US2652082A - Nail holding attachment for hammers - Google Patents

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P 1953 A. P. ZANELLI 2,652,082

NAIL HOLDING ATTACHMENT FOR HAMMERS Filed June 8, 1951 Patented Sept. 15, 1953 "NAIL HOLDING ATTACHMENT FOR HAMMERS Albert P. Zanelli, Wyckoff, N. J.

Application June 8, 1951, Serial No. 230,529

1 Claim.

This invention relates to an attachment designed for use in connection with hammer or hatchet heads, the primary object of the invention being to provide means for holding nails so that they may be positioned without the necessity of holding the nails with the fingers.

An important object of the invention is to provide a device of this character embodying a plurality of spring jaws spaced apart varying distances so that nails of various sizes may be held in the device for positioning.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a nail holding device of this character in the form of a circular device provided with spring jaws for clamping nail heads, the device being rotatably mounted so that predetermined jaws may be moved to a position to facilitate the accurate placing of nails in restricted areas or close to a wall With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combination of parts, hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim, it being understood that changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevational view illustrating a hammer head equipped with a nail holding device construction in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of a portion of the head and nail securing and holding device.

Fig. 3 is a plan view illustrating a modified form of the invention.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the reference character 5 indicates a hammer head, which is of conventional form, and to which the nail holding device forming the subject matter of the present invention, is secured.

The nail holding device is indicated generally by the reference character 6 and is disclike in formation, and is constructed of suitable yieldable material such as spring steel or the like, the nail holder being provided with cut-out portions 7 extending inwardly from the periphary thereof, which cut-out portions vary in width to accommodate nails of various diameters, to the end that a nail of a predetermined diameter may be positioned in such a way that it will be held against movement or wobbling, as it is being positioned by the hammer.

As clearly shown by Fig. 2 of the drawing, the center of the disc-like nail holder is recessed at 8 providing curved portions 9 which lend resiliency to the jaws l0 formed between the cut-out portions 1. The disc-like nail holder is formed with slots II that extend inwardly from the inher ends of the cut-out portions 1, terminating at a point adjacent to the recessed portion 8. This structure presents jaws which are movable independently of each other so that the jaws present independent spring tensioning means at each side of the nail head held within a cutout portion 1, thereby providing greater flexibility of the jaws with less danger of breakage of the jaws.

The outer ends of the jaws are curved upwardly at I2, so that the nail head positioned under the jaws may be readily slid into position and held firmly against accidental displacement.

An opening is formed centrally of the disclike nail holder, through which the headed screw I 3 extends, the screw being threaded in an opening formed in the side of the hammer head, as illustrated by Fig. 2 of the drawing, the screw I3 being so positioned that it will permit of ready rotation of the disc-like nail holder to locate a particular cut-out portion adjacent to the outer edge of the hammer head to facilitate positioning a nail a ainst a wall or other restricted area.

As shown by Fig. 3 of the drawing, the nail holder is substantially triangular in shape and is indicated by the reference character I4, the nail holder being held in position on the side of a hammer head by the screw 15. Extending inwardly from the curved edge of the nail holder !4 are cut-out portions [6 of various widths, which define yieldable jaws I1, between which nails of various diameters may be positioned. In this form of the invention slots l8 are provided to lend resiliency to the jaws to permit them to move while the head of a nail is being positioned thereunder.

From the foregoing it will be noted that due to the construction shown and described, I have pro vided a nail holder which is adapted for holding nails of various diameters to facilitate positioning of the nails in restricted areas, without the necessity of holding the nails with the fingers of the hands.

It will further be seen that due to this construction the holder may be rotated to bring a cut-out portion or a pair of jaws to a particular position adjacent to the outer edge of the hammer head to permit the head to move closely to a wall in positioning the nail.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

A nail holding device for the head of a nail driving tool, comprising a disc-like body portion constructed of sheet metal material having a central depressed portion and an opening through the central depressed portion, said body having cut-out portions extending inwardly from the edge thereof terminating at points adjacent to the depressed portion, providing pairs of jaws with parallel side edges, portions of the body being slit from the inner ends of the cut-out portions to points at the edge of the depressed portion, said jaws adapted to grip a nail held 4 therebetween, and a pivot screw extending through the opening in the center of the body portion rotatably mounting the body portion on the head of the tool.

ALBERT P. ZANELLI.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 10 Number Name Date 704,006 Dempsey July 8, 1902 1,247,683 Hritz et al Nov. 27, 1917 1,695,339 Lockhead Dec. 18, 1928

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