USRE3308E - Improvement in tack-hammers - Google Patents

Description

T. A. ,OONKLIN.

TACK HAMMER.

No. 3,308. Reissued Feb 23, 1869.

game i THCMAS A. CONKLIN, OF BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent No. 71,986, dated December 10, 1867 reissue No. 3,308, dated February 23, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN TACK-HAMMERS.

The Schedule referred. to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS A. CONKLIN, of New Britain, in the county of Hartford, in the State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and improved Construction of Tack-Hammer; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof. 7

lflyhammer is cast entire, in one piece of metal, head, handle, and claw. The handle is hollowed, and presents a large surface with little material. The whole is coated, to give it an unoxidizable surface, and the hammer possesses, in consequence of its novel construction, useful qualities which have never before been realized.

I will proceed to describe what I consider the best means for carrying out my invention.

,The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification.

Figure l is a side elevation, Figure 2 is a top view, and

Figure 3, a cross-section on the middle of the helve,

or handle.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in all the figures.

I make the hammer, by preference, of malleable castiron, but a portion of the advantages of my invention may be obtained. by making it of other material.

- A is the head,

B, the helvc, and C, the claw, adapted to remove tacks, as will be obvious.

The he'lve is hollowed on one side, as indicated by a. The metal, after being hit with acid, is tinned all over. Much use tends to remove the tin on the face of the head A, but all the other parts of thehammer will ordinarily remain coated.

The hammer, when made from tough iron, will bear metal and to coat it with japan varnish, after which it is exposed to heat in the ordinary manner of japanning, which produces a very desirable coating.

I am aware that efforts have been previously made to produce a successful hammer, having both handle and head in one piece, but the hammers have failed to possess all the qualities which I have combined in mine, and have for this reason failed to meet the wants of the community.

My hammer meets a widely-extended want, and is highly appreciated. v

Having now fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The cast-metal tack-hammer, consisting of the head A, hollow handle B, and claw C, in a single piece, the

whole coated, substantially as and for the purposeshcrein set forth.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

T. A. OONKLIN.

\Vitnesses:

W. G. DEY, C. G. LIVINGS.

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