US377672A

US377672A - Fence

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Publication number: US377672A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1888-02-07
Anticipated expiration: 1905-02-07

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(No Model.)

R. 1B. EUBANK, Jr. FENCE.

' Patented Feb. 7, 1888.

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REUBEN B. EUBANK, JR., OF MARYVILLE, MISSOURI.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 377,672 dated February 7, 1888. Application filed October 21, 1887. Seria No. 253.029. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it. may concern:

Be it known that I, REUBEN B. EUBANK, J1'., of Maryville, in the countyof Nodaway and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fences, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improved fence seeking to provide a portable fence simple in construction which can be conveniently erected at a small cost,which will be firm and steady when in use, and which canbe properly set on hillsides and adjusted to other irregularities in the surface of the ground.

The invention consists in certain features of construction and novel combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a section of a fence constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a detached horizontal section of the fence. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the fence on an incline or hillside. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the bracket for securing the side sections of the binderwire; and Fig. 5 is a detail view of the device for straining the binder-wire for the purpose of engaging the bearing, the mode of using said device being illustrated.

The fence constructed according to my invention comprises panels A, cross-bars or sills B, binding-wires C, and a bearing or bearings for securing the arms of the binder when tightened, as shown in Fig. 1. The panels are preferably formed, as shown, with their battens a set back from the ends of their rails, forming end extensions, which in practice are lapped togetherthat is to say, the extending portions of one panel are lapped against the corresponding portions of the adjacent panel. In practice I prefer to arrange the panels with the battens of one panel on the right side and those of the adjoining panel with the battens on the left side, so that the ends of the rails of one panel will abut the batten of the next panel. By this construction, if the panels are set out of line, the rails of one of two adjoining panels are sure to abut the batten of the other. This construction, it will be seen, insures the accurate setting of the panels and prevents their being pushed too far alongside of each other.

The sills or cross-bars B are provided hetweentheir ends with seats b for the ends of the panels. Such seats may be formed by driving two nails in the sill a suitable distance apart, as is shown, or the sill may be notched,

if desired, to form the seat for the panels.

The binder-wire connects at its ends with the sill and fits over the lapped portions of the panels and bears thereon. In practice the sill is ordinarily set in position and the panels placed thereon, being fitted in under the baillike binder. It is preferred, however, to connect the binder with the sill by looping it thereon at its ends, so it can be adjusted thereat along the sill. In so doingjI form the binder with loops 0 at its ends, formed to fit on the sill, so they can be moved .therealong. By reason of such construction the sill may be placed in position with two panels lapped thereon,and the binder may then be applied. In so doing one of the loops 0 is fitted on the sill and moved up close to the seat b, when the other loop a may he slipped on the opposite end of the sill, and the loops then be properly adjusted to tighten the wire. To tighten the binder and aid the same in firmly gripping the panels,I provide thebearing or bearings therefor. This bearing may be simply a pin projected forward from one of the end battens below the top rail; but it is preferably, as shown, formed of a brackt, D, looped around the batten, with its side portions or arms, d, separated at one end, and formed at such end with hooks (1, extended inwardly toward each other and slightly separated at their extremities to permit the passage of the arms of the binder between them. By arms of the binder it will be understood I mean those portions thereof on opposite sides of the panel.

It is preferred to clamp this bracket D to the batten of one panel. To this end I provide its'arms d, shortly in from their h'ooked or free ends, with openings 6 for a bolt, E, which passes between said arms in fron't'of the edge of the batten and has a suitable tap. The bracket may, when such bolt is loosened, be adjusted up or down on the. batten, and held at any desired point by tightening the tap or nut of the bolt.

In erecting a fence, after the panels have been applied and the binder fitted thereover, the binder may be adjusted or moved in or out on the sill at one or both sides until the binder is comparatively tight. Then by use of the straining device shown in Fig. t, or other suitable construction, the arms of the binder on opposite sides of the panel are drawn together or nearly together under the top rail and slipped into engagement with the bearing for securing the same,by which they will be held.

The bracket, as described, may be adj nsted up or down on the batten and set at any suitable point to hold the arms of the binder when tightened up. By this adjustment of the bracket and the adjustment of the binder along the sill the said binder maybe tightened to any desired degree.

It will be understood that in making iron fences but short sills will ordinarily be used, so that but a slight adjustment of the binder along the sills may be made.

It will be seen that the sills may be rested on inclines or hillsides and the panels be turned to a vertical plane, the binder serving to hold them firmly in position.

The straining device shown in Fig. at comprises a lever, F, having its end formed to provide a bearing atf, and a link, G, pivoted atg to the lever and having at its opposite end a hook, g. Its use will be readily understood. The lever having its bearing f placed against one arm of the binder and having the hook g engaged with the other arm, the arms of the binder may be drawn together, and then by a slight movement of the device the wire may be thrown into engagement with the bearing supported on the fence-panel.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. In a fence, the combination of a sill, the panels rested at their ends thereon, a bearing arranged below the top rail of one of said panels, and the binder-Wire connected at its ends with the sill and having its arms drawn inward toward each other at a point below the top rail and engaged with the bearing, substantially as andfor the purposes specified.

2. Ina fence, the combination of the sill, the panels rested thereon, the bracket supported on the end batten of one of said panels and having hooks which face inwardly toward each other, and the binder secured at its ends to the sill and having its arms drawn inward and engaged with the said hooks, substantially as set forth.

3. In a fence, the combination of the panel having a batten, the bracket D, looped around the batten and having the free ends of its arms extended beyond the edge of the batten and provided at such ends with hooks, and the clampingbolt connecting the arms of said bearing,whereby they may be drawn together on the batten, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of the sill, the panels rested thereon, the bracket D, supported on and adjustable vertically along the end batten of one of said panels, and the binder having its ends looped around the sill,whereby it may be adjusted therealong, and having its arms drawn together and engaged with the bearing supported on the batten, substantially as set forth.

The above specification of my invention signed by me in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

R. B. EUBANK, JR.

Vitnesscs:

P. TURPIN, SoLoN G. KEMON.