US657867A

US657867A - Artificial-stone base.

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Publication number: US657867A
Application number: US2193300A
Authority: US
Inventors: Lee K Forsythe
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1900-06-28
Filing date: 1900-06-28
Publication date: 1900-09-11
Anticipated expiration: 1917-09-11

Description

Patented Sept. II, I900.

L. K. FURSYTHE.

ARTIFICIAL STONE BASE.

(Application filed June 28," 1900.)

(No Model.)

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LEE K. FORSYTHE, OF BATTLE GREEK, MICHIGAN.

ARTIFICIAL-STONE BASEJ SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 657,867, dated September 1 1, 1900.

Application filed Tune 28, 1900.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEE K. FORSYTHE, of Battle Creek, in the county of Calhoun and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Artificial-Stone Bases; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

This invention is an improvement in artificial-stone bases for telegraph or telephone poles, standards, fence-posts, &c., and is useful wherever it is desired to have a very firm and durable support for a wooden pole or post.

The invention is an improvement upon the device shown in my application for patent, Serial No. 7,897, File No. 294; and its objects are to stiffen and strengthen the vertical portion of the base and bind the post more secu rely thereto and more thoroughly brace the same than heretofore, and the base is made in sections which, if desired, need not be assembled except at the point where the post is to be erected.

The invention consists in the improved novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure 1 is aperspective View of the post. Fig. 2 is a transverse section in the plane of rods 0 C; and Fig. 3 is a similar section on line 3 3, Fig. 1.-

A designates the upright member of the base, preferably formed of artificial stone or concrete of any suitable kind, and this upright is preferably square in cross-section. B B are anchor-pieces, also preferably formed of concrete and having their inner ends abutted against adjoining sides of the upright A at the lower end thereof. The anchor-pieces B are secured to the post A by means of tierods C, as shown. At each side or face of upright A is a vertical metal strap D (four of which are shown) lying flat against the sides of the upright A and extending below the tierod 0 and are transfixed thereby, as indicated in the drawings. The ends of the anchors B are suitably recessed, as at b, to accommodate the straps D and allow the ends of the anchors to abut closely against the faces of the uprights A. The straps D also project Serial No. 21,933. (No modelabove the top of the upright A, upon which the lower end of the pole or post E (which is preferably of wood) rests, the upper ends of the straps D bearing against the sides of said post and are fastened thereto by means of the bolts 6, which trausfix the lower ends of the pole an d diametrically-opposite straps, as shown in the drawings. By this means the pole is firmly held upon the upright A and at the same time is connected by straps D and rods C to the anchorsB. As a further precaution the pole is braced by means of the rods F, the upper ends of which are secured to the pole above the ends of straps D by means of the bolts f, While the lower ends of brace-rods F are strung upon the projecting threaded ends of the tie-rods C at the outer ends of the anchors B and are secured thereto by nuts 0, as shown. By this construction a most secure and reliable support is afforded for the pole or post, and when the base is buried in the ground the pole will be upheld in a most secure manner.

The present construction is superior to the construction shown in my said application in that the upright A is solid, and the metal straps D, while holding the pole securely on top of the upright A on all four sides, also stiffen said upright and also connect the post directly to the tie-rods O at the inner ends of the anchors B,so that it is impossible for the post to be lifted vertically off the upright A. This construction is particularly useful in erecting telephone, telegraph, and electric-light poles.

In the drawings I have shown only two anchor-pieces B, but it is obvious that three or four may be used,if desired,where very heavy poles are to be supported and braced. It is also obvious that the lower ends of the braces F may be simply hooked over the projecting ends of the tie-rods O, as indicated at c in the right-hand side of Fig. 1, the particu lar manner of the connection of the braces to the post and to the anchor-pieces or tierods not being an essential feature of the invention and may be varied according to the size and character of the post to be supported.

Fig. 1.

If desired, the metal straps D mightrectangular in cross-section; but angle-iron may be used, if desired, to afford possibly greater stiffness to the post, as indicated in the left-hand side of Fig. 2.

I do not in this application claim the upright and straps independently of the anchors, which construction will form the subject-matter of a separate application.

What I claim as new is adapted to support a pole or post on its upper end,metal straps on the sides of the upright secured thereto and projecting above the upper end thereof and fastened to the post above the upright, and the anchor-piece attached to and projecting from the lower part of the upright, substantially as described.

2. The combination of an upright, the pole or post supported on the upper end thereof, and metal straps on the sides of the upright secured thereto and projecting above the upper end thereof and fastened to the post above the upright; with an anchor-piece projecting from the lower part of the upright, the tie-bolt securing the anchor-piece to the upright, and thebrace-rod attached to the said upright and the metal straps attached at their upper ends to the lower end of the pole or post and extending down the sides of 5 post or pole supported on top of the upright,

and the metal straps attached to the lower end of the post above the upright, extending 1. In a base for posts, 850., an upright,

down the sides of the upright and having their lower ends secured by the tie-bolts which secure the anchors to the uprights, for

1 right, the metal straps attached to the lower 3 end of the post above the upright, extending down the sides of the upright and having their lower ends secured thereto by tie-bolts which secure the anchors to the uprights,and brace-rods having their upper ends bolted to the post above the upright and their lower ends fastened to the outer ends of the anchorpieces, for the purpose and substantially as I described. anchor-piece and to the post above the up- 3 In testimony that I claim the foregoing as J my own I affix. my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEE K. FORSYTHE.

Witnesses:

JAMES R. MANSFIELD, WM. CLEARY SULLIVAN.