US323032A

US323032A - Fence

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Publication number: US323032A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1885-07-28
Anticipated expiration: 1902-07-28

Description

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J. S. FERGUSON.

FENCE.

Patented July 28, 1885.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN STEPHEY FERGUSON, OF LEWTSVILLE, TEXAS.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 323,032, dated July 28, 1885.

Application filed December 2-2, 1884. (No ml di-l.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN S. FERGUSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lewisville, in the county of Denton and State of Texas, 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.

This invention relates to fences; and its object is to provide a simple and improved fence which can be built with superior facility and economy, and utilize trees in range with the fence, and which will furthermore possess advantages in point of inexpensiveness, durability, and general efficiency.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a portion of a fence embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a detail transverse sectional View taken through one of the panels and looking toward the post. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the top end of one of the posts. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view showing the connection of the strands of the panels with the longitudinal top wire.

Corresponding parts in the figures are denoted by the same letters of reference.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the upright posts, which are provided at a suitable point upon their face with a notch, a, to receive a longitudinal barb-wire, B, this wire being continuous from one post to another, and secured by means of staples b at the notched portion a.

In constructing my improved fence the posts are set in the ground in any suitable manner, and all occasion for cutting the posts to any certain length is entirely obviated, whereby when the post rots at the base or becomes displaced it can be readily reset and provided with another notch, a, corresponding to the altered position of the post. By this arrangement economy and convenience are effected. The posts are preferably cut from rough timber, as shown, with an extended top end to specially provide for resetting.

It is manifest that thetop barb-wire may be fastened to trees or other projections in range with the fence, thus dispensing with the posts, the trees being formed with the notch a, as shown in Fig. 1, for the reception of the wire.

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The panels are formed by longitudinal boards or rails G, secured at their ends by strands of wire D D, the rails being disposed one above the other, as shown. The end strands are formed of a single piece of wire bent around the ends of the rail in the form of a retainingloop, (1, and provided with intermediate twists, (1 which retain the rails from relative dis- The ends of these single strands of wire are brought together at the top of the panel and intertwisted above the top rail, as shown at (1*, when one strand is passed between the strands of the longitudinal top barbed wire B, the two ends being twisted above the same, as shown at b". The panels are thus secured to and suspended from the strand of barbed wire, while the latter also serves to keep off stock and otherwise protect the panels or fence from damage, and this suspending-strand also possesses the merit of simplicit-y, lightness, and ineXpensiveness.

By passing one of the intertwisted top ends of the strand of wire at the ends of the panels through the strands of the longitudinal top barbed wire, B, as above described, and clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4 0f the drawings, lateral movement or displacement of the panels is completely obviated, and a more secure and positive connection effected.

Fastening devices are provided at the bottom of the posts or trees, these consisting of hooks E E, pivoted upon a staple, e, and projecting laterally in opposite directions, the hooks being engaged with the bottom loop, (I, of

' the securing-strands of wire, which is enlarged aware that heretofore, in the construction of I00 fences, longitudinal top rails have been provided between the posts or uprights and set upon the same, the ends of said rails being beveled and secured by wire loops, or otherwise connected to the tops of the posts, and that panels have been suspended from said rails in various positions and arrangements. It is also known that longitudinal top wires have been employed in wire fences to support the wire panels of the fence, which are also stapled to the posts. I do not, therefore, broadly claim such construction, my claim being for my own improved fence, embodying the longitudinal top wire extending along the plane of the fence and supported in recesses in the posts, the panels being suspended upon said wire by means of the wires intertwisted between the top strand and anchored at the bottom by means of hooks engaging the bottom loops of the strands by which the rails are secured together, the whole forming a fence possessing many advantages in point of strength, simplicity, and durability, and more 20 easily and cheaply constructed.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent I The improved fence herein described, con sisting of the series of upright posts provided with the notches or incisions in their face, hav- 25 JOHN STEPHEN FERGUSON.

WVitnesses:

A. .I. MAssEY, S. FERGUSON.