US1643277A

US1643277A - Fence construction

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Publication number: US1643277A
Application number: US89588A
Authority: US
Inventors: Herbert G Thomson
Original assignee: ANCHOR POST FENCE Co
Current assignee: ANCHOR POST FENCE Co
Priority date: 1926-02-20
Filing date: 1926-02-20
Publication date: 1927-09-20
Anticipated expiration: 1944-09-20

Description

Sept 20 1927 H. G. THOMSON FENCE CONSTRUCTION Filed Feb. 20, 1926 Zigi Patented Sept. 20, 1927.

iran STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IHFTERBERT G. THOMSON, OF NEW' YORK, N. Y., .ASSIGNOR TO ANCHOR POST FENCE COMPANY, OF GARWOOD, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

FENCE CONSTRUCTION.

This invention relates to felices of the type wherein wire is supported by U-bar posts of pressed or rolled steel; my object being to provide a strong and durable fence structure in which the Awire strands are interloclred with and effectually supported by and secured to the posts; the construction being such that the elements can be erected and assembled with facility and dispatch.

The invention comprises a U-bar post having throughout its length at the ends of its respective legs laterally-project-ing reinforcing flanges which are transversely crimped or' corrugated to afford transverse recesses 5 for the reception and support of the strands of fence wire and the 'fasteners therefor, as

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will be hereinafter described and claimed.A

Tn the drawingsd Figure 1 is a perspective view of a fragment of a fence embodying my invention.

Fig, 2 is a front view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the flanged U-bar post adjacent one of the strands of wire, as on the line 3--3 of Fig. 2, showing` the fastener in position on the post preparatory to its being locked thereto.

Fig. 4 is a similar section showing the fastener as locked to the post.

Fig. 5 is a. separate view of the fastener'.

Referring to the drawings, designates a part of a vertical U-bar post for the support of fence wire, which post is composed of wrought metal, as, for example, pressed or rolled steel. The width and dep-th a5 of the post are such as to provide 'legs which extend substantially parallel to each other for a substantial distance. The post is formed along the ends of its respective legs with reinforcing flanges 11 which extend at substantially right angles to the parallel portions of the legs 'and are uniformly crimped or corrugated to present parallel transverse grooves or recesses 12 on the front and back and throughout the length of the post. These flanges have plane or straight outer edges when viewed from the open side of the U, as seen in Fig. 2. The spaced parallel flanges provide a substantial backing for the horizontal strands 13 of the fence wire, which strands enter the opposing recesses and are thereby effectually supported against vertical displacement. The wire strands are clamped to the post and within the recesses by means of a simple and inexpensive clip fastener that can be easily applied and manipulated. This fastener, in its preferred form, is composed of a single piece of wire of appropriate size and length bent to form a hook 14 at one end and an angular tongue member 15 at the opposite end, the body 16 of the wire being bent and staggered to position the respective end portions in different planes. To use the fastener the hooked end thereof is applied to the outer edge of one of the flanges of the post, directly above a longitudinal wire strand of the fence, so that the body of the fastener crosses the front of the strand midway between the flanges, and so that the opposite end lies below the strand and embraces the outer edge of the other flange, as seen in Fig. 8. This done, the upper portion of the angular tongue 15 is forced inward to and upon the opposing flange of the post by means 0f a suitable hand tool, so as to bear hard upon the flange and against the body of the U-bar, as seen in Fig. 4. The body of the fastener clamps the wires within the recesses on the front of the flanges, and the bent ends of the fastener register with the adjacent recesses in the backs of the respect-ive flanges, which recesses thus serve to retain the fastener in place and contribute to its efliciency.

I claim- 1. A metal fence post of general U shape in cross-section with a laterally extending rereinforcing flange at the end of each leg, said flange being transversely corrugatedl and having a substantially straight outer edge when viewed from the open side of the U.

2. A metal fence post of general U shape in cross-section with a latterally extending reinforcing flange at the end of each leg, the width and depth of the post being such as to provide legs whose adjacent faces are substantially parallel to each other for a substantial distance from the flanges to the bottom of the U, while the flanges extend at substantially right angles to said parallel portions, said flanges being corrugated throughout their entire width and of suf ficient width to form seats for wire fasteners between the outer edges thereof and the inner faces of the legs.

3. A metal fence post of general U shape in cross-section with a laterally extending reinforcing flange at the end of each leg, the width and depth of the post being such as to provide legs whose adjacent faces are substantially parallel to each other for a substantial distance from the -flanges to the laottorn of the U, While the flanges extend at Sub- Stantially right angles to said parallel portions and have Straight outer edges when Viewed from the open side of the U, said flanges being corrugated throughout their entire width and of sufleent Width to form seats for Wire fasteners throughout the length of the post between the outer edges l0 thereofand the inner faces of the legs.

Signed at New York in the county and State of New York this 18th day of February A. D. 1926 HERBERT G. THOMSON.