US370387A

US370387A - Wire-fence bracket

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Publication number: US370387A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1887-09-27
Anticipated expiration: 1904-09-27

Description

(No Model.)

W. G. GHOLSON.

WIRE FENCE BRACKET.

No. 370,387. I Patented Sept. 27, 1887'.

S mon-1 oz NITE STATES WILLIAM o. GHOLSON, or GINOINNATLIOHIO.

WIRE-FENCE BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming m of Letters Patent No. 370,387, dated September 27, 1887.

Application filed June 15, 1887. Serial No. 241,387. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM G. GHoLsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Brackets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to wire-fence brackets; and it consists of a bracket formed in two parts, as more particularly hereinafter described and claimed.

It is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows the bracket applied to the post of a fence with the wire passed through the bracket; Fig. 2, a side perspective view of the bracket; Figs. 3, 4, separate views of the two parts respectively, and Fig. 5 a rear view.

The object of forming the bracket in two parts is that the same is more easily and cheaply manufactured, each piece in casting forming its own cores, holes, and grooves, and each making its own separate impression. A

is one of these parts and represents the top.-

portion with a diagonal groove, a, a central cutout portion, 1), side ridges, c, grooves din said ridges, and a hole, E. B, the other part or base portion, has a diagonal groove, a, a hole, E, and projecting parts b b b b, and side depressions, c, to fit the corresponding parts in A. The part B has also a lower projecting part, D, with a central slot, (1, to accommodate a nail, and the back of B is cut out, as shown, to lessen material and weight, and to produce sharp edges, which form a surer bearing and grip against the post. Then the parts are put together, a diagonal slot with rounded outer edges is produced of the form shown and described in my pending application No.167,416, filed June 2,1885. I

provide the open slot or suitable perforation or recess d for the reception of a nail to keep the bracket in a fixed position and prevent its turning.

The object and nature of my device having been set forth, I will now proceed to describe the preferred mode of using it.

The operator places the base-piece B against the post and the wire in the grooved portion thereof. He then places the cap portion A. upon the base portion B, so that the emboss ments thereon will fit within the correspond ing cavities of the base portion, and the parts this form of bracket, besides those relating to the casting and cheapness of manufacture already mentioned, are that in the present form but one nail is necessary to use in fastening the bracket to the post, and should the tension of the fence-wire be so great that it could not be turned and withdrawn through the diagonal slot, this can be accomplished by loosening the screw or nail and wholly or partially removing the cap or outer casting; or the entire bracket can be first rigidly fastened to the post and the wire afterward given a slight bend and passed through the diagonal slot into the groove;

Should there be an upward strain upon the wire, the bracket can be easily reversed and the diagonal slot turned downward, so that the strain will come at right angles against the bolt or nail, and no matter whether the strain upon the bracket be upward or downward, the bracket can be turned to-bring it against the inner wall of the groove opposite the diagonal slot.

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

1. A fence-bracket composed of a base portion and separable cap-piece, said base portion and cap-piece having concavities in their ends, and so formed as to provide a wirercceiving groove with a diagonal slot, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The fencebracket herein described, composed of the part A, having the diagonal groove a, a central cutout portion, b, side ridges, c, grooves d, and a nail-hole, E, in combination with the part B, having a diagonal groove, a, a hole, E, and projecting parts and depressions to fit the corresponding parts in A, also lower projecting part, D, with a slot therein to accommodate a nail, the said part B also cutout, as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM G. GHOLSON.

Witnesses:

DAVID S. OLIVER, GEO. J MURRAY.