Improvements in Hob Nails.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Oct., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 3rd July, 1899-Accepted, 23rd Sept., 1899
Improvements in Hob Nails.
I, HENRY RICHMOND, of Donisthorpe Street, 'Hunslet, Leeds, in the County
of York, Nail Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:
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This invention consists in improvements in hot nails.
The object of my invention is to put two or more heads of any required
design upon one shank or prong in such a manner that the said nail will be
easy to drive into the boot or shoe. By this means the purchaser will get
from 25% to 30% more nails as there will only be one shank or prong to two
or more heads.
This method will also save fully 50% in labour in driving the said nails into
the boot or shoe, as there will only be one hole required for two or more heads,
which will also be a great advantage to the wearer as well as the maker. Because
under the old method of one prong to each head, causes so many holes to be
put in the leather of the boot or shoe, thereby causing the same to break or
crack, consequently the boots does not last above half the time as they will
with my improved nail as I shall only require half the number of holes in the
leather.
Dated this Third day of October 1898.
Improvements in Hob Nails.
I, HENRY RICHMOND, of Donisthorpe Street, Hunslet, Leeds, in the County
of York, Nail Manufacturer, 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::—
This invention consists in improvements in hot nails.
The object of my invention is to put two or more heads of any required
design upon one shank or prong in such a manner that the said nail will be
easy to drive into the boot or shoe. By this means the purchaser will get
from 25% to 50% more nails as there will only be one shank or prong to two
or more heads.
This method will also save fully 50% in labour in driving the said nails into
the boot or shoe, as there will be only one hole required for two or more heads,
which will also be a great advantage to the wearer as well as the maker. Because
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page_text: unter the old method of one prong to each head, causes so many holes to be
put in the leather of the boot or shoe, thereby causing the same to break or
crack, consequently the boots does not last above half the time as they will
with my improved nail as I shall only require half the number of holes in the
sole of the boot or shoc.
Reference is had to the accompanying sheet of drawings which are drawn to
a larger scale so as to shew my invention clearly.
Figs. 1, 2 and 3 are different views shewing one of my improved nails with
two heads.
Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are different views shewing a nail with three heads and only
one shank or prong.
The two heads A as shewn in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 are partly joined together at B
which along with the crown E of the shank or prong C makes the two heads
firm for driving into the boot or shoe.
In reference to the nail with three heads A as shewn at Figs. 4, 5 and 6
the heads are partly united at D the same being cast in the manner shewn along
with the shank or prong C holds all the heads joined so that the operator can
drive same into the sole of the boot or shoe with ease.
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:-
I. A nail with two heads of any required design and one shank or prong sub-
stantially as shewn and described.
II. A nail with two or more heads of any required design and one shank or
prong substantially as described and illustrated by the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 1st day of July 1899.