US869458A - Wire-fastener. - Google Patents

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No. 869,458. PATENTED 0013.29 1907. L. R. PEEPLBS.

WIRE FASTENER.

AIPLIOATION FILED JAN.9.1907.

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L. R. PEEPLES.

WIRE FASTENER.

APPLIUATION FILED JAN.9.1907.

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QXN in zoom LAWRENCE R. PEEPLES, OF SHAWNEETOWN, ILLINOIS.

WIRE-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 29, 1907.

Application filed January 9, 1907- Serial No. 351,508.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAWRENCE R. PEEILES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Shawneetown, in the county of Gallatin, State of lllinois, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Wire-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to means for securing the longitudinal or other wires of a fence to the fence-post.

Heretofore, it has been common to staple the wires of a fence to its posts when the latter were composed of wood that permitted this to be done. In the case of cement or metallic posts it has been usual to permanently secure the wire-fastening means in the ost, or at least permanently secure the means in the post to which the nire-fastening means are connected.

It is the object of my invention to provide improvements whereby both the keys which secure the wires of the fence to the posts as well as the pin which engages and connects the keys with the posts may be removable, in order to impart greater range of usefulness to the post and the wirefastening means, and secure the ends of economy as well.

The nature of the invention is embodied in the devices portrayed in the annexed drawings, forming a part of this specification, in view of which it will be fully described with respect to its construction and mode of operation, and then be pointed out in the subjoined claims.

Of the said drawingsFigure 1 is a front view of the fence post having my improvements applied thereto in which the longitudinal wires of the fence run in the plane of the front face of the post. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken in theplane 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a post in which the fence wires run as in Fig. 1, but in which the key or fastening wires pass cornerwise through the post from one side to an adjacent side. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section of Fig. 3. Fig.

.5 is a side view of a fence post in which the wires are maintained in connection therewith as shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a sectional view of the same, the course of the keys or fastening device through the post being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 7 is an elevation of the pin or rod by which the keys or wire fasteners are secured in the posts. Figs. 8 and 9 are perspective views of different forms of keys or wire fastening means that may be employed in the invention.

Similar numerals of reference designate similar parts or features, as the case maybe, wherever they occur.

My improvements are particularly applicable to cement posts and hence the post represented in the drawings may be supposed to be of this character though it will appear obvious that the improvements may be applied to posts composed of iron or other material as well as cement posts.

Having reference to the drawings for more particular explanation of the invention Ill indicatcs a fcncc post which may be, as shown in Fig. 1, of a roi'rtangular form in cross section provided centrally and longitudinally with a hole 12 into and through which from the top the pin 13 may be inserted, said pin having on its upper end a conical cap 14 to shed rain or water from outering the holes and also a wire loop or handle 15 by which the pin may be takcn hold of and withdrawn from the hole 12. intersecting the said vertical hole 12 from the face of the post are numerous holcs 16 which may run horizontally as shown in F 1 and 2, or in inclined direction downward as shown in Fig. 7.

1.7 designates what, for the purposes of this specification 1 term a key for fastening the wires to the post, which key consists of a bar of metal having a flattcncd inner end 18 provided with an eye 19 of a diamctcr sufficient for the pin 13 to extend thcrcthrough, and having a hook 20 or other suitable wire-engaging means on its outer end. instead of flattening the entire inner end of the key, as just described the said inner end may be made round, as at 18 with a flattened or otherwise formed part at a proper point so as to have an eye 19 formed through it. in all cases the key will be provided with detachable wire-engaging means on its front end, and an eye will be formed through its rear end for thorcception of the pin. The latter is a means for detachably securing the keys in a fence-post, while the key itself dctachably engages the wires of the fence.

in the employment of my invention, as already in timatcd, 1 may form a hole longitudinally and centrally in the post 11, and make as many transverse holes 16 thcrcin as may be desired from the front face inward intersecting the said vertical holcs, and in some cases passing bcyond it. i then proceed to connect the uppermost wire of the fence with the hook 20 of the key 17, when the shank of the key will be inserted in the hole 16 of the post until the eye 19 comes into alincmcnt with vthe vertical holc when the point of the pin will be passed through the said eye, securing the key and its attached fence wire to the post. I proceed in this manner from the top to bottom until all of the wires are sccnrcd to the post and until the pin 13 is fully inscrtcd in the vertical hole and its cap 14 rests on top of the post.

When it is dcsired to dctachithe wires, the pin will be withdrawn and all of the keys 17 released by being simply unhookcd from the wires and the parts disposed of as desired.

'In some instances the holes 16 for the keys may be made corncrwisc through the post as shown in Fig. 3 in which case the outer ends of said holes will be arranged on a central longitudinal line on the front face of the post and extend diagonally through said post to either of the said sides so that when the keys 17 are placed in the holes as before stated with the fence wires secured to the hooks 20 the eyes 19 of said keys will project beyond the said adjacent side of the post sufficiently far for the pin 13 to enter them as shown in Figs. 3 and 4 in which case the longitudinal wires of the fence will be bound to the post as before stated with reference to Figs. 1 and 2 and the pin and keys will be rendered removable and detachable from the wires as before stated.

In another instance the holes 16 may extend tln'ough the post from the front to the rear side as shown in Figs. 5 and 6 in which case the keys will be inserted through from the front face of the post to and beyond the rear thereof so that the eyes of the rear of the post will be in vertical alinement to receive the pin 13 and confine them therein in the same way as previously set forth.

Instead of extending the holes on horizontal lines in the posts as represented in Fig. 2 they may in all cases be arranged in downward inclined direction as indicated in Fig. 5 so that any water entering said holes will run down out of the same and not stand therein to rust or injure the keys. It is intended, however, to

make the keys as well as the pin of galvanized iron so as far as possible to prevent corrosion. In all instances whatever the form of the keys and pin 13 as well as the holes through the post may take, it is proposed to make both the keys and the pin removable so that when it is desired to take down the fence the work can be readily accomplished and the pin and keys taken out of the post and the former detached from the fence wires so as to be reusable in the setting of a new fence.

\Vhat is claimed is- 1. Means for detachabiy engaging the wires of a fence to a fence post, consisting of a key comprising a straight hair adapted to be inserted in the holes of a post, and hav ing a hook on its forward end to detachaoly engage the wire ofa fence and provided on its opposite end with an eye, and a pin removably engaged with said eye.

2. The combination, with a fencepost provided with holes for the reception of removable keys having hooks on their outer ends to detachably engage the wires of a fence;

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