US543890A

US543890A - Wire fence

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Publication number: US543890A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1895-08-06
Anticipated expiration: 1912-08-06

Description

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WIRE FENCE.

(No Model.)

No.v 543,890. YPatented Aug. 6, 1895.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JUDSON R. PEOK, OF ATLANTA, NEW YORK.

WIRE YFENCE.

SPECVFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 543,890, dated August 6, 1895.

Application filed August 15, 1894. Serial No. 520,391. i(lTo model) .To aZZ wiz/ono #may concern:

Be it known that I, JUDSON R. PECK, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Atlanta, in the county of Steuben and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Wire IFence, of which the following is a specificaion.

'The invention relates to improvements in fences.

The objects of the present invention are to improve the construction of wire fences and to provide resilient stays capable of yielding to expansion by heat and contraction from cold without liability of breaking and without materially affecting the tension of the fencewires.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claimhereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a fence constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail perspective view of a portion of one of the stays.

Like numerals of reference indicate correspending parts in both figures of the drawings.

1 designates a series of fence-wires, secured to end posts 2 and an intermediate post 3 and connected and supported at intervals by vertical stays 4. The vertical stays et are constructed each of a single piece of resilient wire, which is provided adjacent tothe intermediate fence-wires with spirally-coiled spring-loops, each consisting of a coil 5 and a curved extension 6, crossing that portion of the stay lying'above the fence-wire. The terminals of each stay are twisted around and thereby secured to the 'top and bottom fencewires, and in forming the resilient fence-wireembracing loops the 'wire of the stay is extended downward below the intermediate fence-wire, and is then bent upward around the fence-wire across the adjacent upper portion of the stay, as above described. The stay-wire, after the loop is formed, is extended downward to the next fence-wire, where a reversely-disposed loop is formed. These loops are alternately reverselyY` arranged; but, as illustrated in the drawings, it will-be readily apparent that they may be similarly located,

i if desired, and the same result willbe produced.

In constructing the fence the longitudinal wires are first attached to the fence-post. The points of attachment of the top wire are in the same horizontal plane, and the points of attachment of the other wires are at dilferent elevations, so as to incline each one of these wires from one fence-post to the other, and the adjacent wires are oppositely inclined. The stays are then attached to the top wire, which is drawn downward to produce the desired tension, and the next longitudinal wire is stretched upward to obtain the desired tension, the resilient loop' loosely encircling this second wire and being capable of permitting the wire to yield or slacken to avoid breakage. The next or third wire from the top is forced downward, and the fourth Wire is drawn upward, each being received within a resilient loop, and this operation is continued, the lon- -gitudinalwires being alternately drawn upward and'downward to obtain the proper tension. This construction provides a very durable fence, and the parts mutually contribute to support one another. After the fence is completed the longitudinal wires are inclined adjacent to the post, as shown, but the portions between the stays are substantially horizontal and parallel.

The horizontal fence-wires 1 are angularly bent at 8, adjacent to the fence-post, and they are retained at the desired tension by the loops of the stays through which they pass, and are capable of yielding with the stays to avoid breakage through contraction by cold.

It will be seen that the fence is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, that itmay be readily built, and that the resilient loops of the stays are easily formed.

Changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantagesof this invention. v What I claim is In a fence, the combination of fence posts, longitudinal wires secured to the posts and inclining upward and downward therefrom in opposite directions, and the stays arranged at intervals and connecting the fence wires and offsetting the same alternately in opposite ICO directions to produce the desired 'tension in them, and provided with series of resilient loops loosely encircling the Wires, and capable of expansion and contraction to permit the longitudinal wires to slacken to avoid breakage, said stays holding the central portions of the fence Wires substantially parallel and horizontal, substantially as described.

, In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in ro the presence of two Witnesses.

JUDSON R. PECK. Witnesses:

C. S. LINCOLN, EDMUND C. CLARK.