US643332A - Fence. - Google Patents

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Patented Feb. 13, I900. L. S. MORGAN.

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FENCE.

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LINGUE S. MORGAN, OF KENDALL, KANSAS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 643,332, dated February 13, 1900.

. Application filed July 11, 1899. Serial No. 723,485. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, LINGUE S. MORGAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kendall, in the county of Hamilton and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Fence, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to wire fences, and has for its object to provide a comparatively rigid structure having improved means for compensating for the contraction and expansion of the runner-wires and also for holding the stays against longitudinal displacement or movement upon the runner-wires of the fence, and is especially designed to improve the construction of my former patent, No. 620,950, dated March 14:, 1899.

To these ends the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and the minor details of construction may be made within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the present invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved fence. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail transverse sectional view taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of an end post having a modified form of fencing connected thereto. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken adjacent to one of the braces of the fencing. Fig. 5 is a detail View of a portion of one of the intermediate runnenwires.

Corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings are designated by like characters of reference.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates an end post of substantially the same form as shown in my former patent, and 2 designates an intermediate post, the improved fencing being shown connected to the said posts. The intermediate post (shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings) is angular in crosssection and provided with vertical strengthening corrugations 3, the upper end of the post being smooth, as indicated at 4, so as to receive a suitable cap 5. A plurality of notches 7 is formed in the angular edge of the post for the purpose of receiving the respective runner-wires 10, and the latter are held in the notches by means of a suitable key 11. This post formation is no part of the present invention and has been shown and described merely to illustrate the preferred type of post to which the present invention is designed to be applied.

Each runner-wire of the fence is formed of two longitudinal strands having their contiguous sides flattened, so that said wires may rest firmly against each other, and thereby prevented from being twisted longitudinally upon each other. At intervals in the lengths of the ru nner-wires the respective strands are each provided with loops or bent portions 14, the loops of each strand projecting laterally at the same side of the strand, whereby the loops of adjacent strands extend in opposite directions. Furthermore, it will be seen that the loops of adjacent strands are arranged in pairs, located at equal intervals throughout the length of the runner-wire, and the members of each pair of loops extend in opposite directions and from opposite sides of the wire.

It is preferable to form the stay-wires 15 from twisted wire, the strands of which embrace the runner-wires, as clearly indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Each stay embraces the several runner-wires intermediate of the members of the pairs of loops 14, so that the latter engage the stay at opposite sides thereof and in line with the fencing, so as to prevent longitudinal movement or displacement of the stay upon the runner-Wires.

The loops 14: have two functions-viz., to prevent accidental movement of the stays upon the runner-wires, as hereinbefore described, and also to compensate for the contraction and expansion of the strands of the runner-Wires, as will be understood.

In the modification shown in Figs. 3 and 4: it will be noted that the upper and lower selvage-wires 16 and 17, respectively, and the middle longitudinal Wire 18 are formed of heavy half-round wire, as hereinbefore described, and the strands of each of these runner-Wires are connected together by means of barbs 19, which are located between the adjacent pairs of loops 14. Suitable twisted runner-wires 20 are also provided, those below the middle runner-wire 18 being arranged closer together than those above said middle Wire. Each stay 21 is formed from a single length of wire bent intermediate of its ends, so that. the opposite sides thereof fit flush against each other for the entire length thereof. The opposite sides of. the stay embrace the respective upper and lower selvage-Wires and the middle wire, while one side of the stay passes between the strands of the respective twisted intermediate wires, whereby said stay is effectively prevented from being accidentally moved or displaced longitudinally upon the runner-wires.

What I claim is A wire fence, comprising runner wires formed of strands placed in longitudinal en- LINGUE S. MORGAN.

Witnesses:

FORD CRITTENDEN, E. M. Soorr.

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