US833882A - Apparatus for making fence-posts. - Google Patents

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No, 833,882. l u'rmfrmoctrfza, 1906.

APPARATUS P011 MAKING FENCE PosTs.`

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ATTORNEY.

l GEORGE A. VLE EEvRE, oE OEANGEBUEG, NEW YORK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

APPARATUS FOR MAKING FENCE-POSTS- 'Pateated 00u23, 190e.

Application filed August 21, 1905. Serial No. 274,997.

T0 yol/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. LE FEvEE, ofOrangeburg, in the ycounty of Rockland andl State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Apparatus for Making Fence- Posts,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact-description.

Myinvention relates to improvements in an apparatus for making fence-posts such as have theirbody portion formed of concrete or other cement 3, and the object of my invention .is to produce a simpleapparatus which can be' conveniently operated by a single personand which is adapted to give to a plastic post the desired shape and is also constructed so that a binding-core can `be easily applied to the body portion of thepost to prevent the post from breaking. My invention is especially intended .to provide a simple form of apparatus which can be used by a farmer, for` instance, to make his own` fenceposts and which is constructed so that a particularly strong post can be produced and .also which is intended to produce a post which will notheaveor be displaced owing to climatic changes.

With these ends in view my-invention consists of certain features of construction and combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, formin a part of this speciiication, in which 'simi ar iigures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 isa longitudinal section of the apparatus embodying my invention, showing the cement or lastic material in the mold. Fig. 2 isla detai elevation of a preferred form of core which is used in connection with the mold and forms a partl of the apparatus. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an elevation of a post formed in Fig. 5 is a broken modification of the device which is intended to produce holesthrough the post, and Fig. 6 is a broken elevation of a post made by the apparatus shown in Fig. 5. A

` My apparatus comprises a mold which can be given the shape ofthe desired fence-post,

and for convenience I make the mold in two parts 10, which can be fastened'together in any convenient way or hinged, if desired; but

Ihave shown them connected lby ordinary swing-bolts 1()a on one member which engage lugs 10b on theopposite member. This form offastening is a common 'one and is referred to simply to make the case clear. The mold is widened att-he to as shown at 11, in order that the post, w ich is sha ed in it, can be widened at this part, which orms the bottom portion of the post, as shown at 11a in Fig. 4. It has been found in practice that where a post is considerably enlarged at the bottom 1t is not readily displaced by frost, moisture, &c.

Y The bottom of the mold corresponds to the top portion of the ost formed therein, and while the mold wou d give the desired shape to the post without any foot part I prefer to use a foot 12, which is secured to the bottom portion of the mold and has, preferably, strengthening-ribs 13. The form of the support is not essential, but the object of it is to enable one person-to convenientlyform posts. 'With the construction shown a person can stand the mold on its foot 12, then insert'the core, as resently described, and then iill the mold, w ereas if the foot were not used it would need a person to support the mold or some extraneous devices to support it.

In `connection with the mold and forming a part of the post-making apparatus I use a core 14, which has a plurality of wings 15 and 16, and four of such wings are sufficient for most purposes. A convenient way to form the core is to have a cross-piece 15 with slots therein and have two wings 16, which are arranged at right angles to theY cross-piece or web 15 and which have lugs 17 adapted to enter the slots and be turned over, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.. This particular construction of core is not essential, however, and if the form of core shown is used it can be struck up in any convenient way. The core is intended to fit nicely in the mold, and the wings of the core are provided with holes 18, so that when the plastic material is laced in the mold it will pass through the lioles 18, forming keys, as in Fig. 1, which securely lock-all' parts of the post together, and the" core gives to the post a stren th which will enable it to withstand all or inary shocks. If desired, pins or Vipes 19, as iin Fig. 5, can be inserted throug holes which may be left in the mold 10 and through corresponding necessary, tamped in.

'quantity of cores could make posts very holes in the wings or 16 of the core, and then when the post is formed holes 192L will be produced in the post, (see Fig. 6,) which holes are adapted to receive pipes in case a pipe-fence is formed, or wires can be thrust through them, if necessary.

In Fig. 5 I show two lugs 15"L on the wings 15, and these little lugsserve to hold the core 14 Jfrom actual contact with the mold 10, and so the wing portions of the core are conipletely covered by cement except at the points where the small lugs project, and thus the life of the core, and consequently of the post, is prolonged.l

In using the apparatus the mold is stood on end, as in Fig. 1, the core 14 is placed in the mold, and the plastic material which is to form the post is then poured iny and, if After the material is set the mold can be opened and the post is ready for use. It will be seen that a person with two or three molds and a sufficient rapidly and would be able to produce a cheap and substantial post. It will be observed also that the apparatus which I have shown is constructed so that the core its nicely in the mold, and therefore the mere act of dropping it in makes the device ready for use.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. An apparatus of the kind described, comprising a mold oi' two longitudinally-separable parts, said parts being abruptly enlarged at one end which is open and provided with 'lixed ianges at the opposite end, said flanges forming a foot on which the mold can stand.

2. An apparatus of the kind described, comprising a mold open at one end and tapering toward the other, the said mold being abruptly enlarged near its open and larger end and provided at its opposite end with a supporting-foot.

3. An apparatus of the kind described, comprising a mold having two longitudinallyseparable parts abruptly enlarged near one end which is open, integral flanges at the opposite end and outer sides of the mold, said ilanges forming a supporting-foot, and means for fastening the twoparts of the mold together.

GEGRGE A. LE FEVRE.

Witnesses:

WARREN B. HUToHINsoN, WrLLrs A, BARNES.

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