US1604561A - Fencepost - Google Patents

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Oct. 26 1926. 1,604,561

H. K. BENTE FENCEPOST Filed August 31 1923 00 no 00 0c no on 00 oo oo i Patented Oct. 26, 1926.

UNITED STATES 1,604,56l PATENT GFFiilp HENRY K. BENTE, F SEDALIA, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO IVLEL HENDERSON AND ONE-THIRD T0 E. D. BOSSERMAN.

FENCEPOST.

Application filed August 31., 1923. Serial No. 660,333.

The present invention relates to fence posts, and aims to provide a fence post composed of a single blank of sheet metal which is not only simple and economical in manufacture, but which is also strong and durable, the present invention being an improvement over the fence post disclosed in my Patent No. 1,144,288.

Another object is to provide such a post having novel provisions for the fastening of the fence wires to the post in a practical and efficient manner.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will be apparent as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein- Figure 1 is a perspective View of the post showing fence wires secured to the opposite sides thereof in two different ways.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the post, a portion being broken away and shown in section.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a plan View of the blank from which the post is formed.

The post is formed from a sheet metal blank of suitable quality and gage, and the post is of Z-shaped cross section, and has the web 7 and oppositely extending flanges 8. The web and flanges are tapered upwardly, so that the post decreases in size from its lower to its upper end, and the lower larger end of the post is embedded or planted in the ground. the cross section of the post, it will, when embedded in the ground, retain itself in place against considerable strain, such as due to contraction of the fence wires during cold weather, and the like.

Each flange 8 has the flat broad portion 10 adjacent to the web 7 and the flat broad portion 11 adjacent to the edge of the flange,

On account of 10 and 11. The corners 12 between the web and flanges, although slightly rounded, are substantially square, and the edge portions 13 of the flanges 8 are bent inwardly sharply or about small radii. By the provision of the corrugations 9, square bends 12, and inwardly bent edge portions 18, the post is stiff and strong so as to be capable of withstanding great strain.

In order to fasten the fence wires to either flange 8, with the wires extending across the outer side of either flange, each flange is provided within its corrugation 9 with longitudinally spaced pairs of apertures 14 for receiving staples or U-shaped clips 15. Said staples or wire clips are inserted through the corresponding apertures 14 astride the wires W when said wires have been posi tioned at the desired vertical points of the post, and the terminals of the staples or clips are twisted together or bent behind the flange 8, thereby fastening the Wires W to said flange. By leaving the staples or clips 15 loose, the wires W are permitted-to slide longitudinally across the post, and by tight ening the staples or clips 15, the wires W are drawn or kinked into the corrugation or groove 9, as seen in Fig. 3, thereby securing the wires to the post against longitudinal motion of said Wires. The apertures 14 thus enable the wires to be fastened to the postby staples or U-shaped wire clips in a con-.

venient and simple manner, between the edge of the flange and the web 7 of the post. 7 The web 7 of the post is provided with longitudinally or vertically spaced apertures 16, one for each corresponding pair of apertures 14, and each aperture 16 is disposed in the horizontal plane of the upper apertures of the corersponding pairs, or slightly above such plane. The apertures 16 are located midway between the flanges 8'so that said apertures can be used for fastening the fence wires to either flange 8; In using the apertures 16, securing wires 17 are inserted through said apertures 16 at the vertical points of the post where the wires W are to be disposed, and the terminals of said wires 17 are bent or coiled around the Wires W, as at 18 and 19, adjacent to the web 7 and edge portion 13 of the corresponding flange 8 across which the wires W extend. This provides a double point of attachment of each wire W to the post beyond the opposite edges of the flange 8, thereby pro viding a secure and substantial connection.

If the securing wires 17 are drawn tight when winding or coiling the terminals thereof on the wires said wires l will be bent or offsetslightly, at the bend l2 and edge portion 13 of the COIIGSPOIlCllng flange 8, to prevent the wires WV from sliding. By having the apertures 16- oifset slightly upward or longitudinally with reference to the apertures 14, the wires 17 can extend approximately horizontally from the apertures 16 across the wires W, with said wires W located between the upper and lower apertures 14 of the corresponding pairs in the same positions as would be the result if the staples or clips 15 were used.

All kinds of fence wires can be fastened to the post by the two different means of attachment, and if double fence wires are used, they can be secured to the post across the opposite flanges '8. This permits of the use of plain fence wire at one side, and barbed fence wire on the opposite side.

The fiat portions 10 and 11 provide broad surfaces across and against which the fence wires can bear flatly, using either method of fastening the wires to the post.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is A sheet metal fence post having a web and a flange at each edge of the web, said flanges extending in opposite directions at substantially right angles with the web, the web having vertically spaced apertures therein between said flanges, in combination with securing wires engaging through said apertures to have their terminals bent around fence wires extending across said flanges, with one terminal of each securing wire adjacent to the web and the other terminal of the securing wire at the edge of the corresponding flange.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

HENRY K. BENTE.

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