US517423A - Wire fence - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

0. W. BENNETT & P. CHAPMAN.

WIRE FENCE.

No. 517,423. Patented Apr. 3, 1894.

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CLAUDE W. BENNETT, OF PENN, AND FRANKLIN CHAPMAN, OF NEIVBURG, MICHIGAN.

WIREFENCEE SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 517,423, dated April 3, 1894. Application filed July 8, 1893. Serial No. 479,932. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CLAUDE W. BENNETT, of Penn, and FRANKLIN CHAPMAN, of Newburg, in the county of Cass and State of Michigan, citizens of the United States of America, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire Fences, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to a wire fence, and the object of our invention is to provide an improved fence which on account of a novel arrangement of posts, anchorage, and attachment of wires, will prevent warping, sagging, or breakage in warm or cold weather, and, at the same time, permit adjustability, and the attachment of new Wires in case of accidental breakage of any of the wires of the fence.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings for a clear and full understanding of our invention.

Figure 1, is a perspective view of our improved fence. Fig. 2, is a perspective view of an intermediate post and anchoring device. Fig. 3, is a detail of an apertured spike, a flanged bolt and a nut, detached, forsecuring wires to an end post. Fig. at, is a longitudinal sectional view of one end post illustrating the manner of attaching wires of the fence thereto.

In the drawings: A represents the fence.

B are the wires of the fence.

C represents one end post.

D is an end post in which apertured spikes E are driven, apart.

F is an intermediate metallic post with a sharpened spade shaped end f twisted at right angles to the upper portion of the post for a purposehereinaftersetforth. The upperpart of this post is provided with a series of apertures f apart for the passage of wires. To the side of this post about mid-way of its lengthis pivoted, to permit of a swinging movement, the upper end of an anchorage G. This anchorage consists of an arm g about one half the length of the post having its lower edge sharpened, and having an enlarged outer end, near which is intermediately and loosely attached by pivot or otherwise a chisel shaped arm g. The sharpened end of g, when the post is in position, is at its lower end, as shown.

F are intermediate stays of well known construction. Spikes E have in their outer ends square apertures 6, see Fig. 3. Through these apertures pass bolts H, having a suitable head under which is a squared portion h about one third the length of the bolt. On one side of this squared portion is a lug h, extending from the head of the bolt the same length as the squared portion, parallel therewith and leaving an open space between the bolt and the flange. The upper end of the bolt is threaded. The squared portion of the bolt and lug are of such dimensions that when the threaded end of the bolt is inserted in the apertured end of the spike and drawn through, the squared walls of the aperture will not per- 6- mit the bolt to turn therein.

In end post C are apertures d, enlarged at their outer ends to permit washers d of suitable material to be inserted. Shields Iof U- shaped form are pivoted to the sides of post 0 at their outer ends in such a manner to permit of being turned on their pivots to cover and uncover the apertures. Wires B are passed through apertures 61 in post C, and their outer ends, each have a key I) which,on account of washers d, prevents the keys from passing through the apertures in the post, or from sinking into the posts, when wooden posts are used, to cause the wires to become slack. The free ends of wires B are next passed through staples of stays F on one side of the intermediate post F. Post F is driven into the ground and the anchorage device is then secured in place by the application of force to the upper end of arm g to drive arm 9' and arm g into the earth. The peculiar shape of the lower end of post F, and the anchorage device attached thereto firmly and securely holds the intermediate postin place. After post F is in position, wires B are inserted and pulled through the apertures f which, not being directly in line with the fence, have a binding effect on the wires and a tendency to keep them taut. The wires B are then passed through staples of stays F on the 5 other side of the intermediate post, as shown, and thence each wire through the space between the head and lug of a bolt E, below the spike in which the bolt is inserted, drawn taut and secured by screwing up a nut on the end :00

of the bolt above the spike, see Fig. 3. The flange on the bolt not only serves as a guide way for the wire but in tightening the wire prevents the wire from slipping out from under the head of the bolt.

It is evident that slight modifications may be made in our construction without departing from ourinvention, for example, the fence wires instead of passing through apertures in one end post may be looped around the post, see lower wire Fig. 1.

What we claim is- 1. The combination in a wire fence of an apertured end post provided with protecting shields for the apertures, a second end post having spikes driven therein, bolts and nuts on the outer ends of the spikes, an interme' diate post having a lower terminal auger-like point and an anchor pivotally connected to the intermediate post comprising a drive stake and a connecting arm between the post and the stake, a series of wires passing through the. apertures in the intermediate post and gular projection intothe opening of the spike,

as specified.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

CLAUDE W. BENNETT. FRANKLIN CHAPMAN.

Witnesses:

O. E. CONE, AMOS SMITH.

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