US1593099A

US1593099A - Fencepost

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Publication number: US1593099A
Application number: US662892A
Authority: US
Inventors: Plants Alex Willis
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1923-09-15
Filing date: 1923-09-15
Publication date: 1926-07-20
Anticipated expiration: 1943-07-20

Description

July 20 1926.. 1,593,099

A. W. PLANTS FENCEPOST Filed Sept. 15, 1923 Patented July 20, 19.26.

UNETEE) STAT? ALEX WELLIS PLANTS, OF FAULKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA.

FENCEPOST.

Application filed. September 15, 1923. Serial No. 662,892.

The present invention relates to fence posts, and more particularly to sheet metal posts adapted to support wire strands across the same.

An object of this invention is to provide a sheet metal fence post with devices for deflecting and clinching the ends of staples when the latter are driven into the openings of the post for fastening the wire strands thereto.

Another object of the invention is to provide a fence post with means which may he formed as an integral structure of the post in the act of punching or cutting the staple receiving openings therein for deflecting or turning over the free ends of the staples as they are driven into place.

It is the aim of this invention to eliminate the use of tools for clinching the ends of the staples after they are inserted in the openings in the post and to provide a post which permits of quick and easy fastening of fence strands thereto by simply driving in the staples.

A further object of the invention is to provide a structure of post wherein the metal which is cut out to form the staple re ceiving openings is utilized to provide deflecting flanges or projections to engage the ends of the staples as they are driven into the posts, deflecting or curving the ends of the staples so as to either spread the staples or overlap the ends of the same to clinch the staples in the post.

The above and various other objects and advantages of this invention will in part be described in and in part be understood from the following detailed description of the present preferred embodiment, the same being illustrated in the accon'ipanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a fence post constructed according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary enlarged section taken through a portion of the post, showing a wire strand secured thereto by a staple clinched to the post by the new construction.

Fig. 3 is a similar view with the wire strand and staple removed.

Fig. fl: is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing a modification of post and showing the strand and staple in relation thereto. and

Fig. 5 is a similar View with the strand and staple removed.

lleferring to the drawing, 10 designates a fence post constructed of sheet metal, and which may be of angle iron construction as shown. 7

As shown in Fig. 3 the post 10 is provided in one side or leg witha pair of openings 11 adapted to receive the opposite ends of a staple and with the metal of the post which is cut or stamped to form the openings 11 bent inwardly at an inclination to form a pair of deflecting flanges or guide tongues 12 against which the ends of the staple are adapted to work and be deflected for clinching the staple in the post. In Fig. 3 the flanges 12 are inter-connected through the portion of metal lying between the openings 11 so that the metal between the openings is substantially U-shape with the arms divergin g inwardly.

In use, a strand 13 of wire is placed across the post between the openings 11. A. staple 1 1 is driven with its ends projecting into the openings 11 and against the inclined flanges 12. The staple is then driven into the pos 10 and the flanges 12 turn and deflect the ends of the staple 1d away from each other and into the position shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 shows a slight modification of post 5 which has openings 16 therein for receiving the opposite ends of a staple 17. The portion of metal 18 lying between the openings 16 is flat and is severed from the cut or stamped portions 19 which leave the openings 16. lhe metal removed from the openings 16 is bent inwardly at a suitable angle from the remote sides of the openings 16 to form deflecting flanges or guide tongues 19 against which the ends of the staple 17 are adapted to work. The flanges 19 are inclined at an angle so as to deflect the ends of the staple and preferably converge inwardly, and may be curv d as shown in. Figs. 1 and 5 to round and deflect the ends of the staple to cause such ends to completely overlap and pass each other and to impart a substantially circular formation to the head of the staple after the same has been driven home The post 10 may have any suitable formation at its lower end and may he pointed as shown at 20 so that the post may be driven into the ground on into a body of concrete 21.

It is of course understood that various changes and modifications may be made in the details of construction and design of the ill) iii

above specifically described form of the in vention Without departin from the spirit thereof, these changes and modifications being restricted only by the scope of the following claiins.

Vhat is claimed is:

1. in a device oi? the class described a fence post of angleiron including a front leg and a side leg right angled from an edge of the front leg, said front leg havin the material thereof struck inwardly therefrom in the same direction as the side leg at a pair oi spaced points to provide spaced openings, the material of the leg in the forming of said openings being bent inwardly at the inner side of said front leg to provide obliquely disposed guide tongues, and the partot said front leg between said openings providing an intervening portion, and a staple having the end portions thereof driven through the openings of said front leg and deflecting in opposite directions by said guide tongues whereby said ends of the staples are disposed at the inner side of the treat leg inwardly of the outer longitudinal edge of the side leg of said post, said staple at the front surt'ace of said front leg oi? the post providing a loop having a transverse opening across the intervening portion between the openings therein for receiving \vire therethrough.

2.111 a device of the class described a n'ietal fence post including a relatively thin leg portion having a pair of spaced openin termed th rein by striking the material el 35 the leg portion in projecting relation beyond a side surface thereof to provide a pair of divergent guide tongi'ies, and a U shaped staple having a pair of leg portions extending through the openings oi said leg of the fence post and deflected in opposite directions by the divergent guide tongues.

ALEX WILLIS PLANES.