US186543A

US186543A - Improvement in fences

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Publication number: US186543A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1877-01-23
Anticipated expiration: 1894-01-23

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To all whom it may concern:

`tially, in supporting the panels by and be- UNTTED STATEs PATENT OFEIOEo ORLANDO cLEAvELAND, OFMIDDLEsEX, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN FENcEs.

Specification forming. part of Letters Patent No. 186,543, dated January 23, 1877; application filed November 4,- 1876.

Be it known thatI, ORLANDO OLEAVELAND ot' Middlesex, in the county Of Yates and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Felice; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same. y

My invention is an improvement in the cla-ss of movable-panel fences and consists, essentween short stakes driven into the earth and standing in pairs, those of each pair beinginclined towardeach other'at a right angle, or thereabout. The heads of the `stakes are bound together bywires, and the projecting ends ot the lengthwise boards of the panels lap past each other, and rest on the bindin-gwires between the stake-heads. Awire brace is also applied for Aholding the 'encepanels vertical and rigidly in place, as hereinafter described. I

In the accompanying drawing, forming part of this speciiication, Figure 1 is a side view, and 2 a cross-section, ot' my improved fence.

The panels A are, preferably, formed ofY parallel lengthwise boards a and vertical end bars b. The stakes B are set in pairs, and each isxdriven into the earth at an inclination to the opposite one of a pair, s o that they' form together a right angle. as represented in Fig. 2. The contiguous ends of` the stakes B are sawed ott' vertically at such distance apart as to leave a space of sufficient width to receive the lapped endsV of the panels, Fig. l. A wire, D,is passed around the heads ot' the stakes to form a restor support for the panels. As shown, the second of the series ot' lengthwise bords c of the panels A rest immediately on the wires D, and the panels are thus supportedv clear of the ground. To assist in maintaining the panels in a vertical position, I employ a brace, E, formed of a continuous wire, which is passedvover the tops of the panels at the several points where their ends lap, and also through notches or open slots d, formed in the sides ot' the stakes B, near the ground.

In practice, the stakes are driven rst, and their heads cut oft', and the wire binderD applied. Two panels are then placed in vertical position between the stakes, with their contiguousends lapped, and the brace-wireE (previously slipped over the ends ot' one of the panels) adjusted `in the notches d ot' the stakes, and drawn taut or stretched to the requisite tension by means of a wedge or wed ges, F, which are driven between the Wire and a tie-plate or hinder, c, which passes across .the top ot' the lapped panels, and prevents the wire spreading at that part.

The fence is strong, durable, easily and cheaply constructed, and may be erected, and also changed from one place or position to another, with ease and dispatch. It is particularly adapted for use on an undulating surface, also on wet or boggy ground.

Itis obvious, any panel in the line of felice may be removed to form a passage-way by iirst detaching the wedge and brace-wire.

What I claim is- In combination with the panels A, the i11- clined stakes B, support D, and the wire brace orbinder E, substantially as sli )wn and described. l y

The above specication of my invention signed by me this 4th day ot' November, A

ORLANDO OLEAVELAN D. Witnesses; f AMOs W. HART, CEAS. A. PETTIT.