US545460A - Fence-stay - Google Patents

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W. D. DILLER.:

FENCE STAY.

Patented sept. s, 1895.

No. 545 45o..

.NrrE` STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAMS D. DILLER, BOILING-SPRINGS, PENNSYLVANIA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 545,460, dated- September 3, 1895 Application filed February 27, 1895. Serial No. 539,869. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.

Beit known that I, WILLIAMS D. DILLER, a

citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Boiling Springs, in the county of Cumberland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new f and useful Fence, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fences of that class in which the line-wires are provided with tension devices and are held at a fixed relative distance apart between the posts by pickets, the latter being attachable to the line-wires after the latter are stretched and secured to the fence-posts.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a metallic picket formed in two similar parts, which, when placed together, present the appearance of a stout standard or tubular picket and which can be nested to economize space both in shipping and storing. It has been proposed to construct fence-posts of similarly-constructed members and secure them together by bands or rings encircling the parts after they havebeen placed together. Such fence-posts are objectionable, because their meeting edge portions do not overlap, and, furthermore, because the parts cannot be nested, so as to economize space. Moreover, in other forms the post is open on one side and presents sharp edges, which are unsightly and apt to resultin injury to a person or animal coming in contact therewith.

The improvement consists of the novel features which hereinafter will be more fully described and claimed, and which are shown in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of a length of fence embodying the essence ofthe invention.-

Fig. 2 is a plan view of apicket, showing the manner of securing its component parts together and to the line-wire, on a larger scale. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the parts shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 1 is a detail perspective View of a picket, showing its componentA parts separated. Fig. 5 is a detail view of a tension device, on a larger scale, showing the short bar and the post in section.

The fence-posts l will be suitably disposed along the prescribed line of fence at proper intervals apart, and the line-wires' 2 will be attached thereto in any well-knownA manner which will admit of a-tension being applied of the said picket.

thereto at one end or to any convenient point, said tension being transmitted throughout the length of the said line-wires, so as to secure the desired tension thereon.

The pickets 3 for bracing and strengthening the line-wires at points intermediate of the posts 1 are composed of similar parts 4. and 5, which are preferably formed from strips of sheet metal having their edge portions flanged, as shown. Galvanized iron is preferred in the construction of the pickets 3,the edge portions being bent in any desired lnanner. The parts 4. and 5 are duplicates, one part, as 1.having its flanged edges brought closer together, so as to it between the flanged edges of the part 5, and having'notches 6 in both lianges to correspond in position and number, with `the several line-wires 2. `The flanges of the part Gare slightly flared to embrace the flanged edge portions of the part 4 and form a close joint therewith, the parts 4 and 5 being so constructed as to provide a close tit between the flanged edge portions when they are assembled and secured upon the line-wires. For storing and transporting the parts are nested, so as to economize space, which is an item of considerable importance from a commercial standpoint. The pickets are not placed in position until the line-wires arestretched, and thepart 4,having the notches 6, is lirst placed in position, the line-wires entering the said notches, and they part 5 is placed opposite the part 4, so as to embrace the flanged edge portions of the said part 4, as most clearly shown in Fig. 2. A bindingwire7 has one end coiled about the line-wire on one side ofthe picket and is passed once and a half about the picket to secure vthe parts 4 and 5 together, and its opposite end is coiled about the line-wire on the opposite side There will be one binding-wire for each line-wire, thereby firmly and securely fastening the component parts of the picket and theline-wires together.

The tension device consists of a shortbar 8, having a pair of openings 9 at each end and a centrally-disposed threaded opening l0, a tension screw 11, passing through vthe threaded opening l0 and adapted to bear at its inner end against the fe'nce-posts, and an approximately V-shaped wire 12, attached at its angle to the line -wires and having its ICO diverging members extending through openings 14 in the posts and looped into the open-l ings 9, as clearly indicated in Fig. 1. The line-Wires are attached to the V-shaped wire 12 by having their end portions bent around the Wires 12 and held from opening by a slide 15, which is slipped over the said bent ends i of the line-Wires. it will loe understood that a tension device will be provided for each individual line-Wire and that it is of the utmost importance that the diverging members `of the V -shaped or connecting Wire 12 pass through openings in the' fence-post. By this means the tension-screws 11 can be turned in either direction Without twisting the line- Wires and Without requiring the bars 8 to be held fast while regulating the tension of the line-Wires by turning the said tension-screws in the proper direction. With respect to the structural arrangement and disposition of the tension devices, the pickets, and the binding- Wire, changes in the form, proportion, and lthe minor details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention. In order to prevent the ends of the V-shaped Wire 12 from drawing through the openings 9 in the short bar 8, they are bent outward approximately parallel with the short bar 8 after passing through the openings 9 therein.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. The combination with the line Wires of a fence, of a metallic picket composed of similar parts having corresponding flanged edge portions, the flanges of one part having notches to receive the line Wires and enter and be embraced by the flanges of the opposite part, the line wires being clamped between the said wires and disposed upon one side of the line Wires, the other part being arranged on the opposite side of the saidline Wires, the flanges A of one part being contracted, and the flanges of the opposite part being fiared, and binding Wires passed around the two parts of the `picket to secure them together and having their extremities coiled around the line Wires, substantially as set forth.

3. In a fence, the combination with theline Wires, of a metallic picket composed of similar parts formed from strips of metal having their edge portions flanged, the flanged edges of one part having notches to receive the line Wires and disposed upon one side ofy the line Wires, the other part being arranged on the opposite side of the said line Wires, and having its fianged edge portion embracing the flanged edge portions of the part provided with the said notches, and binding Wires passed around the component parts of the picket to clamp them together, and having their end portions coiled about the line Wires on opposite sides of t-he said picket, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as myowmlhave hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAMS D. DILLER. Witnesses:

M. A. EMBICK, A. M. WISE.

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