US363853A

US363853A - Fence-post

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Publication number: US363853A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1887-05-31
Anticipated expiration: 1904-05-31

Description

(No Model.)

R. A. SAWYER & T. GUY.

FENCE POST.

Patented May 31 1887.

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REUBEN A. SAWYER AND WALDO T. GUY, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

FENCE-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,853, dated May 31,1887. Application filed November 8, 1886. Serial No. 218,250. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, REUBEN A. SAWYER and'WALDO T. GUY, citizens of the United States, and residents of Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Fence-Posts, of which the following is a specifieation. 1

Our invention relates moreparticularly to improvements in the base upon which the post is adapted to rest and the connection of the post with said base; and the objects of our invention are,'first, to form a solid base for fenceposts of great strength and durability and of such construction and shape as to facilitate the molding thereof; second, to construct the same in a neat and simple manner of such material and in such shape as to render the same impervious to cold and water; third, to form a firm attachment of the post with saidbase in such a manner as to admit of the post being adjusted vertically on the base; fourth, to provide a suitable cap or cover for the base, and, fifth, to produce the same at a low cost of manufacture. These objects I accomplish in the manner illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichi Figure 1 is an elevation of the base with the cap thercon,-showing the post secured thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the cap. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the cap; and Fig. 5 is a trans-- verse section of the base, taken on line 00 :10 of Fig. 1.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A represents an oblong vertical base, preferably formed of hardened earthenware, and consisting of a solid center having a number of solid vertical arms orflanges, a, radiating outwardly therefrom. The outer surface of the angles formed by the union of the arms a and the center of the base are somewhat flattened toform a bearing for the flatsurfaces of the arms of the post B, the latter being formed, in the well-known manner, of two verticallyparallel arms, 0, diverging from a common point at the top. Each of the arms a is provided in its lower portion with a short vertical slot, d. The base a, at a point near its upper end, is provided with a hole, 6, made to extend transversely through the solid central portion thereof. The arms a of the post B having been adjusted so that their lower portion will bear Within opposite angles of the central portion of the base near the top thereof, a bolt, f, is made to pass through the slots (1 and hole a, said bolt being provided with-a nut, g, by means of which the arms of the post may be clamped against the base at any de- ;sired point within the limit of the slot.

- In order to protect the exposed top of the neat appearance, I provide the base with a closetitting cap, h, preferably of a clrcular or hexagonal form, and having two slots, it, 1n

its top to admit of the passage of the arms 0 of base, and at the same time give the same a formed, and that by its peculiar shape the necessity of forming perforations therein, as is usually done to facilitate the productlon 0t hardened earthenware, is obviated. It willalso be seen that by its form noperforation or recesses are left open to admit of water being frozen therein, and that a simple, strong, and adjustable connection of the post is made therewith.

Having now fully described my invention, I what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the hardened earthenware base A, having a number of solid flanges, a, and a bolt-hole, e, of the post B, having slottedarms c, bolt f, and nut g, substantially as and for the purpose specified. 2. The combination, with the hardened earthenware base A, having a number of solid flanges, a, and a bolt-hole, e, of the post B, having slotted arms a, made to pass through holes i i in the cap it, made to fit over the top of the base-bolt f, and nut g, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

REUBEN ACSAWYER. WALDO T. GUY.

Witnesses:

J. P. ANDREWS, W. S. SHEPHERD.