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USRE7775E
USRE7775E US RE7775 E USRE7775 E US RE7775E
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  • my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof aniron fence, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.
  • Figure I is aperspective view of my fence, and Fig. 2 shows detailed parts thereof.
  • A represents a corner-post, and B B intermediate p'osts, of my fence.
  • the lower ends C of, all the posts are made hollow, in cylindrical form, with exterior screw threads formed thereon. rlhe posts are forced into the ground ⁇ by means of the screw or grooves.
  • the corner-post A is made with a right angle, as shown, while the intermediate posts B are made fiat, and stand at right angles with the line of the felice.
  • the posts, as well as the rails or bars, may be made either of cast-iron or wrought-iron, though the rails may be made of hand-iron.
  • the corner-post A is provided with two sets of mortises to receive the rails, one for each line of fence.
  • Theintermediate posts B have, also, two sets of mortises for the rails, so that respective rails in the panels shall correspond in height.
  • D D represent the rails, any number of which may be used. These are made flat, and set edgewise, the top rail D, however, being provided with a projecting flange, b, on both sides at the top, so as to stitfen the same and make it strong, and the fence more firm.
  • the rails have at each end a notch, ai, on the under side, which drops into the mortises in the posts when the rails are fastened in the posts by means of keys d, which are forced into the mortises on the top of the rails.
  • All the rails except the top ones may have a notch in the middle, which middle notch may rest in the mortise; or, in other words, the rails may pass through one post and the ends fastened in posts on each side thereof. In this manner the rails may be made to break joints, so to speak, thus making the fence stronger.
  • each post has a double series of notches, so that any one of the rails can he detached without disturbing the one adjacent thereto.
  • the posts are cast tapering where inserted in the ground, with the lower end open to permit the escape of any water which may gather in the hollow through holes in the metal or otherwise.
  • such base having closed sides and exterior screw-threads, substantially as and for the purpose described.

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M. G. FREEMAN. IRON FENCE.
N 7,-775,- neissuea my s, 1877.
UNITED STATES `PATENT OFFICE.
MOODY G. FREEMAN, -OF BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS.
IMPROVEMENT IN IRON FENGES.l
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 163,761, dated May 25, 1875; Reissue No. 7,775, dated July 3, 1877 application filed May 17, 1877.
To all whom it may concern:
Beit known that I, MOODY G. FREEMAN, of Bloomington, in the county of McLean, and in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Iron Fence; and do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, ref-l erence being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.
The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof aniron fence, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.
In the annexed drawings, Figure I is aperspective view of my fence, and Fig. 2 shows detailed parts thereof.
A represents a corner-post, and B B intermediate p'osts, of my fence. The lower ends C of, all the posts are made hollow, in cylindrical form, with exterior screw threads formed thereon. rlhe posts are forced into the ground `by means of the screw or grooves.
The corner-post A is made with a right angle, as shown, whilethe intermediate posts B are made fiat, and stand at right angles with the line of the felice.
The posts, as well as the rails or bars, may be made either of cast-iron or wrought-iron, though the rails may be made of hand-iron.
' The corner-post A is provided with two sets of mortises to receive the rails, one for each line of fence. Theintermediate posts B have, also, two sets of mortises for the rails, so that respective rails in the panels shall correspond in height.
D D represent the rails, any number of which may be used. These are made flat, and set edgewise, the top rail D, however, being provided with a projecting flange, b, on both sides at the top, so as to stitfen the same and make it strong, and the fence more firm.
The rails have at each end a notch, ai, on the under side, which drops into the mortises in the posts when the rails are fastened in the posts by means of keys d, which are forced into the mortises on the top of the rails.
All the rails except the top ones may have a notch in the middle, which middle notch may rest in the mortise; or, in other words, the rails may pass through one post and the ends fastened in posts on each side thereof. In this manner the rails may be made to break joints, so to speak, thus making the fence stronger.
It will be seen that each post has a double series of notches, so that any one of the rails can he detached without disturbing the one adjacent thereto. The posts are cast tapering where inserted in the ground, with the lower end open to permit the escape of any water which may gather in the hollow through holes in the metal or otherwise.
The advantage of such shaped hase is that, in forcing the post into the ground, an amount of soil equal to the size of the baseof the post is displaced, and pressed intothe walls of the post-hole, making such Walls surrounding the post-base more dense and solid,
As a new article of manufacture, a fencepost, having a metallic hollow tapering base,`
such base having closed sides and exterior screw-threads, substantially as and for the purpose described.
MOODY G. FREEMAN.
Witnesses:
W. H. HooFs'rETLER, R. J. LIPE.

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