US736995A

US736995A - Earth-anchor.

Info

Publication number: US736995A
Application number: US11869402A
Authority: US
Inventors: George Harrison Miller
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1902-08-07
Filing date: 1902-08-07
Publication date: 1903-08-25
Anticipated expiration: 1920-08-25

Description

AUG. 25, 1 903.

Gram H. MILLER. EARTH ANCHOR...

APPLICATION FILED AUG I H1021 N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented August 25, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

EARTH-ANCHOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 736,995, dated August 25, 1903. Application filed August '7, 1902. Serial No. 118,694. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LGEORGE HARRISON MIL- LER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Norwalk, county of Ouyahoga, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Earth-Anchors, of which I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in anchors or straining-bars for wire fences; and its objects are to provide a simple and efficient form of anchor which can readily be inserted into a hole in the earth and which will automatically assume a position to receive immovably the strain of the fence.

My invention consists in an elongated scoop shaped casting having downwardly-turned extremities and in the details of construction and arrangement therewith of the straining-wires, as hereinafter described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and specifically pointed out in the claims. 7

Figure l is a side view of the anchor, showing the end post of a fence and a portion of the fence-wires connected therewith, the earth being broken away to show the position of the anchor when arranged to receive the strain of the fence. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the anchor arranged for insertion into the earth before it is turned at right angles to tho straining-wires. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the anchor, and Fig. 4 is a cross-section thereof.

In the views, 1 is the anchor, 2 the straining-rope, secured to the central part of each edge at points out of the plane of the body portion, 3 the post, and 4 the line-Wires, of the fence.

To place the anchor in the ground, a hole 7 5 is first bored in a diagonal direction, as

seen in Fig. 2, and the anchor, with the straining-wires attached, is inserted longitudinally therein to the bottom. When in this position, the earth is filled in the hole and thoroughly tamped, so as to be as solid and compact as possible. The straining Wires are then twisted, and this tightening action will pull upon the anchor, and on account of its crescent shape and turned-over extremities the upper end will turn outward and penetrate the ground on that side until the anchor assumes a position at right angles to the straining-wires, as seen in Fig. 1. this position, the scoop or hollow side of the anchor will be uppermost and will resist any pull that can be made upon it.

The peculiar action of the anchor depends upon its shape. In side view it is somewhat crescent shape, so as to cut freely into the earth at its ends, and in transverse section it is also crescent shape, with the bowl downward, thus alfording the resistance of a broad surface to the strain of the wire.

The shape of the anchor shown is very similar to that of the scoop of a grocers weighing-scales,with the hollow side upward and the extremities turned downward. An iron rod or rope could be substituted for the twisted wire. I do not confine myself, however, to the exact shape of outline shown in the drawings or to any one class of material, since sheet metal could also be made serviceable for the purpose; but I What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, i's

1. The combination with a scoop-shaped earth-anchor, of a straining means centrally secured thereto, and means for turning the same automatically at right angles to the straining member when buried in the earth, and the strain is brought to bear thereon.

2. The combination with an earth-anchor having a curved body portion, of a straining means centrally secured thereto, and means for automatically turning the curved body in the earth to a position at right angles to the straining member, to resist the strain thereon, consisting of downwardly-turned extremities to the curved body portion.

GEORGE HARRISON MILLER.

Witnesses:

WINIFRED STARBIRD, ARO D. SANDERS.

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