US1703608A

US1703608A - Manufacture of fencing, railings, or gates

Info

Publication number: US1703608A
Application number: US262307A
Authority: US
Inventors: Bettles John William Edward
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1927-03-01
Filing date: 1928-03-16
Publication date: 1929-02-26
Anticipated expiration: 1946-02-26

Description

Feb. 26, 1929.

J. W. E. BETTLES MANUFACTURE OF FENCING, RAILINGS, 0R cwrss Filed March 16, 1928 Patented Feb. 26, 1929. I

UNETED STATES rArENT oFF JOHN WILLIAM EDWARD BETTLES, F BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND.

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MANUFACTURE OF FENCING, RAILINGS, OR GATES.

Application filed March 16, 1928, sci-mi No. 262,307, and in Great Britain March 1, 19:27..

will'be comparatively inexpensive to con} struct.

Referring tothedrawingsz v Figure 1 an elevation showing one section of one form of fencing constructed according to this invention. r 1

Figure 2 is a perspective view of one of the strips forming part of the grid of the fencing shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a part sectional view of part of two. strips showing a method of fixing them together Figures 2 and 3 are both drawn to larger scales than Figure 1. i I

Referring to the drawings 1 and 2 are vertical pillars which may be solid or hollow as desired, and which may be in one piece or built up of a series of sections. Each pillar is preferably provided with a foot or flange 3 and with'supports 4 which may be in the form of strip metal secured at one end to the pillars 1 and 2; It will be understood that in a fencing of considerable length, the fence will be made up of a number of sections that'there will consequently be a greater or smaller number of vertical posts 1 and 2 aci cording to the length of the fence, but ure 1 shows two of such posts and a grid arranged between them, and it will be ap'-' preciatod of course, that, similar grids are arranged between all pairs of posts or uprights.

The posts 1 and 2 are pressed togctherby means of horizontal bars, strips or rods 5 and 6 secured at one end to the post 1 and at the other end to the post 2 by means of bracl-iets 7, or in any other suitable manner. Tlhe n'ieiiibcr 5 may, if des mad, he provided with a series of upright spikes or the like 8 disposed at interi als apart.

he posts 1 and 2 and the fll'OSSdDGlTflbOltS 5 and 6 form a frame, and the frame is filled wholly or partially by means of a grid which is constructed of a number of lengths of strip metal 9 each of which is pressedinto a zigzag, undulating or sinuous form, these stripsbeing arranged side by side and each two adjacent strips being assembled in reverse relationship and secured together by means of rivets 10 passing through holes 11 in the strips, or in any other suitable and non-planar part- 17.

readily and cheaply. I

fencing or the like, the

convenient manner, such as, for instance, by welding, brazing or the like. The form of strip shown in the drawings consists of a number of inclined portions 12, having vertical portions or facings 13 disposed between them, and having

horizontal ends

14 and 15,

which ends are employed for securing the stripsto the horizontal members 5 and 6 by .n'ieans of rivets or the like. i The said

ends

14,15 of the respective strips extend in opposite directions and meet be ween each adjacent pair of strips so that they almost continuously cover the horizontal members 5, 6 and eiicctu'ally brace the grids or strips and greatly increase the strength of the structure as a whole. If desired the end strips of each grid may be provided with a vcrticalportion 16, Figure 1, at thenend of the portion 14, and these portions 16- may be secured to the uprights .1 and 2. 7 i

As can be clearly seen from Figure 1 and Figure 3, the vertical portions 13 of acent strips 9 are placed one along theother and in contact with each other, and they are secured in this position by means of the rivets 10 or in any other convenient manner as described above. 7

When a strip 9 is the end one in a grid, then it will be understood thatsome of the portions 13 instead of abutting theadjacent each provided with a semi-circular or other i The strips 9 are arranged in the frames formed by the uprights 1 and2 and the horizontal members 5 and 6 in such a manner 7 that the Width of the strips 1s transverse to the plane of the fence.

It will be appreciated that altl'iougli asinuous form of strip 9 has been shown in the drawings, these strips can easily be stamped to any suitable and desired zig-zag undulating, or sinuous shape and thus various ornainentations may be produced quite In constructing strips9 need not necessarily be placed V61 tically as shown in the drawings, but may be "placed horizontally, vertical, or obliquely as required, and additionally plain, flat or other strips may be'used in between each two or any two of the necessary.

zigzag or sinuous strips if Strips constructed according to the present invention have the advantage that they are easily shaped and consequently if the width of a frame is not the exact multiple of the Width of the strips comprising the grid to go into the said frame, then these strips can easily be closed in a little or expanded according to requirements that they fit exactly into the frame. Such expansion or contraction is greatly facilitated by the provi t ion of the non-planar portions 17.

This invention has been shown in the drawings and herein described with reference to fixed fencing, but it will readily be understood that it might, if desired, be applied to or other like structures.

hat if claim then is:-

l. Openworl; structures having a nun'iber of frames comp; 'sing vertical and horizontal members, and grids adapted to be placed in said frames, each grid comprising lengths of strip metal pressed into sinuous form, each strip of metal being provided with a plane portion adapted to lie along a corresponding portion of an adjacent strip or along a side of a vertical member of a frame when the strip of metal is an end one in a grid each two adjacent strips of metal being assembled in reverse relationship and said plane portions being secured together, said grids being adapted to be placed in one of the said frames with the width of the strips disposed meta-l being provided with plane transversely to the plane of the structure,

and saidstrips having oppositely extending attachment parts at their ends adapted to be secured to the said frame members with said attachment parts of each strip in contact with those of the next adjacent strip.

2. Openwor structures having a number of frames comprising vertical pillars and horizontal members extending between said pillars, and grids adapted to be placed in said frames, each grid comprising lengths of strip metal pressed into sinuous form, each wo'adjacent strips of metal being assembled in reverse relationship, each strip of 7 portions adapted to lie along corresponding portions of an adjacent strip or along a side of a vertical member of a frame when the strip of metal is an end one in a grid when the strips are assembled and non-planar parts inter mediate the ends of said plane portions, the said strips being secured together where said plane portions contact and with said nonplanar parts out of mutual Contact, and each grid being adapted to be placed in one of the said frames *ith the width of the strips disposed transversely to the plane of the structure, and said strips having attachment parts adapted to be secured to the said frame members.

in witness whereof I ar'iix my signature.

JOHN WiLLlAP l EDWARE) SETTLE-S.