US823377A - Telephone or other line-supporting post. - Google Patents

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PATENTED JU E 12, 1906.

G. E. VAN EVERY. TELEPHONE OR OTHER LINE SUPPORTING POST.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 28, 1905.

anuewl ou NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GORDON ELLWOOD VAN EVERY, OF NAPER, NEBRASKA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO KRAUTH HARMS ORESSMAN, OF NAPER, NEBRASKA.

TELEPHONE OR OTHER LINE-SUPPORTING POST.

Application filed November 28, 1905. Serial No. 289,544=.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GORDON ELLwooD VAN EVERY, a citizen of the United States, residing at N aper, in the county of Boyd and State of Nebraska, have invented new and useful Improvements in Telephone or other Line-Supporting Posts, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to an improvement in telephone or other line-supporting posts.

The main object of the present invention is the production of a simple inexpensive post of the character noted, constructed and arranged to provide an eflicient support for the wires and permit ready renewa of its parts when desired.

The preferred details of construction will be described in the following specification, reference being had particularly to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of a post constructed in accordance with my in vention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same; and Fig. 3, an enlarged sectional view, partly in elevation, of the upper portion of the p Referring to the drawings, my improved post comprises a base 1, which in the present instance is shown as an ordinary fence-post, though it is to be understood that said base preferably comprises any wooden or other post which may be anchored or secured in the ground, To the upper end of the post are secured o positely-disposed side strips 2, preferably 0 a width corresponding to the width of the upper end of the base 1 and being secured thereto on opposite sides, thereby roviding a free space between said strips, it ein understood that the remaining sides of the base 1 are not provided with the side strips. The strips 2 are of a length desired for the corn leted pole, and approximately midway their length I arrange a cross-bar 3, secured between and to the strips 2 and projecting at each side thereof, as shown. The strip 3 is designed, primarily, for service as a support for a ladder or the like when it is desired to reach the top of a pole. At the extreme up er end the side strips 2 are jointed by a bloc 4, fitting snugly between the strips and serving to provide practically a solid upper end for the 1post. This block is preferably secured to t e post through the medium Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12, 1906.

of a transverse bolt 5, the terminals of which extend beyond the outer surfaces of the strips 2 and are arranged to receive insulators 6. A similar bolt 7 extends vertically through the block 4 and secures and supports at its upper end an insulator 8. By this construction the upper end of the post is provided with three insulators, each designed to support a line-wire and extending in opposite directions from the post. Themedium of connection of the side insulators to the post also serves to bind the filling-block therein and support the upper or top insulator, whereby the construction is materially simplified at this point.

By having the sides of the post open I am enabled to increase the stability of the post under the influence of wind, as the post may be arranged so that the prevailing winds at its place of location will meet the edges of the side strips rather than their sides, whereby the wind is less effective against the stability of the post. Upon deterioration of the base for any cause the side strips 2 may be removed therefrom and a new base substituted with a minimum of exertion and with the loss of but a comparatively small portion of the post. Either of the strips 2 of the crossbar 3 or block 4 may be readily renewed as may be necessary with a minimum of labor or expense. The post described is of a simple inexpensive character and while primarily designed for rural-telephone use will be readily serviceable for other purposes.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- The combination with a post arranged for the reception of fence line-wires, of side plates secured to opposite sides of the post and extending thereabove in spaced relation, a filler-block arranged between the upper ends of the plates, a bolt passed transversely through the filler-block and plates, said bolt terminally extending beyond the outer surfaces of the plates and adapted to receive and secure insulators.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GORDON ELLWOOD VAN EVERY.

Witnesses:

'D. EMoNNoN, C. GUY CRosBY.

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