US57366A - Improvement in fences - Google Patents

Description

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

WILLIAM NEELY, OF SANDY, OHIO.

IM PROVEM ENT IN FENCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 57,366, dated August 21, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM NEELY, of Sandy, Columbiana county, State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Fence; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ot' this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of a portion of my improved felice. Fig. 2 is a top View of the same, partly in section, through the line :n fr, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invent-ion has for its object to furnish an improved fence, cheap, substantial, and durable, and which can be put up easily and quickly; and it consists of an improved fence formed by the combination of the iron posts, constructed as hereinafter described, with the rails.

A are the posts, which in their cross-section are of triangular form, as shown in Fig. 2. The upper and lower ends of the posts are flanged on their inner sides, so as, in an end view, to have the'form of an isosceles triangle, as shown in Fig. 2. The lower end ofthe posts rests upon the surface of the ground, and the fence is supportedin an erect position by the binding of the rails B, in the manner hereinafter described.

In situations where the fence will be much exposed to the wind it maybe further strengthcned by stakes O, driven into the ground through holes formed in the flange made at the lower end of the posts A for that purpose, as shown in the drawings.

The ends of the rails B are-inserted in mortises in the inclined sides of the posts A, as shown in Fig. l. These Inortises are made longer than the width of the rails B, and their upper parts are wider than their lower parts, so that the rails B may be easily inserted in the upper parts of said Inortises, and when driven down will be held securely in place by being wedged fast in said mortises. The side edges of the inortises are also beveled, so that they may take a firmer hold upon the sides of the rails B when said rails are driven down to their places.

The lower edges of the upper or top rails, B, are notched where they come in contact with the posts at the lower ends of the mortises, and these rails are further secured in place by Wedges b', driven between the upper edges of the said top rails and the upper ends of the mort-ises, as shown in Figs. l and 2.

In very windy situations the lee side of the fence may be supported or strengthened by inclined braces; butin ordinary situa-tions this is not necessary. l

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- An. improved fence fornied by the combination ofthe iron posts A, constructed, as herein described, with the rails B, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

The above speciiicat-ion ot' my invention signed by me.

WM. NEELY.

Witnesses:

J osHUA LEE, S. A. T. LEE.

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