US82621A

US82621A - Improvement in hammers

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Publication number: US82621A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1868-09-29
Anticipated expiration: 1885-09-29

Description

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GEORGE W. HUBBARD, OF LOWVILLE, NEW vYORII'.V-

Leners Patent No. 82,621, dated September 29, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN IIAMMBRS.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. HUBBARD, of Lowville, in the county .of Lewis, in the State of New York, have invented a new and improved Nail-Clamp Attachment for Hammers, that'enables me to drive nails at inconvenient reachvfromboth hands, or in thecase such as when it becomes necessary to hold a board or timber' withone hand, or for the use of one-armed persons; and I do hereby declare that the following is a. full and' exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and'to the letters of reference thereon, in which-.- A

Figure 1 is a view of the hammer and nail-clamp, with the nail clamped for driving.`

Figure 2 shows the nail-clamp attached to the hammer, without the nail.

Figure 3 represents the Vclamp removed.

A B, the hammer-head. v

1C, chamber sunk in the socket of' hammer,'to receive the nail-head.

D, the nail clamped.

E, the clamp.

F, screw for securing clamp.'

- G, clamp-spring. y

H,'thumbpdint or clamp for'operating it.

I, one of the lugs formed on socket of hammer.

The nature of my invention consists in providingl the ordinary nail-hammer, A B, with a4 chamber, C, to receive the head-end ofthe nail D, and a clamp, E, operatori by the thumb-point`H, and which clamp is secured by a spring, G, for retainingthe nail in said chamber until entered into the place intended to be driven into. This entering, a slight tap accomplishes, and when thus stuck, the adhesion overcomes the-force of the spring, and enables the hammer to vbe disengaged from the nail by lifting it. Then the ordinary face of the hammer is u sed for driving the nail home. l

The lugs, one of which, I, only, shows in the drawings, is formed on the socket of the hammer, and forms a slot for the reception of the tongue of the clamp. The tongue has a hole corresponding with the lugs, and the screw F secures the clamp between the lugs. The spring-G passes between the lugs I, and is riveted at its long end in the chamber'C. The-short end presses on the -sole of the clamp, as shown on the drawings, the

whole being very simple and eleative.

lVhat I-claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The application, to. nail-hammexsol-a nail-clamp attachment, using.for tl1at purpose the chamber C, the clamp E, the spring G, the lugs I, and screw F, constructed to`operate`substantially as herein described.

GEORGE W. HUBBARD;

Witnesses MARTIN KING, JAMES B. REED.