Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-12-03
PATENT PIVOT PENCE.

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PATENT PIVOT FENCE.
the PECULIARLY and advantages of which ar
numerous, and deserve more than passin,
notice. Among other excellencies may bt
mentioned,
l. Its fleXibility aud the small amOun
| Of work required in its construction.
?. No nails are used, only few iroI
bolts and no posts are required.
3. The fence is firmly fastened to the
| ground by iron loops or staples through
! which are driven stakes with head By
this means all danger of their being over
turned By winds is obviatel.
4. The erect portion of the fence is pre-
| served by brace attached to the uprights
which take up only sixteen inches Of land
on one side of the fence.
,. Each panel may be converted into a
gate by simply attaching it to the upright
Of its adjoining panel, by hinges.
.. The fence being horizontally flexible
/ as well as vertically, so when constructed
of palings may be used as a water gate, the
lower part when detached from its fasten-
ings 10 the ground, rising or falling with the
food.
l. 1t is especially useful for enclosing
orchards, gardens and poultry yards. The
Stats being fastened with rods running in
the same direction as the fence, cannot be
knocked off. and there is no method by
which the screw bolts may be taken off eX-
cept from the inside. 1t is thus made an
efectual safeguard against all orchard
providers, poultry and garden thieves.
s. 1t can be made by common farm hands
in bad weather; and no nails being required
it may be taken down and put up as easily
as bedslead.
8. II is portable. and withal makes a
handsome appearance, gratifying the eye
by the symmetryo its proportion, and salts
flying the judgment by the cheapness of its
execution and lis appropriateness for the
purposes designed,
The fastenings 10 this fence
are patented separately by
Mr.. Seat, and may be used in the construc-
ton Of any fence. The common plank
fence may be made without posts Or nails;
and in the construction of rail fences allow
ing thirteen rails to panel, TO make stalk
ed and rided fence, there will be saved in
each mile 1864 rails, as may be seen by
making the following calculation:
With rails lO4 feet long, and4B feet crook
10 the fence, $500 rails are required TO build
fence Is rails high and one mile in length.
To build a straight fence, using the patent
uprights Of Mr.. Seat, only 6.656 rails
are required, not TO mention the great
saving in land and the freedom which
his fence enjoys from being blown over by
winds. TIE fence is firmly anchored to
the ground, in the manner we have before
mentioned, and stock cannot push it over.
or throw rails off as they may easily do in
a common worm fence.
When constructed of plank. the whole
fence may he taken to pieces by simply
taking out two bolts, and detaching the
uprightS from their fastenings to the earth.
We are gratitied to learn that the fence
is attracting good deal Of atten-
ton. 1t may be seen hear the
Courthouse on the Square, in this city, and
persons desiring to GET further information
can do so by writing 10 c. w. White, Rock
City Mills, Nashville, who has State and
county rights for sale. We hope to see this
fence come into general use, and we feel
warranted in saying that no previous effort
in that direction combines so many ad-
vantageS at such small cost. For terms
Of State and county rights, address C. W.
White, No. North Market street, Nash
vile, Tenn.