US393167A

US393167A - Tindale

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Publication number: US393167A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1888-11-20
Anticipated expiration: 1905-11-20

Description

(No Model.)

0. S. MARTINDALE.

FENCE.

No. 393,167. Patented Nov. 20,1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QEEIQE.

GONSTANTINE S. MARTINDALE, OF HARTFORD CITY, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THEODORE CLAPPER, OF SAME PLACE.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.393,167, dated November 20, 1888.

Application filed August 4, 1868. Serial No. 281,985. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may cmwern:

Be it known that I, OONSTANTINE S. MAR- TINDALE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hartford City, in the county of Blackford and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fences, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in fences; and it consists in certain novel features hereinafter first fully described, and then specifically claimed.

Figure l of the drawings represents a perspective view of a portion of a fence embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section on theline mm of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents an enlarged detail view of the end of the fence, showing how the wire is wrapped around the rails and riders. Fig. dis a detail view showing the construction and arrangement of the brace-stake.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A A designate. the cross-stakes of the fence, the lower ends of which rest upon the ground, and B B designate the riders, which have their ends I) tapered, lapped, and fitted together and seated in the upper forks, a, of the crossbraces,where they are retained by the wire I), tied in figures of eight around the tops of the crossed braces. The said loops and the wires forming the same are hereinafter more fully described. The riders are placed in the upper forks, a, of the crossed stakcs,with their edges '1) downward, so that the stakes rest against the sides of the riders.

D D designate the top or base rails of the panel,which rails have their ends djnotched or cut away to provide the flat tongues (1, upon which the nnrcduced ends of the adjacent rails rest, thus forming a very firm and solid lapjoint between the rails. The upper edges, d", of the rails are inserted in the lower forks, a, of the cross-stakes A.

E E are the pancl-rails supported by the vertical bindin g-braces F, adjacent to the crossstakes, and the vertical strands of wire f, descending from and integral with the wire I). The said strands are tied at their lower ends to the lower end of 'the corresponding braces, F, below the panel-rails by wire-loops f, so that the panels are supported by said loops and strands.

G G are wire loops connecting the crossstakes of each pair, and passing below the top rails, D, and H H are wire loops connecting the braces F and strands of wire f between the panel-rails.

I is a longitudinallyinclined brace-stake, which has its upper end beveled on two sides, so that it will pass around in rear of the vertical brace F and rest against the adjacent crossfstake. The upper end of said bracestake is tied by the wire loop K to the crossbrace A on the opposite side of the fence, the said wire K passing under the rail D. The up per extremity of the brace-stake above the baserails is secured to the crossed stake on the opposite side of the fence by a wire loop, L, as shown.

The top rails, D, are notched and spliced in the lower forks of the crossed braces A to keep the latter extended apart, and the riders B perform the same function in the upper forks of the braces.

The braces I need not be connected with each panel, but may be situated any proper distance apartas, for instance, in every third or fourth panel.

The wires which form the figure-eight loops have their upper ends wrapped or tied to the upper ends of the braces F. Thence they extend back and forth across the riders around the tops of the crossed braces, forming the figure eight around said tops, and one strand, f, is extended downward on the opposite side of the fence to the corresponding brace, F, the lower end of the wire being looped or tied to said brace below the panelrails. Thus each strip of wood F and the corresponding wire-strand, 1'', support the adj oining panel from the top of the pair of crossed braces adjacent thereto, and the said panel is braced and stayed by the wire loops H, connecting the said strip and strand between the panel-rails, and by the wire loops G, extending between the crossed braces below the top rails, D.

It will be observed that my fence is very cheap and simple and strong and durable. The rails D being spliced, as shown and described, are practically as firm and solid as one continuous rail. The brace-stake resting against one of the crossed stakes and passing around in rear of the vertical brace effect ually prevents any endwise movement or settling of the fence as it rests against and is secured t0 the stake, and also rests against two sides of the vertical brace. In practice the base or top rails, D, are supported at the proper height by jacks, and notched and fitted together,as shown. The stakes are then placed over or across the splice of the rails and bound together by the wires, which pass beneath the railsand thereby support the same. The jacks are then removed. The riders are next placed in the upper forks of the crossed stakes, and the long binding-wire has one end secured to the vertical brace and passed across the riders and around the upper ends of the stakes and then allowed to hang past one side of the rails. The brace is then swung downward to a verticalposition and the lower end of the wire secured to the lower end of the brace, thereby drawing the wire tightly around the upper ends of the stakes. The panel-rails are next placed in position and secured, their weight serving to draw thelong binding-wire, so that it will still more closely bind around the stakes and over the riders.

I am aware that it is not broadly new to construct stake-and-rider fences, and I make no broad claim thereto.

Having described my invention, I claim- As an improvement in fences, the combination of the crossed stakes, the riders seated in the upper forks thereof and having their ends lapped together, the base-rails supported in the lower forks of the stakes and having their ends lapped together, the vertical brace, the binding-wire having its upper end secured to the upper. end of the brace, and then passed back and forth over the riders and around the upper ends of the stakes, and thence downward past the rails on the side opposite the brace, and having its lower end secured to the lower end of the brace, the panel-rails, the loops passing between the panel-rails and securing the binding-wire to the vertical brace,

the longitudinally-inclined brace-stake having its upper end beveled on two. sides to pass around the vertical brace and bear against one of the crossed stakes, and the securingloops L K, passed respectively above and below the base-rails and passing around the inclined brace stake and one of the crossed stakes, substantially as shown and described. In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own Ihave hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OONSTANTINE S. MARTINDALE. Witnesses:

THEODORE GLAPPER, J AMES H. MOELDOWNEY.