WO2010126384A1 - Treillis de clôture - Google Patents

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WO2010126384A1
WO2010126384A1 PCT/NZ2010/000084 NZ2010000084W WO2010126384A1 WO 2010126384 A1 WO2010126384 A1 WO 2010126384A1 NZ 2010000084 W NZ2010000084 W NZ 2010000084W WO 2010126384 A1 WO2010126384 A1 WO 2010126384A1
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Peter Craig Claridge
Benjamin Laurie Byers
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South Fence Machinery Limited
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H17/00—Fencing, e.g. fences, enclosures, corrals
    • E04H17/02—Wire fencing, e.g. made of wire mesh
    • E04H17/04—Wire fencing, e.g. made of wire mesh characterised by the use of specially adapted wire, e.g. barbed wire, wire mesh, toothed strip or the like; Coupling means therefor
    • E04H17/05—Wire mesh or wire fabric

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  • the invention relates to a fence mesh and in particulai to a knotted fence mesh having hinge joints
  • the invention comprises in one aspect a fence mesh comprising line wires, stay wires extending laterally across and intersecting the line wires to form a mesh, a wire knot around the line wire and stay wire at intersections of the sta ⁇ wires and with many of the line wires, and in which the stay wire is wound around the line ⁇ ire such that the stay wire can pivot about the line wire at intersections of the stay wires with one or a minoi number of the line wires, to make a pivot joint within the fence mesh.
  • the fence mesh there may be a wire knot aiound die line w ire and sta) wire at all intersection points of the line wires and sta ⁇ wires except along one oi a minoi number of line wire(s) at which the stay wires are wound around the line wire(s) such that the stay wires can pivot about that/those line wire(s).
  • the invention comprises a machine for forming a fence mesh comprising line wires, sta) wires extending lateralh across and intersecting the line wires to form a mesh, a wire knot around the line wire and stay wire at the intersection points of the sta ⁇ wires and with many of the line wires, and in which the sta) wire is wound around the line wire such that the stay wire can pivot about the line wire at the intcisection points of the stay wires with one or a minor number of line wires, which machine includes means arranged to advance line wires through the machine in a machine direction, means arranged to insert stay wires across the line wires in the machine, knot forming means spaced across the machine and through which line wires pass in the machine direction and the stay wire passes across the machine diiection, which are arranged to form a wire knot around intersections between the sta ⁇ wire and mam of the line wires , and a hmge j oint forming means arranged to wind the sta ⁇ uiie around
  • the invention comprises a method foi forming a fence mesh comprising line wires and stay wires intersecting the line wires to form a mesh, compiising ancing line wires through a fence mesh forming machine in a machine direction, insetting sta ⁇ wires across the line wires in the machine, machine forming third sections of wire into wire knots around intersections between the sta ⁇ wires and man ⁇ of the line wires, and machine winding the stay wires around at one or a minor number of the line wires such that the sta ⁇ wires can pi ⁇ ot about the line wire(s) at the intersections of the sta ⁇ wires with one or a minoi numbei of the line wires, to form a pivot joint along the line wire within the fence mesh.
  • Figuie 1 is a perspective view of a section of a first embodiment of fence mesh in flat form
  • Figure 2 shows the section of fence mesh of Figure 1 partiall) folded
  • Figure 3 is a perspective view of a section of a second embodiment of fence mesh
  • Figure 4 is a perspect ⁇ e view of a section of a third embodiment of fence mesh
  • Figure 5 is a perspective view of part of a machine for forming a spiral hinge of the fence mesh of Figures 1 to 4, and
  • Figures 6a and 6b are perspect ⁇ c ⁇ r iews of a knotted fence mesh foiming machine.
  • a section of a first embodiment of a fence mesh 100 comprises line wires 110 - 114 and sta ) wires 120-123 extending lateialh across line wires 110-114.
  • a knot 130 secures the stay wire and line wire together.
  • a spiral hinge 135 is formed between the sta ) wires and that line wire or wires
  • stay wires 120-123 ma be cut at line wire 112 and the resulting opposite sta) wiie ends 120a and 120b of each stay wire are spiral wound together around line wire 112 to foim a spiral hinge 135, which allows each stay wire end to pivot about the line wire 112.
  • Figure 2 shows a part 100a of the section fence mesh of Figure 1 pivoted at an angle to part 100b, about line wire 112, or partially folded.
  • a row of the spiral hinges 135 one in each stay wire may be formed around a line wire at regular intervals Pieferabl) the tension with which the ends 120a/120b of each stay wire are wrapped around the line wire is such that both sprral wound stay wire ends 120a/ 120b may pivot around the line wire but in an alternative embodiment one end of each stay wire may be wound around the line wire tighth i.e. such that that stay wire cannot pivot about the line wire but the other end of the same sta ⁇ wire wound around the line wire ma) be wound with lower tension such that at least that stay wire can pivot around the line wire.
  • the end of the sta ⁇ wire on one side ma) be fixed to the line wire other than by spiral winding around the line wiie, b) foi example knotting to the line wire, while the opposite end of the same sta) wire is wound around the line wire with tension such that at least that stay wire end can pivot about the line wire
  • the knots 130 are ⁇ nglock knots, each formed by a separate or third short length of wure knotted about the intersecting stay wire and line wire at each intersection.
  • Figures 3 and 4 show sections of fence mesh of second and third embodiments of the invention. Similar reference numerals as in Figures 1 and 2 indicate similar elements.
  • the fence mesh is the same as that shown in Figures 1 and 2 except that the knots 130 of short sections of wire wound around the sta ⁇ wire — line wire intersections are of a different tvpe.
  • the mesh is fixed knot mesh and m Figure 4 the mesh is stiff sta) mesh.
  • the stay wires intersect the line wires at a right angle with straight portions of the sta ⁇ wires between each of the line wires but in other embodiments the portions of the sta ⁇ wires between the line wires may be bent and/or the sta) wires and line wires ma) intersect at other than a right angle, in fence mesh in which the apeitures defined bet ⁇ een the line wires and stay wires are other than square or rectangular and arc for example diamond shaped, and the 'sta ⁇ wires extending laterally across and intersecting the line wires to form a mesh' is to be understood accordingly.
  • a fence mesh forming machine for forming knotted fence mesh has a stepped operation.
  • Line wires progress through the machine in parallel in the machine direction (indicated at M in Figure 5) in steps.
  • stay wire is inserted into the machine across the machine direction and thus across the line wires in the machine, and third sections of wire are wound one around each stay wire-line wire intersection in the tians ⁇ erse iow of intersections between the stay wire and a line wires at knot boxes spaced across the bed of the machine and through which the line wires pass in the machine direction and the inserted sta ⁇ wire passes across the machine direction - there are as many knot boxes as there are line w nes progiessing through the machine (see for example US patent 6,715,512 for foiming ring lock fence mesh, which is incorporated herein by reference).
  • Figures 6a and 6b show one such machine.
  • a number of continuous line wires 202 and knot wires 203 are fed to a bed 204 of the machine 201, which bed has a plurality of side by side knot boxes 205
  • the line wires 202 entei the machine at its base, are turned through 90 degrees around rollers 206 and pass verticall) through the knot boxes 205.
  • a continuous stay wire 207 is projected across the bed of the machine from one side, via a system of driven rollers 208 and a free-running guide sheave 208a, so as to transversely cross each of the knot boxes 205, thereby forming a plurality of stay wireline wire intersections
  • the machine has a main drive roller 209 which pulls the completed fence mesh through the knot boxes 205, the drive roller being driven by an electric motor 210.
  • the completed fence mesh (indicated generally by reference numeral 211 in Figure 6b) then extends around a further roller 212, and would typically extend to a coiling machine or take-up unit (not shown) to form it into a coil for ease of handling and transportation.
  • the machine generall has a step-wise operation and forms a series of knots along the length of sta) wire 207 at each line wire-sta ) wire intersection at each step of the machine.
  • the line wires 202 are advanced forward in parallel through the side by side knot boxes 205 in the machine bed 204, stav wu-c 207 is fed into the bed 204 of the machine across the line wires at the knot boxes 205, at 90 degrees for forming square fence mesh as shown, a length of the sta) wire 207 is cut, and simultaneous! ) in each knot box 205 at each intersection bet ⁇ een the line wiies and the stay wire a knot securing the stay wire to the line wne is formed
  • one of the knot boxes 205 is replaced by a hinge j oint box as shown in Hguie 5, w hich operates at each step of the machine to form a spiral wound hinge joint between a sta ⁇ wire and a line wire and in particular to spiral wind two stay wire ends together around the line wire (112 in Figure 5) passing through the hinge joint box, at the same time as the adjacent knot boxes arc opeiating as above to form a wire knot around the intersections between the other parallel line wires and the stay wire.
  • the hinge joint box comprises a twister also schematically shown at T in Figures 1-4, having a central aperture through which the line wire 112 passes.
  • the twister is caused to rotate at each step of the machine, to push two ends of the stay wire and twist them around the line wire at the same time as the other knot boxes 205 are operating in that step to form a wire knot around the other line wire-stay wire intersections.
  • the hinge joint box is shown open in Figure 5 i.e. with parts 250 which in operation of the hinge joint box move le ⁇ procalh . towards and apart in the direction of arrows C, separated to allow a j ust formed hinge joint 135a to move out of the hinge joint box and away from the twister t in the direction of ariow M Before a subsequent operation of the twister T the hinge joint box closes around the twister b ⁇ parts 250 mo ⁇ ing towards each other to engage together.
  • the hinge joint box After the twister has again operated at the same time as the knot boxes on either side) to form a hinge joint about the same line w ire and the next stay wire, the hinge joint box reopens so that the line wire and the sta ⁇ wire twisted hinge joint just formed can advance forward and so on.
  • the hinge joint box may be arranged to also cut at the hinge joint box at each operation of the hinge joint box immediately prior to rotation of the twister T, the one continuous length of sta ⁇ wire fed across the machine at each step of the machine.
  • stay wire may be fed across the bed of the machine from both sides of the machine at each step.
  • the hinge joint box twists the two stav wiic ends i.e. the end of the stay wire length fed in from one side of the machine to the hinge joint box and the end of the sta j wire length fed in from the othei side of the machine to the hinge j oint box, about the line wire.
  • the line wires are advanced forward in parallel through the side b ⁇ side knot boxes and the hmge joint box, and the sta ⁇ wiie feed s j stems on either side of the machine operate in tandem to feed new sta) wire lengths across the machine until the end of the sta) wire lengths from either side of the machine meet (or skghti) overlap) at the hinge joint box, for twisting about a line wire length at the next operation of the machine.
  • An advantage of this embodiment is that it is not required that the hinge joint box also cut the stay wire to form the two stay wire ends.

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Abstract

L'invention porte sur un treillis de clôture, qui comprend des fils droits, des fils fixes s'étendant latéralement à travers les fils droits et croisant ceux-ci afin de former un treillis, un nœud de fil autour du fil droit et du fil fixe aux intersections des fils fixes et avec un grand nombre des fils droits, le fil fixe étant enroulé autour du fil droit de telle sorte que le fil fixe peut pivoter autour du fil droit au niveau d'intersections des fils fixes avec l'un ou un petit nombre des fils droits, de façon à réaliser un raccord à pivot à l'intérieur du treillis de clôture. L'invention porte également sur une machine et sur un procédé pour former le treillis de clôture.
PCT/NZ2010/000084 2009-05-01 2010-04-30 Treillis de clôture WO2010126384A1 (fr)

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WO2019198038A1 (fr) * 2018-04-12 2019-10-17 Ullrich Machinery Company Limited Machine de formation de mailles de clôture
US20210164258A1 (en) * 2019-12-02 2021-06-03 Ullrich Machinery Company Limited Fence mesh and machine for the formation thereof
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US1003312A (en) * 1910-01-21 1911-09-12 Thomas E Andrew Jr Wire fence.
US4188020A (en) * 1976-11-04 1980-02-12 Acieries Reunies De Burbach-Eich-Dudelange S.A. Arbed Knotted wire fencing
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JP2015158087A (ja) * 2014-02-24 2015-09-03 タキロンプロテック株式会社 獣害防止フェンス構造
AU2017200268B2 (en) * 2016-01-19 2022-01-06 Infrabuild Wire Pty Limited Prefabricated Fence Panel
WO2019198038A1 (fr) * 2018-04-12 2019-10-17 Ullrich Machinery Company Limited Machine de formation de mailles de clôture
US11801548B2 (en) 2018-04-12 2023-10-31 UMC Innovation Limited Fence mesh forming machine
US20210164258A1 (en) * 2019-12-02 2021-06-03 Ullrich Machinery Company Limited Fence mesh and machine for the formation thereof
US11965353B2 (en) * 2019-12-02 2024-04-23 UMC Innovation Limited Fence mesh and machine for the formation thereof

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