US572317A

US572317A - Wire fence

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Publication number: US572317A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1896-12-01
Anticipated expiration: 1913-12-01

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(No Model.)

E. F. SHBLLABERGER.

WIRE FENCE.

No. 572,317. 4Pan'mmed Dec. 1, 1896vr I" W WJ UNITED; STATES" PATENT OFFICE.

` V'EDWARD F. SHELLABERGER, OF DE KALB, ILLINOIS.

WIRE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters 'Patent No. 572,317, dated December 1, 1896.

Application iiled August 1, 1894. Serial No. 519,162. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD F. SHELLA- BERGER, of De Kalb, Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire Fences, of which the following is a specificaploy a plurality of wires, usually two, twisted together into a cable for the longitudinal strands of the fence fabric, and in order to prevent the sagging or separation of these longitudinal cable-strands it is desirable to connect them transversely by the stay or tie wires. This has previously been done in many ways, but the most efficient methods are those in which the connection between the tie-wires and the cable-wires will permit the cables to stretch or draw freely without bending or buckling the tie-wires, and to this end the connection between the tie-wires and the cables must be sufficiently free to permit this stretching over uneven ground, while at the same time preventing the tie-wires from moving longitudinally upon the cables and the cables from moving vertically upon the tie-wires.

My invention consists in a wire fencing comprising a series of parallel cables and a series of stay-wires, each stay-wire having open eyes or loops with end portions passing by each other in opposite directions,the bodies of the eyes or loops being substantially in the plane of the body of the strip and the cablestrands being partially embraced between the curved portions and the end portions of said open eyes or loops. This provides a looselyinterlocked joint, in which the open eyes form arches, which when strain is put upon the tie wires, as, for example, by weight thrown upon the strand-wires, `the pull is upon the arch and directly upon the strandwire beneath it. The result of this is that such a strain tends to close the loop or eye upon the cable.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l shows a section of this fencing with the staywires each having loops embracing the several cables at the point of intersection, and Fig. la a detail of the same. Fig. 2 shows the fence applied.

In the drawings, A represents the longitudinal cable-strands, each composed of two wires c a, which are twisted together and which are intended to be secured to posts7 as B, Fig. 2. It is desirable at all times to maintain parallelism between the cables a a, and to this end there is employed a series of transverse stay-wires C, which are provided between their ends andat suitable intervals, corresponding to the distances between the cable-wires, with open loops or eyes c, and at their ends said pickets may be engaged in various ways with the top and bottom strands, as shown in Fig. l.

As shown in Figs. l and 2, these loops or eyes do not completely encircle either of the cable-strands; but it will be observed by referring to the detail, Fig. l, that one half of the loop or eye embraces one of the strands of the cable and the other half of the loop embraces the other strand. The open eyes permit the strand-wires to enter, while the end portions of the open eyes pass by each other in opposite directions and the body of the loop or eye is substantially in the plane of the fabric, thus making avery strong but loosely-Woven joint. It will be seen, however, that this construction will prevent, any movement of the cables vertically alonggthe tie-wires, while the movement of thetie-wi'res along the cables is prevented by the twisti g of the latter on opposite sides of the loo The joint is so loose that the fence wi l stretch up over uneven ground or risinfr ground, as shown in Fig. 2, without bucklin or bending the tie-wires, while the parallelism is maintained between the several cables f the fence and also between the several tiewires.

This fence can be very rapidly made, and the peculiar form of loop has a number of advantages in manufacture which are of considerable importance.

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be observed, however, that in my construetion the loosely-interlocked portions are arranged substantially in the plane of the fenc. ing, While in said patented construction the interlo'cked portions are arranged substan tially at right angles-to that plane.

I clai1nyA Wire fencing comprising aseries of parallel cables `and a series of stay-Wires, each stay-Wire having open eyes With end portions passing by each other in opposite directions, substantially in line with the body of the vstrip,'the cable-'strands vbeing partially einbraced between the curved portions and the end portions of the open eyes, as and for the upurpose set forth.

EDWARD F. SHELLABERGER. Witnesses:

C. C. LINCLHICUM,

FREDERICK C. GOODWIN.