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Description

J. B. REYMAN.

Picket Fence; No;12,921. Pat ented'May22, 1855.

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J. B. REYMAN, OF DUBU'QU'E, IOWA.

' FENCE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 12,921, dated May 22, 1855. I

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J. B. REYMAN, of

Dubuque, in the county of Dubuque and the State of Iowa, have invented an Improvement in Constructing Field -'Fences; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the employment of wire for the purpose of fastening pickets to the rails in constructing fences, and supporting the rails in such a manner that the whole is firmly held and bound together for any required length of fence and so as to combine strength, lightness and durabilitv with speed in erecting, with much less than the usual quantity of materials and labor employed for such purposes.

To enable others skilled in the art to construct and use my improved fence, the following description is given.

A and B are the posts, of any convenient form and of iron or wood, they are set firmly in the ground for the purpose of supporting the wire 8, which is passed through holes made for the purpose near the top of the posts. The posts are to be placed at distances apart corresponding with the evenness of the ground. Generally one will be required at every considerable change in the slope of the surface. On ordinary farms, one at each corner of a field will be sufficient. Iron or woo-den pins, of which one is shown at N, are driven into the posts through the same holes that thewire is passed through. They are intended to secure the wire to the posts by binding it against the surface of the hole.

D, D, are slender strips of wood forming the upper rail. They are placed one immediately above'and the other immediately below the wire. They are placed in the direction of the fence, and in such a manner that they break joints, thereby giving them nearly the strength of a continuous rail.

Y is the lower rail, also of wood and of sufficient thickness not to be easily broken, and may be of width sufiicient to form a base board if desired.

a, a, a, are the pickets. They are thin strips of wood and are placed vertically or at right angles to the rails. They are fastened to the upper rail from side to side alternately, by the wire 8; passing over each and from side to side of the rail. The lower ends of the pickets are fastened to the lower rail alternately on difierent sides of nailing, or if preferred they may be fastened by a small wire similar to the manner in which they are fastened to the upper rail. The lower rail may be of the same form as the upper one.

The standard H is a piece of board similar to a picket nearly the same length but of greater width and thickness. It is placed between the wire and rail similar to the pickets and has shoulders or notches cut across it, upon or in which rests the rails. These standards are placed at each joint or meeting of the rails and the two ends of the lower rails which meet in the notch or shoulder, are firmly nailed to it.

M is a sill of wood and may be placed upon two fiat stones near each end of it; or may rest upon the surface of the ground. Across the top of the sill is cut a small groove for the foot of the standard H to rest in.

K, is a brace, of wood and has its lower end fastened to the outer end of the sill by nailing or otherwise. The upper end is beveled, so as to fit against the, surface of the standard H, and is secured to it by the wire 8 passing over and binding it similar to the manner in which the pickets are bound to the rails. The wire rests in a small groove cut across the brace for its reception. This mode of fastening the brace to the standard admits of a hinge motion to the brace and sill, by which means they can be closed and extended at pleasure thereby remedying the serious objection to brace fences inclosing fields which are to be cultivated. To move these protruding braces and sills so as to permit a\ plow or other implement to pass close to the fence, is the work of only a few minutes; it being only necessarv at each brace on that side of the fence to lift the fence sufficiently to disengage the foot of the standard from the notch in the sill; which allows the brace to be closed flat against the surface of the standard; the sill at the same time passing to the other side of the fence. WVhen they are no longer in the way they can be moved back to their places.

The braces and sills form the supports of the fence in lieu of posts; and are placed and protrude alternately from side to side of the fence construction.

The posts being set, one end of the Wire is fastened to the post at the beginning of the proposed fence, and then run along to the other end passing through posts (if any intermediate ones) and the pins inserted by the sideof it rather loosely, so as to allow it (the Wire) to slip as it becomes too tight in putting in the pickets. One end of each rail is next nailed to the post at the beginning of its fence, and then the pickets are inserted at the other ends of the rails by bending the upper rail from side to side and at each motion inserting a picket and driving it back until in its proper place. The standard H With the brace is inserted similar to the pickets. The sill is then put in place and fastened to the brace; and the pickets nailed to the lower rail. After the pickets are all in place the pins in the posts are driven hard, and secure the Wires.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The mode of fastening pickets to the rails in making fences; by means of Wire combined and interwoven With the rails in the manner substantially as described.

2. I also claim fastening the brace, K, at its upper end to the standard H so as to admit of a hinge motion in the manner and for the purpose substantially as set forth.

J. B. REYMAN.

Witnesses:

J. M. ALLEN, DAWSON LYON.

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