US1695339A - Nail-holding attachment for hammers - Google Patents

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Dec. 18, 1928. 1,695,339

A. LOCHHEAD NAIL HOLDING ATTACHMENT FOR HAMMERS Filed March '7, 1927 j/vomrw Lock/HEAD INVE/VMR,

Patented Dec. 18, 1928.

UNITED STATES 1,695,339 PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW LOCHHEAD, F OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA. j

NAIL-HOLDING ATTACHMENT non HAMMERS.

Application filed March 7, 1927. Serial. No. 173,389.

My invention relates to improvements in nail holding attachments ttor hammers, adapted to be secured to the conventional. clawhamnjiers, rough also attachable to hatchets or like hand tools; and he primary object ot the invention is the provision of a plate pivotally secured to the handle of the hamhaving nail engagil'i-gjaws adapted to bear against one side of the head of the hammer and cooper "ing therewith for temporarily holding a nail therebetween for itacilitating in projecting the nail in a support, particularly in a support ordinarily out of the reach of the hand oi the workman.

With the foregoing and further objects in view which. will appear as the l proceeds, my invention resides ition and arr. 1

"Jed a d claimed, it beingun'derstood ianges in the precise embodiment of the rom the spirit of the invention. accompanying drawings- 1 is a side elevation of a. hammer so of my inpr vod nail holding atiments secured thereto, and a nail dis 1 between the jaws of the attachment, he head oi? tl e nail b n against one iew ot the attachment up l ne i-.- l, Fig. 1, and a nail lime-ntand projected a dis )ort a side view of a hammer with -:tion of the handle broken away, and one o the present attachments secured thereposed in rela .ve reverse order;

. gure 6 is a side or face view of the atlaehment plate removed from the hammer;

The numeral 1 designates the handle, and

2 the head, of a hammer, which has the usual driving 3 and nail-pulling claws 1.

To one side of the handle 1, adjacent the head 2, is secured a screw 5, which pivotally ements of parts. details of construction hereinatter supports the plate 6 by passing through an opening 7 formed inthe bottom of a concave-convex indentation 8 intermediate the outer end 9 and inner end 10 of the plate.

The outer endl). oi the plate 6 is formed with a V-shaped slot 11, the edges of which are struck outwardly, thereby forming a pair of opposed nail- engaging jaws 12, 13, having outwardly projecting flanges 14:, 15,-extending substantially the length of said jaws.

The inner end 10 of the plate 6 is provided with an outwardly struck locking indentation 16 adapted to engageand cooperate withthe oval head lZ'ot a pin 18 driven in the handle 1 at a distance from the screw 5, for normally il'rictiona'lly holding the plate 6 infixed relation tothe hammer.

The plate .6 is preferably stamped from sheet metal suthciently resilient so that when the screw 5, extending through the opening is driven a proper distance in 'the handle- 1,

In this position the indentation 16 engages I l the head 17 and cooperates therewith to normally prevent rotation of the plate on the screw 5, but rotatable about the axis of said screw, in a plane substantially parallel with the handle 1, when the inner end 10 isoperatively forcibly disengaged from-the head 17 by the workman.

In Fig. 5 the plate 6 is shown disposedin lon 'itudinall reversed aosition relative to b .V l

the hammer, in which position the jaws 12,

13 are adapted to en a e the head 17 see 7 A b b Fig. 5), thereby normally frictionally holding the plate against rotation on the screw 5.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide means cooperable with a hammer or the like, whereby any one of a variety of ordinary nails may be temporarily held by the hammer for projecting the nail a distance in a support out of the normal reach of the operator, preparatory to the final driving of said nail by impinging it with the face. of the hammer; and to operate the invention for said purpose, the head of the nail is forced between the jaws 12, 13, and the head of the hammer, with the shank of the nail disposed to project out between the flanges 14C, 15, at a distance therebetween inwardly from their outer ends as far as the shank will normally go (see Figs. 1 to 4), the free end of the handle 1 isthen grasped by the operator and the hammer swung in the proper direction to cause the point of the nail to engage and penetrate the support a sufficient distance to hold the nail sufiiciently steady to permit the withdrawal of the hammer therefrom, which is accomplished by simply drawing the ham mer away from the nail in a direction towards the free end of the handle 1, thereby causing the head of the nails to slide out from between the jaws 12, 13, and the head ofthe hammer, and the shank to pass out of the free end of the slot 11. The nail may thereafter be driven further forward in the support by engaging it with the face of the hammer in the usual manner of driving nails.

The plate 6 is rotatably mounted on the screw 5, so that its opposed ends may be conveniently relatively reversed, to permit the head of .the hammer to be temporarily freed from the jaws 12, 18, and the outwardly projecting flanges 14, 15, when it is desired to employ the hammer only for driving nails in the ordinary manner.

The numeral 19 designates the shank, and the numeral 20, the head of the nail, while 21 designates the support.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

is: V

1. In means of the character described, an elongated plate having a concave-convex indentation formed in its mid-part, a screw projecting through said indentation for retatably securing said plate to the handle of a hammer, a projection on said handle spaced from said screw engageable with one end of said plate for normally preventing rotation tation of said plate for reversing it l0ngitudinally, the opposite end of said plate normally disposed. along one side of the head of the hammer for cooperating therewith for binding the head of a nail against said first named head for holding the nail by the hammer preparatory to driving it in a support.

3. In means of the character described, a plate having its midpart pivotally secured to one sideof the handle of a hammer adjacent the head of the latter, whereby said plate may be rotated 360 degrees in a plane substantially parallel with said handle, opposed ends of said plate spring-pressing against said.

' head and said handle when said plate is dis posed in substantially longitudinal parallelism with said handle, one end of said plate adapted for operatively engaging and holding a nail against said head, and the opposite end thereof adapted to engage means on said handle for normally holding said plate against rotation.

In testimony of the foregoing being my own, I have hereunto affixed my signature this 23rd day of February, 1927.

ANDREW LOCHHEAD.

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