose chiefly of securing battens and other articles to walls very
safely and securely without the intervention or use of wooden plugs as is usual at
present.
To carry out this object I make the nail of iron or steel or other suitable material
of any desired length and dimensions and with any convenient or useful head but the
shank of this nail instead of being tapered as is usual at the present is of the same
dimensions throughout or that is to say the sides of this shank are parallel with each
other though on the extreme end of the shank a suitable point is or may be formed if
desired. The shank of this nail in cross section may be of any desirable or convenient
or suitable shape having regard to the purpose for which and to the place or position
in which and to the material or materials with which the particular nail is to be used
as well as to the material of which the same is made. For example the shank of this
nail in cross section may be of a square or oblong or triangular or other shape or it
may be formed of a T shape or of an H shape or of a V shape or otherwise in all
cases as is aforesaid being of the same dimensions and shape throughout.
This nail so shaped and made as aforesaid can very easily and quickly be driven
into even a wall and when so driven properly home it will hold and be retained very
safely and tightly and securely as is desired.

page_text: 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 improved nail substantially as hereinbefore described and set forth.