US825398A - Wire-fence tie. - Google Patents

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R. LAKE. WIRE FENCE TIE.

' APPLICATION TILED MAY 7, 1906.

695.6%; M6 {ML PATENTED JULY 10, 1906.

. customary at t 'wires to largely overcome 'ran gement hereinafter shown, described, and claimed.

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UNITED P ENT OFFICE.

HARRY H. (JANADAY, OF

MONTPELIER, OHIO.

WIRE-FENCE TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 10, 1906.

Application filed May 7, 1906. Serial No. 315.488.

To all whom it DMLZ/ ncern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD LAKE, of J ackson, county of Jackson, and State of Michi an, I have invented certain new and useful mprovements in Wire-Fence Ties andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which 1 Will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, ref- 1 .erence being had to the accompanying drawlugs, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

This invention has reference to a tie for wire fencing;.and, it has for its object to provide a simple tie capable of being readily l formed by means of suitable dies for firmly securing the intersecting wires of a fence. l

A further object consists in providing a tie at the intersection of the running and sta wires of a fence with the ends of the section of wire forming the tie effectively bracing the stay-wires on opposite sides of the runningthe tendency of the stay-wires to skew while the fence is being stretched.

A further object is to provide atie of com- I pact form free from protruding ends liabie to injure stock and which shall require a comparatively short section of wire to form it.

With these objects in view the invention is constructed, and it embodies the novel ar- In the accompanying drawings, illustrative of the invention, Figure l is a front view of the tie in position upon the crossed running and stay wires :of a fence. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same. Fig. 3 is a top plan View is a bottom plan view of Fig. 2. I

Referring to the drawings, l indicates the running-wire, and 2 the stay-wire, of a fence, the same bein indented or crimped, as is eir point of intersection. In forming the tie the section of wire of which it is constructed is looped around the runningwire at one side of the stay-wire, as at 3, the arms 4 and 5 being passed over the stay-wire,

l wires as at 6 and 7, and forming a continuous loopside of the stay-wire, the end 8 of the arm 4 being made to overlie the arm 5 in abutting contact with the stay-wire on one side of the running-wire and the end 9 of the arm 5 being disposed to overlie the arm 4 in abutting contact with the stay-wire on the opposite side of the running-wire. It will be observed that the tie-wire describes a continuous loop around the crossed wires at their point of intersection, and the stay-wire is firmly braced by contact with the ends 8 and 9 of the tiewire, the stay-wire being braced to such an extent that it will bend at the point a rather than swing upon the running-wire at their in tersection when subjected to strain, as shown in dotted outline, Fig. 2. I

It is apparent that the employment of this tie will brace the entire fence structure and that the tendency of the stay-wires to become askew of the running-wires is to a great extent eliminated.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. In a wire fence, the combination with intersecting running and stay wires, of a tiewire forming a continuous loop around said at their point of intersection and having ends in abutting contact with the stay- Wire, substantially as described.

' 2. In a wire fence, the combination with intersecting running and stay wires, of a tiewire forming a continuous loop around said wires at their point of intersection and having ends in abutting contact with the staywire on opposite sides of the running-wire,

substantially as described.

3. In a wire fence, the combination with intersecting running and stay wires, of a'tiewire forming a continuous loop around said wires at their point of intersection and havin ends in abutting contact with one side only of the stay-wire, substantially as described.

4. Ina wire fence, the combination with intersecting running and stay wires, of a tie-- wire looped around the running-Wire on one side of the stay-wire and having arms passed 5 in abutting con stantially as de In testimony tact with the stay-Wire, subibed.

that I clainl the foregoing as 1 my own I aflix my signature in presence of two wrt'zlesses.

RICHARD LAKE.

Witnesses FRED S. WOLCOTT WM. M. HORSMAN.

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