US1131416A - Cement-post wire-holder. - Google Patents

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A. J. RADER.

CEMENT POST WIRE HOLDER.

APPLIOATIOK FILED JULYZZ, 1914.

Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

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ARTHUR J. BAIDER, OF CHESTERTON, INDIANA.

CEMENT-POST WIRE-HOLDER.

Application filed July 22, 1914.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR J. Rannn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chesterton, in the county of Porter and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cement-Post ire- Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in fences and more particularly to a cement or composition post wire holder for wire fences.

It is the object of this invention to provide a wire holder for cement or composition posts which will be held firmly in the completed post and may be secured in position by the material of the post during the formation of the post.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a wire holder that may be readily engaged by the wire and will support the Wire of the fence without additional tying or securing means.

The advantages of this invention are that, as the wire holders are secured at proper distance in the post, in constructing the fence the wire is merely passed laterally through the holder and then tightened horizontally to the proper tension, and, if de sired, with this construction the wires for the full length of the fence may be laid out on the ground along the line of posts and each strand readily and quickly secured to the post.

While the preferred form of this invention is illustrated upon the accompanying sheet of drawing, yet it is to be understood that minor detail changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof.

Figure l is a view in front elevation of a composition fence post to which is secured this improved wire holder, illustrating one wire being placed in engagement and the other wires engaged by the holders. Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation, partly in section, of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail View in side elevation of the improved holder. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a view in front elevation of Fig. 3.

The wire holder A in accordance with Specification of Letters Patent.

Fatented Mar. .9, 1915.. Serial No. 852,418.

this invention is formed from a strip of metal bent centrally upon itself with the free portions 1 diverging from the bend 2 and the ends 3 bent toward each other in the same plane. The ends of the strip are terminated by oppositely disposed angular edges 4 each preferably cut an angle of 1-5 degrees to the side edges, so that when the ends are bent toward each other in the same plane an angular opening with parallel sides will be found of a suflicient width to admit the passage laterally therethrough of the wire C to be supported and held thereby.

The holder A may be supported in the mold before it is filled with cement or other composition to form the post B or may be forced into and filled around while the post is still plastic, with the slotted end extending a sutlicient distance from the outer face of the post to receive the wire between it and the ends 3 of the holder. If desired the free portions 1 of the holder may be provided with openings 5 in line with each other through which a reinforcing and tying rod 6 may pass for more firmly securing the holder to the post.

The holders are spaced apart the proper distance desired in accordance with the number of strands or wires to be used in the fence and when a tie rod 6 is used it may be passed through the openings of all the holders A in the post and will assist in securing the slotted ends 3 at the same distance from the post face.

It is readily seen from Fig. 1 that the wire is inserted laterally through the slotted opening in the holder by bending a short length at the angle of the opening and thereafter when brought to the horizontal it will be securely supported and held to the post without any additional securing means, and as the horizontal strands of a wire fence are normally placed under ten sion there will be no liability of the wire becoming disengaged from the holder.

What I claim is The combination with a composition post of a plurality of one-piece wire holders embedded therein formed from strips of metal bent centrally upon themselves each having 5 in the same plane the bend embedded Within the post and the free portions projecting substantially horizontally beyond the post in line with each other and the ends bent toward each other 7 having angular spaced apart parallel end edges for the passage of a Wire, and a tie rod Within the post passing Copies of this patent may he obtained for through apertures provided therefor in the body of the interior portions of each Wire E. W. AGAR, ARTHUR E. NICKEL.

five cents each, bf? addressing the commissioner of Yatents,

Washington, D. C.

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