US2453037A - Nail puller - Google Patents

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Nov. 2,^ 1948.\

c. w. REYNOLDS NAIL PULLER 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed April 29, `194e 3mm i Wymza @www5 C. W. REYNOLDS Nov. 2, 1948.

NAIL FULLER 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed April 29, 1946 Patented Nov. 2, 1948 l p .NAIL PUL-LER z: n, carl w. Reynolds, Banjoursoi11`e)vv.` va; .eppiioauo April l29, 194e;` serialiNo...terrazzi` This linvention relates `to `nail pt'ililers` and more particularly-to 'atool which -is Yespecially :adapted `for-nseinpullingfrrails from gutters.

` Heretofore it* has `been the practice `of tinners *inextract-ing nails from gutters to use two hamniers,4 byplacing one clawhammer astrideo the nairand striking the-set hammeriwith a second "lrammen` This practice hasl proven to be dangerousl tothe workman 'who usually is Vstanding near the top of a ladder and is required to `use bfoth hands for thehammer. Also this method veryfrequently.damages the roof. `While installing new gutters, due to the limited space the workmanlhas for-swinging the hammer, many nails are bentand it isnecessaryto remove these beritinails `Using the two Vvham-mermethod, often damage done to the inner wallsof the newg-ut` ter. i `It 'isfanfobjeot of this inventionto provide a tool `forA pulling nails Vfrom `gutters which may be usedby only one handof theloperator thus permitting him to support himselfon a ladder witlrhis freehand.

Another object of this invention is to provide a nail pulling tool for 'removing nails from gutters, which is adapted `to grasp the nail or tubing spacer used on gutter nails `and is Aprovided with an extension below. the nail gripping section to be used as a fulcrum which may bear against a reinforced part of the gutter; y y l Still 'another object of this invention is to Iprovide a nail puller especially adapted for pulling nails from a gutter which may readily be used by a tinner and which will not damage the walls of the gutter.

A further object of this invention is to provide a gutter nail puller which is formed with clamping means for grasping the nail and spacer in gutters and a fulcrum extending from the end of the tool, the fulcrum being formed with claws `as a standard claw hammer orV crowbar, thus providing a tool which may be used for pulling nails in a, gutter and also for pulling nails in other places as straps and wire hangers on some types of gutter.

a claims. (01;2514412419 v adaptable for'usetin iremovingnails,l as I'Ilwused l tosupport `a gutter ortrough I2, and particularly i `communieating with theop'enihgf I1, Lwlierebyfthe A still further object of this invention is to `invention consists in the arrangement, combination and details of construction disclosed in the drawings and specification, and then more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, A Wherein similar reference characters designate similar parts throughout the respective views,

. l Fgurefl sis a 'pla-n` view of a'nail pullerconstructed accordinglito eanembodiment of ,my ln:- .ventongv I n Figure 2 ff isua longitudinal line2.-12roflii'guref1,`

ergere sin a 1eft `sideelevation or thefneadlof the .toch l `Eielire*14'is al horizontal section handleV connection ofthe tool;

`E'ligure15is a v:sectional view of/the nail taken `ontheline 5 -5'of"Figure 1,' I .l l L lkFigurenS 'is fafsectiona'lvview taken onthe 'line 544iofu'ligureI1.` l I l 1 vReferringfxtofthe drawings,` the: numeral All! ydesignates l generally` a` `nail puller :tool constructyedacoording to Aan-embodirnent 'of myv invention. The ltooll IUwis! soconstructed asito` be vreadily `for 7usefwhere ral spacerjl 4 .is `used:aboutthel'nail :Ilibetweerr'the walls'oflthe gutteerlzwl.I

The tool Ill comprises an elongated` tubular `handle I5 having anlienlarged.clamping head" I6 `formed tori or `xedlto` one endl IThefheadlG isfnof'f `a substantially rectangular @configuration having'famopeningl 7 through thef.center .thereof and? another 'opening 2 I 8-"`throughkone `sidei wall wall-P720;A and a bot'tcnn` jawmemberfli "The bottom member 2| forms a fixed jaw and is guide section 24 to provide a guide for the sliding jaw member 25, and the upper end portion I 9 is recessed to permit the member 25 to be moved into the recess 26 when the tool is lbeing inserted on or removed from a nail. A substantially U- shaped cover plate 21 is fastened to the head I 6 to cover the recess 26 and to form a retainer for the sliding jaw 25 opposite from the rabbeted section 24. The cover plate 21 is fastened 'to the head I6 by screws 28 or other suitable fastening devices. The lower arm of the U-shaped cover plate 21 overhangs theedge of the fixed jaw`2l and is beveled to form a knife edge 29 for gripping the nail II or spacer I4 when themovable jaw 25 is pressed down.

A U-shaped claw member 30 is fixed to the lower end of the head I 6 and extends outwardly and downwardly from the side of the head on which the cover plate 21 is attached to provide a fulcrum for the tool when in use. The free lower section take-n on `the of tneneedfand l 3 arm of the member 30 is split to form a bifurcated claw 3I as commonly seen on hammers and crowbars.

The sliding .jaw 25, slidable, in, the head I6 is formedwith a V-shapedor chisel'end for clamping the nail between the sliding and fixed jaws 25 and 2| respectively. The jaw 25 is carried byl the end of a bolt or screw 32 which is rotatably secured to the jaw 25 in any conventional man# ner as at 34. The screw 32 is rotatably carried by the tubular handle I and the jaw 25 is moved the leg of said cover plate overlapping the lower end of said head being formed with' a knife edge, a sliding jaw in said head, slidable between said upper and lower ends and between said rabbeted guide and said cover plate for clamping a nail between said xed and movable jaws and said knife edge, a screw rotatably secured to said sliding jaw and extending through said handle, co

' L operating threads on said screw and said handle by the engagement of threads 35 `on the s crew walls of fa gutter I2. The toolk I0 is so positioned that the bight of the claw member 30 may be pressed against a reinforced section ofthe gutter. The handle 3|v is turned counter-clockwise to clamp the nail vII between the sliding jaw 25, the fixed jaw 2|, the knife edge 29 andthe lug 22. Then by moving the handle I5 about the member 3l] Aas a fulcrum the nail may readily be removed. For` removing .nails-,which are not in such confined spaces, the claws 3l of the member 30 may be used in a conventionaly manner.

Il do not; mean to coniine myself tothe exact details of construction `herein disclosed but claim all Variations falling within the purview of the appended claims. v Y

1.;A vnail puller comprising a. tubular handle,

an enlarged side opening pullerhead at one end of said handle, said head formed with a recess opening through Athe bottom thereof, a side on saidhead havinga rabbeted vguide formed thereon, thelower end kof said head providing `a xed clamping jaw, an upwardly extending lug on said r lower end on the open `side thereof, a U-shaped cover plateicr-saidhead for-covering said recess,

for moving said screw and said sliding jaw, and a vtransverse handle fixed to said screw extending lfrom saidhandle for rotating said screw.

2. A nail puller comprising a tubular handle and a clamping head on one end of said handle, a ixed jaw on said clamping head, a movable jaw'slidable in said head, a screw rotatably seycured to said movablejaw and extending through said handle, cooperating threads on said screw and in said handle for moving said movable jaw on rotation of said screw, a U-shaped cover plate `on said clamping head, one leg of said cover plate overhanging said xed jaw, and said overhanging portion of said cover plate having a knife edge for gripping a nail between said jaws and said knife edge. n v

3. lA nail puller comprising a tubular handle, an enlarged clamping head on one end of said handle, a xed jaw on said clamping head, a

retaining lug extending' from said jaw, "a i U- shaped cover plate on said head, a knife edge on saidcover plate overhanging said jaw, a screw threadedk throughL said handle, amovable jawA on one end of said screw in said clamping head, and a downwardly and outwardly extending claw member extending from saidl clamping head, the rear side of said `member being a fulcrurn for said.A nail puller. l y.

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