US789019A - Fence-post. - Google Patents

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PATEN TED MAY 2, 1905.

J. A. HAMELBAGK.

FENCE POST.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.18, 1903.

UNITED STATES Patented May 2, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB A.-HA1VIELBAOK, OF NEWARK, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO E. F. HOBART, OF GRANVILLE, OHIO.

FENCE-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 789,019, dated May 2, 1905.

Application filed November 18, 1903. Serial No. 131,651-

To (all whom, it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, JACOB A. HAMELBAGK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Licking and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fence-Posts, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in fences generally, more especiallyto posts therefor.

Said invention has for its object, among other things, to dispense with bolts and like fastenings in effecting the connection between the transverse members, or what may be otherwise termed the stringers, and the upright members or posts, to facilitate making such connection between said members, and to carry out these purposes in a simple and cheap manner.

Said invention consists of the detailed construction and arrangement of the parts, substantially as hereinafter more fully disclosed, and specifically pointed out by the claim concluding the following specification.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the preferred embodiment of my invention, Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation taken about centrally there through. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section, and Fig. 4 is a view disclosing a strip or additional piece embraced by the staple-arms as used for a board fence.

In practicing my invention I form or make a post 1, which may be of any required general outline in cross-section, preferably of a cement or sand and gravel composition, embedding therein about centrally of its longitudinal axis or plane a stout wire or rod 2, the function of which will be presently ex plained. Said post has also provided in one surface or side thereof a number or plurality of horizontal sockets or slots 3, extending inward past the rod or wire 2, said rod passing through said horizontal or transverse slots or sockets at or near their inner ends, which are somewhat rounded, the sides of the slots spreading or flaring outward at their sides to the outside, as is clearly shown in Figs 3 and 4. Staples or fastenings 4, preferably of stout wire, also initially put in place in the sockets or slots 3 in molding or making the post, with the rod or wire 2 passing therethrough, have their inner yoke or transverse portions laterally engaging, and thus held from withdrawal by said rod or wire, the arms of said staples extending a suitable distance beyond said post, the purpose of which will be presently apparent.

In the erection of the fence the post 1 having been suitably planted in the ground, the stringers or transverse wires, if it be a wire fence which is being erected, are secured to the projecting arms of the staples 4 by suitably winding the latter around said stringers, as shown. If it be, however, a board fence it may be desired to erect or build, a separate piece or strip 5 is inserted between the projecting arms of the staples, 4, then suitably twisted together, so as to clamp or secure said separate piece or strip in fixed position against the post. The stringers or transverse pieces, of course of wood, are secured to said separate strip or bar 5 and the boards or panels then nailed to said transverse pieces or stringers, completing the construction of the fence. Thus it will be noted that the use of all bolts or like fastenings is dispensed with in the employment of my invention, while it is characterized for simplicity, cheapness, and facility in the erection of the fence.

It is obvious that in case of the breakage of the tie or fastening 4 the open slot 3, owing to its form, will permit of means being wedged or fastened therein for repairs. Again, it is obvious that the staple 4 may be cut out and removed and a lighter wire threaded in around the rod 2 and used to fasten boards upon the posts without nails or for other purposes and in other ways. The wire 4, as illustrated in Fig. 2, indicates one of the different ways in which it may be used. The flaring sides of the sockets not only facilitate the introduction of new and different fastening means therein, but tend to enable the present devices to be cut out and removed.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A fence-post formed of concrete material, having a stout wire or rod embedded therein about centrally of its longitudinal axis and a plurality of sockets opening out laterally 5 from the rear of said rod, the said sockets being rounded at their inner ends and spread- Witnesses: I ing or flaring outward at their sides to the J. E. SNELLING,

outside of the post, as showniand described. F. M. HAMELBAOK.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification 1n the presence of n two subscriblng Witnesses.

JACOB A. HAMELBIAOK.

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