US264504A

US264504A - Fence-post

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Publication number: US264504A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1882-09-19
Anticipated expiration: 1899-09-19

Description

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FENCE POST.

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Patented Sept.f1"9, 1882.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

WILLIAM'H. AMBROSE AND lTHOMAS COLE, OF POLK,.OHIO. K

- FENCE-POSVI'.l

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,504, dated September 19, 1882.

Application filed. May 26, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM H. AM- BROsE and THOMAS COLE, citizens ofthe United States of America, residing at`POlk, in the county of Ashland and State ot' Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Posts; and we do hereby-declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description Ot' 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 reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates tO improvements in fences; and it consists in the use of a single rod or bar of metal and bent back upon itself,

thus forminga long loop Or extended mortise, the two ends of which rod are to be inserted into a block, either of wood, stone,vor cement, of such size and Weight as to form a substantial anchorage in the ground. The structures thus constructed will constitute posts to support the materials, of whatever character they may be, to form the panels of a fence, all of which will be hereinafter more fully described, and set forth in the claim.

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification, Figure l is an elevation of a post formed of One piece of metal. Fig. 2 is an elevation of a Inoditieation. Figs. 2 and 3 show the channels formed around the rod, in which tO embed the wrapping-wire. Fig. 4 is a side view of a panel of fence-rails inserted in the posts. Figs. 5 and 6 are different forms of panels Of fence.

.l A represents a rod of metal, bent double l and forming a long mortise. The lower ends of rod A are passed through a block of wood or stone, B, in which holes have been made for therods. These blocks maybe Inadeof such length,breadth, and thickness as to constitute a heavy base, which, when anchored in the ground, will sustain the posts and fencepanels against the wind or any ordinary force,

B is the block, beveled ou the sides and ends to be more securely embedded in the ground. bbarestrongstakesdrivenrmlyand deeply into the ground,and when the .block B is of wood the stakes b bare tO be nailed to the block. In the case of stone or cement any method of fastening the stakes can be adapted suitable to the material. A cross-bar,

a, extends between the uprights A, and forms a support for the bottom rail of the panels and to keep the rail from touching the ground. In Fig. 2 the rods A have this bar a somewhat higher up, and from that point the rods `spread apart to give a wi'der support, and the ends are fastened tO a plate of metal, B', which can be spiked to the top of the wooden block B. p

The posts thus constructed, as described, are anchored iny the ground,and stakes are driven and fastened to the blocks. The rails which constitute the frame-Work of a panel of yfence. are inserted between the rods or in the vwire from post to post or upon a wooden rail,

and a wire or rail can also be put at the bottom of the'posts. The rod forming the post has grooves a. formed in it onl both arms of the loop and at points Opposite each other, to hold the wrapping or fastening wires, to sustain the rails, as shown in Fig. 3, and to prevent the posts from spreading.

We claim- In a fence-post, the combination of the baseblock with the metallic rod .bent into a long loop, the ends of which are firmly embedded in said base-block, and between the arms of which are held ,the rails of a fence, and which has channels or grooves formed around the rod, on botharms of the loop, Opposite each other, havin gffrom one channel or groove tothe opposite Vgroove wires twisted, which wires prevent the spreading ot' the arms of the post and hold the rails in position, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have afxed our signatures in presence Of two witnesses.

WILLIAM E. AMBEOSE. THOMAS OOLE.