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AM. PHOTO-LITHO. CO. N.Y. (OSBORNE'S PROCESS.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

M. D. SNYDER AND S. A. SNYDER, OF CLARENDON, NEW YORK.

CARPET-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 32,089, dated April 16, 1861.

To aTl whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, M. D. Snyder and S. A. Snyder, of Clarendon, in the county of Orleans and State of New York, have in5 vented a new and Improved Mode of Fastening Carpets to Floors; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part > 10 of this specification, in which—

Figure 1, is a perspective view, representing the manner of inserting the fastener in the floor of a room. Fig. 2, is a vertical longitudinal section of the gage-set, A, and 15 of a portion of the floor, B, and base board, C. Fig. 3, is an elevation of the gage-set, showing how it is used when the fastener is bent. Fig. 4, is a perspective of one of the fasteners before being inserted in the floor. 20 _ Like letters designate corresponding parts in all of the figures.

The object of our invention is to produce a cheap and efficient method of securing car. pets to floors by means of a fastening which 25 can be made at as little cost as the common carpet nails, and an instrument for inserting and finishing, or shaping the same, so simple that it may be used by those the least skilled in the use of mechanical implements. 30 The fasteners which we use consist of pieces of metal of the form and size represented in Fig. 4,. having two equal sides, with their edges at right-angles therewith, and tapering to either end from the widest 35 part, which is. about one third of its length from the top. These pieces are cut from sheet metal, which may be either iron or brass, of suitable thickness, and can be produced at the trifling cost of one and a half 40 cents per gross. These are inserted in the floor by means of an instrument which we denominate a gage-set, which is shown, with the manner of using it, at A, Fig. 1, in which B represents the floor, and C the base board 45 of the room. '

The set is provided with a hole a, Fig. 2, on the under side of the raised part b, in which the larger end of the fastener is inserted. The end d is then placed against the 50 baseboard C, the other end being held in the hand,' while the fastener is driven into the floor by the blows of a light hammer on the projection b. The end d gages the distance that they are inserted from the base board, 55 and insures perfect uniformity in this respect, while it also serves as a fulcrum by means of which the raising of the opposite end releases the set from the fastener. The latter being driven until the set touches the floor they are always inserted so that the 60 points left above the floor are of equal height in all. The hole in the set has a conical termination, as shown in the section Fig. 2, and the resistance of the fastener against the force used to drive it finishes the upper 65 end by sharpening the point.

When driven, the set is removed and again placed over the fastener which projects through the hole h, and next the bevel c, which is held firmly against it, when a slight 70 blow of the hammer on the back of the projecting point of the fastener bends it toward the wall, as seen at f, when it is ready to receive the edge o_f the carpet. The bevel c acts also as a gage, and insures uniformity 75 in the inclination of the points of the fasteners. A like bevel is placed on the long end of the set, which may be used for the same purpose, and is equally convenient when the set is turned around. 80

One side of the fastener is milled slightly at i which prevents its pulling out easilv if the wood is soft. Its square and flat form ' prevents its turning around in the floor, by which it would be rendered unserviceable, if 85 the hook or bent point did not point directly toward the base; and this is a very important feature, since in laying a carpet it has to be stretched in both directions across the room, and if the hook by which either side is held 90 bend or turn in the floor it cannot be put down in this manner. The peculiar form of our fastener prevents such a liability, it being broad at the surface of the Αοοη and of such, a form as to secure the greatest resist- 95 ance against turning in the floor or bendingin either direction above it. The milled side i should be placed toward the wall.

We are aware that a patent was granted to Morris Dewey and Ira Phillips, elated 100 August 31st, 1858. From the similarity in the application of said invention and ours, we desire to disclaim all those features which might appear to conflict with said patent.

Our fastener cannot break in the set, since 105 it is not bent with it. It is more easily driven on account of its nail point, as is well understood. Their small cost brings them within the limits of a general demand by the public. The gages on the set insure their 110 being driven at a uniform distance from the wall and bent to a regular inclination. They

32,089 are permanent when once inserted in the floor. .