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73.16 - Anchors, grapnels and parts thereof, of iron or steel. This heading refers only to the type of anchors used for mooring ships of all tonnages, offshore-platforms, buoys, beacons, floating mines, etc.; it does not include other articles sometimes called " anchors " (e.g., those used for join~ngmasonry or for fixing rafters to the walls of buildings). Anchors may be fitted with a cross piece or stock, sometimes of wood, and the arms of flukes may or may not be rigid. The heading also covers rapnels; these are smaller than anchors and have more than two arms (usually four) but no sotc!. They are used for anchoring small craft, to seize hold of other craft, etc., to retrieve sunken objects and to obtain a grip on trees, rocks, etc. The heading also covers parts of anchors or grapnels. 73.17- Nails, tacks, drawing pins, corru ated nails, sta les (other than those of heading 83.05) and similar articles, o iron or steel, w ether or not with heads of other material, but excluding such articles with heads of copper. K % The heading covers : (A) Nails, tacks, staples (other than those of heading 83.05) and similar articles, usually manufactured by the following methods : (1) Cold ressin from wire of the re uired thickness. Such wire nails usually have flat or roun!ded he s, though some are eadless and pointed at one or both ends. Tapered shank nails and tacks are made in the same way except that they are sheared obliquely. d (2) Forging (by hand or machine) from an iron shank of the required thickness which is hammered to a point, after which the head is stamped out by a nail-making machine. (3) Cutting from sheet or strip followed, if necessary, by finishing either mechanically or by hand. (4) Hot-rolling bars in nail mills which shape the head and s h a d simultaneously. (5) Die stamping of the head from a small disc of metal, the previously prepared shank bein fixed at the same time. This process is normally used for nails with rounded hea s such as upholstery nails. d (6) Casting. There are many types of these goods including : Wire nails of uniform cross-section as used by c enters, etc.; moulders' nails; glazing nails; cobblers' nails; staples (insulated or not) point2at both ends, for electric wrring, picture frames, fencing, etc. and other staples not presented in strips; pointed screw-nails with twisted shanks and unslotted heads; tacks and sprigs for cobblers, upholsterers, etc.; hobnails for heavy dut footwear; nails for pictures, mirrors, fencing, etc.; unthreaded nails for shoeing animals; untxr eaded frost studs for animals; small triangles, etc. (usually of tin-plate) used for fixing window-panes; decorative studs for upholsterers; studs for marking railway sleepers. (B) Other special types of nails, spikes, etc., such as : cf$i (I) For ed cramps or dogs (general1 with angular shanks which are bent at ri an es and pomted at the ends) use for fastenmg masonry, heavy timbers, etc.; spi es used for fixing the rails to the sleepers. Q B a (2) Corrugated nails with one ed e serrated or bevelled, for assembling wooden parts; they are classified in this hea ing even if presented in the length (in the form of strip). (3) Hook-nails and ring nails which may be stamped from sheet metal or forged. One end is pointed and the other bent at right angles or into a ring used to suspend various objects. (4) Drawing pins of all kinds, for drawing-boards, offices, etc., with flat or rounded heads. (5) Carding tacks for textile carding machines and the like. in the heading whether or not they have heads of All the above-mentioned its alloys) or of other substances (porcelain, glass, non-ferrous metal (other or not they have been plat.:d, copper-plated, plded, wood, rubber, lastics, silvered, varnis ed, etc., or covered with other material. The heading does not include : (a) Screw hooks, screw rings, pointed drive screws with slotted heads and unpointed drive screws (heading 73.18). (b) Shoe rotectors, with or without affixing points; picture hooks with fixing nails; belt fasteners ( h e r a g 73.26). (c) Nails, tacks, etc., with heads of copper or copper alloys (heading 74.15). (d) Staples in strips (e.g., for offices, upholstery, packaging) (heading 83.05). (e) Piano pegs (heading 92.09).