US611186A - Fence - Google Patents

Description

Patented Sept. 20, I898.

M. STEFFEE.

F E N C E (Application filed Jan. 21, 1898.)

(No Model.)

A TTOR/VEYS.

NITED STATES ATENT FFICE.

MANSON'STEFFEE, OF AKRON, OHIO.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 611,186, dated September 20, 1898.

Application filed January 21, 1898. Serial No. 667,439. (lilo model.)

To all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MANsoN STEFFEE, residing at Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented anew and usef ul Improvement in Fences, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in portable fences, having for an object to provide a fence so strengthened by truss-wires that it can be made very light and at the same time strong, and having for further objects to provide convenient slip panels or gates and corner-panels which may be set at any suitable angle; and the invention consistsin certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the fence. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail crosssection on about line 3 3 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a detail view illustrating the construction at the upper part of the ends of the panels.

My fence, as shown, has the main panels A formed with end battens B, lapping on opposite sides of the fence-bars O O, which are extended at their ends beyond the battens B, as shown at 0 Between the battens, at their upper ends, I provide short lap extensions 0 corresponding to the extensions 0 the extensions'O O of the meeting panels lapping alongside each other, as shown. The top rail D is placed flatwise upon the end battens B and extensions 0 and also upon the central battens 13-, between the upper ends of which are placed the short cleat-bars B which bear beneath the top rail D and are secured thereto by the stirrup-clamps B as shown. The space between the bars 0 O and between the bars 0 and the top rail is filled with lengths of wire E, which may be barbed or plain or partly barbed and partly plain, both forms being shown. It will be understood that the number of strands of wire may be varied according to the purpose for which the fence is intended and, presenting but little surface to the wind, forms a strong, light, and effective fence.

At its top each panel is braced bytrusses F, extending between the central batten and the end battens, and these trusses may be formed of a single wire passing from end to cent' main panel.

end of the panel and at f over the rail above the cleat-bar B The ends of the trusses F may be held between the lap extensions C and the top rail, as shown. This permits the use of a comparatively light top rail without impairing the strength of the fence. Diag onal truss wires G extend from the end battens downward and inward, passing under the lowerv bar 0 at points near the central batten B, giving strengthand rigidity to the panel.

In fitting the main panels together their end extensions are lapped, and stakes H are crossed immediately below the extension 0 and so support the panels, such stakes being preferably connected at their upper ends above the extension 0 by a wire or chain H and resting at their lower ends on the ground.

The slide-panel I has end extensions I, corresponding to the extensions 0 O of the main panel, and is arranged to slide in guideways J, formed at the end of the panel J, crossed stakes being provided to support the end of the panel J and the end of the adja- This slide-panel is convenient to permit the passage between the fence of persons or stock when desired and also enables the fitting of fences between any two points. 7

The corner-panel K includes the bar-sections K, connected by lap extensions with the end panels A, such panels K being connected at their adjacent ends by wires K fastened at their middles to a post K which may be driven in the ground. This construction of corner-panels enables the formation of corners at any desired angle and is 'a cheap and easily-constructed corner which may be readily applied and removed in the construction and takingdown of the fence, which is important in portable fences.

To prevent the fence from sagging endwise,I provide the diagonal outwardly-inclined braces L, which are detachably secured at their upper ends L, so they may be fastened to any panel where needed,which is ordinarily only every twelve or fifteen rods.

On the under edges of the end extensions which rest in the fork of the stakes H H, I provide plates N, which prevent the wearing of the end extensions and operate to prevent any slipping in the crossed stakes.

The slide-panel I has its rear end batten provided with a box-loop plate M, the batten of the panel J having a similar boxloop M.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patout, is V 1. The improved fence herein described comprising the main panels having end and intermediate battens, the bars at the lower portion of the panel, the wire strands, the top rail, the truss-wires extending below the top rail and the diagonal truss-wires extending between the bottom bar and the end battens, such panel being provided at its ends with lap extensions, substantially as described.

2. An improved fence comprising panels spaced apart, one of such panels being provided with guideways and the other with lap extensions projecting toward the first panel, the crossed stakes bracing the panel provided with guideways, the stakes crossed below one of the lap extensions of the other panel, and the slide-panel having its bars arranged to slide in the guideways of one panel and provided at its end with lap extensions corresponding to those of the panel toward which the slide-panel is movable, substantially as set forth.

3. In a fence, a panel having end and intermediate battens and atop railand provided with trusses extending below the top rail and between the end and intermediate battens, substantially as set forth.

5. In a fence, a corner-batten comprising the bar-sections spaced apart at their adjacent ends, the wires connecting such ends of the bar'sections and the post to which said wires are secured midway between their ends, substantially as described.

6. In a fence, substantially as described,

the combination with the meeting panels having lap extensions at their ends, a top rail and truss-wires held at their ends between the lap extensions and the top rail, of the stakes crossed below said lap extensions, substantially as described.

7 7. The improvement in fences herein described comprising the main panels having end battens and lap extensions and provided with top rails and with truss-wires bracing the same, the slide-panel, the panel having guideways for said slide-panel, the crossed stakes, and the corner-panel composed of the bar-sections, the wires connecting the same and the post to which said wires are secured midway between the bar-sections, substantially as described.

MANSON STEFFEE. Witnesses:

OHAs. O. BENNER, ALEX. I'I. GoMMINs.

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