An Improved Nail for Packing-cases or the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Mar., 1894-Accepted, 21st Apr., 1894
An Improved Nail for Packing-cases or the like.
I, MAURICE SIMON of 2 Streatley Road Brondesbury London N.W. Merchant
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:-
My invention relates to an Improved Nail for Packing-cases or the like and has for
its object to so form the head of such nail that the whole can be readily withdrawn
from the packing case or the like into which it is driven, without any injury whatever
to the packing-case or the like.
According to my invention I fashion the head of the nail with a groove running
right round same horizontally. By this means there are provided two flanges, an
upper and a lower one with the said groove midway between them. The whole of
the nail is formed integral. When the nail is driven into the packing case or the
like, the lower part of the head rests upon same and maintains the aforesaid groove
sufficiently above the surface of the wood to enable the jaws of a pair of pincers or
the nail-removing portion of a hammer-head to be inserted into such groove, the
upper flange providing sufficient resistance to enable the nail to be withdrawn whilst
the lower flange acting as a bed for the pincer jaws or the like to press upon,
prevents any damage being done to the packing case or the like.
And in order that the said invention may be the more readily understood I have
shewn same upon the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings, wherein
Fig. 1 is an elevation of my improved nail
Fig 2 being a section thereof, whilst
Fig. 3 shews the nail being withdrawn from a packing case or the like by a pair
of pincers.
Referring to the drawings, a is the nail formed of any suitable material, metal or
otherwise, by casting, stamping, or by any other well-known means and such nail
consists of an ordinary body or shank and a head a', the latter being fashioned with
a groove or recess a³ entirely around its periphery in a horizontal direction.
By providing this groove or recess a² two circular flanges
the top and the other at the lower part of the nail head a¹.
are formed one at
The body or shank of the nail a is preferably fashioned as shewn and the under
side of the head formed flat so that when driven into a packing-case or the like
the said under side of the head a' will lie flat upon the surface of such packing case
or the like c (Fig. 3).
In operation when the nail is required to be withdrawn from the packing case or
the like, the ends of the jaws d of a pair of pincers, or the nail extracting part of
a hammer-head are inserted into the groove or recess a³, the upper flange 6 offering
sufficient resistance to enable the nail to be withdrawn whilst the lower flange 61
provides a bed for the pincer-jaws or the like to press upon and so prevent damage
being done to the packing case or the like.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The improved nail for securing packing cases or the like consisting of a body
or shank of ordinary construction having a head fashioned with a peripheral
horizontal groove or recess in same to receive the ends of a pair of pincer-jaws or

page_text: the like the upper and lower parts of such nail head constituting flanges, substantially
and for the purpose hereinbefore described and illustrated.
Dated this 9th day of March 1894.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
12, Basinghall Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.