US1758150A

US1758150A - Metal nailing strip

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Publication number: US1758150A
Application number: US383339A
Authority: US
Inventors: William H Elston
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1929-08-03
Filing date: 1929-08-03
Publication date: 1930-05-13
Anticipated expiration: 1947-05-13

Description

May 13, 1930.

w. H. ELSTON METAL NAILING STRIP Filed Aug. 1929 Patented May 13,1930

UN TE" wILnIaMn. ntsronor namarrfag onto j V i r METAL'N L N isal??? I I Application filed Au gust 3.1929. S eria1 No. 3l3 339.

This invention relates to a nailing strip of that type adaptedto be embedded in a. concretestructure with a portlon exposedto receive nails whereby flooring or the like.

5 may be fastened in place. Heretofore it has been the practice to use woodstrips for this purpose but these soon rot or are otherwise rendered inefficient.

' nailing strip which can be readily'embedded in the concrete and, when thus positioned, will not deteriorate because of moisture, this being due to the fact that air is free to circulatethrough the'strip,

1 It is another object to provide the strip any point to which it might be driven intothe strip. V

A still further object 1s to provide av debe used asreadily as nails.-

it-h the foregoing and other objects in view which will appearv as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment ofthe'invention herein disclosed may be made 'withinthe scope of what is claimed without departing from the spiritof the invention. 7

In the accompanying drawing the preferred form of the invention has been shown. In said, drawings, 1 Figure 1 is a sectionthrough the structure constituting the present. invention, the said strip being shown embedded'ina concrete 'nailingstrip is made-integral with the 'side 3 andis normally extended close to the rolled It is an object of the present invention to. provide an all-metalagainst the top of the nailingstrip. vice of this character in which screws may structure with a layer of wood fastened therereference, 1 designatefithe bottom of the nailing strip from which are extended upwardly convergingfiat sides 2 and 3,"the side 2 having an outwardlyrolled edge etwhereby it is reinforced longitudinally. v The topilof .the.

edge 4. This; top 5. is formed with'parallel slits 6 that'dividethe topinto narrow-resilientfingers aZthe-free edges of which are preferablytapered to form biting edg'es as indicated; at

sheet ofjinetahthis metal being of a resilient nature and,";if desired-,being galvanized so as J to resist the action of moisture. 4 1 'Inpracticethe strip is placed in the conis poured at thesides thereof so that the top of the concrete will befiush with the narrow top of the. strip as shown particularly in Fig ure 1. The strip of wood or thelike indicatedat S to be fastened onthe concrete C is The entir'estrip, including the bottom 1, walls 2 and 3, and top 5,'is formed in asingle .crete form and the concrete, indicated at G,

placed in position and a barbed nail N is drive en downwardly through the strip S and The nail will come against one of the fingers 7 and depressit until the edge 8 thereofcomes into engagement with the side ofthe nail whereuponlit will bite thereinto and hold the nail against withdrawal. Obviously, the nail can be driven'as far as desiredand' will be held securely by the finger engaging it.

gInstead .of using nails, screws can be used and these will be engaged and heldby the fingers in the same manner as the nails.

will constitute a deflector fol-guiding a nail or the like into the strip provided to receive While this structure has been described as designed primarilylfor use in fastening floor ing to concrete surfaces, it is to be understood that it can be usedwhereverstrips of material are toobe attached to the eXposed face of a'concrete structure. As the sides 2 and 3 converge within the concrete,,the strip will be held securely, ,anchored. 7 Those fingers "not depressed'by fastening means will serve to" old t exwalls 2 and?) pr p y Stewed;

By providing the outturned edge 4 the same I H T r 7 1,758,150

apart so that the strip will not become loosened in the concrete. H 7

What is claimed is: V r 1. An all-metal nailing stri having converging sides, and aseries of ngers integral Withone of the sides ancllnormallybridging the space therebetween, anyone ofsaidfingers being adapted to qbe shifted into the. strip by aninserted fastening device andtoengage 10 and hold said device. y Y V 2. A nailing strip'for'nied of a single piece of resilient sheet metal bent tOPlfQVidG a bot j tom and converging sides, and a plurality of y closely-lying resilient-fingers integ'ralwith one ofthe sides and normally bridging the space'between the sides td constitute spacing elements; any one of saidfingers being dey priessibleby an inserted fastening" device and I constitnting'means forengagingand'holding said device against- I Withdrawal fromthe i 3; A nailing strip formed in a single piece of resilient sheet metal bent to provide a base, 7 converging sides, and a top normally bridgi-ng the-ispaeebetween the sides, said top being 7 separate from one of thesideslbut integral U with the othersideand having a plurality of slits dividing the top into separately depressible fingers, said fingers cooperating-With the upper portion of the opposed side to con-r stitnte fastener gripp ngmea-nsf Intestimony that I claim the foregoing as my ownyI have hereto afiixed my signature.

ILLIAM H. ELsToN; 1