US1646000A - Fence post - Google Patents

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Oct. 18,1927, 1,646,000

B. W. TOUCHSTONE' FENCE POS` Filed OCC.. 26, 1926 @that m11 (Getz. itt,

application. sie@ ect-ober ee, ieee'. snaai no. Meere.

This invention relates to fence posts and the general object of the invention isv to provide a fence post which may be very cheaply made, which is very strong and rigi und which is so constructed as to hold and clinch the staples used in supporting fence wire on the post.

A further object is to provide a tence post formed of sheet metal which is folded upon lo itself,l the folded portion then being bent to thus provide a curved staple receiving space, the side walls of this space being formed with staple receiving channels whichl extend ont to the front face of the post to t5 act as seats for the fence wire, the staple receiving ychannels receiving the two legs of the staple and the staple receiving space acting to clinch the staple when driven home.

My invention is illustrated in the accomt@ panying drawings wherein Figure 'l is a perspective View of a tence post constructed in accordance with my invention; v f Fig 2 is a transverse sectional view w thereof;

Fig. 3 is a face view of the 'sheet from which the fence post is made;

Fig. 4 is a section on the line if-4 of `ilfigure 2; o Fig. 5 is atop plan view of the sheet `shown in Figure 3. e

Referring to these drawings and particulnrly to Figure 5 it will be'pseen that the :tence post` is formed of a sheet of metal which is bent upon itself so as to provide two side walls 10. The inner faces of these side walls are formed -with transversely extending grooves or channels 11, these being formed before the sheet metal is bent. Af-

D ter the sheet metal has been bent into an approximate V-shapcd form, as illustrated in Figure 5, the folded sheet is bent around in a curve,'as at l2, see Figure 2, while the lateral margins' of the folded sheet are bent 5 outward and then inward so as to form wings 13. The space 14 defined by the walls 10 constitutes a staple receiving space and the grooves l1 constitute seats for the legsof the staples. These grooves extend out upon the D rounded portions constituting the face of the fence and thus provide wire receiving seats.

In use the wire A is disposed in the cor- .responding wire receiving space and then the staple is driven home with its legs disposed in the grooves 1l. As the staple is driven home, the ends of the legs will be curved around within the space 14, as illustrated in Figure 2, andl thus the staple will be clinched and the wire A drawn inward into the space eo between the two wing portions of the fence post. rlhus, the wires will be held from any vertical movement within theY wire spaces,v the staple will be held from pulling out by being clinched, and from any vertical movement because the legs are disposed within the seats 11. rThe fence post itself will be particularl strong because of its corrugated form. I o not wish to be limited to the exact form ofthe post .as this might be varied in some respects without departing from the spirit of the invention. Preferably the post will be set in a concrete base but obvionsly Ido not wish to be limited to this.

1 As an article of manufacture, a fence post formed of sheet metaL-:tolded upon itself to provide rearwardly and transversely curved webs and two laterally and rearward- 1y projecting wings extending from the webs," to

the side walls of the folded webs being spaced from each other to receive a staple between themrand being provided with staple leg receiving grooves. r

2. As an article of manufacture, a fence post formed of sheet metahfolded upon itself to provide a rearwardly/ and transversely curved body ortion and two laterally and rearwardly proJecting Wings, the side walls of the folded body portion being spaced from e0 each other to receive a, staple between them and being provided with staple leg receiving grooves, said grooves extendingvout upon the face ofthe post on each wing thereof to provide a seat for the fence wire. 3. As an article of manufacture, a fence post formed of sheet metal folded upon itself to provide two adjacent webs rearwardly and laterally curved in the same direction and approximately concentric to the same center, and two laterally and rearwardly projecting wings extending from the webs and disposed in divergent relation.

in testimony wherein.E hereunto ax my signature.

EBT. WARREN TUCHSTONE.

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