US439209A - Fence - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

v- W. W.THOMAS.

FENCE.

No. 439,209. Patented Oct. 28, 1890.

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FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 439,209, dated October 28, 1890.

Application filed April 19, 1890. Serial No. 348,617. (No model.)

T all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, WILLIAM W. THOMAS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Owego, in the` county of Tioga and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fences; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, makbeing two to each length of fence and aring a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvementsin fences; and it has for its object to provide a cheap and durable fence which will stand heavy winds and that can be readily taken apartin lengths and reset elsewhere. The boards, rails, or pickets are secured to the posts with a continuous wire for each post, and each length is connected by means of staples-in the rails and hooks or analogous devices with the next length or section.

The novelty resides in the peculiarities of construction, and the combinations, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as more fully hereinafter described, shown in the drawings, and then particularly pointed out in tho appended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, Which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, forma part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a fence embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section through one of the posts.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring now to the details of the draw ings by letter, A designates a post, there ranged at a distance from the ends of the section or length.

B are the rails, there being shown three to each length or section; but it will be evident that the number may be varied, if desired, and pickets may be employed, if preferred. The rails or boards are arranged at the required distance apart, and the rails on each post are secured to the said post by means of a single wire C, which is arranged as shown best in Fig. 3, having one end secured upon one side of the post and the other end then passed through the post, around one rail, thence through the post in the opposite direction, thence down in close contact with the post for a distance, and then through the the post and around the next rail, and so on, till all the rails are secured in place and the end then passed through the post again andsecured in any suitable manner, the last bight at a, serves to prevent the swaying of the fence by the wind from loosening the fastening-wire. This manner of securing the rails forms a very stift fence and one that will stand a heavy wind without injury.

In setting up the fence the sections are arranged either zigzag or straight, as desired, and when arranged zigzag, as shown, the adjacent ends of the sections or lengths are inter-locked, as shown, and are secured together detachably by means of the hooked rods D, which are pivotally secured at one end to one section by means of the staples or other means b, and engage staples or other holding means c on the adjacent end of the next section or length, as shown. These hooked rods are arranged upon the opposite side of the crotch from the overlapped ends of the sections or lengths and serve to'better brace and strengthen the fence. The hooked rods are preferably arranged slightly inclined, as shown. It will be observed that the overlapped ends of the rails bear upon the rear edges of the posts A, as seen in Fig. 2. This forms a brace in one direction and the rods D in the other direction. The rods and overlapped ends are alternately arranged upon opposite sides of the line of fence.

What I claim as new is*n Y The combination, with two fence sections or panels arranged with their rails extended beyond the posts and the adjacent ends of the rails overlapped and bearing against the rear edges of the posts, of hooked rods pivotally secured to the top and bottom rails of the sections between the posts of eachsection, and detachably engaging means on the next section between the posts thereof and extended across the crotch form ed by the seetions opposite the overlapped ends, said rods and overlapped ends being alternately arranged upon opposite sides of the fence, and the hooks having no bearing on the fence or posts between their ends, substantially as shown and described.

WM. W. THOMAS.

Witnesses.

H. J. MEAD, GEORGE B. MEAD.

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