US272157A

US272157A - Phillip riley

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Publication number: US272157A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1883-02-13
Anticipated expiration: 1900-02-13

Description

(N6 Model.)

. P. RILEY, Sr.

PENGE POST.

No. 272,157. Patented FeB. 13,18 83. I

UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

PHILLIP RILEY, SR, OF

MARION, IOWA, ASSIGNOR on ONE-HALF TO PARK DISBROW, OF SAME PLACE.

'FENCE-POST.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 272,157, dated February 13, 1883. Application filed June 1, 18 82. (No model.)

hereby declare thef'ollowing 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.

This invention relates to certain improvements in fence-posts made of concrete ogplas tic material, intended more especially for sections of the western country where timber is I5 scarce, and freight for shipping lumber and metal is high.

The object of the present invention is to produce a cheap, durable, and useful fencepost, made of plastic material and strengthened by embedded longitudinal metallic rods with their ends projecting, and provided with transverse metallic means for securingthe wire strands or panels readily and securely.

In the annexed drawings, Figure lrepre- 2 5 sents aperspective view of the post and cap,

and Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view, showing the relative position of the metallic rods embedded in the post.

In the manufacture of my improved fence- 0 post a mold or flask of a proper length for the intended post is employed, and, the mold being properly fashioned for the design of the post, a number of wrought-iron rods extending in the direction of the length of the mold ,5 are arranged at proper distance apart, so as to be embedded in the material and form the connecting-ties to hold the material together at all points; also, the transverse metallic loops for the wire strands or panels are properly arranged and set in the mold. The plastic materialpotters clay and cement, or any other suitable materialis placed by suitable means into the formed mold, so as to surround the metallic rods, except their ends for a short distance, and around the loops, except at the ends, and the mold filled, after which the mold may be subjected to pressure for compressing the plastic material, or the material may remain in the mold until it becomes solidified and hardened, when it (the formed post) is reso moved.

The letter A represents the molded fencepost, with the embedded metal rods B extending the whole length of the post and project- 'ing above the upper end thereof for the pur- 5 pose of affording means by which the cap or covering B is attached, and also projecting below the lower end, as shown. These lower projecting ends, I), of the rods B serve as means for entering the soil and sustaining the post ina vertical position during the operation of filling in the earth around the post.

The letter 0 represents themeans for securing fence boards, rails, or wire. These attachments extend transversely through the post, 6 being set at the time of molding, and are further secured by a nut on the end, which also serve as means for drawing'the loop tightly down on the wire strand, board, or rail. f It is obvious that the post may be made of any exterior shape-round, or square, or quarterfoil-and that the number of strengthenin g-rods may be varied in number-according to the desire of the user and to meet the strain likely to be put on the post.

The advantages of constructing a fence-post as herein stated are that it may be made in one piece of anydesired sizein length,breadth, or thickness; and strengthened to meet the requirements; that the molded material, being held rigidly by the metallic rods, is less likely to crack and break; and that, should the'molded material become fractured, yet the post remain strong and serviceable by reason of the metallic rods, and the fence still sustained in 8 position, and that by reason of the lower prgjecting ends of the rods, adapted to engage with the soil and be sustained vertically, a

person to hold the post in a vertical position during. the operation of filling in is not absoo lutely necessary.

I am aware that it is not broadly new to make afence-post of concrete with an iron rod embedded therein, and transverse branch rods for connecting panels thereto, as seen in LetconnectionO, likewise embedded inthe plastic ters Patent No. 228,037, granted to A. Olimie, material and between the longitudinal rods May 25, 1880; but and the plastic material cap fitting over the What I claim as my invention, and desire extensions of the rods, as shown. 5 to secure by Letters Patent, is- In testimony whereofIaffix my signature in 15 The herein-described fence-post, consisting presence of two witnesses. of the plastic body with several longitudinal PHILLIP RILEY, SR. rods B embedded in the plastic material and \Vitnesses: extending above and below the ends of the I. N. WHITTAM,

10 plastic body, the independent transverse loop- BENJ. DAVENPORT.