US839142A

US839142A - Clapboard-holder.

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Publication number: US839142A
Application number: US31977506A
Authority: US
Inventors: Edward J Hebert
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1906-06-01
Filing date: 1906-06-01
Publication date: 1906-12-25
Anticipated expiration: 1923-12-25

Description

PATENTED DEC. 25, 1906.

AIfPLIOiATION FILE- D JUNE 1,1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. EDWARD J. VHEQBERT, or BELLEROSE, LOUISIANA.

CLAPBOARD-HOLDERL Patented Dec. 25, 1906.

Application filed June 1, 190a seriaiiio. 319,775.

To all whom it may-concern: 1

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. HEBERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bellerose, in the parish of Assumption and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and useful Clapboard-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention-relates to an adjustable gage and clapboard-supp ort designed for use in nailing the boards in their proper position on the sides of buildings. It relates to a device of this character whichis adapted to be adjustably attached to one board after another in order to support a succeeding board preparatory to its being nailed in position; I

The objects of the invention are to improve and simplify devices of this character, to provide an adjustable gage which combinestherewith a support or rest for holding the boards so thatthey can be sawed or their ends-dressed, and to employ a simple means for attaching the support to'the board.

With these' and other objects in view,

' as will appear as-the nature of the invention is better understood, the same comprises the novel features of construction and-arrangement of parts fully set forth in the following description and pointed out with particularity in the claims appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one of the embodiments of theiinvention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the same in operation, portions being broken away to show the details of construction. Fig. 3. is a plan view.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are indicated throughout by similar characters of reference.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the frame or body of the support, the same being made of a block of wood, a metal casting, or any suitable material. The frame, though shown as a parallelepiped, may be of any desired shape. At the lower corner of the body 1 and extending horizontally from the lefthand side thereof a lug 2, provided with upwardly-extending. spurs 3, which are adapted to enga e the bottom edge of a clapboard.

Adjacent t e top of the frame or body are arranged the hook-shaped jaw members 4, one being pivoted on both the front and rear side of the frame. The hooks 5 of these members are adapted to bite into the side surface of the clapboard that rests on the stationary jaw 2, thereby holding the frame 1 in position so as to support the next'succeeding clapboard to be nailed in place. The members 4 are preferably made from suitably stiff sheet-metal stock and are provided with from the points 5. They are pivoted on the opposite end of a pivotin 8, that extends transversely through the lock from the front to the rear sides thereof.

The movable jaw membersl4 are actuated by a handelever 9, comprising a grip and two parallel arms 11, extending along the sides of the frame and connected at their upper ends with the members 4. The lever is pivoted to the frame by the pivot-pin'12. The arms 11 of the lever are connected to the jaws 4 by pivots' 13 or other devices that are'adapted to freely move in the slots 7. By this arrangement the tilting of the hand-lever moves the jaws to or from their operative position. At the upper left-hand corner of the body are 'lugs or projections 14, which are adapted to rest against the board to which the device is attached.

To attach the device to a clapboard, the frame is adjusted by hand so that the jaw 2 engages the under side of the board, and the pro ections 14 are placed against the front surface thereof. The hand-lever, being pre- 'viously moved to position shown by dotted- .lines in Fig. 2, is next depressed, thereby causing the points or hooks f the movable jaws to bite into the front. side of the board. When the hooks 5 are driven into the wood in this manner, they are held in position by the lever 9, which assumes a vertical position, as

shown by full lines in Fig. 2. By reference to this figure it will be seen that the fulcrum-.

12 of the hand-lever is directly below the pivotal points 13, so that the jaws 4 are effectively held in position or locked by the lever. The frame of the supportwill therefore be capable of maintaining the weight of the next board when it is in position for nailing.

In order to properly position the clapboard to be nailed, a'gage 15 is employed, the same being adjustably mounted on the top of the frame. The gage comprises a vertically-extending shank 16, that passes through or into the central channel in the frame. This channel is-indicated at 17 and is preferably angular, so that the shank, which is of corresponding shape, will be prevented from turning.

This angular construction of the parts is not pivot-apertures 6 and elongated slots 7, located on the sides of the apertures opposite IIO connection between each of the necessary, however, since the set-screw 18, which holds the gagein its proper position, may serve to prevent the gage from turning. At the upper end of the shank 16 are the

lateral extensions

19 and 20, upon theformer of which the lower edge of the clapboard to be nailed in position rests, as shown in Fig. 2.

Both

extensions

19 and 20 serve to form a rest when the board is in a flat position thereon for sawing off the end thereof. This function. of the gage is an important feature, since it permits of the boards to be sawed off to the proper length after the proper measurements have been ascertained without having'to take the boards completely down from the support-and place them on horses so as to Fe sawed off, as has been the custom heretoore.

I have described the principle of operation of the invention, together with the apparatus which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof; but I desire to have it understood that the apparatus shown is merely illustrative and that various changes in minor features of construction, proportions, and arrangement of parts may be restored to without sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

What is claimed is 1. In a device of the class described, thecombination of a frame, a stationary jaw thereon, a plurality of movable jaws, a lever for actuating the jaws, and a slot-and-pin movable jaws and lever.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a rectangular frame, a stationary jaw arranged thereon, two movable jaws one on each side of the frame, and a double-arm lever connected with themovable jaws and arranged with its arms disposed on opposite sides of the frame.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination of a frame having a fixed jaw and a projection at opposite ends and on the same side, a hook-sha ed movable jaw located between the fixed jaw and projection, and a lever for actuating the movable j aw and holding it in locked position.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination of a frame having a fixed jaw and a projection at opposite ends and on the same side, a hook-shaped movable jaw located between the fixed jaw and projection and provided with an elongated slot, a lever mounted on the frame for actuating the movable jaw, and a )ivot-pin carried by the lever which is movab e in said slot for motion to the movable jaw.

5. In a device of the class described, the combination of a frame in the shape of a block provided with a channel of angular cross-section, means for attaching the frame to a clapboard comprising pivoted jaws and a bifurcated lever spanning the block and hingedly connected with the jaws, a gage provided with a shank of angular cross-section engaging in the said channel and having lateral extensions, and means carried by the frame for adjusting the position of the gage.

6. In a device of the class described, the combination of a frame provided with a longitudinal channel, a stationary jaw on the same, movable jaws pivoted on the outside of the frame, means for actuating the jaws, a gage provided with a shank extending into the channel and having lateral extensions, and aset-screw for engaging the shank ofthe gage.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' EDWARD I-IEBERT.

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