USRE2945E - Improvement in pence-posts - Google Patents

Description

n. RAMSEY.

Fence Post.

' Reissued May 26, I868.

gotten tans gates t ffi Letters Patent No. 72,086, dated December 1Q, 1867; reissue No. 2,945, dated May 26, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN FENCE-POSTS.

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TO ALL 'WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, ROBERT RAMSEY, 0'? New Wilmington, in the county of Lawrence, and State of Pennaylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fence-Posts; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification, and inwhich- Figural is a plan of the sills, and

Figure 2 a side view of the same, also of the posts. 7

The nature of-this invention consists, first, in having square or dove-tail gains cut on the sides'of the posts at their lower ends,-in order, to provide a suitable compensation for any unevenness of ground; second, in the combinationof postsprovidedrwith square or dove-tail grooves with parallel sills, when said posts are secured by means of keys above and below the sills, substantially as hereinafter set forth. v

To enable others skilled in the art to avail themselves of the benefits of my invention, I will now describe its construction and operation.

A A represent the sills, supported upon brackets or pedestals, B B, and placed in a position parallel to each other, so as to have a narrow space, 0, between them. The posts P P P are stepped in the space 0, and each onois confined in position by four keys, e e c a, two above and two below the sills, the keys resting against the upper and under surfaces 'of the sills, and their cross-section being of the form shown clearly by the end keys e e e e, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

view oi them in fig. 2. Atthepoint where these keys are designed to pass, a square or dove-tail gain is made on each side of the post, one end of the gain editending above and the other below the sills. The keys e e fit accurately into these gains, and when in place, hold the posts firmly in position, as shown in fig. 2.

It is evident that each post can beset higher or lower by simply inserting larger keys above or below the sills, or the posts can be adjusted at any inclination by inserting a large key above the sills on one side of the posts, and a large one on theothcr side, belowfthe sills, the other keys being made small; or alike result may be produced by adapting the gains in the posts which standupon a slope or bill to the inclination of the ground, as fully represented in fig. 2, post P. I

A fence'thus constructed may be easily and quickly adjusted or taken down, while its compensating features render it peculiarly suitable and desirable for farming purposes.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The compensating features of the posts, whether eflected by the formation of the gains or by keys, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of posts P P"P when provided with square or dore tail gains, with sills A A', and

ROBERT RAMSEY.

Witnesses:

J. R. HUNTER, I ANDREW R. SLOAN.

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