Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Aug., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 19th Apr., 1898-Accepted, 2nd July, 1898
We, GEORGE HENRY JONES and FREDERICK FAULKNER, of No. 1, Grove Street,
Retford, Nottinghamshire, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to improvements in hob nails employed in the manu-
facture of boots and shoes, and in accordance therewith we fashion the shanks
of such nails with a spiral, straight or other thread of suitable form, upon same,
or the said shanks may be formed with a number of circular shoulders or flanges
upon same, the said shanks tapering toward the end.
The object of the invention is to enable the shanks to obtain a firmer grip
of the leather into which they are driven.
The invention is applicable to cast, malleable, wrought, pressed and all forms
of hob nails.
Dated this 17th day of August 1897
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents.
We, GEORGE HENRY JONES and FREDERICK FAULKNER, of No. 1, Grove Street,
Retford, Nottinghamshire, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, 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 relates to improvements in hob nails and has for object to so
fashion such hob nails as to render them capable of obtaining a firmer grip
upon the leather into which they are driven, than was heretofore possible, and
thereby prevent them falling out in wear, as did the old form of smooth
shanked nails.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings form-
ing a part of this specification, in which:-
Fig. 1 is an elevational view of an improved hob-nail.
Fig. 2 being a section of a boot heel shewing the nail in position therein, while
Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of a hob-nail formed in accordance with our
invention.
Referring to the drawings, we have there shewn a nail composed of a square,
circular or other head a of larger circumference than the shank and a shank b

page_text: having two or more horizontal shoulders b¹ upon same.
As will be seen, this
shank 6 is practically divided into a number of sections, each one being so tapered
as to be in the form of an inverted cone, all with the exception of the end or
pointed one, being truncated, and all decreasing in diameter from the head toward
the point. We are aware that nails and railway spikes have been made before
with shoulders, serrations and threads upon their shanks, but they have been
found to be inoperative in practice.
We therefore do not lay claim to the use of shoulders upon a nail-shank, but
confine ourselves strictly to the form of shank for a hob-nail as described in the
specification and exemplified by the drawing.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
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In a hob-nail having a larger head than the circumference of the shank, the
shank formed with two or more horizontal shoulders upon same, whereby such
shank is divided into a number of sections, the end one being in the form of a
rapidly tapering inverted cone, and the others in the form of inverted truncated
cones, each one decreasing in diameter from the head toward the point, substan-
tially as specified.
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HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.