US325621A - Fence - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

E. MYERS.

FENCE.

No. 325,621. Patented Sept. 1, 1885.

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FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,621, dated September 1, 1885.

Application filed December 2'2, 188i. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, EPHRAIM MYERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Crea gerstown, in the countyof Frederick and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fences, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, which represents a perspective view of a fence embodying my improvements.

This invention relates to certain improvements in the construction of fences; and it has for its object the production of a cheap and substantial fence, and one in which the rails may have a vertical adjustment, thereby regulating at any time the height of the fence and the distance between the rails.

My invention consists in the peculiar construction, arrangement, and combination of devices, all of which will be hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe the exact manner in which I have carried it out.

In the said drawing, A represents the posts, which are provided on one side with notches or indentations a, any number of which may be used.

In the construction of my fence it may be found desirable at times to use the portions of trees in their natural or undressed condition, and where this is done I cut oft the projecting branches at a short distance from the knot, and thereby form notches, in which my improved link or ring may be placed, for a purpose to be hereinafter explained. These posts are secured in or on the ground in the usual manner, and support the rails B,which, like the post just referred to, may be composed of boards, the ordinary split rails, or, if the circumstances require, the limbs of trees or young sapiings themselves may be used for the same purpose. The posts are placed in a straight line, and the rails are arranged in a zigzag manner, as shown in the drawing, their outer ends lapping each other. The ends of the rails of one series project in front of the posts, while those of 5o the next set project in the rear of the posts, as shown. This fcaturel lay no claim to, as it is a well-known construction butI prefer to use this construction with my other features, and thereby secure a firm and substantial fence.

To secure the ends of the rails and to permit of a vertical adjustment, I pass over the ends of said rails rings or loops C, their upper ends engaging the notches in the posts in the manner shown in the drawing.

It will be readily observed from this construction that when I desire to limit the distance between any one or set of rails I have only to release the loop C from its engagement with its notch, and then either raise or lower the rails until the loops can be brought into contact with other notches. By this means I prevent small stockf-such as pigsfrom crawling or passing between the rails, as these rails may be brought closer together or placed farther apart. The latter case is also desirable, as I may wish to increase the height of the fence at times to prevent animals jumping over it.

I am thus enabled to make a fence which is, by reason of its simplicity, very economical, as no holes are required to be made in the post, and I can by the simple use of an ax cut any number of' notches in the post and at any required distance apart, and do this after the post is placed in position, if desired. Again, it is economical, because if any of the rails become broken a new rail may be inserted in its stead by simply passing the ends of said rail through the loop C. These features are important in the construction of a cheap and at the same time a strong, substantial fence, and one that may be placed within reach of the public at a very small cost.

I am aware of Patents No. 275,591, of 1883, and No. 226,284, of 1880, and therefore lay no claim to the construction therein shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

An improved fence comprising the post A,

having a series of notches cut into its surface n vertical adjustment, substantially as and for on one side, the diagonally-placed rails B, the the purpose described. outer ends of which lap each other, and removable rings or loops C, adapted to secure EPHRAIM MYERS 5 the lapped ends of the rails, and also to en Vitnesses:

gage the notches, whereby the mils of any H. B. APPLEWHAITF.,

. one or more sections may be removed or have DANIEL CLARK.

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