US758576A - Fence-brace. - Google Patents

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No. 758,576. IPA-TENTH!) APR. 26, 1904.

A. W. WHALEY- Y FENCE BRAGE.

- APPLICATION FILED APR. 17, 1903.

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PATENT OFFIC FENCEH-BRACFEQ SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No 758,576, dated Apri126, 1904. Application filed April 1'7, 1903. Serial No. 153,026. (No model.) I

To all whom it nmy concern.-

Be it known .that I, -ABNER W. INHALEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Morocco, in the county'of Newton and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Braces, of which the following is a specification.

At the present day it is the practice in constructing woven-wire fences to erect the fenceposts and secure to the terminal post at one end of the course a series of line-wires, which are placed under tension longitudinally by means of a tension device braced from the terminal post at the other end of the course and sustained by suitable guy-wires. The tension device usually comprises a vertically-disposed bar of tubular form provided with suitable devices for engaging the. line-wires, the devices being operable for maintaining the wires under tension, as before stated. The weavingmachine travels upon the line-wires, and'with the form of'braces now employed for sustaining the tension-bar from the terminal post it is generally impracticable for the weavingmachine to work past the post, thus rendering it necessary to remove the braces, which relaxes the tension of the line-wires, whereby it is practically impossible to complete the weaving of the wire by machine and makes it necessary to finish the weaving process at the terminal of the course by hand.

My invention has for its objects to produce a simple and eflicient form of brace which will in practice properly sustain the tension-bar without the employment of guy-wires and will permit the weaving-machine to travel .freely upon the line-wires between the terminal post and tension-bar.

To these ends the invention comprises the novel details of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a wire fence under construction and having my improved form of brace applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a top sectional plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the braces.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the terminal posts of a fence course; 2, the intermedlate posts; 3, the line-wires secured in any suitable manner to one of .the terminal posts;

4c, the weaving-machine arranged to travel upon the line-wires; 5, the upright tensionbar provided with suitable tension devices 6, and 7 the braces interposed between the terminal post 1 and the upright tension-bar 5. These parts, with the exception of the braces, mayall be of the usual or any desired construction and material, inasmuch as they constitute no part of my invention.

In accordance with my invention I form the braces from any suitable material, with a head 8 at one end socketed, as at 9, to engage the cylindrical tension; bar 5 and sharpenedor pointed at the opposite end, as at 10, to engage the terminal post 1 of the fence. These braces are so formed that when in position they will bend laterally outward in a horizontal plane parallel with the longitudinal plane of the fence at a point adjacent to their point of engagement with the terminal post and continue thence rearward in substantially parallel relation to the longitudinal axis of the fence, thus affording ample room for the passage of the weaving-machine beyond the terminal post and its free travel upon the linewires between the terminal post and tensionbar. In this connection attention is especially directed to'the fact that the brace serves the further function of swinging the. tension-bar laterally out of alinement with the fence-post, thus maintaining the line-wires in contact with the post and causing them to exert tension upon the braces in a suitable direction for maintaining the pointed end of the same in secure engagement with the terminal post, thus obviating the employmentof guy-wires. From the foregoing it will be seen that I produce a simple and efficient brace which will in practice permit the weaving-machine to travel} beyond the terminal post and freely upon the line-wires between the post and tension-bar, as before stated, thus enabling the weaving of the wire forming the fence to be wholly completed by machine and obviatingthe objectionable features hereinbefore pointed out. In attaining these ends it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise details herein shown and described, inasmuch as minor changes may be made therein 0 without departing from the spirit or scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A brace of the class described, adapted for interposition between a fence-post and stretcher member and having means for engagement with said parts, said brace being bent laterally in a horizontal plane adjacent to its point of engagement with the post and extended thence in substantially parallel relation with the longitudinal axis of the fence, whereby a weaver traveling on the latter may pass the post and work freely between the same and the stretcher.

2. A brace of the class described, adapted for interposition between a fence-post and stretcher member and having a socketed head for engagement with the latter and a sharpened end for engaging the former, said brace being bent laterally in a horizontal plane adjacent to its point of engagement with the post and extended thence in substantially parallel relation with the longitudinal axis of the fence, whereby a weaver traveling on the latter may pass the post and work freely between the same and the stretcher.

In testimony whereofI have signed my name to this specification in presence of two witnesses.

ABNER W. VVHALEY. Witnesses:

THOMAS M. VVHALEY, WILLIAM E. WHALEY.

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