US231640A - Fence - Google Patents

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NITOPA TY$ IN VENTOR w. A. ALLEN.

Pence.

(No Model.)

No. 231,640. Patented Aug. 31,1880.

WITNESSES over the under NrTEn STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

WILLIAM AhALLEN, OF ASH GROVE, MISSOURI.

FENCE.

SPECIFIC'ATIQN formingpart of Letters Patent No. 231,640, dated August 31, 1880. Application filed May 21, 1 880. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WV. A. ALLEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ash Grove, in the county of Greene and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fences; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of ref on, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in fences; and it consists in the panels a a, the platforms b b, standards A A, in connection with the post B, and in the combination and arrangement of the parts, as hereinafter more fully described.

1n the drawings, Figure '1 is a view, in perspective, of my improved fence. Fig. 2 is a detached view, showing the notched ends of the fence-rails. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the inside of the fence-corner. Fig. 4 is a side elc Vation of the platform and standard. Fig. 5 is a detached view, showing the wedge for keying the rails.

a, to represent fence-rails, which are recessed at their ends, as shown in Fig. 2, to form hooks when constructed for connection with corner posts; but until the corners in the fence are reached these hooks are dispensed with.

The corner-post B is provided with the intersectiug slotted apertures c c, for reception of the rails 11- at. These rails intersect at right angles, the upper one being hooked one; hence the slots 0 c for the upper one are necessarily enlarged in order that it may be lifted over and hooked over the under one and hold the rails rigidly in position.

To prevent their displacement the wedges cl cl the slots above them,

together.

are then driven into which securely keys the parts erence marked therei in presence of two witnesses.

In the corner-post the intermediate rails, c e, have their hearings in the slots ff. These slots open into each other, but do not, like the upper and under slots, project through the post.

The standards or supports A A are formed of two sections, which are secured together near their top by the wire hoop g. These vertical supports are provided with the horizontal apertures 71, h, for reception, respectively, of the ends of the connecting-rails, the slots being of size accurately adapted for their reception. These supports are provided with the shoulders M, which unite at bottom, where they are rigidly secured'in the platforms 1) I). These platforms are formed of the pieces a and a, turnedup longitudinally on their sides, and rigidly secured together by the horizontal transverse screw-bolts b b, the central pieces, a a, being conformed to the contour of the standards or supports at that point and fitting closely against them. The standards or supports A A and the platform bare thus solidly and rigidly connected together, and when desirable the fence may be taken down, conveyed to a distance, and re-erected without additional cost.

What I claim is In a fence, the corner-post B, having slotted apertures c and c, of unequal size, for reception of rails a a, hooked together, and standards A A, secured in platform I), having apertures h h, for reception of rails a a and c 6, substantially as shown, and for the purpose specilied.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature WILLIAM A. ALLEN.

Witnesses:

0. H. TRAVERS, G. HEADLEE.

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