US359520A - Fence - Google Patents

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H. RONG.

FENCE.

` No. 359,520. Patented Mar. 5,1887.

vNrrn raras HENRY RONG, vOF PLEASANT HILL, OHIO.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,520, dated March 15, 188'?.

Application filed August '3, 1886. VSerial No. 209,839. (No model.) I

To @ZZ whom it may con/007172,:

Be it known that I, HENRY RONG, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Pleasant Hill, in the county of Miami and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fences; and I -do hereby declare that the followingis a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to .which it apperiains to make and use the same, reference Abeing had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l vis a perspective View of my improved fence from one side, and Fig. 2 is a similar view from the other side.

Referring to, the drawings, in which the same letters of reference indicate' corresponding parts in both of the figures, A'represents a foot-piece or groundsill, C, by means of an ordinary bolt, D. Each end of these groundsills O is supported on a stone or other supporting-piece, E, to keep it off the ground,

and one end is beveled at its sides, upon which beveled parts the inclined braces F F are secured. These bevels on the sides of the footpieces or sills cause the braces to come together at their tops, where they are secured between the tops ofthe end pieces, A, by means of the bolts G, and as the braces are about lhalf the thickness of the groundsills, the two of them keep the tops of the end pieces as far apart as the sills keep them at the bottom, thus causing the top ofthefence to be in a line.

At each endv of every alternate panel adjoining the foot-pieces, and preferably upon the side opposite the braces F, is a post or stake, H, driven rmlyinto theV ground. VThe tops of these stakes are a little above the bottom rail, and a wire loop, I, is passed over the top of each of these posts and passed around one of the end pieces.

To make a more secure fastening, the wire is crossed between the end piece and the stake, forming a figure S loop. Instead of driving these stakes at each end of the alternate panels, one stake can be driven at the same end of each panel, as it is only necessary to secure one end of the two adjoining panels, the two being secured together by means ofthe bolt D, but I prefer driving the two stakes at each end of each alternate panel, as all lengthwise movement ofthe fence is prevented by having the stakes on opposite sides ofthe sills.

To remove the fence, the bolts D and G are taken out, the loops I removed, and the stakes H withdrawn, when each panel can be loaded ent-ire and taken where itis wanted, wherethe fence is easily erected by securing` the panels together and to the stakes, which are driven where wanted.

Having thus described my invention, I claim*n The combination, ina. fence, of a series of panels, foot-pieces secured at their middle portions between the lower ends of the end pieces of the adjoining panels, the sides of one end of each foot-piece being beveled, an inclined brace secured upon each beveled portion and secured together and between the tops of said end pieces, a stake driven into the vground at the side of each foot-piece, and. a wire loop connecting said panels to said stakes.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto afiixed mysignature iin presence of two witnesses.

HENRY RON G.

Witnesses:

M. C. REIBER, ELLA J. REIBER.

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