US500033A - Fence - Google Patents

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J. T. PATTQN. FENCE.

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Patented June A20, 1893.

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J. T. PATTON. TENUE.

No. 500,033. Patented June 20, 100s.

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FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 500,033, dated June 20, 1893.

Application filed October 8, 1892.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN T. PATTON, of Highland, in the county ofHighland and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Im-A provement in Fences, of which the following .is a full, clear, and exact description.

as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar iigures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a perspective View of a section of fence constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken practically on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.l Fig.` 3 is a sectional view through the wire stretching device, illustrating the wire in connection therewith; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a section of fence, illustrating a slight modification in its construction. Y

Any desired number of posts are firmly planted in the ground. In the drawings three posts are shown, two end posts designated as 10 and 11, and an intermediate post 12. One face of all of these posts is preferably made dat, as illustrated in the drawings, and the three posts are securely braced and held in an upright position through the medium of diagonal brace bars 13. These bars are secured in any approved manner to the inner faces of the corner posts near the upper ends of said posts, andthe brace bars extend from this point downward in directionrof the center or intermediate post 12, and the lower extremities of the brace bars are stepped in the opposite sides of the said intermediate post. In stepping the brace bars in the intermediate posts the latter are provided on opposite sides with angular recesses, into which the lower Serial No. 448,246. (No model.)

extremities of the brace bars lit, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The posts are also held in vertical alignment by the auxiliary brace or tie bar 14. This bar is of dat metal, and is nailed, screwed or otherwise secured to the fiat surfaces of the posts at the top portions thereof. The brace or tie rod or bar 14 may be made quite light if in practiceit is found desirable; as, for example instead of a bar being used, a strap of metal may be employed.

Between the intermediate and the corner posts stays 15, are located. These stays, as shown in Fig. 2, consist of two parallel bars 15a and 15", held a suitable distance apart by washers 16, and the two bars are connected by meansof bolts 17, passed through them and also through the washers 16. The stays are vertically located and are not entered into the ground, nor do they extend up as far as the tie or brace bar 14. l v

The wires 17 a used in the construction of the fence are secured by staples or otherwise to one of the corner posts; the wires are then passed through the stays and through staples upon the intermediate post to the next corner or end post, where they are also passed through staples as shown in Fig. l. The staples of the intermediate and the last end post are not driven until the wires are stretched, and the stretching is accomplished by the use of a device to be hereinafter set forth.

To complete the construction ofthe fence a tension wire 18, is employed, and this wire is adapted as a brace for the fence throughout its length and also to prevent sagging of the fence. For the reception of this tension wire peripherally-grooved pulleys 19, are employed. One of these pulleys is securely attached to the center or intermediate post 12 near the top thereof, preferably between the top wire 1'7a and the tie or brace bar 14, and another pulley 19, is securely attached to one face of each stay 15, the attachment being usually made at or near the centers of the stays. Sockets 20, are secured diagonally upon the end posts near the top portions thereof, and these sockets receive bolts 21, theV bolts being diagonally located, and the inner faces of the bolts are provided with eyes while the outer ends are threaded. Awedge nut 22, is loosely mounted upon each of the lio screws, and the dat or straight surfaces of these nuts have bearing against the outer faces of the end posts, and the screws are likewise provided with lock nuts 23, which are screwed upon the threaded 'portions of the bolts and have bearing against the' inclined surfaces ot the wedge nuts. The'tensionwire is passed over the pulley upon the intermediate post and beneath the pulleys upon the stays, and the ends of the Wire are secured to the inner portions of the bolts 21, as bestshownv the brace bar 13 adjacent to which they are placed. If in practice it is found desirablek the pulleys 19 may be made to turn.

The wire tension device is shown in Figs.'

1 and 3. It consists of a post 25, adapted to be firmly set in the ground adjacent to the end. post where the wires'are loosely fastened.

The post 25, is provided with a longitudinal slot 26, extendingfrom a point near the bot-y tom preferably to a point near the top; and

in the outer face of the post 25, any desired number of inclined slots 27 is transversely formed and these slots are adapted to constitute bearings for a crank shaft 28. The crank shaft 28, is of practically U-shape, its members being provided with outwardly-extend- .ing handles-29, and the bow portion of the shaft is adaptedto enter the slots orbearings 27 in the post.

The bow member of the crank shaft has secured upon it at or near its center a disk 30, in which apertures 31, are made; and near one end of the bow section of the shaft a ratchet wheel 32, is secured, and this ratchet wheel, when the shaftis in its bearings in the post 25, is preferably engaged by two pawls 33 and 34, one engagingit from above and the other from below, the pawls being removably fulcrumed upon the post 25 adjacent to the bearings 27. In `the operation of stretching the wire, the shaft is placed in one of the bearings, and if a wire is in alignment with the shaft it is carried over the bow portion thereof and is secured to the disk 30, as shown in Fig. 3. The shaft is then revolved, the pawls permitting it to turn in one direction only while engaging with the ratchet wheel as shown in Fig. 1. When the required tension has been brought to bear u-pon the wire under manipulation, the staples through which the wire has been passed are driven firmly home in the post and the wire is held in its stretched position. jacent to which the tension device is located, andthe end is ordinarily bent around the post.

The' stays are pre The wire is then cuto at the post adt In the event that the wire to be stretched is not in alignment with the shaft when placed in either of the bearings 27 of the post 25, a strand of wire is attached to the shaft and looped to the wire to be stretched, the staples through which the fence wire passes'scrving to guide it in proper direction while being placed under tension. If in practice it is found desirable the bearings 27, may be produced directly in one of the corner or end posts of the fence, in whichk event the shaft is used upon that post and the auxilarypost 25, may be dispensed with.

It is evident that a fence constructed in the manner above set forth will be exceedingly durable and economic, and that `each andV every part of it will bek properly braced so that there' will he no lateral'sagging, andthe vertical sagging rof -the wires may be easily overcome by adjusting thetension wire 18. f f

In Fig. 4, the fence therein illustra-ted is of and the lower wire 17, is filled up to an ex tent, by two strandsof wire 35 and 36, running across all of theposts and likewise through the staystl; but more than two wires 35 and 36 may beemployed if in practice it is found desirable. a series of picketsBS is placed, the pickets being fastened tothe wirestrandsby staples or equivalent forms of fastening devices, or

through the medium of loops 37 of wire, as

illustrated.

When the fence is constructed as shown in Fig. 4, the lower portion of it will be stronger than when constructed as shown in Fig. 1, and

the fence shown in Fig. 4 is therefore better adapted for inclosing spaces in which small animals are to be pastured or confined, asthe pickets will afford more resistance than the wire strands; they are more rigid also, and they may be arranged as close together as necessary to preventexit of the animals between them.

I desire it to be distinctly understood that in both forms of the fence the staysmay be made single instead of double as illustrated, and that they maybe attached to the strands of wire in any manner that may be found desirable or practicable.

Having thus described my invention, Il

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lower portion of the intermediate post, and wires stretched along all of the posts, of `stays to which the wires "are attached, located at each side of the intermediate post of a section and having lockingengagement wit hey Upon thesewires 35 and 36 diagonal brace beams, a pulley secured to the intermediate post nearl its upper end, pulleys secured to the stays near their centers, tension devices located upon the end posts, and a wire attached to the said tension devices and passing over the said pulleys, as and for the purpose speciiied.

2. In a fence, the combination, with the end and intermediate posts of a section, and brace bars or beams attached to the upper portions of the end posts and extending diagonally downward to an engagement with the lower portion of the intermediate posts, and wires stretched along all of .the posts, of stays secured to the wires, located at each side of the intermediate post of a section and having connection with the diagonal brace beams, a pulley secured to the intermediate post near its upper end, pulleys attached to the stays near their centers, tension devices located upon the end posts, a wire attached to the said tension devices and passed over the said pulleys,

and pickets secured to the lower strands ofthe wire, substantially as vand for the purpose specified.

3. In a fence, the combination, with the end and intermediate posts of a section, a metallic brace or tie bar connecting the upper ends of said posts, diagonal brace beams emanating from the upper portions of the end posts and extending downward to an engagement with the opposite sides of the .intermediate posts, the lower ends of the brace bars being stepped in said posts, of a series of wires stretched longitudinally along the posts and secured thereto, stays through which the wires pass, held vertically in engagement with the brace bars, sockets formed upon the upper portions of the end posts, screws held to turn in said sockets, carrying wedge and lock nuts,lpul leys secured to the stays and the intermediate posts of a, section, the pulley of the intermediate post being out of alignment with those of the stays, and a tension wire secured to the inner ends of the posts and passing over said pulleys, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a fence, the combination, with the end and intermediate posts of a section, and wires stretched along all ot' the posts, of stays to engage with the wire, located at each side ofthe intermediate po'st of a section, a pulley secured to the intermediate post near its upper end, pulleys secured to the stays near their centers, tension devices located upon the outer end posts, a wire attached to the said tension devices and passing over said pulleys, and a locking connection between the wires and the stays, as and for the purpose specified.

5. In a fence, the combination, with the end and the intermediate posts of a section, and wires stretched along the posts, of stays held in engagement with the wires, the stays being located at each side of the intermediate p ost of a section, a pulley secured to the intermediate post near its upper end, pulleys secured to the stays near their centers, tension devices located upon the end posts, a wire attached to the said tension devices and passing over the said pulleys, and pickets securely attached to the lower wires of the fence, the pickets being located between the end posts and stays and the stays and intermediate post, as and for the purpose specified.

JOHN T. PATTON.

Witnesses:

C. P. KEEN, W. H. MYERS.

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