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US2799860A US444800A US44480054A US2799860A US 2799860 A US2799860 A US 2799860A US 444800 A US444800 A US 444800A US 44480054 A US44480054 A US 44480054A US 2799860 A US2799860 A US 2799860A
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  • the present invention relates in general to devices for afiixing fasteners to walls or like surfaces. More particularly, it relates to nail guide devices especially adapted for use in situations wherein minimum damage and/or visible after-elfects from the afiixing operation are desired, as in picture hanging or the like.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a device whch permits the use of very small diameter nails in the hanging of pictures or the like.
  • Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the preferred embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 2 is a front elevation of the device of Figure 1 with the cover closed and the device in operating position on a wall.
  • Figure 3 is a sectional view of the device shown in Figure 1, taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.
  • Figure 4 illustrates a top plan View of a modification of the present invention.
  • Figure 5 is a top plan view of another modification of the present invention.
  • Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 6-6 of Figure 5.
  • Fig. 7 is a rear plan view of the device of Fig. 1, with the movable cover closed.
  • the present invention provides a means for both applying pressure to a wall surface immediately surrounding the point of contact thereof with a nail to be driven therein, and also for so supporting and strengthening the nail that a very small-diameter nail may easily be used.
  • FIG. 1 10 in Figure 1 represents generally the device of the present invention.
  • This device comprises a handle or body portion 11 which may be of any shape or size desired, but which preferably is in the form of a rectangular block as shown.
  • This body portion which may be made of steel, wood, plastic or any other material of a similar nature and may be either solid or hollow, serves as a convenient handle for the device and aids in applying the necessary pressure to the wall surface as described below.
  • the body 11 is hollow, being provided with an open-top compartment 12 recessed in the body 11. This compartment is adapted to contain nails and associated hangers for use with the device, and may be closed by slidable top member 13 which rides in channels 14 recessed into the side walls of body 11.
  • body portion 11 Regardless of the general configuration of body portion 11, it is essential that the base 15 thereof be fiat in order to provide a smooth work-contacting surface.
  • an extension 16 which is generally wedge-shaped in configuration.
  • one side 17 of extension 16 is coplanar with, and forms an extension of, base 15 of body 11.
  • Extension 16 thus provides a downwardly-inclined surface 18 spaced outwardly from but inclined at an angle towards the plane of base 15 and its extension 17.
  • these channels are of varying lengths due to the decreasing distance between the surfaces which they connect, but are all of the same diameter.
  • the channels 20 are disposed at substantially right angles to the plane of inclined surface 18.
  • a small countersink or recess 21 is provided in inclined surface 18 about the opening 19 of the longest guide channel 20.
  • Corresponding countersinks or recesses 22 and 22 are provided in the work-contacting surface about the mouths of the shorter guide channels, as is more clearly shown in Figure 3.
  • a nail 23, or other suitable straight fastener such as a pin or wire, is inserted into the longest guide channel 20, being guided into said channel through countersink 21.
  • This nail is then driven into the wall or other surface 24 until the top of the nail is flush with inclined surface 18.
  • the nail or other fastener must be of the same uniform diameter throughout, i. e. headless, and of a just slightly smaller diameter than that of the guide channels 20.
  • the guide device ll may he slid off the nail.
  • the device is then again placed over the nail, this time using the next longest guide channel and engaging the nail with recess 22 to provide proper alignment with the channel.
  • This procedure is repeated with the shortest guide channel, if desired, and each time the nail is driven in until flush with surface 18.
  • the result is that the pin or nail is firmly seated in the wall at the proper angle for holding a suspended object. It will be seen that the channels 20 provide against? any bending of the small-diameter, headless pin or nail during the driving thereof, and that work contacting surface 15 and extension 17 press against the wall surrounding the point of entry of the nail to. prevent any bulging of 'the'wall around such point:
  • Figure 4 illustrates a top. plan'view of'a modification of the device of the present invention wherein a plurality of 'rowsof guide, channels 19 are provided andwherein the-number of guide channels in each row may be varied.
  • Figures; 5' and 6 illustrate. a further modification of 0
  • the entire device consists, solely" of the so-called extension of? 7 While this extension may be solid as in the other modifications referred'to' above,
  • ports and rigidly aflixed tothe respective surfaces are a plurality of hollow tubes 35. These tubes extend at substantially right angles to the inclined surface 31,
  • a recess or countersink 36 is providedin surface 31 at'the mouth 34 of the longest tube 35; and corresponding recesses 37 are provided about the mouths of' the shorter tubes in surface 30.
  • the small-diameter, headless nails be also pointless.
  • the nail ' is cut at right angles to its length to provide a blunt end.
  • countersinks 21? are provided on the top inclines 0.035 inch. Nails down to 0.020 inch diameter may be used successfully, the diameter of the guide channels in the nail guide device varying, of course, to correspond with the diameter of the nail used. In general, a clearance of about 0.005 inch should be provided in the guide channels over the diameter of the nail used.
  • a nail guide device comprising a solidwedge shaped member presenting a flat, work-contacting surface and a second surface disposed at an angle to said work-contacting surface, a plurality of small diameter holes which pass through the wedge shaped member and both of said surfaces, the holes running substantially normal to said second' surface, a countersink around the'longest of said holesinthe second ofsaid surfaces and countersinks around the remainder of said' holes in the work-contacting surface.
  • Anail guide device which maybe used to drive small diameter nails into plaster walls without bulging and chipping the plaster, and which prevents the nail from being bent while being driven, which comprises a solid wedge shaped member presenting a flat, work-contacting surface and asecond surface disposed at an angle to said work-contacting surface, and a plurality of small diameter holes which pass through the wedge shaped member and both of said surfaces, the holes running substantially normal to said second surface.
  • a nail guide device which may be used to drive small diameter nails into plaster walls without bulging and chipping the plaster, and which prevents the nail from being bent while being driven which comprises a solid wedge shaped memberpresenting a flat, work-contacting-surface and a secondsurface disposed at an angle to said work-contactingsurface, and a plurality of small diameter holes which pass through the wedge shaped memberand both of said surfaces, the holes running substantially normal to said second surface, and countersinks around at least all but the longest of said holes'in saidwork contacting surface.

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y 1957 J. R. MYERS WALL FASTENER AFFIXING DEVICES Filed July 21, 1954 INVENTOR JOSEPH R. MYERS ATTORNEY Patented July 23, 1957 WALL FASTENER AFFG DEVICES Joseph Richard Myers, Charlotte, N. C.
Application July 21, 1954, Serial No. 444,899
3 Claims. (Cl. 1-4.8)
The present invention relates in general to devices for afiixing fasteners to walls or like surfaces. More particularly, it relates to nail guide devices especially adapted for use in situations wherein minimum damage and/or visible after-elfects from the afiixing operation are desired, as in picture hanging or the like.
One problem which nearly everyone is forced to contend with at some time is that of afiixing objects to finished, painted or papered, plaster walls; the most common of such objects being, of course, pictures or other ornamental items. conventionally, such objects are suspended from nails driven securely into the wall surface or from hangers supported by such nails. In the case of plaster walls, damage almost always results when nails are simply driven therein. The walls, being of a calcareous or friable nature, are easily chipped as the nail enters, and additionally usually bulge around the point of ingress of the nail. The chipping or breaking of the surface of the wall presents an unsightly appearance if the object suspended from the nail is removed or does not completely hide the nail and surrounding wall area. Even if chipping does not take place when the nail is driven into the wall, the bulge resulting from displacement of the plaster by the bulk of the nail will crumble with time, or when the nail is removed, producing the same undesirable result. One manner in which this bulging could be minimized would be to reduce the diameter of the nail used. However, reducing the nail diameter greatly weakens the nail and results in bending of the nail before it is properly seated in the wall.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide means capable of overcoming the disadvantages set forth above.
It is a further object of the invention to provide a device which minimizes bulging and chipping in plaster walls as a nail is driven therein.
Another object of the invention is to provide a device whch permits the use of very small diameter nails in the hanging of pictures or the like.
Additional objects, if not specifically set forth herein, will be readily apparent to one skilled in the art from the following detailed description or" the invention:
In the drawings:
Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the preferred embodiment of the invention.
Figure 2 is a front elevation of the device of Figure 1 with the cover closed and the device in operating position on a wall.
Figure 3 is a sectional view of the device shown in Figure 1, taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.
Figure 4 illustrates a top plan View of a modification of the present invention.
Figure 5 is a top plan view of another modification of the present invention.
Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 6-6 of Figure 5.
Fig. 7 is a rear plan view of the device of Fig. 1, with the movable cover closed.
Generally, the present invention provides a means for both applying pressure to a wall surface immediately surrounding the point of contact thereof with a nail to be driven therein, and also for so supporting and strengthening the nail that a very small-diameter nail may easily be used.
More particularly, referring to the drawings, 10 in Figure 1 represents generally the device of the present invention. This device comprises a handle or body portion 11 which may be of any shape or size desired, but which preferably is in the form of a rectangular block as shown. This body portion, which may be made of steel, wood, plastic or any other material of a similar nature and may be either solid or hollow, serves as a convenient handle for the device and aids in applying the necessary pressure to the wall surface as described below. In the preferred embodiment, as shown in Figure 1, the body 11 is hollow, being provided with an open-top compartment 12 recessed in the body 11. This compartment is adapted to contain nails and associated hangers for use with the device, and may be closed by slidable top member 13 which rides in channels 14 recessed into the side walls of body 11. Regardless of the general configuration of body portion 11, it is essential that the base 15 thereof be fiat in order to provide a smooth work-contacting surface. At one end of the body member 11, is provided an extension 16 which is generally wedge-shaped in configuration. As will be seen from the drawings, one side 17 of extension 16 is coplanar with, and forms an extension of, base 15 of body 11. Extension 16 thus provides a downwardly-inclined surface 18 spaced outwardly from but inclined at an angle towards the plane of base 15 and its extension 17. Spaced longitudinally down this inclined surface 18, are a plurality of openings 19 of small diameter. These openings form the mouths of guide channels 20 extending through member 16 and providing communication between the work-contacting surface 17 and inclined surface 18. As will be seen from the drawings, these channels are of varying lengths due to the decreasing distance between the surfaces which they connect, but are all of the same diameter. The channels 20 are disposed at substantially right angles to the plane of inclined surface 18. A small countersink or recess 21 is provided in inclined surface 18 about the opening 19 of the longest guide channel 20. Corresponding countersinks or recesses 22 and 22 are provided in the work-contacting surface about the mouths of the shorter guide channels, as is more clearly shown in Figure 3.
Referring now to Figures 2 and 3, the method of operation of the present device may be clearly seen. A nail 23, or other suitable straight fastener such as a pin or wire, is inserted into the longest guide channel 20, being guided into said channel through countersink 21. This nail is then driven into the wall or other surface 24 until the top of the nail is flush with inclined surface 18. The nail or other fastener must be of the same uniform diameter throughout, i. e. headless, and of a just slightly smaller diameter than that of the guide channels 20. Thus, when driven in until the top of the nail or pin is flush with inclined surface 18, the guide device ll may he slid off the nail. The device is then again placed over the nail, this time using the next longest guide channel and engaging the nail with recess 22 to provide proper alignment with the channel. This procedure is repeated with the shortest guide channel, if desired, and each time the nail is driven in until flush with surface 18. The result is that the pin or nail is firmly seated in the wall at the proper angle for holding a suspended object. It will be seen that the channels 20 provide against? any bending of the small-diameter, headless pin or nail during the driving thereof, and that work contacting surface 15 and extension 17 press against the wall surrounding the point of entry of the nail to. prevent any bulging of 'the'wall around such point:
Figure 4 illustrates a top. plan'view of'a modification of the device of the present invention wherein a plurality of 'rowsof guide, channels 19 are provided andwherein the-number of guide channels in each row may be varied. As in the preceding device, however, each of mediansurface of the device at the mouth of the longest guide channels and on the work-contacting surface about'the;
mouths 'of the shorter channels.
Figures; 5' and 6 illustrate. a further modification of 0 Here, the entire device, consists, solely" of the so-called extension of? 7 While this extension may be solid as in the other modifications referred'to' above,
the device of the present invention.
the preceding modifications.
it isshown here as being formed by a fiat work-contacting, surface 30 and an inclinedsurface'31 fixedly'secured directly to surface 30' at one end' 32, and' at the other end, throughrigid member 33'which extends at substantially right anglesto the plane of surface 30. Thus is' formed a rigid wedge-shaped structure having anopen Ports or openings 2,4v are provided in surface 31 and also in surface 30. Connecting these" central portion.
ports and rigidly aflixed tothe respective surfaces are a plurality of hollow tubes 35.. These tubes extend at substantially right angles to the inclined surface 31,
defining guide channels for the nails or other fasteners as.
in the case of the earlier-described devices above. A recess or countersink 36 is providedin surface 31 at'the mouth 34 of the longest tube 35; and corresponding recesses 37 are provided about the mouths of' the shorter tubes in surface 30. V
In using the present invention, it is preferred that the small-diameter, headless nails be also pointless. In other words, insteadof the conventional sharp point, the nail 'is cut at right angles to its length to provide a blunt end. While it has been heretofore suggested to use nails of this general type in order to avoid the splitting of .10 nels in any one longitudinal row is of the same diameter, and countersinks 21? are provided on the top inclines 0.035 inch. Nails down to 0.020 inch diameter may be used successfully, the diameter of the guide channels in the nail guide device varying, of course, to correspond with the diameter of the nail used. In general, a clearance of about 0.005 inch should be provided in the guide channels over the diameter of the nail used.
Obviously many modifications and variations of the invention as hereinbefore set forth may be made without 'departingfrom the spirit and scope thereof, and therefore only such limitations should be imposed as are indicated in the appended claims:
I claim: 1
1. A nail guide device comprising a solidwedge shaped member presenting a flat, work-contacting surface and a second surface disposed at an angle to said work-contacting surface, a plurality of small diameter holes which pass through the wedge shaped member and both of said surfaces, the holes running substantially normal to said second' surface, a countersink around the'longest of said holesinthe second ofsaid surfaces and countersinks around the remainder of said' holes in the work-contacting surface.
2. Anail guide device which maybe used to drive small diameter nails into plaster walls without bulging and chipping the plaster, and which prevents the nail from being bent while being driven, which comprises a solid wedge shaped member presenting a flat, work-contacting surface and asecond surface disposed at an angle to said work-contacting surface, and a plurality of small diameter holes which pass through the wedge shaped member and both of said surfaces, the holes running substantially normal to said second surface.
3. A nail guide device which may be used to drive small diameter nails into plaster walls without bulging and chipping the plaster, and which prevents the nail from being bent while being driven which comprises a solid wedge shaped memberpresenting a flat, work-contacting-surface and a secondsurface disposed at an angle to said work-contactingsurface, and a plurality of small diameter holes which pass through the wedge shaped memberand both of said surfaces, the holes running substantially normal to said second surface, and countersinks around at least all but the longest of said holes'in saidwork contacting surface.
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US1664081A (en) * 1923-12-17 1928-03-27 Means Reuben Lee Combination tool
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US2878476A (en) * 1957-09-20 1959-03-24 Dwight M Auchard Hammer guard
US3010496A (en) * 1960-06-24 1961-11-28 Bruce E L Co Nailing device
US3053491A (en) * 1960-07-01 1962-09-11 Louis L Ramser Bracket for hanging rain gutter
JPS5240884A (en) * 1975-09-29 1977-03-30 Yoshiaki Sakai Auxiliary nailing device
US4766782A (en) * 1985-05-07 1988-08-30 Tanner Bernard C Screw and nail guide
US4843923A (en) * 1988-08-22 1989-07-04 Eagle Valley Manufacturing, Inc. Fastener-handling tool
US4951532A (en) * 1990-02-13 1990-08-28 Nelson Shelby W Toe-in tool
BE1011020A4 (en) * 1997-01-15 1999-04-06 Jugnot Eric Guidance tool for driving in small sized nails by hand
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