US95963A - Improvement in fence - Google Patents

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ama sata @anni @time HENRY WIcKEiLoF .OLE'AN, NEW YORK.

Lettefi's Patent No. 95,963, dated October 19, 1869.l

IMPROVEMENT IN FENCE.

The Schedule referred to in these Lettera Patent and making part of the same.

ing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, makinga part of Athis specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a side view of the fence, showing an edge view'of the stakes, and their accompanying fixtures for setting up and holding the panels or sections firmly in place.

Figure 2 shows 'a sectional end view of the fence, and a face view of the stakes and their fastenings.`

The object of my invention is to supply the want of a light, portable, and substantial fence, that can be easily moved in sections, and speedily set up, vfor dividing pastures, and, after it is set up, can be moved in long sections, so that when cows, or other cattle,or sheep, are'tnrned into a fresh pasture, or into meadows, inthe fall of the year, they may be limited to a given space at a time, and not overrun, trample down, and destroy a considerable portion of it.I

My invention consists in the application of the metal ring and hooks which fasten upon and embrace the upper portion of the stakes,-the arrangement and combination of the same with the stakes, latch, button, connecting'slide-bar, key, and board fence, made in panels or sections of `any desired length.-

To enable others to make and use my invention, I will describe it more fully, referring to the drawings, and to the letters marked thereon.

I make panels of narrow strips, or boards of any desired length, from ten to thirty feet, and fasten them iirmly together at the ends with cleats, A A, on both sides, in the usual manner, leaving spaces between them of any desired width, the lower boards o'r bars a a projecting a short distance beyond the 'cleats A A, so that their ends will come together, while there will bea space left between the cleats for the top ends of' the stakes B B, and the latch (1, which are made of pieces of the same sawed stui that the panels of the fence is.

The top boards b b oi' the panels are made a little shorter, and fall back of the cleats, so as to leave a space for putting in the metal hooks c c, which fasten on to the ringD that embraces the top of the stakes B B, and supports each of the panels in a line,`at the poses herein set forth.

Between the middle bars d d and a a, I fit a slide, E, with cleats c c for the head, to guide it, and prevent it from dropping out when the fence is handled for. putting np or moving.

The slide E passes through beyond the cleats A A of two panels, and is provided with a mortise, and a key, f, to hold the ends of the fence up closely to the stakes B B. l

The latch O is pivoted to one of the stakes B, near the centre, or in such position that the notch g will fit on to the upper edge of the slide-bar E, and hold the stakes apart, to any desired angle they m'ay be spread, the other end of the latch being clamped on tothe slide by a button, h, on the other stakeB, so that the Whole structure is firmly secured together.

The length of the stakes B B maybe such that the panels of fence will be elevated from the ground, and make it of suicient height to restrain cows, oxen, or horses, or set down lower fory sheep, hogs, or smaller animals; and to give it more solidity, extra rails or bars F F may be placed in the fork of the stakes at the top, or heavy rails or riders may be laid in their place, which will, in most cases, prevent the fence from being moved or upset by the wind, so that a permanent and reliable fence is produced.

It will readily be'seen, that picket and other kinds and styles of fence, can be made and set up, as well as board fence, with my method of forming stakes, and the'ring, hooks, slide, and'latch-attachments; and the advantages are,that there is no digging, or` setting postsA or stakes in the ground. The fence can all be made complete, under shelter, in the winter-season, or in stormy and bad weather, and, it being in panels, easily transported on a common farm-wagon, and sufficiently light to he handled and put 'up rapidly by two men, and when moved in the field, can be done in sections of from five to ten spans, with perfect ease.

What I claim as myl invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The metal rin'g D, and hooks c c, as arranged, in combination with the stakes B B, latch G, and the connecting-bar E, substantially as and for the pur- HENRY WIoKna.

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Ones. H. -Poonn J. B. WOODRUFF.

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